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Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section A（3a-3c）
Language goals
1. Ss can know the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Key words and phrases
Mid-Autumn Festival, traditional, folk story, goddess, admire
Teaching
Key sentences
Aims
1. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round
that he
C could see his wife there.
2. After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and
sharing mooncakes with their families.
1. Ss needs to know the timeline of the story about Hou Yi and
Chang’e.
Teaching
2.T needs to teach Ss some expressions about the Mid-Autumn
Difficulties
Festival
so as to help them retell the story about Hou Yi and Chang’s.
Teaching multimedia courseware or other realia that the T needs for teaching
Aids
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Warming up
Ask Ss to watch a video about the Mid-Autumn Festival and
then answers the questions:
1. When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
2. What do people eat on the Mid-Autumn Festival?
3. How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?
T can teach some expressions about the Mid-Autumn Festival to
Ss:
full moon 满月 a moon-shaped dessert 一种圆月形的点心
enjoy the sight of the round and bright moon 欣赏又圆又大的月亮
The moon was rising from the sea and all the people were sharing
this moment 海上生明月，天涯共此时
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
1Pre-reading 该练习是warm
T can ask Ss to talk more about the Mid-Autumn Festival with up 的 延 伸 。
warm up 以背
their partners. T can use the prompts:
景知识和语言
1. Are there any special activities on the Mid-Autumn Festival in your 输入为主，此
hometown? 处 为 输 出 练
习，学生可以
2.What’s the story about the Mid-Autumn Festival?
运 用 在 warm
Ask Ss to read the sentences in 3b and try to put the events of up了解到的知
Chang’e Flying to the Moon in correct order. 识和表达去介
绍中秋节，为
Chinese people are very familiar with the story of Chang’e Flying
学习本课文章
to the Moon, so T can ask Ss to do the exercise in 3b before 做铺垫。
reading the story. It is a way to help Ss sort out the timeline of
the story. (Sequencing is also a useful reading strategy.) Answers
can be checked after reading the passage.
Show Ss the passage and ask them to read the passage.
Ask Ss to answer the questions after reading:
1. How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?
They celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by admiring the moon and
sharing mooncakes with their families.
2. What story is the reading about?
The reading is about the traditional folk story of Hou Yi and
Chang’e.
Ask Ss to read the passage again and check the answers of the
exercise in 3b.
Answers: 4, 2, 5, 1, 7, 6, 3
Step 3 Language points learning
现在完成进行时：现在完成进行时, 表示动作从某一时间开始, 一直
持续到现在。其构成为：主语+助动词(have/has) +been+动词的现在
分词+其他成分。
shape的含义及其作名词时的常见搭配：keep in shape / out of
shape
whoever的用法：作代词引导主语从句，相当于anyone who；引导
让步状语从句，相当于no matter who。
however的用法及其与but的区别: however可位于句首、句中、句
末，用逗号隔开；but位于句中。
steal的含义及其与rob的区别：steal指暗中窃取别人的东西，其宾
语是物，不是被盗者本人；rob意为“抢劫”，其宾语为人、公司、
银行等，而不是被抢的东西。
2refuse, lay out, dessert, tradition, admire, as a result/as a result
of的含义及用法。
Step 4 Summary & Homework
Post-reading
Ask Ss to finish the exercises in 3c without looking at the
passage. 此练习是对全
Answers: 1.admire 2.traditional 3.magic 4.steal 5.laid
文的总结与回
顾，既与文章
Give Ss thinking time to think about the following questions and
相关，也有让
then choose a few Ss to share their answers: 学生发散思考
的空间。Post-
1. Why do people eat mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn festival?
reading可跟据
2. Can you describe the personality of each character in
老师的教学设
this story? Can you find some details to support your idea? 计迁移至
3. Can you retell the story of Chang’e and Hou Yi? language points
前。
Summary
Ask Ss to do the exercises from PPT P39-40.
Homework
Preview the grammar points of this unit.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
In this period, we should provide students with reading practice using the
target language. Students have an opportunity to test their reading
comprehension in 3b. They will learn new words and expressions by
Teaching
Reflection reading practice.The culture of the traditional festival is very important in
the period.Students should know the origin of the Mid－Autumn Festival
and use the language to disseminate culture.
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