Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Teaching content
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Comic strip $welcome to the unit
Teaching
object
Students
in Grade7
Lesson
type
dialogue
Teaching items
Words: celebrate、guess、dress、as、Christmas、festival and so on
Phrases: have a guess、dress up、the Spring Festival and so on
Sentence patterns: Let’s celebrate./ What’s your favourite festival?...
Teaching methods
Task-based teaching method
Communicative teaching method
Teaching objectives
1. To learn the names of some festivals home and broad
2. To learn the way of celebrating all these festivals
3. To learn how to talk about your favorite festival and the reasons for it
4. To know the cultural background of different festivals home and broad
Teaching key points
1.To learn the names of some festivals home and broad
2.To learn the way of celebrating all these festivals
Teaching difficult points
1. To learn how to talk about your favorite festival and the reasons for it
2. To know the cultural background of different festivals home and broad
Teaching aids
ppt, pictures, tape recorder, a calendar
Teaching procedures
Step1 Warm-up and lead- in
T shows Ss a calendar and turns it to 31 October.
T: Look, it is red. Can you tell me why? Yes, because it’s a festival.
It is Halloween.
Step2 Presentation
1. Give some introduction of the festival-Halloween by watching a short video about the origin of the festival.
2. Present some pictures of different Chinese festivals and let the students to talk about the date and the activities of each festival.
Chinese New Year (the Spring Festival)
When is …?
in January or February
What do people usually do at the…?
1) All the family get together [t?'gee?(r)]
(团聚)
2) eat a lot of delicious food（美食）
3) let off fireworks ['fa??w?:k] (烟花)
4) watch the Spring Festival Gala ['gɑ:l?]
(春晚)
5) get some red packets ['p?k?t]
(红包）
Mid –Autumn Festival
When is…?
in September or October
(On the 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
农历八月十五
What do people usually do at the…?
1) eat moon cakes (月饼)
2) enjoy the full moon in the evening,
3) tell the story of Chang’e
Dragon Boat Festival
When is …?
in May or June
(on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
农历五月初五
What do people usually do at the…?
1）usually have dragon boat races
(龙舟赛)
2) eat rice dumplings (粽子)
3) remember Qu Yuan
3. Present some pictures of festivals in Western countries, and introduce them. For example, Halloween (31 October): make pumpkin lanterns, dress up and wear masks, dress up as ghosts, play a game called “trick or treat”. Thanksgiving Day(on the fourth Thursday in November):all the family get together and have a big dinner, usually they eat turkey, give thanks for the good things in life. Christmas (25 December): decorate a Christmas tree and give presents to each other.
4. Ask the students to finish the exercise in Part A.
5. Play the tape recorder of Part B and ask two questions:
Q1: What is Tommy’s favourite festival?
Q2: What is Millie’s favourite festival?
6. Let the students read the dialogue and answer two more questions:
Q3: Why does Tommy like Christmas?
Q4: What do people do to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?
7. Let the students make a new dialogue about their favorite festivals
A: What is your favourite festival?
B: My favourite festival is _________ A: Why do you like it?
B: Because I can __________
A: What do you usually do on /at______?
B: …….
8. Show students the comic strip and lead them to look at Picture Three and ask them what Hobo is doing.
T: Yes, he is dressing himself up as a ghost.
9. Play the tape recorder and ask Ss answer two questions.
Q1: What festival do they talk about?
Q2: Hobo wants to dress up as a ghost. What does Eddie think of it?
Q3: What will Hobo dress up as then?
10. Read the dialogue after the tape.
Step3 Practice
1. Today is ________, Eddie and Hobo will _______it. Hobo is dressing ______ as a _____. But Eddie says it’s not ______. So Hobo will dress up as___________.
2. Act the comic strip out
3. Now Western festivals are becoming more and more popular. At the same time, some traditional Chinese festivals are starting to disappear(消失). I think we should pay more attention to (多关注）Chinese traditional festivals and remember that we are Chinese.
Step4 Homework
Recite new words and the dialogue.
Write a passage to introduce your favourite festival in 50 words.
教 后 反 思
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Teaching content
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Grammar
Teaching object
Students in Grade7
Lesson type
Grammar
Teaching items
Words: dumpling、rice dumpling、grandparent、other、thing and so on
Sentence patterns: Wh-word questions
Teaching methods
Inductive teaching method
Communicative teaching method
Teaching objectives
To master eight question words
2.To learn to ask questions by using these eight question words
3. To learn to answer these wh-qustion
Teaching key points
To master eight question words
2. To learn to answer these wh-qustion
Teaching difficult points
To learn to ask questions by using these eight question words
Teaching aids
ppt, pictures, stationary
教学过程与内容
二次备课
Step1 Warm-up and lead-in
1. Show Ss a picture of Halloween and then ask Ss some questions
What festival is it about?
When is it ?
Who usually celebrates it，Chinese people or American people?
How do they celebrate it?
Let Ss find the commons between these sentences
Today we’ll learn eight question words
Which game do they play with the people?
Step2 Presentation
Present the eight question words by showing some pictures
Picture1: Halloween Q: What do you do for Halloween?
Picture2: A waiter Q: What can I do for you?
Picture3:A red apple and a green apple Q: Which would you like?
Picture4: Millie Q: Who is she?
Picture5: Hobo Q: Whose dog is this?
Picture6: Twin sister Q: When is their birthday？
Picture7: A pencil case and pencils Q: Where are my pencils?
Picture8: Lazy sheep Q: Why is Lazy Sheep so happy?
Picture9: A bike Q: How do you come to our school?
Give a summary:
“Wh-” word
Use in questions
?When
To ask about time
?Where
To ask about places
?Who
To ask for persons
Whose
To ask about possession
?What
To ask for something
?Why
To ask about the reasons
?Which
To ask about sth or sb
?How
To find out “in what way”
Put the stationary on the teacher’s desk and make communication with the Ss
What is it in English?
Which pen is yours?
Who often buys stationary for you?
Whose rubber is white?
When do you need to use a pencil?
It’s such a long ruler. Where can you put it? In the pencil case or in the school bag?
Why is this pen so special? It looks so funny. Where did you get it ?
How can I use this tape correctly? Who can help me?
Step3 Practice
-----______does it take you to do your homework?
A How long B How oftenC How many D How much
---______are you late for school again?
---Because I get up late.
A What B How C Why D Where
There is a desk in the room.__________ in the room.
______________ do you like best?I like the Spring Festival best.
Step4 Homework
Finish the exercise paper
Preview Integrated Skills
教 后 反 思
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Teaching content
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Integrated skills
Teaching object
Students in Grade7
Lesson type
Listening speaking
Teaching items
Words: lion dance、more、radio、show、seem、different、around and so on
Phrases: find out、be on holiday、take photos、at the school hall and so on
Sentence patterns: Happy New Year!/ What do you do to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing?/ Have a nice day…
Teaching methods
Communicative teaching method
Audio-lingual approach
Teaching objectives
To get information from the poster
To collect information from listening
To learn to talk about “festival activity” at school
To learn how people celebrate Chinese New Year in Chinatown, New Year
Teaching key points
To get information from the poster
2. To learn to talk about “festival activity” at school
Teaching difficult points
To collect information from listening
To learn how people celebrate Chinese New Year in Chinatown, New Year
Teaching aids
ppt, pictures, tape recorder
教学过程与内容
二次备课
A Happy Chinese New Year!
Step1 Lead in
T shows Ss some pictures about the Spring Festival and asks Ss some questions:
Q1: What festival is this?
Q2: Do you like the Chinese New Year?
Q3: Why do you like it?
Q4: What do you always do during the Chinese New Year?
Step2 Presentation
Present the new words from the above questions and teach the new words: lion, lion dance, firework (let off fireworks), show, radio, take photos.
We do a lot of interesting things during the Chinese New Year. Do you know how people in New York celebrate the Chinese New Year? Please turn to page 63. Read the poster and answer my questions.
Present the questions
Q1: What are people going to do to celebrate the Chinese New Year?
Q2: What are they going to eat?
Q3: What can they watch on that day?
Q4: What day will they hold the party?
Q5: Where are they going to have the party?
Step3 Listening activities
Let Ss go through the table quickly
Now listen to the radio programme and write down the time they have each activity.
Play the tape recorder
Now, we know when they will do the activities, but where will they have all the activities? Please listen to the second part of the radio programme, and write down the exact places.
Check out the answers together
Wendy is writing a postcard to Millie about the Chinese New Year celebrations. Let’s help Wendy finish her postcard.
Check out the answers
B Speak up: Have a nice day!
Step1 Presentation
Millie is talking to her mother about the “Festival Week” at her school. Listen to their conversation and answer the questions
Present the questions:
Q1: Why does Millie seem happy?
Q2: What do they do?
Q3: Where do they have the show?
Step2 Practice
Ss work in pairs and read the dialogue out
Let Ss act it out
Ss make a new conversation with the topic “Have a nice day!” They can use the dialogue as a model
Ss act it out
Step3 Homework
1. Finish the exercise paper
2.Preview Study Skills
教 后 反 思
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Teaching content
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Reading (1)
Teaching object
Students in Grade7
Lesson type
Reading
Teaching items
Words: paint、inside、knock、shout、treat、special and so on
Phrases: tell about、have lots of fun、knock on the door、give…as a treat
Sentence patterns： Thank you for telling me about the Mid-autumn Festival./ I like Halloween best…
Teaching methods
Task-based teaching method
Communicative teaching method
Teaching objectives
1. To know some detailed information about Halloween such as its date, the ways of celebrating the festival and so on
2. To use some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning to get information from the article
3. To retell the way to play “trick or treat”
4. To develop the students’ cross-cultural awareness
Teaching key points
1. To know some detailed information about Halloween such as its date, the ways of celebrating the festival and so on
2. To retell the way to play “trick or treat”
Teaching difficult points
To use some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning to get information from the article
Teaching aids
ppt, pictures, tape recorder
教学过程与内容
Step1 Revision and lead- in
T: We have already learnt something about different festivals around the world. Do you remember them? Let’s read the riddles and have a guess.
Riddle1: People get together on that day. People watch the moon in the evening. People eat moon cakes on that day. (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Riddle2: It is in September. We are happy on that day. Teachers can get flowers or cards on that day. (Teachers’ Day)
Riddle3: It is in June. Children are very happy on that day. Children can get a lot of presents on that day. (Children's Day)
Riddle4: It is a western festival. Children can get a lot of presents on that day. Every family has a Christmas tree in the house. (Christmas)
Riddle5: It is a western festival too. People wear special clothes. Some people will dress up as a ghost. (Halloween)
2. T: Today we will talk about more details about Halloween.
Step2 Presentation
Show Ss pictures of Halloween.
Picture1: People who are dressing up and wearing masks
Picture2: People whose faces are painted
Picture3: Pumpkin lanterns
Picture4: Children who are playing “trick or treat”
Picture5: A Halloween party
First, let’s look at the big orange one. It is a lantern for us to see clearly at night, and this lantern is made out of a pumpkin. It’s a pumpkin lantern.
Learn and read the phrase “pumpkin lantern”
At Halloween, people dress up and wear masks or paint their faces. They try to make themselves different from usual, because it’s a special day.
Learn the phrases and word “dress up” “wear masks” “paint faces” and “special”
At Halloween, children’s favorite game is to play “trick or treat”. Have you heard about it? Give some explanations about this game.
Children will knock on people’s doors and ask for some candy as a treat. If they do not get the treat, they will play a trick on people. Learn the phrases “trick or treat” and “knock on the door”.
On the evening of October 31, people will have a party to celebrate the festival. What do you think they will do at the party? Play a radio about the Halloween party. A summary: People usually have nice food and drinks at parties.
Millie’s pen friend Wendy lives in the USA. She writes a letter to Millie to tell her something about Halloween. Now let’s listen to the letter and answer two questions:
Q1: When is Halloween?
Q2: What game do they play on that day?
Step3 Practice
Finish Part B1
Read the article and match the paragraphs with the main ideas
Answer the questions:
What does Wendy thank Millie for?
When is Halloween?
How do children feel about this festival?
What activities do they do on the festival?
What do they enjoy at the Halloween party?
Do some T or F exercises.
People in the USA celebrate Halloween in October. ____
2. Halloween is not much fun for children. ______
3. People make lanterns out of oranges. ______
4. Children play “trick or treat” with their parents
on Halloween. ______
5. People have a party on the morning of October31. _____
6. People enjoy nice food and drinks on Halloween. ______
I’d like to know if you can describe the way to play “trick or treat” in English. I’ll give you some verbs as the key words and please say something about the game.
visit knock on shout give…as a treat play a trick on
Finish B3 and B4
Read the article after the tape recorder
Step4 Homework
Read the letter again and again and try to retell it.
教 后 反 思
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Teaching content
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Reading (2)
Teaching object
Students in Grade7
Lesson type
Reading
Teaching methods
Task-based teaching method
Communicative teaching method
Teaching objectives
To learn Halloween further
To learn the ways of describing your favorite festival
To learn the language points in this passage
Teaching key points
1. To learn Halloween further
2. To learn the language points in this passage
Teaching difficult points
To learn the ways of describing your favorite festival
Teaching aids
tape recorder, ppt, pictures
教学过程与内容
二次备课
Step1 Revision
1. Use three wh-words(when、how、what) to check how much students know about Halloween.
Q1: When is Halloween?
Q2: How do people celebrate Halloween?
Q3: What does Wendy think of Halloween?
Use some pictures to help the students recall the activities people usually do at Halloween.(dress up, wear masks, paint faces, make pumpkin lanterns, play “trick or treat”, have a party, enjoy nice food and drinks)
2. Retell the letter according to the key words.
when
on October 31st
Who
people in the USA
how
children
dress up
wear masks
paint faces
play a game
knock on doors
do ‘trick or treat’
give…as a treat;
if not, play tricks
on others
Make pumpkin lanterns
make lanterns
out of pumpkins
families
have a party
enjoy nice food
and drinks
Step2 Presentation
Language points:
My family always have a party on the evening of October 31st.
在具体某一天的早晨/下午/晚上
on the morning/ afternoon/ evening of …
Please help Millie finish the e-mail with ‘in’ or ‘on’.
I’d like to tell you something about my favourite festival----the Spring Festival. The day comes _____ January or February. ____ that day, we children will have lots of fun. We enjoy a spring Festival Gala(春晚) on TV ____ the evening of that day.
Q: On Halloween, what makes children feel most excited?
Dressing up, wearing masks and playing “trick or treat” usually make children feel most excited.
Dress up: 乔装打扮
我们在万圣节装扮。We dress up at Halloween.
杨胜茜在万圣节装扮成了鬼
Yang Shengqian dresses up as a ghost at Halloween.
knock on… = knock at…
give sb. sth. as a treat 给某人某物作为招待
= give sb. a treat of sth.
Q: If people give gifts to you on your birthday, what’s your feeling about this?
I thank them for their gifts.
Thank you for telling me about the Mid-Autumn Festival.(line 10)
thank sb. for sth. 因某事感谢某人
thank sb. for doing sth.感谢某人做某事
Step3 Practice
Translate the following sentences
1.美国人庆祝万圣节。
The people in the ____ ________ Halloween.
2.孩子们和里面的人玩“不招待就使坏”。
Children play ______ or______ with people ______.
3.人们给他们一些糖果作为招待。
People give them _____ _____ as a ______.
4.孩子们可以捉弄别人。
Children can ____ ___ ____ ___ people.
5.他们装扮，戴面具，还做南瓜灯。
They ______ ____ and _____ ______ ,they
also make _______ _______.
Step4Homework
1. Read the passage and try to recite it.
2. Make a poster about Halloween.
教 后 反 思
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
射阳县临海初级中学 陈璐未
Teaching content
Unit5 Let’s celebrate
Task
Teaching object
Students in Grade7
Lesson type
Writing
Teaching items
Words: important、most、off、packet
Phrases: let off、red packet
Teaching method
Communicative teaching method
Teaching objectives
To learn to write an article about a festival and the celebration of it
To learn to make a writing plan
Teaching key point
To learn to write an article about a festival and the celebration of it24
Teaching difficult point3
To learn to make a writing planC
Teaching aidsY
ppt, pictures, tape recorderI
教学过程与内容4
二次备课C
Step1. Lead in f
1.We have learnt some information about Halloween in this unit. Here are some questions to check how much you still remember.e
2.Present the questions:o
Q1: When is Halloween?V
Q2: Who celebrate Halloween?E
Q3: How do people celebrate it?L
Step2. Presentationk
1.Present the writing plan about Halloween, especially pay attention to what, when, who, and how. Learn the writing plan about Halloween.g
2.Here is another writing plan in your textbook. It’s made by Millie. Please tell me the information about what, when, who, how? Learn the writing plan about the Spring Festival.B
3.Now, let’s help Millie complete her writing according to her writing plan./
4. Let Ss retell the whole passage of Part B with the help of the key words: what, when, who and how./
Step3. WritingV
1.Today you will write about the festival you like best.P
Present some information about different festivalsx
Dragon Boat Festivalc
Mid-Autumn FestivalQ
Thanksgiving Day=
Christmas=
Please make a plan like Millie’s. Remember to show the main information about what, when, who and how.4587478
Finish writing the passage
Show some students’ articles and make a comment.
Step4. Homework
1. Polish their writing after class
2. Make a poster about their favourite festival
教 后 反 思
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