Birthday Traditions around the World 阅读课教案

初三快乐阅读教案

Birthday Traditions around the World

A. Knowledge Aims

1). Learn to know different birthday traditions around the world.

2). Learn to respect others’ traditions;

3). Learn guess the meaning of words.

B．Ability Aims

(1). Know more about other countries’ birthday traditions;

(2).Learn the skills of reading: skimming, scanning and

close-reading.

(3). Learn to make a survey. You can get your information from the Internet or from other aspects.

C. Moral Aims

Everyone has a birthday. They should learn to know more traditions about it, and try to respect them. They can learn the

differences among different countries. They will be more interested in English.

Ⅱ．The Important Points and Teaching strategies

1. Students can understand text by using different skills of reading class.

2. Students can know different birthday traditions around the world. Teaching strategies: role play and work in pairs.

Ⅲ．The Difficult Points and Teaching strategies

1. Teach the students to guess the meaning of new words by some sentences and pictures．

2. Encourage students speak English bravely.

3. The reading skills.

Teaching strategies:

1. Teaching by giving sample sentences and making up sentences．

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2. Teaching by showing pictures．

3. Teaching by watching a video.

Ⅴ．The Analysis of the Students

Everyone has a birthday. And they like that day’s coming, because they can get what they want and do what they want to do. They also have interests in the topic, so it can draw their attention. They have their own experiences and so they can share it with us. Ⅵ. Teaching Processes:

Step one: Pre-reading

1. Interview:

A: When is your birthday?

B: My birthday is on…

A: What do you usually do on your birthday?

B: I usually …

Step two: While-reading

1. Skimming(略读)

Read the passage quickly and answer the following question:

1). How many different birthday traditions does the writer mentioned?

2). What birthday traditions can be found almost anywhere and anytime?

Reading Strategy: We can find out the topic sentences to get the main idea.

2. Careful-reading (精读) 1). In China, on child’s first birthday, family members put many things around the child.

2). The priests usually organized a party at children’s special birthday in Japan.

B. Read paragraph 3~5 and answer the following questions.

1). What do the Latin American girls do after a special ceremony?

2). When do you have the right to vote or join the army?

3). Why do the twenty-first birthday cake in the shape of a key? Step three After-reading

1. Group work

Read and fill in the chart according to the text.

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2. Writing (写作)

What is your father or mother’s birthday? What special things do you usually do at your family? Discuss with your group members and then give a report.

Step four Best wishes! What wishes can we show?

1. With best wished for a happy birthday!

2. Each birthday is a milestone we touch along life’s way.

3. Happy birthday, on this special day, may gladness fill you every hour with joy to light your way.

Step five Home work

1. Take notes of this class.

2. Do a survey on the Internet or around you, get more information about special birthday traditions, and then give a report.

板书设计 Birthday Traditions around the World

1) kimono

2)priest

3) ceremony

4) vote

教学反思：依托快乐阅读，教会学生找出文中的主题句。引导学生掌握正确的学习策略。