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Module 2 Public holiday
Unit 2 Thanksgiving
Learning aims
1.Understand how people in America
celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
2. Write a passage about your unforgettable festival.
Prediction
How do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day
Careful reading
Paragraph 1 An American festival
1.When is Thanksgiving
2. It is a time for a special dinner among
________ and ________
Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday
in November.
family
friends
Careful reading
Paragraph 2 The history of the festival
1. 在本段中找出与下面句子意思表达相同的句子
The pioneers learnt from the Native Americans how they could grow corn.
2. The following year, they celebrated by ____________ of the new food.
eating a dinner
The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn.
in the seventeenth century
first pioneers
The first pioneers _________ the Atlantic and arrived in America in the 17th century by______.
crossed
ship
after they landed
After they landed, the _________________taught them to____________.
Native Americans
grow corn
the following year
The following year, they celebrated by eating a dinner of the new food.
Careful reading
Paragraph 3 A special dinner
a. lay the table
b. prepare the food
c. eat dinner
d. give thanks for food
e. wash the dishes
f. talk and tell stories
Careful reading
Retell Paragraph 3 How do they celebrate it
A traditional dinner
1. prepare the food
2 lay the table
3. give thanks for food
4. eat dinner
5.talk and tell stories
6. wash the dishes
e. wash the dishes
f. talk and tell stories
Careful reading
Paragraph 4 Things to do during the festival
What other activities do they do during the festival
Activity 1 watch _____________________
Activity 2 shop for __________
Activity 3 watch _______________ on TV
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
presents
football games
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
shop for presents
football games
1. The traffic is not busy during the festival.
A. Right B. Wrong
2. People can see and do lots of other things at Thanksgiving.
A.Right B. Wrong
2. Thanksgiving is the start of ______
A. Christmas B. New year C. Independence Day
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Read Paragraph 4 , and choose the best answer.
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Careful reading
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Complete the passage
Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated on the _____(four) Thursday in November. They have celebrated the festival ____(连词) the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. Their first winter was ____(bad) than any English winter. The Native Americans ______ (teach) the pioneers how to grow corn. The following year they celebrated together by ______(eat) a dinner of the new food.
eating
fourth
worse
since
taught
We still celebrate Thanksgiving today ____(介词) a traditional dinner. We often talk a lot and tell ____(story) after dinner as well. When it is all over, everyone ____(help) wash the dishes.During the festival, there ____(be) plenty of other things to see and do. They go to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,and They shop for presents. many _________(America)usually watch the football games on television and enjoy ________ (they) very much.
helps
stories
are
themselves
with
Americans
The most unforgettable festival for me
was the National Day last year …
Write a passage about your unforgettable festival you have enjoyed.
I had a great time on National Day last year. I’ll remember it for a long time because it was Golden Week.I went with my mother and father to visit my grandparents in Shanghai.My grandmother made delicious dumplings and many other dishes, so I ate lots of really nice food!
1. What was your unforgettable festival
It was the National Day.
2. When was it
on National Day last year.
3. Who did you spend it with
I spent with my parents and my grandparents.
4. How did you spend it
I went to visit my grandparents in Shanghai,we ate lots of really nice food.
5. Will you remember it for long Why
Yes, I will. Because I spent a happy vacation.
I had a great time on National Day last year. I’ll remember it for a long time because it was Golden Week.I went with my mother and father to visit my grandparents in Shanghai.My grandmother made delicious dumplings and many other dishes, so I ate lots of really nice food! I spent a happy vacation. I will remember it for long .
The most unforgettable festival for me
was the National Day last year …
1. What 2. When 3. Who 4. How 5. Why
Write a passage about your unforgettable festival you have enjoyed.
The most unforgettable festival for me
was the National Day last year …
Write a passage about your unforgettable festival you have enjoyed.
How to write about festivals
Facts about Thanksgiving Date _________________________________
Meaning ____________ for their food
History Have celebrated since ______________
from England arrived in America
Learnt from the Native Americans how to __________ and celebrated together by ______________ of the new food
On the fourth Thursday in November
Gives thanks
the first pioneers
grow corn
eating a dinner
Complete the table.
Celebration Celebrate with _________________
_______________________ before dinner.
Celebrate by watching _____________________________ _________ in New York City and _______________ on television
a traditional dinner
Give thanks for the food
the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
watch the games
among corn dish lay pioneer plenty
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
The first (1)__________ crossed the Atlantic and arrived in America in the seventeenth century.
pioneers
At the beginning, they did not have enough food. The Native Americans taught them how to grow(2)_______. They soon had (3)________ to eat. Today, people living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pioneers at Thanksgiving.
corn
plenty
among corn dish lay pioneer plenty
This festival is celebrated with a meal(4)_______ family and friends. Everyone helps (5) _____ the table. After the meal, they help wash the (6)_________.
among
lay
dishes
among corn dish lay pioneer plenty
