Unit 3 Celebration reading课件

(共27张PPT)
Lesson 4 - Christmas Period 1: Reading
objects
In this lesson, students will be able to:
1. build up an area of vocabulary related to Christmas
2. read and understand a passage about memories of Christmas
3. develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions;
4. talk about their childhood memories of an important festival.
5. know about and respect the different culture in foreign countries.
Brainstorm
List some words about Christmas:
Christmas
weather
food
people
activities
objects
Christmas
stockings
balloons
Words about Christmas
envelope
calendar
candies
roasted turkey
Christmas pudding
Singing carol (唱颂歌)
Fast reading
Read the passage and find
out the words about Christmas
( Circle the words )
1. Read the text again and learn the following words.
seriously, envelope, calendar, attend, carol, decoration, put up, stocking, pudding, swallow, carry on, adult
Detailed reading
Exercise 1
Match the words with definitions.
seriously
envelope
calendar
carol
a list showing days and
months of a year
in a serious way
a holly song of joy
the paper cover of
a letter
Exercise 1
Match the words with definitions.
attend
put up
swallow
carry on
move food/drink down
the throat from the mouth
take part in, be present
keep on, continue
raise or build sth.
Exercise 1
Match the words with definitions.
decoration
stocking
pudding
adult
the sweet dish in a meal
sth. added for a special
holiday
a fully grown person
a close-fitting covering
for the foot and leg
Choose the correct words
and complete the sentences
with the correct forms.
Exercise 2
seriously, envelop, calendar, carol
You can find the date of any day
of a year on the ___________.
2. People are used to singing Christmas ________ at Christmas.
3. We should make a salute to our national flag _________ when it’s rising.
4. Write the address clearly on the
_________ before you send it.
calendar
carols
seriously
envelop
decoration, stocking, pudding, adult
Children can find some presents and sweets in their ____________.
2. The _________ should take more
care of their children by heart.
3. Make sure all the ___________ of the hall are OK, then we can leave.
4. Children like to eat __________ after a meal because it is delicious.
stockings
adults
decorations
pudding
attend, put up, swallow, carry on
The hungry beggar ___________
the bread without a drop of water.
2. Mr. Li is __________ our school sports meeting next week.
3. No matter how hard it is, we must ___________ finishing it.
4. You’d better ___________ a tent if you want to sleep in the open air.
swallowed
attending
carry on
put up
Detailed reading
2. Read the passage and learn to use the Reading Strategies to do Multiple-choice questions.
(Ex. 4)
Detailed reading
3. Read the passage again and
do Ex. 3 in pairs.
Exercise 3
d. write a letter to Father Christmas
a. open the new year calendar
b. put their stockings at the end of...
c. sing Christmas carols
e. put up the Christmas tree
f. go to church
g. have Christmas cake
Before retelling, please listen to the audio of the text and pay attention to the pronunciation in groups.
Retell the memories
write …
open …
3. put up …
4. put …
5. go to …
6. sing …
7. have …
Before
Christmas
On
Christmas Eve
On
Christmas Day
Retell the memories
Group work: Speaking
Talk about your memories of an important festival.
People (family friends …)
Food (meals drinks ...)
Presents (What Who for ...)
Activities (music talk ...)
Your feelings (happy ...)
…
Linking words
The Festival falls on … . Before … comes, we … . And , …
On …,we…Then, in the afternoon, … After the dinner, …Before we went to bed,…
Besides these, we also …
We feel …
Further thinking
Why do we celebrate
festivals
What can we learn from
celebrating festivals
Further thinking
We can feel happy and enjoyable
in celebrating festivals.
We can show our best wishes, loves
and respect to our family and friends.
We should know some culture, try to
love, cherish and pass down good
traditional culture.
Homework
Read the passage again and do the exercises on P84, 85.
2. Get ready to write about your childhood memories of an important festival.
Thanks for your attending!