Celebration-Lesson 4 教案

ObjectivesTo read a narrative text and understand the story.To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions.To practise collocations with have, do and play.To talk about childhood memories.Pre-ReadingFind the Key Words in the pictures.Which of the things do you think western people have at Christmas?Key Wordsballoons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presentsReading Read the text. Which Key Words are mentioned? Circle them out. Which other Christmas things are mentioned? Make a list.Answers:Father Christmas calendar Christmas cards Christmas lights carol service Christmas tree decorations balloons stockings presents sweets turkey Christmas pudding paper hatsQueens speech Christmas cakeChristmas treeFather Christmascarol servicecandlesnowmandecorationsturkeypresentsChristmas stockingsChristmas cakesweets Whats the main idea of each paragraph?Para. 1 the beginning of ChristmasPara. 2 decorations outsidePara. 3 activities on Christmas EvePara. 4 activities on Christmas morningPara.5 activities after lunchPost- Reading In what order did the children do these things?Example 1 da) open the new year calendarb) put their stockings at the end of the bedc) sing Christmas carolsd) write a letter to Father Christmase) put up the Christmas treef) go to churchg) have Christmas cakeAnswers: 2 a 3c 4e 5b 6f 7g Answer the multiple-choice questions.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.Answers: 1b 2a 3b 4c 5cVocabulary In English, some verbs and nouns often go together. Complete the table with these words:tea, the piano, your homework, a shower, cards, a (snowball) fight, a party, the washing-up, lunch, the shoppinghavedoplaytea, a shower a (snowball) fight, a party, lunchyour homework, the washing-up, the shoppingThe piano, cards Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form.blow up, sing, go to, put up, have(x2), make, put onOn Christmas Eve, my grandparents arrived. We(1) a snowman in the garden and later we (2) the decoration. I (3) lots of balloons. On Christmas morning, I (4) some warm clothes and (5) a snowball fight with my cousins and then we(6) church. After that, we(7) lunch and (8) Christmas carols.Answers1 made 2 put up 3 blew up 4 put on 5 had 6 went to 7 had 8 sangWriting and SpeakingMake notes about your childhood memories of an important festival.People: family? Good friends?Preparations: