unit3_lesson4_christmas

U3 Celebration
Lesson 4 Christmas
Teaching aims and demands
To read a narrative text and understand the story.
To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.
To practise collocations with have, do and play.
Teaching important and difficult points
How to help students to use the Key Words and useful expression to describe Christmas
How to develop students’ reading ability
Teaching tools : A multimedia
Some pictures about Christmas
Teaching methods
The whole language approach
Task-based language teaching
Emotion attitude and value
Students will know about how western people spend their Christmas Students can have a better understanding of Chinese culture by comparing the different festivals
Step 1 Lead-in
In this unit ,we have learnt some Festivals, now let’s review these Festivals, ok! First look at some pictures. ………..
Step 2 Pre-Reading
Find the Key Words in the pictures.
Which of the things do you think western people have at Christmas? Key Words
balloons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presents
Step 3 Reading
Read the text. Which Key Words are mentioned? Circle them out. Which
other Christmas things are mentioned? Make a list.
Answers:
Father Christmas calendar Christmas cards Christmas lights
carol service Christmas tree decorations balloons stockings presents sweets turkey Christmas pudding paper hats
Queen’s speech
Christmas cake
What’s t he main idea of each paragraph?
Para. 1 the beginning of Christmas
Para. 2 decorations outside
Para. 3 activities on Christmas Eve
Para. 4 act ivities on Christmas morning
Para.5 activities after lunch
Step 4 Post- Reading
In what order did the children do these things?
Christmas
tree
Father Christmas carol service candle
snowma
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decorations
presents turkey
Christmas stockings
sweets
Christmas cake
Example 1 d
open the new year calendar
put their stockings at the end of the bed
sing Christmas carols
write a letter to Father Christmas
put up the Christmas tree
go to church
have Christmas cake
Answers: 2 a 3c 4e 5b 6f 7g
Answer the multiple-choice questions.
1 Who do you think reads the children’s letters?
a) Father Christmas b) their parents c) nobody
2 What do you think people do in a carol service?
a) sing songs b) give presents c) watch a play
3 What happened on Christmas Eve?
a) The writer stayed awake all night.
b) Someone put presents in his stocking.
c) The writer saw Father Christmas.
4 Why did they laugh?
a) The Christmas carols were happy songs.
b) The songs and hats were funny.
c) The jokes and hats were funny.
5 After lunch:
a) the adults watched the Queen’s speech.
b).the children made a snowman.
c) everybody had more to eat.
Answers: 1b 2a 3b 4c 5c
Step 5Speaking:
Work in pairs and discuss if you want to celebrate Christmas next month, what will you do according to time order in the text?
You can use these words or phrases:
at first、a few days later、then、on Christmas Eve、before going to bed、on Christmas morning、at lunchtime、after lunch
You can begin like this:
At first, I will write a letter to Father Christmas…..
What are the similarities and differences between Christmas in western countries and Spring Festival in China?
Similarities : 1 Differences: 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
Step 6 Writing
Write a composition about your memories of an important festival Writing help
People: family? Good friends?
Preparations: decorations? Invitations?
Presents: what? Who for? Make/buy?
Food: meals? Special food/drink?
Activities: music? Dancing? A long walk?
Your feelings: happy? Sad?
Plan of writing on the blackboard
Postscript。