1、Unit 1 Festival around the world Part 1 Teaching Design 第一部分 教学设计 Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language (A SAD LOVE STORY) Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making us
2、e of the focused words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. Warming up by talking about “carnival” is to be followed by listening and speaking. Reading is done by having students reading and underlining. Then speaking and acting are carried out based on the reading. A guide
3、d writing is then offered. Further applying（Finding information，Writing letters）is presented here for the teachers choice. To end the period students may be asked to read the poem on page 8. Objectives To help students read the passage A SAD LOVE STORY To help students to use the language by reading
4、, listening, speaking and writing Procedures 1. Warming up by talking about “carnival.” What is a carnival? 1. The period of merrymaking and feasting celebrated just before Lent. 2. A traveling amusement show usually including rides, games, and sideshows. 3. A festival or revel: winter carnival. car
5、nival, communal celebration, especially the religious celebration in Catholic countries that takes place just before Lent. Since early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in pre-Christian pagan rites, particularly
6、 fertility rites that were connect ed with the coming of spring and the rebirth of vegetatio n. In recent times, the term carnival has also been loosely appli ed to include local festivals, traveling circuses, bazaars, and other celebrations of a joyous nature, regardless of their purpose or their s
7、eason. 2. Listening There is a big and famous carnival in Trinidad every February. Li Mei and Wu Ping are there. Listen to the tape and answer the questions on page 6. 3. Speaking You have visited America and you have returned home to China. You are phoning your friend in America to thank him for th
8、e visit. These expressions might help you. Could/ Would you please? Id love to Its very kind of you I look forwa rd to Thank you very much/ Thanks a lot. It was a pleasure Youre most welcome. Dont mention it. 4. Reading and underlining Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or
9、 collocations in the passage A SAD LOVE STORY. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. Collocati ons from A SAD LOVE STORY meet sb. at the coffee shop 在咖啡店遇到某人, after work 下班后 , turn up 突然出现；到场；调 低（收音机等）, right now, laugh at 嘲笑, keep ones word 守信用；履行诺言, look forward to ing 期待做某事, all day
10、 整天, be alone with sb.与某人在一起, be like a fool 像个傻瓜, hold ones breath 屏息；屏气, drown ones sadness in coffee, it is obvious that显然, wait forto leave 等待离开, wipe the table 擦桌子, sit down 坐下, turn on the TV 打开电视, a weaving girl 织女 , a herd boy 牛郎, fall in love with 与 相爱, get married secretly 秘密结婚, be married
11、 to sb.嫁给/娶了某人, become angry 变得生气, return to Heaven, cross the river 过河, once a year 一年一次, make of, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month 每年七月初 七, hear about 听说, set off for home 动身回家, throw away, remind sb. of提醒某人想 起, pass on the corner on ones way home 在回家路上 , heardo/ ing, wave at sb. 向 某人
12、挥手, have a gift for sb.给某人一个礼物 a happy Valentines Day 一个快乐情人节 5. Speaking Turn to page 8 and with a partner, find the answers to the questions: Why did Li Fang feel like a fool? Because he was alone and heart-broken. What was Li Fang afraid t hat Hu Jin was doing? She could be with her friends laugh
13、ing at him. How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop? He saw the manager wipe the tables, sit down and turn on the TV. Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiaojie? Because if it rains Zhinu would weep and the couple wouldnt be able to meet. What is the reason why Li
14、 Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? For Li Fang had gone to the wrong place to meet Hu Jin. They should meet at the tea shop. Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story? Because he had no gifts for Hu Jin. 6. Acting a text play Next we are going to put the text A Sad Love Story on stage,
15、that is, to play the story. （用原版） A text play of A SAD LOVE STORY (Time: Valentines Day; Place: the coffee shop and the tea shop; People: Li Fang, the coffee shop manager and Hu Jin ) Li: (heart-broken) (to the manager) What time is it now, Sir? Manager: It is ten to ten. Are you waiting for someone
16、 here? Li Fang: Yes, I am meeting my girl friend here. She said she would be here by seven oclock. It is almost ten now. We agreed to meet here, at this coffee shop after work. But she has not turned up yet. Manager: You look heart-broken. Dont worry. I am sure she will be here very soon. Maybe she
17、is with someone right now, doing something. But she will keep her word. Li Fang: I dont think she will come to meet me. I look forward to being alone all my life. She is laughing at me. Oh, my God. I look like a fool, being alone on this Valentines Day, with nobody loving me in this world. Manager:
18、So hold your breath for me to calm you down. Dont drown your sadness in coffee. Li Fang: It is obvious that you want me to leave, dont you? What ar e you doing? Are you wiping the table? Why did you sit down and turn on the TV? Manager: No, I wont ask you to go. Look! Its a sad Chinese story about l
19、ove, on TV. Li Fang: I do not watch TV plays very much. Manager: But this one you must watch! It tells about a weaving girl and a herd boy. They have fallen in love with each other. Li Fang: Are they married? Manager: Yes, they got married secretly. But the mother of the girl, the Goddess, doesnt li
20、k e her daughter to be married to a human. See she becomes angry and orders her to return to the Heaven. Li Fang: How about Niulang? Will he follow the girl back to the Heaven? Manager: Yes, he tries to follow her. But Li Fang: But what? Manager: See the river? The Milky Way? It is impossible for th
21、is boy to cross the river. Li Fang: I see. The mother has decided to let the couple meet once a year. But how do they cross the river, the Milky Way? Manager: The heavenly magpies make a bridge of their wings so the couple can cross the river to meet. Li Fang: When do they meet? Manager: They meet o
22、nce every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Li Fang: The TV play is over and I have to be off now, to meet my girl. But where is my girl? Hu Jin: Why? Its you, Li Fang? Why didnt you come to meet me? I have been waiting for you ever since 7 this evening. Li Fang: I am heart-broken.
23、 You leave me alone in the coffee shop, waiting for you the whole evening. Are you in love with someone else? Hu Jin: I was waiting for you at the tea shop. Did you forget that we agreed to meet there? Li Fang: Is it the tea shop, not the coffee shop? Hu Jin: Absolutely! Li Fang: Sorry! I apologise
24、to you. My memory failed me. Hu Jin: So you set off for home? Anyway you are here. Now here you are, the gift from me. You know its the Valentines Day? Li Fang: But, but I have thrown mine away? Hu Jin: Why? Li Fang: Because I dont want them to remind me of you. I thought you would never turn up in
25、front of me, to see me, to love me. Hu Jin: I passed a man on the corner on my way here looking for you. I heard him singing the song of Qiqiaojie. I thought it was you. So I waved at him. But it turned out to be a stranger. Li Fang: Could you forgive me? I have no gifts for you on this happy and sa
26、d Valentines Day. 7. Writing an imagined and different ending to the story of Li Fang, beginning with: As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his w ay 8. Writing a description To inform the foreigners of the Chinese culture, you are to write a description of Qiqiaojie in English. You may b
27、egin like this: Love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. They were separated by the Emperor. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They were allowed to meet only once a year on the day of
28、7th day of 7th lunar month. 9. Finding information Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on festivals and celebrations. Take notes of your finding and report to your group mates next period. 10. Writing letters Write a letter either to Zhinu or Niulang,
29、telling about the modern life and the modern love. 11. Closing down Closing down by filling a form Make use of the text and others to fill in the form. Closing down by describing the stars of Vega and Altair To end this period, I am going to ask you to write a short passage to describe to the class
30、the two stars of Vega and Altair which are related to Qiqiaojie, the Chinese Valentines Day. For reference: The Stars The star Vega (Weaving Mai d) is the 5th brightest star in the sky. Therefore, its very easy to find in the summer night. The size of Vega is 16 times bigger than the Sun. The temper
31、ature on its surface is more than 10,000 degrees. The brightness of Vega is 25 times brighter than the Sun. Its 25 light years away from the Earth. The star Altair (Cowherd) is the 11th brightest star in the sky. Therefore, its not difficult to find in the summer night. The size of Altair is 4 times bigger than the Sun. The temperature on its surface is about 8,000 degrees. The brightness of Altair is 11 times brighter than the Sun. Its 17 light years away from the Earth. TWO SAD LOVE STORIES OF Li Fang and Hu Jin Of Niulang and Zhinu
