Unit 3 Celebrations
Lesson 3 Memories of Christmas 教学设计
科目:英语 课题:Lesson 3 Memories of Christmas 课时:1课时
教学目标与核心素养:
知识目标:Students can learn some new words and expressions and verb phrases.
能力目标:Students can have a further understanding of the passage.
情感目标:Students can think individually and learn cooperatively.
教学重难点:
教学重点:How to learn the new words and expressions and verb phrases.
教学难点:How to make students have a better understanding of the passage.
课前准备:多媒体,黑板,粉笔
教学过程:
一、Pre-reading
1. Greeting
2. Leading-in
ACTIVATE AND SHARE
教师活动:教师提问。
What do people in the West do to celebrate Christmas Tell them to use the pictures and phrases to help them.
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
Ask students to think and share their answers.
二、While-reading
READ AND EXPLORE
1. 学生活动:阅读文章,完成练习。
The following is a memory of a woman about Christmas. Read the story and find out why it was such a memorable Christmas to her
(Suggested answer:
She had such a memorable Christmas because it was the last Christmas she spent with her granny before her granny passed away.)
2. 学生活动:阅读文章,完成练习。
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 writer's 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.)
3. 学生活动:阅读文章,完成练习。
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
(Answers:
November: b, h
December: a, g
Christmas Eve: d, f
Christmas Day: e, c)
4. 学生活动:完成练习。
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.)
三、After-reading
学生活动:Group Work Think and Share
1. Can you find any hints in the story that suggest Grandma was in poor health condition Did the write 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.)
FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: COLLOCATIONS (1)
1. 学生活动:Look at the Word Builder. Match the words (1-8) with the endings (a-h) to form collocations.
(Answers:
1. fill one's heart 2. have patience 3. make an effort 4. take a seat
5. spend time 6. catch one's eye 7. fall asleep 8. come to mind)
2. 学生活动:Complete the sentences using the correct form of the collocations.
1. She ______________ her grandma's ______________ because she wanted her to come outside.
2. I remember Granny singing softly to me until I ______________ that Christmas.
3. The writer's grandma always ______________ to sing Christmas songs over and over for her.
4. Now, whenever the writer makes sugar biscuits, her grandma ______________.
5. Granny ______________ by the window and watched us playing with the snow.
6. Granny ______________ most of her ______________ on the brown sofa by the fire.
7. Although Granny's hand was slightly shaky, she ______________ to help me with the writing.
8. Granny's singing ______________ with warmth.
(Suggested answers:
Answers:
1. caught; eye 2. fell asleep 3. had patience 4. comes to mind
5. took a seat 6. spent; time 7. made an effort 8. filled my heart)
EXPRESS YOURSELF
1. 学生活动:Group Work
Read the last paragraph. Why does the writer think Christmas is "magical"
(Suggested answer:
The writer thinks Christmas is "magical" because of the memories of her granny. Whenever Christmas comes, she thinks of her granny and the happy time they spent during that Christmas.)
2. 学生活动:Pair Work
Tell your partner about your festival memories. Focus on something special and unique.
语法:动词词组
1. v.+adv.
(1)一般不跟宾语
go ahead 前进,继续
fall behind 落后
get up 起床
lie down 躺下
go up 上升
run out 用完,耗尽
give in让步,投降
stay up 熬夜
(2)可以跟宾语
put out 扑灭
carry out 实施,执行
give up 放弃
wake up 叫醒,醒来
check in 登记;报到;记录
eat up 吃光,吃完
find out 找出;查明
hand in 上交
turn down将(音量)调小;拒绝
注意:宾语是名词时,放在副词前面或后面都可以;若宾语是人称代词,只能放在动词和副词之间。
We've decided to put the meeting off ( = put off the meeting) .
我们决定推迟会议。
We've decided to put it off.
我们决定推迟它。(不用 put off it)
2. v.+prep.
ask for 索要;询问
care for 喜爱;照顾
deal with 处理,应付
look for 寻找
call on 号召;拜访;请求
3. v.+adv.+prep.
look forward to 期待,盼望
put up with 容忍,忍受
look up to 尊敬
get along with 与……相处
date back to 追溯到
look down on 轻视,瞧不起
keep up with 跟上
run out of 用完,花光
She soon caught up with us.
她很快就赶上了我们。
We should keep up with the times.
我们应该与时俱进。
Researchers say that they have come up with a low-cost device.
研究员们说他们已研发出一种低成本装置。
4. v.+n.+prep.
take care of 照顾
pay attention to 注意……
make use of 利用
make contributions to 为……做贡献
Qian Xuesen made great contributions to our motherland.
钱学森为我们的祖国做出了重大贡献。
Take good care of my pet dog when I am away.
当我离开时,照顾好我的宠物狗。
练习:
1. Can you tell me how the things come ___________
2. A helicopter is able to take ___________ and land straight up or down.
3. She came ___________ some old photographs in a drawer.
4. Nothing can make ___________ for what they have suffered.
5. We can't afford to fall ___________ our competitors.
6. You must make sure ___________ the time and place.
7. The question is bound to come ___________ at the meeting.
8. The farmers took ___________ the lost travelers for the night.
9. He really fell ___________ the new girl in school.
10. So many young men want to take ___________ writing.
(Answers:
1. about 2. off 3. across 4. up 5. behind
6. of 7. up 8. in 9. for 10. up)
四、Summary
重点词汇:mess, patience, behaviour, whisper, pass away, on the way
重点句型:过去分词(短语)作状语;"so…that…"结构的用法;强调句型
重点语法:动词词组
五、Homework
Write a short passage about your festival memories.
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