北师大版（2019）必修第一册 Unit3 Celebrations Lesson 3 Memories of Christmas名师教学设计

Unit3 Lesson 3 名师教学设计
课时内容：
Memories of Christmas
主题语境：人与社会
主题群：历史、社会与文化
子主题：不同民族文化习俗与传统节日
语篇类型：记叙文
文本分析：本节课是阅读课，作者回忆了和奶奶一起度过圣诞节的欢乐时光以及表达对奶奶的思念之情。通过本节课的学习，让学生了解西方文化中圣诞节的意义，进而更深入探究西方文化内涵，从而适当地将中西文化对比和结合；同时通过本课的学习，让学生学会如何表达与圣诞节相关的话题。
课时目标：
1. 能够正确运用以下单词和短语：somehow, stuff, branch, patience, behaviour, whisper, wave, affair, swallow, no longer, pass away, catch sb’s eye, move in等。
2. 了解西方圣诞节的意义以及中西方文化的异同，引导学生热爱和尊重不同民族的文化，在新环境中进一步树立准确的语言学习观。
重点难点：
重点：
1. 如何使用地道的英语介绍西方圣诞节。
2. 学习和掌握动词短语等的运用。
难点：
能用得体的语言表达与西方圣诞节相关的话题。
教学准备：
教师准备：
音频、圣诞节照片或视频等。
学生准备：
1. 提前预习本课时新单词和短语。
2. 上网查找有关圣诞节的资料。
教学过程：
Step I Lead-in
1. Present several pictures to students and make them get familiar with the key words about Christmas.
2. Ask students to answer the following question. Tell them to use the pictures and phrases to help them.
What do people in the west do to celebrate Christmas
to make Christmas pudding to put up a Christmas tree to decorate the house to give/open gifts to sing Christmas songs to hang a stocking
【设计意图】通过图片和问题引出Christmas的话题，激发学生兴趣，自然而然进入新的教学之中。
Step Ⅱ Pre-reading
T: Are you interested in Christmas
S: ...
T: Can you tell me your memories of Christmas
S: ...
T: Now, please look at the pictures on Page 58 and predict what you will learn in the article.
2. Give the possible answers and predict how Dr. Martin will respond to him.
【设计意图】紧扣上一环节的讨论，教师引导学生将谈论后的结果表达出来，激发学生的兴趣，导入文章主题。
Step Ⅲ While reading
1. T: The article is a memory of a woman about Christmas. Read the story and try to finish the following tasks.
Task 1:
Why was it such a memorable Christmas to her
Suggested answers: She had such a memorable Christmas because it was the last Christmas she spent with her granny before her granny passed away.
Task 2:
Underline the writer’s memories of her grandma and tell your partner.
Suggested answers: Granny made an effort to help the writer write a letter to Father Christmas. Granny and the writer made sugar biscuits and stuffed the turkey. The writer sat on her granny’s lap and sang Christmas songs, Granny had patience to sing it over and over again. Granny and the writer left a plate of sugar biscuits out for Father Christmas, and put a stocking at the end of the writers bed. Granny sat on the writer’s bed and sang softly. Granny gave the writer a music box with a ballet dancer inside. Granny laughed so much that her paper hat fell off.
Task 3:
1. Ask students to answer the questions according to the story:
What did the writer do after granny moved in
What was the special gift that the writer got from her Granny
When did the writer’s granny pass away
What does the writer make at Christmas now
Suggested answers: （略））
2. Read the story again and try to finish the following tasks.
Task 1:
Underline the activities the writer did at Christmas.
Task 2:
Talk about the food for Christmas.
Talk about the scene on Christmas Eve.
3. Check students’ answers and help them understand he story better.
Suggested answer: （略）
【设计意图】通过该活动，帮助学生获取主要信息，将信息和语言知识内化，培养学生概括文章、整体理解课文的能力。
Step Ⅳ Post-reading
1. Learn the Skill Builder together.
2. Read the story again. When did these activities happen Ask students to complete the timeline and talk about what happened based on the timeline.
a made sugar biscuits
b Granny moved in
c had Christmas lunch
d left sugar biscuits out for Father Christmas
e opened presents
f put a stocking at the end of the bed
g sang Christmas songs
h wrote a letter to Father Christmas
Suggested answers: November b h December: a g Christmas eve: d f Christmas Day: e c
3. Ask students to use the subjects, verbs or verb phrases and adverbial phrases in the circles to make sentences about the writer’s memories of the Christmas.
Example
Cousin David put so much pudding in his mouth.
Suggested answers: The writer and Cousin David raced around the garden. Cousin David couldn’t swallow the pudding. The writer and Cousin David rolled a snowball. Granny gave the writer a music box with a ballet dancer inside. The writer caught Granny’s eye through the window. The writer opened the presents on her best behaviour. The writer hung decorations on the branches. Granny and the writer stuffed the turkey. Granny took a seat by the fire.
Step Ⅴ Discussion
Ask students to read the following questions and discuss in groups.
1 Can you find any hints in the story that suggest Grandma was in poor health condition Did the writer notice it at that time How did she feel after grandma passed away 2 Why does the writer think of her grandma every Christmas What can you infer after reading the story
Suggested answers: 1 Granny spent most of her time on the sofa by the fire. Her hand was slightly shaky. She stayed inside by the fire and didn’t go outside. The writer didn’t notice it at that time. The writer thinks of her often and misses her very much. 2 Because she had a happy Christmas with her granny before Granny passed away. Granny knew she was very sick and that she probably did not have much time, so she cherished every minute with the writer. Granny loved her family very much and the family loved her. Granny was very happy, especially with the children, despite her illness. Granny made great efforts to spend a happy Christmas with her family.
【设计意图】本活动是将课本信息转换成自己的语言的过程，引导学生用自己的语言谈论“圣诞节的记忆”，培养学生的交际能力，是对语言的进一步拓展。
Step Ⅵ Homework
1. Read the story as much as possible and do Activity 7~9.
2. Write a text to describe the memories of a festival.
板书设计：
Words： memory, somehow, slightly, stuff, frosty, patience, eve, branch, behaviour, whisper, merry, wave, affair, swallow Phrases: move in, over and over, catch sb’s eye, pass away, no longer