（湘少版）六年级英语上册教案 unit12 第四课时

Unit12 Christmas
Teaching aims:
1. To read a narrative text and understand the story.
2. To practise collocations with have, do and play.
3. To talk about childhood memories.
Teaching difficulties:
Students may find some of the vocabulary in the text a little difficult and be unwilling to read it quickly the first time, when they are only required to extract the Christmas vocabulary.
Teaching aids:
Computer
Step1：Before reading
一、Show a picture about Christmas and ask some questions to arouse the students’interest in Christmas.
T: Good morning, everyone. Today, we are going to take up Unit3 Lesson4 Christmas. We know Christmas is coming. Now I’d like to show you a picture and I want to know how much you have learnt about Christmas.
1.What kind of festival is it
(It’s Christmas)
2.When is it
(It’s on December 25th.)
3.What’s the weather like on Christmas
(It snows.)
4.Who is said to give children Christmas presents
(Father Christmas)
5.Where does Father Christmas put their presents
(He puts the presents in Christmas stockings.)
二、Show the key words. Students read the key words and guess the meaning. Then show some pictures about Christmas and ask them to give the names of the things. Next, enjoy the most famous Christmas song Silent Night.
Step2：Read to learn
Step3：Reading strategies: Multiple-choice questions
1.Read the question and answers.
2.Try to guess the correct answer.
3.Find the place in the text where you think the answer is.
Step4. Vocabulary: Words that go together
T: So much for reading strategies, now let’s do some vocabulary exercises. Exercise5. In English, some verbs and nouns often go plete the table with these words. Three minutes for you.
Step4. Discussion
T: In China, we know the spring festival is the most important festival. It is just like Christmas in the western countries. Now discuss in groups and compare the differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival
Step4. Homework:
Write a letter to an English friend describing the spring festival in China.