odule 1 City life
Unit 3 Dragon Boat Festival
The first period :Reading: Qu Yuan and the Dragon Boat Festival
Language focus:
1. Asking ‘wh-’questions to find out the reason
e.g. Why do people celebrate it?
2. Using the simple past tense to talk about past activities and states
e.g. Qu Yuan was born about two thousand years ago in China.
3. Using the simple present tense to talk about present states
e.g. Today, people eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races to…
Key and difficult points:
1. The simple past tense of the verbs in the story(故事中出现的动词的过去时)
e.g. was born, loved, took, died, lost ect.
2. Some phrases (一些短语)
e.g. would like to do sth., be born, take one’s advice, listen to sb. …
3. Remind students to pay attention to the use of different tenses when talking about the past and the present in the story.(学会用不同的时态来谈论不同时间发生的事。)
Preparation before class(课前预习)
一. Give the simple past tense of the verbs below.
Is______ take_______ die_______ lose______ jump_____ Love______ listen_______ eat璤_____ buy______ give_____