Unit 2 Let’s celebrate Starting out & Understanding ideas 课件（共31张）

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Unit 2 Let’s celebrate
Starting out & Understanding ideas
At the end of the class, you are expected to：
1. get the key information, understand the content of the text and the meaning of the title;
2. Summarize the features of a book review and improve the ability to analyze the text in depth;
3. Know more about foreign festival, especially the true spirit of Christmas.
Learning objectives
1. get the key information, understand the content of the text and the meaning of the title;
2. Summarize the features of a book review and improve the ability to analyze the text in depth;
3. Know more about foreign festival, especially the true spirit of Christmas.
1. get the key information, understand the content of the text and the meaning of the title;
2. Summarize the features of a book review and improve the ability to analyze the text in depth;
3. Know more about foreign festival, especially the true spirit of Christmas.
1. get the key information, understand the content of the text and the meaning of the title;
2. Summarize the features of a book review and improve the ability to analyze the text in depth;
3. Know more about foreign festival, especially the true spirit of Christmas.
Dragon Boat Festival
Thanksgiving
May Day
Freedom Day
celebrate the harvest
celebrate a season
honor an event
honor a person
Festivals and reasons to celebrate a festival
汇报人：WPS
1. What festivals are mentioned the video
2. Why do people celebrate these festivals
Festivals and reasons to celebrate a festival
1. What festivals do we usually celebrate
2. Why do people celebrate these festivals
To celebrate the changing seasons and express their appreciation of nature.
“Hanami”, the Rose Festival, the Mid-Autumn Day,
the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival,
and the New Year.
Festivals and reasons to celebrate a festival.
about J.R.R.Tolkien
J.R.R Tolkien (1892-1973) was an English writer, poet and university professor, best known as the author of some of the world’s most popular high-fantasy novels. With his limitless imagination, he created new worlds for his readers to explore. His novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings have been made into films.
film reviews
Pre-reading
What makes a book review
1. Why did Tolkien write these letters
.
The 4 stages of life:
1. You believe in Santa Claus
2. You don’t believe in Santa Claus
3. You are Santa Claus
4. You look like Santa Claus
While -reading
children
parents
with roles turning
magic of Father Christmas
keep that magic alive
pass down
the magic
While –reading : Tolkien’ way
By writing letters to his children:
Letters from Father Christmas
The book is a collection of Tolkien’s letters to his four children at Christmas.
target reader: Christmas lovers
people who regard Christmas as a special time of year
How did Tolkien make his children believe that these letters came from Father Christmas
What makes the letters special
While –reading
The first letter
The last letter
every Christmas
more than twenty years
signature of father Christmas
a North Pole stamp
various handwriting
varied/rich content
beautiful & vivid illustrations
every year
over a period of 20 years
an envelope with a North Pole stamp
various handwriting/ manuscript
signature of Father Christmas
beautiful and vivid illustration
rich contents
What makes the letters special
his real love and care for his children in a special and spiritual way
Tolkien is the real Father Christmas.
While reading: content about the book
The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s ____ and _______ at the North Pole.
In one letter, Polar
Bear_______________and_____________ of Father Christmas's house.
In another letter, Father Christmas ______
how he could not stop his helpers_____with the toys.
contents of the letters
In one letter, Polar
Bear climbed the North Pole and fell off the roof of Father Christmas's house.
In another letter, Father Christmas complained about
how he could not stop his helpers playing games with the toys.
The letters told wonderful stories about Father Christmas’s life and adventure at the North Pole.
contents of the letters
excerpt
specifically
generally
... but if you find that not many of the things you asked for have come, and not perhaps quite as many as sometimes, remember that this Christmas all over the world there are a terrible number of poor and starving people.
excerpt
age
letters
older
young
stories
hidden meanings
giving
receiving
True spirit of Christmas
What can we learn from this book
Enjoy the adventures
Share the true spirit of giving
review /comment of the book
Understanding of the title
Choose the sentence that best explains the title of the passage.
The real Father Christmas was actually Tolkien himself.
Tolkien is the real Father Christmas, because he wrote letters using the name “Father Christmas”.
Tolkien’s love and care for his children make him very like Father Christmas.
Translate the title
title author
type purpose
target readers special aspects
contents comment
book review
summary
每年4月22日为世界读书日，学校将在这天开展”读书推荐活动”，请你将这本Letters from Father Christmas推荐给大家。
Post-reading
Useful information of book review
With love, everyday can be Christmas.
By giving, everyone can be Father Christmas.
Homework
Write down the book review on your notebook according to the key information.
What is the most special gift you have received form your family Why is it special to you
Thank you!