Lesson 29
TASK To learn something about Christmas and learn to decorate before Christmas
Teaching aims:
1. To learn the following words and phrases:
decorate, angel, circle, come true, put up, at the top of…, finish doing, at Christmas time
2. To use the following expressions:
1) What do you mean by …?
2) That sounds / smells /looks….
3) To be here at Christmas time is….
4) Cutting down the Christmas tree at the farm was….
5) A dream that has come true.
Difficult points of teaching:
Verb phrases used as noun form & noun clause
Teaching aids:
A recorder , some different things to decorate the Christmas tree
Teaching procedures :
Step One Warming-up
1. Greeting.
2. Chatting: talk about the Spring Festival with the students then lead in Christmas Day.
3. Competition, discuss in groups of four what you know about Christmas and see which group can list the most things.
4. Demonstrate the real objects that the Ss list.
5. Teach the new words with the objects and body language.
Step Two Listening and speaking
6. Imaging what you will do if you are going to spend Christmas Day with your friend in England.
7. Listen to the tape and answer two questions:
a) Where is Lin Tao? B) What are Jim and he doing?
8. Ask and answer in speaking pairs about the questions in Part Two.
9. Listening and imitating.
10. Act it out with the real objects.
11. Suppose you are Lin Tao and Jim, talk about how you celebrate Christmas Day.
Step Three Designing
12 .Competition.
Design the best way to celebrate Christmas Day in groups of four ( If you are the host and the hostess, how to decorate your house or what to buy. )
13. Report what you have done so far.
Step Four Writing
14. Write the result of the designing.
15. Language focus: pay attention to the important sentences.
Homework
1. Finish the exercises in the workbook.
2. Act out the dialogue.
3. Make a survey, ask your classmates which festival they like better, Spring Festival or Christmas Day. Why?
Extra idea:
Collect as many songs, real objects and information about Christmas, or decorate the classroom.
Lesson 30
TASK The students learn to celebrate Christmas and collect information about it.
Teaching aims and demands:
1. To learn to use the following words and phrases
for fun, the spirit of Christmas, kind-hearted, fill…with, be based on, generosity, Merry Christmas,
2. To master and use the following expressions
1> Some people even put up stockings for their pets as well.
2> Of course not.
3> … is based on …
4> It is said that…
5> Even though…, his spirit of generosity lives on today.
6> … can’t wait to …
7> … spend doing …
Teaching aids:
a recorder, Christmas decorations and presents, a set of multi-media system
Teaching Procedures:
Step One Warming up
1. Greeting.
2. Chatting. Chat with the students about the holidays in China. （or revise the words about Christmas first, ask one student to act Santa Clause, let him ask the others students things about Christmas.）
3. Listing and report. Students work in four and list their favorite holidays and tell why.
A: What’s your favorite holiday?
B: My favorite holiday is …
A: Why?
B: …
4. Discussion. Discuss the holidays in foreign countries with the students and mainly talk about Christmas Day by answering the following questions:
1> When is Christmas?
2> Do you celebrate Christmas? If so, what do you do?
Step Two Language input
5. Demo. Demonstrate the Christmas decorations, such as Christmas tree, stockings, presents, Saint Clause, etc.
6. Discuss and act. Students work in four and act out how people use the Christmas decorations or presents at Christmas.
Step Three Watching, listening and speaking
7. Skimming: Who is Father Christmas based on? What do people do on Christmas Day?
8. Watching, listening and answering. Students watch the VCD (or listen to the tape) and answer the following questions:
l What do friends do during the Christmas season?
l Where do the children put a stocking on Christmas Eve? Why?
l How does Father Christmas get into the house?
l What does he do then?
l Who is Father Christmas based on? What do you think of him?
l How does this man give the money to the poor?
l What do children do on Christmas Day?
l Is there really a Father Christmas?
9. Reading and retelling. Students read the passage, then work in two and retell the passage in their own words.
10. Language focus. Do with some new phrases and structures.
Step Four Imagination, asking and answering
11. Make a survey.
1> Have the students go around the classroom and find what present you want to get from father Christmas.
Names Presents
2> Have the students go around and find out if you meet Father Christmas, what you will give him as Christmas present and why.
12. Compare. Compare what you want to get from Father Christmas and what you will give Father Christmas.
13. Make a conclusion. Divide the whole class into two and then tell the differences between the students and Father Christmas.
Step Five Production and recommendation
14. The best way to celebrate Christmas.
1> Suppose this evening is Christmas Eve and you are the managers of a restaurant, please show your best way to celebrate Christmas in order to attract the most customers and tell why. Students work in four.
2> Report. Report their best ideas and find out which group has the most customers, who is the best manager, which group has the best designing and so on.
Step Six Debating
15. Debating. Divide the whole class into two and debate Father Christmas exists or not. One side support Father Christmas exists. The other side support Father Christmas doesn’t exist.
Homework
1. Listen and imitate the tape, then try to retell the text.
2. Do the exercises in the exercise book.
3. Write a short passage. The title is Father Christmas exists or Father Christmas doesn’t exist.
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