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Lessonplan2festivalsaroundtheworldlisteningbased 1
Lessonplan2festivalsaroundtheworldlisteningbased 1
Context:
High school student (seniors) at No.1 High school in Zhuhai City, China.
This is a first-class high school in Guangdong province, also one of the National
Model Senior High Schools of Guangdong Province
Students have received over ten years of English education and can be classified
as advanced students. (WIDA standard: Bridging )
Duration: 120 minutes
Focus: Festivals around the world
Objectives:
SWBAT (Student Will Be Able To)
SWBAT to use their L1 and L2 to share their favorite festivals and be able to explain why
they like it using phrases we learn in class.
SWBAT to master how to use "be used to" while describing a story happened during the
festival.
SWBAT to grasp the main idea and listening for specific information in this class.
2. The teacher will ask students to listen to a short introduction of 37th Annual Chicago Jazz
Festival (see the left side) and have students write down and answer among groups:
"Produced by the Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events | Programmed by the Jazz
Institute of ChicagoGrant support to the Jazz Institute of Chicago provided by The Chicago
Community Trust and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Known for its artistic creativity, the Chicago Jazz Festival is a favorite Labor Day Weekend
tradition. It promotes awareness and appreciation for all forms of jazz through free, quality live
musical performance. Since 1979, the festival's mission is to showcase Chicago's vast jazz talent
alongside national and international artists to encourage and educate a jazz audience of all
ages."
Retrieved from:
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_jazz_festival.htm
Students will need answer:
When? Where?
What is known for?
What is their mission? (10 minutes);
Students will need to respond their answers in past tense.
Students who answer correctly will be able to get a jazz CD/DVD.
3. Exercise #1 Fill in the blanks. (10 minutes)
The teacher
will say since
we learned other countries' festivals, how about filling out the information of our spring festivals
based on our memory. (Red words are the words that students need to fill out. )
After that, students will pair up and read it to their partners. Then, check again with the teacher
with the right answers.
A model conversation for the pair-up work would be:
-What do people usually do at spring festivals?
Homework (10
minutes)
Based on what we learned today, what do most festivals seem to have in common? Talk with
your friends and fill out the charts below.