Little gift, big love!
Jane Jindong Experimental Middle School
Lead-in:
Let’s discuss：
Have you got any gifts before
What kind of gift did you get
How did you feel when you received the gift
Let’s practice:
Let’s talk : What present should we choose for Zhuang Cheng
You’d better + do sth. What about + sth. + doing sth.
You could How about
Maybe you should It’s a good idea + to do sth.
Why not You’re supposed
Why don’t you …
You: Guess what Next Wednesday is Zhuang Cheng’s birthday.
Your friend: Really Shall we do something nice to celebrate
You: Absolutely! I’d like to give him a gift, but I’m not sure…
Your friend: What about… It’s …
You: But he …
Your friend: … …
You :… …
Your friend: So why don’t we…
You: Sounds brilliant!
Let’s discuss: Choose proper gifts for the following persons.
Situation1: Zhang Jiehui is your best friend. She won the first prize in the English Composition Contest. You want to get her a gift to celebrate.
Situation2: Qian Rui’s uncle is crazy about gardening (园艺).He is going to move into his new house. It’s Qian Rui’s first time to visit. He finds it hard to get his uncle a gift.
Situation3: We’re going to leave school. We like our Chinese teacher very much. It’s difficult for us to get him a gift.
Let’s read:
Skim for the main idea of the passage:
Q1: What’s the topic of the passage
Q2: What’s the true meaning of gift giving
Q3: What can we learn from the passage
Read again and fill in the blanks:
Everyone likes gifts. Some kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too gifts. Different people like different
of gifts. Some are never too small. A little child may give his mother a from a tree. It is enough to make her very . The exchanges of gifts between express their friendship.
Gift giving is different in different . In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not immediately. Later, the same gift may be to someone else. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to . they go to their friend’s home for dinner, they would present a small gift, flowers, fruits, or candy. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give away money to charity (慈善) rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing for others is the best gift. People don’t need to too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.
4．Let’s discuss :
Discuss in groups: New Year’s coming. What gift would you like to give to your dear parents/teachers/ friends
Make a report:
A New Year gift
New Year’s coming. It’s a good chance to show our love and thanks to parents/teachers/friends. We’re discussing what gift we can choose. Here are the opinions of our group.
… thinks that we’d better…. In …’s view, We could …
If we put our full heart into it, even a little gift carries big love. Let’s go for it!
Let’s write: “A postcard for Mum”
Dear mum,
Yours,
Let’s share:
The meaning of a gift giving is much more important than the gift itself.
No matter what kind of gift it is, just put our full heart into it, a little gift can carry
big love.
7．Homework: Write a composition named “A special gift”.
【Tips】
Why is it so special
What’s the true meaning of the gift
It should be a nice story between you and the special gift.(共13张PPT)
Jindong Experimental Middle School
Jane
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is Zhuang Cheng’s birthday.
Next Wednesday
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Why not You’re supposed
Why don’t you …
You: Guess what Next Wednesday is Zhuang Cheng’s birthday.
Your friend: Really Shall we do something nice to celebrate
You: Absolutely! I’d like to give him a gift, but I’m not sure…
Your friend: What about…
You: But …
Your friend: … …
You :… …
Your friend: So why don’t we…
You: Sounds brilliant!
Let’s talk:
What kind of gift shall we choose for Zhuang Cheng
Situation3: We’re going to leave school. We like our Chinese teacher very much. It’s difficult for us to get him a gift.
Situation1: Zhang Jiehui is your best friend. She won the first prize in the English Composition Contest. You want to get her a gift to celebrate.
Situation2: Qian Rui’s uncle is crazy about gardening (园艺).He is going to move into his new house. It’s Qian Rui’s first time to visit. He finds it hard to get his uncle a gift.
Let’s discuss (1) :
2.What’s the true meaning of gift giving
Gift giving is a way to
show love and thanks.
…
express friendship.
3.What can we learn from the passage
Choose a right gift and make gift giving meaningful.
Let’s read and answer:
…
1.What’s the topic of the passage
Gift giving.
Let’s read again and fill in the blanks:
Everyone likes gifts. Some kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too gifts. Different people like different of gifts. Some are never too small. A little child may give his mother a from a tree. It is enough to make her very . The exchanges of gifts between express their friendship.
Gift giving is different in different . In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not immediately. Later, the same gift may be to someone else. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to .
they go to their friend’s home for dinner, they would present a small gift, flowers, fruits, or candy. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give away money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing
for others is the best gift. People don’t need to
too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough.
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Let’s discuss (2):
What would you like to give to your dear parents/teachers as a gift
A: New Year’s coming. What kind of gift should we give to our parents/ teachers/ friends
B: What about … I think …
C: I’d better give …
D: I could give …
New Year’s coming. It’s a good chance to show our love and thanks to parents and teachers. We’re discussing what gift we can choose. Here are the opinions of our group. … thinks that we’d better… In …’s opinion, We could …
If we put our full heart into it, even a little gift carries big love. Let’s go for it!
Let’s write: “A postcard for Mum”
Dear mum,
Yours,
Let’s share:
The meaning of a gift giving is much more important than
the gift itself.
No matter what kind of gift it is, just put our full heart
into it, a little gift can carry big love.
Write a composition named “A special gift” .
It should be a nice story between you and the special gift.
Why is it so special
What’s the true meaning of the gift
【Tips】Little gift, big love!
I. Teaching aims:
Revise the different ways of giving advice.
Make sure the students can use reading strategies to do the cloze test.
Read through the whole passage first.
Make inferring according to key words or key sentences.
Use the context to guess the meaning of a word.
II. Teaching difficulties:
How to use the different patterns of giving advice properly in different situations.
III. Teaching steps:
Step 1: Lead in
Step 2: Let’s practice
1.Let Ss make a dialogue to choose a gift for their classmate as a birthday gift.
You’d better + do sth. What about + sth. + doing sth.
You could How about
Maybe you should It’s a good idea + to do sth.
Why not You’re supposed
Why don’t you …
2. Work in groups and discuss (1)
Make Ss choose proper gifts according to different situations.
Step 3: Let’s read
1.Skim for the main idea of the passage.
2.Read again and fill in the blanks, using the reading strategies to do the cloze test.
Step 4: Let’s discuss (2)
1.Make Ss discuss in groups: New Year’s coming. What gift would you like to give to your dear parents/teachers/ friends
2.Make a report “A New Year gift” to revise the different patterns of giving advice.
Step 5:Let’s write
Make Ss write a postcard to their mothers to show their love and thanks.
Step 6: Let’s share
Step 7: Homework: Write a composition named “A special gift”.
【Tips】
Why is it so special
What’s the true meaning of the gift
It should be a nice story between you and the special gift.
