Celebration Lesson 4 教学设计

Lesson FourChristmasTeaching aimsto read a narrative text and understand the story.to build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.to practise develop reading strategies to answer multiple choice questions.to talk about Christmas activities.Teaching important pointto practise develop reading strategies to answer multiple choice questions.Teaching methods:Student-centered and task-based classroom activitiesTeaching proceduresStep One PreparationsShow a segment of a movie about Christmas. Asking them what festival they celebrate? Then play it again and ask the students to list the words related to Christmas in the movie on a piece of paper.Christmas tree, father Christmas, huge bags of Christmas presets, decorations, fireworks, reindeer,sledge, Christmas caralsWhat other Christmas things can you think of?(by showing the pictures) Key Wordsballoons, Christmas pudding, snow, snowman, Christmas stockings, presentsStep Two Reading1. skimmingWhere does father Christmas live?Students then read the text quickly to find answers.2.ScanningStudents read the text again and complete the chart paragraphsmain ideasWords related the Christmas Para 1the beginning of Christmasdate of Christmas father, Christmas, north pole,letter, presents, envelope Para 2decorations outsidenew year calendar, Christmas cards, chritmas lights, carol service, snow, snowman, snowball fightPara 3activities on Christmas EveChristmas eve, Christmas tree, decorations, balloons, stockings, Para 4activities on Christmas morningsmall presents, sweets, turkey, Christmas pudding, jokes, silly paper hats,Para 5activities after lunchQueens speech, cards, Christmas cake,3.Careful reading1. In what order did the children do these things?open the new year calendarput their stockings at the end of the bedsing Christmas carolswrite a letter to Father Christmasput up the Christmas treego to churchhave Christmas cakeAnswers: 2 a 3c 4e 5b 6f 7g2.listen to the tape to check the answersStep Three Post- ReadingAnswer the multiple-choice questions. The students first go through the reading themselves, then ask them to do the multiple choices following the strategies 1 Who do you think reads the childrens letters?a) Father Christmas b) their parents c) nobody2 What do you think people do in a carol service?a) sing songs b) give presents c) watch a play3 What happened on Christmas Eve?a) The writer stayed awake all night.b) Someone put presents in his stocking.c) The writer saw Father Christmas.4 Why did they laugh?a) The Christmas carols were happy songs.b) The songs and hats were funny.c) The jokes and hats were funny.5 After lunch:a) the adults watched the Queens speech.b).the children made a snowman.c) everybody had more to eat.Language outputtingWrite at least three sentences about activities on Christmas using the words related to the Christmas in the Chartsor: Which do you prefer, foreign festivals and traditional festivals?why?Do you think we should celebrate traditional /foreign festivals?Step Four ConsolidationRead to remember the new words in a short paragraphWhen the carol sounded in the North Pole, I seriously put the stocking and calendar into the envelope and swall