外研版（2019）必修 第二册Unit 2 Let's celebrate! Understanding ideas 课件(共23张PPT)

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Book 2 Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
Starting out & understanding idea
By Grace
Activity 1 : Think and Talk Freely
What is the title of the unit What’s in your mind when you read it.
The Sping Festival and Lantern Festival just passed, can you share how you celebrated these festivals
Have ever considered why people celebrate festivals
Activity 2: What a vedio
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. What festivals are mentioned in the video
2. Why do people celebrate these festivals
1. What festivals are mentioned in the video
hanami; the Rose Festival; the Mid-Autumn Festival; the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival; the New Year.
2. Why do people celebrate these festivals
People celebrate the changing of seasons and express their appreciation of nature.
Activity 3: Learn more Festivals
Read the festival descriptions and complete the sentences.
_______ is to celebrate the harvest.
_______ is to celebrate a season.
_______ is to honour an event.
_______ is to honour a person.
Thanksgiving
May Day
Freedom Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Activity 4：Understand ideas
Do you know how people in western countries celebrate Christmas Day
Christmas Day is the biggest festival in the Western countries. It is usually celebrated on December 25th in honour of the birth of Jesus Christ.Traditionally, people would like to exchange gifts and decorate their homes with Christmas trees.
Do you know the following things related to Christmas
Christmas card
Christmas tree
Father Christmas /
Santa Claus
Christmas gift
Christmas stocking
Have you ever heard “Father Christmas” What does he do at Christmas Is he a real person
Introduction to J.R.R Tolkien
Read the passge and find out what letters from Father Christmas is about .
Why Tolkien wrote these letters
What is the type of this text
book review
Book Review
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien
a North Pole stamp
a handwritten letter from Father Christmas
Father Christmas’s life and adventures at the North Pole
fell through the roof
how he could not stop his helpers playing games
climbed the North Pole
3. What does the title “The Real Father Christmas”
mean
A. The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
B. Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote
letters using the name “Father Christmas”.
C. Tolkien’s love and care for his children made him very
like Father Christmas.
What does the title mean
Learn What is a book review
lead in
introduction
How does the author lead in the book
What does the author introduce in this part
background information
the content
What kind of father is Tolkien from the the sentence “each must have taken its true author, Tolkien, a long time to complete
1. How many stories have talked about in this part
2. Tolkien did not contain the uaual warning to children that they might not recieve their presents if they were not good. What’s the author’s attitude toward it How did the letters change when Tolkien’s children got older
(from funny stories to talking about phylosophy)
comment
1. What can people do at Christmas time
2. Why does the author think Tolkien may indeed have been the real Father Christmas
Think and share
1. Would you like to read the book Letters from Father Christmas
Give your reasons.
2. What is the most special gift you have received from your family Why is it special to you
3. Think about the Spring Festival last year, did you do something or give something to your family If yes, how did you feel when your “gifts” were received happily
HOMEWORK
Read the excerpts from Letters from Father Christmas And answer the question on the Homework Handout.
Thanks for Listening!