Distinguished judges and teachers:
Hello, everyone. I'm a junior high school English teacher, candidate x, and the topic I'm trying to talk about today is Festivals Around the World. Now I will begin my class.
I. Lead-in
T: Good morning, everyone, how are you today! Thank you, I am great. Hope you all have a good day.
T: Before class, we will enjoy a song.
T: OK, the song is over. This is a happy song, am I right? So, are you familiar with this song? When can we hear it?
S: Yes, we can hear it on Christmas Day. The name of this song is Jingle Bell.
T: Wonderful! As we all know, Christmas is a very important festival in many foreign countries. We always compared it with our Spring Festival. Right? But we celebrate them in different ways. Then, do you know their origin? How many festivals do you know in the world? This lesson we will learn more about it!
II. Pre-reading
T: OK, Look at these pictures please. Are they beautiful?
S: Yes, they are beautiful.
T: Can you tell me what festivals they are? And what do you know about these festivals? Two minutes, you can talk about them freely.
S:
T: Time is up. So, who wants to tell me your answer?
T: Wow, so many students want to answer my question, you are so active. Who should I choose? Let me see. How about Diana?
S:
T: Thank you and sit down please. Exactly right. The first one is Spring Festival, the second one is Dragon Boat Festival, the third one is Christmas Day and the last one is Thanksgiving Day.
III. While Reading
T: Turn to page 1. You are supposed to skim the passage and try to find out what the main idea of the passages. You may have two minutes.
T: Have you finished?
S: Yes!
T: Nice, Who wants to be the first one? Oh, David, brave boy!
S: The article mainly talks about different festivals at home and abroad, people have different ways to celebrate their own festival.
T: Very logical answer, sit down please.
T: Look at the PPT. Here is Matching Exercise, Could you please finish it by scanning the passage?
T: OK! Let's do it!
T: Hey, guys, let's just stop here. Have you found the answers? Tracy, can you do it?
T: Yeah, excellent work. Sit down please. Any other opinions?
T: Oh, Ann, what's your answer? Well done. Sit down please. Do you agree with her? Yes, all right. Tracy, don't feel sad! Everybody makes mistakes. I am still proud of you.
T: Now, let's look at the article together. Can you guess the meaning of "starve" from the context? Abby? You said it means hunger, Nicely done! Starve means suffer from great hunger indeed. We always use this phrase "starve to death".
T: Let's move on. Please pay attention to this expression, "some festivals are held to honor the dead", can you understand the meaning of this sentence? Yes, it's easy to understand. How can we use it? You please.
S: We can use it to describe the purposes of a festival.
S:
T: I noticed all of you have worked hard on it. Who wants to have a try? Alice, brave girl.
S: The Dragon Boat Festival is held to honor a famous poet.
T: Great, sit down please. Who can tell me the meaning of "in memory of"?
S:
T: A little bit difficult, Just have a try. Oh, Dean, my brave boy.
S: In memory of sb. Means in order to remember sb.
T: Excellent work, you got the right answer. So much for expressions and patterns. I know that you have done a lot of preparation.
T: Before class, we have talked about festivals a lot. So can you tell me why the Mid - autumn festival is a happy event? Who wants to have a try? Wow, so many students want to answer my question, who should I choose? How about hot potatoes?
S: OK!
T: Ready, go.
T: Gaby, how lucky you are! Give us your reasons please.
S: We always have family reunion on that day. Family members eat moon cakes together, and I like moon - cakes so much. Besides, people celebrate their harvest as well.
T: So, the Mid - autumn festival must be a happy event. Amazing! A very logical, acceptable and comprehensive answer. Thank you very much, sit down please. So, are you clear about the whole passage? Great.
IV. Post-reading
T: Next part, let's play a game! Six in a group. Supposed one of your foreign friends Thomas wants to celebrate our oncoming Dragon Boat Festival together with you. What would happen between you and Thomas? Try to create a short play in such a situation. Five minutes for you to prepare. Then each group shall show their results.
S:
T: Time's up. Show time! How about group 1?
T: Go back to your seat. Do you like their performance? Yes, so funny. Many ridiculous things happened between them.
V. Summary
T: Now, boy in the last row. Could you please tell us what we have learnt today?
S:
T: Exactly. We learn some language points and know more about festivals all over the world. So, we know that each country has their own festivals. We have to pay more attention to our traditional festivals. Right?
S: Yes!
T: How time flies! The bell is ringing. Did you enjoy your English travel? You are happy. I am happy, too. You all have done a great job in today's lesson!
VI. Homework
T: After class, retell this article and prepare for next class. And search more information about festivals at home and abroad. Next class, let's share your information. OK? Great! So much for today, see you next time.
