A Teaching Plan for Reporting Class
A Teaching Plan for
Christmas Lesson 4 Unit 3
Ⅰ. Teaching Objectives:
1. Knowledge objectives:
(1) To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.
(2) To read a narrative text and understand the story.
2. Ability objectives:
(1) To develop reading strategies to answer the multiple-choice questions.
(2) To improve the students’ reading ability.
(3) To develop the student’s speaking ability by describing, talking and discussion.
3. Moral objectives:
(1) To get to know about the origin of Christmas and the ways to celebrate it.
(2) To make the students be aware of the cultural differences by comparing Christmas in western countries with the Spring Festival in our China.
Ⅱ. Teaching Important Points:
1. To learn and master the words associated with Christmas.
2. To improve the students’ reading ability.
3. To enable the students to understand the text better.
Ⅲ. Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the students understand the reading passage better.
How to improve the students’ reading ability.
Ⅳ. Teaching Type:
A reading class
Ⅴ. Teaching Methods:
1. Task-based teaching method
2. Teaching the text as a whole
3. Question-and-answer activity method
4. Individual, pair, or group work to make every student in class work
Ⅵ. Teaching Aids:
The multimedia
Ⅵ. Teaching Procedure:
Step 1 Warm-up
Greet the whole class as usual.
Introduce the tasks in this period.
Step 2 Lead-in
1. Students listen to a song and then answer the following questions shown on the screen:
Do you know the name of this song
On what special occasion do we sing this song
2. Check the answer as a class, thus leading into today’s topic
Step 3 Pre-reading
Show today’s learning objectives on the screen.
Ask the students if they know the origin of Christmas. If they don’t know, tell them and then ask:
When talking about Christmas, what can you think of
Get the students to answer the question above as a class. Maybe they don’t know the exact English name for those things associated with Christmas. Draw their attention to the Key Words in Exercise 1 and then check the meaning of these words by pictures shown on the screen.
Step 4 While-reading
1. Skimming
(1) Students read the text quickly, and match the main idea shown on the screen with each paragraph.
(2) Get individual students to match and check answers as a class.
2. Scanning
(1) Go through the Reading Strategies about how to do multiple-choice questions with the students.
(2) Students read the passage carefully and do the multiple-choice questions handed out to them.
(3) Get the students individually to report their answer and then check the answers as a class.
Step 6 Post-reading
1. Students read the article again and work out:
In what order did the children do these things
Example: 1 d)
a) open the new year calendar
b) put their stockings at the end of the bed
c) sing Christmas carols
d) write a letter to Father Christmas
e) put up the Christmas tree
f) go to church
g) have Christmas cake
2. Check the answer as a class by the diagram shown on the screen.
Key: 2 a 3 c 4 e 5 b 6 f 7 g
Step 7 Pronunciation-checking
Students listen to the tape. Ask them to pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words and the intonation of the sentences.
Step 8 Discussion
1. Christmas is known as the “Spring Festival” in western countries. Students are expected to work in groups and discuss:
What are the similarities and differences between Christmas in western countries and the Spring Festival in China
2. Students may don’t know how to express the things associated with the Spring Festival in English. Before the discussion, show the students some pictures about the Spring Festival, thus making it easier for them to discuss.
3. Students discuss in groups and then get several individual groups to report back their discussion to the whole class.
4. Make a conclusion of the students’ discussion by showing on the screen the similarities and differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival.
Step 9 Summary and Homework
Sum up what we’ve learned today.
Ask the students to write a passage about the similarities and differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival.
Reflection: (filled in immediately after class)
A Blackboard Design
Lesson 4 Christmas
Slides:☆Task 1 Read the text quickly and choose the main idea for each paragraph☆Task 2 Answer the multiple-choice questions.☆Task 3 In what order did the children do these things ☆ Task 4 Discussion Vocabulary:stockingseriouslypolethe North Poleenvelopecalendardecorationswallowadult
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Do you know the name of this song
Jingle bells
On what special occasion do we sing this song
Learning Objectives(目标)
To read a text and learn more about Christmas.
To build up an area of vocabulary(词汇) related to Christmas.
To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions(选择题)
To discuss Christmas and the Spring Festival.
☆Do you know what’s the origin(起源) of Christmas
◆That day was the day to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.(纪念耶稣诞生的日子)
☆When talking about Christmas, what can you think of
balloons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presents, Father Christmas, snowball fights, turkey, Christmas cake
Key words:
balloons
presents
snowmen
Christmas tree
Christmas stockings
Christmas carols
Father Christmas
Christmas pudding
Christmas cake
turkey
Christmas hat
Paragraph 1 people’s activities(活动) after lunch
Paragraph 2 writing a letter to Father Christmas
Paragraph 3 atmosphere(气氛) during Christmas
Paragraph 4 people’s activities on Christmas Eve
Paragraph 5 people’s activities on Christmas
☆Task 1 Read the text quickly and choose the main idea for each paragraph
☆Task 2 Answer the multiple-choice questions.
Before Christmas:
1. When did Christmas always begin
in the middle of the warm month of September
in the middle of the hot month of June
in the middle of the cold and windy month of November
2. What did people do in front of the fire
wrote a letter to Father Christmas
looked at the fire
thought about something
Reading strategies:
When you answer the multiple-choice question，
◆Read the question and answers.
◆Try to guess the correct answer.
◆Find the place in the text where you think the answer is.
◆Read the text and check your answer.
☆Task 2 Answer the multiple-choice questions.
Before Christmas:
1. When did Christmas always begin
in the middle of the warm month of September
in the middle of the hot month of June
in the middle of the cold and windy month of November
2. What did people do in front of the fire
wrote a letter to Father Christmas
looked at the fire
thought about something
(C)
(A)
3. At the end of each year ,what did people always do
had a party
went to the park
opened the new year calendar
4. What do you think people do in a carol service
sing songs
give presents
watch a play
5. If there was snow everywhere, what could people do
eat the snow
make snowmen and have exciting snowball fights
do nothing
(C)
(A)
(B)
On Christmas Eve:
6. On Christmas Eve, what did the whole family do
didn’t go to bed
watched TV
decorated the house and put up the Christmas tree
7. Where did the people put their stockings
on the desk
under the bed
at the end of the bed
8. What happened on Christmas Eve
the writer stayed awake all night
someone put presents in the stockings
the writer saw Father Christmas
(C)
(C)
(B)
On Christmas:
9. What were the stockings full of
presents B. snakes C. nothing
10. Who put presents in the children’s stockings
Father Christmas B. their parents C. nobody
11. At lunchtime , what did people eat
turkeys and Christmas puddings
rice
nothing
12. What songs did people usually sing during Christmas
popular songs B. classical songs C. carols
13. After lunch:
The adults watched the Queen’s speech.
The children made a snowman.
Everyone had more to eat.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(A)
(A)
☆Task 3 In what order did the children do these things
Example: 1 d
a) open the new year calendar
b) put their stockings at the end of the bed
c) sing Christmas carols
d) write a letter to Father Christmas
e) put up the Christmas tree
f ) go to church
g) have Christmas cake
write a letter to the
Father Christmas
open the new year calendar
put up the Christmas tree
go to church
sing Christmas
carols
put their stockings
at the end
of the bed
have
Christmas
cakes
Complete Exercise3 in this lesson and look at the diagram below to check your answers.
Pronunciation-checking
Listen to the tape. While listening, circle out(圈出) the following words and expressions. Pay your attention to the pronunciation(发音) of these words.
seriously, the North Pole, envelope, calendar, decorations, stockings, swallow, adult
Vocabulary
stocking
seriously
pole
the North Pole
envelope
calendar
decoration
swallow
adult
n.长筒袜
adv.认真地
n. 棒，竿，极
北极
n.信封
n.日历
n.装饰，装饰品
vt.吞下，咽下
n.成年人
Christmas is known as “ the Spring Festival” in western countries. Work in groups and discuss:
What are the similarities and differences between Christmas in western countries and the Spring Festival in China
☆ Task 4 Discussion
Spring Festival couplets
春联
blessing
firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
爆竹
setting off fireworks
放烟火
making dumplings
包饺子
舞龙：dragon dance
红包：red packets
春节：The Spring Festival 除夕： New Year‘s Eve, eve of lunar New Year 初一：the beginning of New Year
压岁钱：gift money
团圆饭：family reunion dinner 年夜饭 ：the dinner on New Year‘s Eve 饺子 ：jiao-zi, dumpling,Chinese meat ravioli
春联：Spring Festival couplets
剪纸：paper-cuts
年画：New Year paintings
灯笼：lantern
烟花：fireworks
爆竹：firecrackers
舞狮：lion dance
舞龙：dragon dance
守岁：staying-up
拜年：pay New Year’s call;give New Year’s greetings;New Year’s visit
Work in groups and discuss: What are the similarities(类似点) and differences between Christmas in western countries and the Spring Festival in China
Tips: you can compare(对比，比较)them from the following aspects(方面):
season&date: for example, Christmas Day is on December 25th…
special food: turkeys, Christmas pudding, dumplings, hot pot(火锅)…
special things: Father Christmas, Spring Festival couplets, reunion dinner(团圆饭), presents, gift money…
☆ Task 4 Discussion
First, talk about their similarities, and then the differences.
Similarities:
(1) The whole family get together and have family reunion dinner(团圆饭).
(2) Parents give presents to their children.
(3) People send postcards to their friends.
(4)People clean and decorate the house.
(5)People have a firework display.
Differences:
Christmas
in Dec.
turkeys
puddings
carols
Father Christmas，
Christmas tree，
stockings……
Spring Festival
in Jan. or Feb.
dumplings, hot pot(火锅)
Chicken……
Congratulations
Spring Festival couplets (春联)
dragon dance(舞龙), gift money(压岁钱)
Time:
Special food :
Special songs:
Special things:
Summary(总结)
We go further to learn more about an important western festival — Christmas.
Compare Christmas with the Spring Festival.
We can feel the atmosphere of Christmas in advance.
In this lesson:
Today’s homework:
Write a composition(作文) :
Change the discussion into writing.
Topic: Christmas and the Spring Festival
Demands：80~120 words
