A Teaching Plan for Reporting ClassContent: Christmas Lesson 4 Unit 3 Module 1Place: The Multimedia Room on F 3, No.2 Middle School Time: November 24, 2009Teacher: Liu JingA Teaching Plan forChristmas Lesson 4 Unit 3Ⅰ. Teaching Objectives:1. Knowledge objectives:(1) To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.(2) To read a narrative text and understand the story.2. Ability objectives:(1) To develop reading strategies to answer the multiple-choicequestions.(2) To improv e the students’ reading ability.(3) To develop the student’s speaking ability by describing, talking anddiscussion.3. Moral objectives:(1) To get to know about the origin of Christmas and the ways tocelebrate it.(2) To make the students be aware of the cultural differences bycomparing Christmas in western countries with the Spring Festival in our China.Ⅱ. Teaching Important Points:1. To learn and master the words associated with Christmas.2. To improve the students’ reading ability.3. To enable the students to understand the text better.Ⅲ. Teaching Difficult Points:1.How to help the students understand the reading passage better.2.How to improve the students’ reading ability.Ⅳ. Teaching Type:A reading classⅤ. Teaching Methods:1. Task-based teaching method2. Teaching the text as a whole3. Question-and-answer activity method4. Individual, pair, or group work to make every student in class workⅥ. Teaching Aids:The multimediaⅥ. Teaching Procedure:Step 1 Warm-up1.Greet the whole class as usual.2.Introduce the tasks in this period.Step 2 Lead-in1. Students listen to a song and then answer the following questions shown on the screen:(1)Do you know the name of this song?(2)On what special occasion do we sing this song?2. Check the answer as a class, thus leading into today’s topicStep 3 Pre-reading1.Show today’s learning objectives on the screen.2.Ask the students if they know the origin of Christmas. If they don’tknow, tell them and then ask:When talking about Christmas, what can you think of?3.Get the students to answer the question above as a class. Maybethey don’t know the exact English name for those things associated with Christmas. Draw their attention to the Key Words in Exercise1 and then check the meaning of these words by pictures shown onthe screen.Step 4 While-reading1. Skimming(1) Students read the text quickly, and match the main idea shown onthe screen with each paragraph.(2) Get individual students to match and check answers as a class.2. Scanning(1) Go through the Reading Strategies about how to do multiple-choicequestions with the students.(2) Students read the passage carefully and do the multiple-choicequestions handed out to them.(3) Get the students individually to report their answer and then checkthe answers as a class.Step 6 Post-reading1. Students read the article again and work out:In what order did the children do these things?Example: 1 d)a) open the new year calendarb) put their stockings at the end of the bedc) sing Christmas carolsd) write a letter to Father Christmase) put up the Christmas treef) go to churchg) have Christmas cake2. Check the answer as a class by the diagram shown on the screen. Key: 2 a 3 c 4 e 5 b 6 f 7 gStep 7 Pronunciation-checkingStudents listen to the tape. Ask them to pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words and the intonation of the sentences. Step 8 Discussion1. Christmas is known as the “Spring Festival” in western countries. Students are expected to work in groups and discuss:What are the similarities and differences between Christmas in western countries and the Spring Festival in China?2. Students may don’t know how to express the things associated with the Spring Festival in English. Before the discussion, show the students some pictures about the Spring Festival, thus making it easier for them to discuss.3. Students discuss in groups and then get several individual groups to report back their discussion to the whole class.4. Make a conclusion of the students’ discussion b y showing on the screen the similarities and differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival.Step 9 Summary and Homework1.Sum up what we’ve learned today.2.Ask the students to write a passage about the similarities anddifferences between Christmas and the Spring Festival. Reflection: (filled in immediately after class)A Blackboard Design。
Unit 3 Festivals一、教材分析1．本课所在的单元的主题Celebration(庆祝)主要是介绍了中外的一些主要的节日，还介绍了人们在一些特殊日子里的庆祝活动。
2．本课Chinese Seasonal Festivals 是本单元的第一课，是一节阅读课。
3．在Warm-up 部分学生通过听力理解已了解了一些关于庆祝的内容及相关词汇，为本课的话题作了一些词汇和内容的铺垫。
4．本课要通过阅读文章被动语态的用法。
二、学生分析1．学生在Warm-up 部分通过听力理解已了解了一些关于庆祝的内容及相关词汇以。
2．学生对本课话题Chinese Seasonal Festivals 已初步具备了一定的背景知识、经历和经验，但是要用英语表达出来还是有一定的难度。
3．高一的学生已初步具备了一定的从语言材料中获取相关语言信息的能力。
三、教学目标基于《课程标准》：“注重提高学生用英语进行思维和表达的能力；形成跨文化交际意识和基本跨文化交际能力.”这一基本要求，达到下列教学目标：1．知识教学点使学生了解和掌握下列知识目标：1）进一步了解我国的一些主要的节日及相关的历史。
2）掌握从文章中获取和处理主要的信息的方法和技巧。
3）掌握介绍节日的基本的篇章结构。
4）学会用英语简单介绍中国的节假日。
使学生掌握下列单词及短语。
(walk along...，take the...turning on the left，catch a bus，need a number 16 bus，I's about a hundred meters along on the right／left)2.教学目标设计A. 语言知识目标：使学生掌握下列单词及短语。
(walk along...，take the...turning on the left，catch a bus，need a number 16 bus，I's about a hundred meters along on the right／left) B．语言技能目标：使学生掌握问路及应答的方法，介绍从家到学校的路线，并能较熟练地指明长春市各大旅游景点的乘车路线。
