1、Unit 5 Lets celebrate! Reading (II) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. use the new words and expressions correctly; 2. describe a festival, using the words and expressions from the text. II. Teaching contents New expressions: thank you/t
2、hanks for sth./doing sth.; have (lots of/great) fun doing sth./have a good time doing sth.; on + a certain day; dress/dress up (as )/wear/put on; give sb. sth./give sth. to sb.; give sb. a treat; play a trick on III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Grasp the usage of new expr
3、essions; 2. Use some useful expressions to talk about favourite festivals. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Revision T: When is Halloween? What activities do people usually do on Halloween? Look at the pictures. Review the expressions while talking about the pictures. dress up wear masks paint their f
4、aces make pumpkin lanterns play a game with the people inside knock on the door shout “trick or treat” give us some candy as a treat play a trick on a special day Thank you for doing sth. tell sb. about sth. like best/most have lots of fun enjoy nice food and drinks T: Read these expressions and hav
5、e a test. 【设计意图:结合图片帮助学生复习短语,用中译英的方式帮助学生巩固重点短语。 】 Step 2 Language points T: How much do you know about Wendys letter? Please answer my questions. 1. What does Wendy say at the beginning of her letter? Thank you for = Thanks for (sth./doing sth.) Thank you/Thanks for your help. Thank you/Thanks for h
6、elping me. You are welcome./Its my pleasure./Not at all. What does your classmate do for you? Please make a small dialogue to say “Thank you” to him/her. 2. How do children feel on Halloween? have (lots of/great) fun doing/have a great time doing 我们在公园里放风筝玩得很开心。 We _ a good _ _ kites in the park. We
7、 have _ _ fun _ kites in the park. Say something about the pictures with “have (lots of/great) fun doing/have a great time doing”. 3. When is Halloween? Its on October 31. (Review the usage of the prepositions of time) 4. What do people do on Halloween? dress up (as ) dress sb. wear put on Fill in t
8、he blanks with the correct forms. 5. What do people usually do when children knock on their doors? give sb. sth. = give sth. to sb. Make as many expressions as you can with the two structures. 6. What do children do if people dont give them a treat? give sb. a treat play a trick on Complete the sent
9、ences according to the pictures. 【设计意图:通过问问题引出语言点,并详细讲解操练。语言点不在于多,而在于精。操 练语言点的方式要多样,让学生在课堂上轻松快速地掌握所学的内容。 】 Step 3 Practice T: Retell the text according to the key words on the screen. Paragraph 2: How do we celebrate Halloween? Halloween is on have lots of fun dress up wear paint make Paragraph 3: H
10、ow do we play “trick or treat”? When visit play a game with knock on shout give as a treat play a trick on Paragraph 4: What do we do in the evening and how do we feel? have a party on enjoy a special day 【设计意图:由词汇到语篇,层层递进,为下面学生谈论自己喜欢的节日做铺垫。 】 Step 4 Production 1. Talk about festivals. What festival
11、 is it? What do people do on that day? 2. Write about festivals. Write 4 or 5 sentences about the festival, and try to make a good piece of writing. 3. Share in groups. (1) Share your writing in groups of four, correct the mistakes and choose the best one to show to the whole class. (2) Share the ar
12、ticle with the whole class. Ask the listeners a question about your article. 【设计意图:给学生时间,静下心来写自己喜欢的节日。以小组为单位讨论作品、纠正错 误,改进自己作文的同时,欣赏他人的作品;班级分享之后提问的目的是帮助学生集中注 意力,最大限度地提高上课效率。 】 Step 5 Summary T: There are different customs and cultures in different countries. We should understand and respect foreign customs and cultures. 【设计意图:情感升华。 】 V. Homework Write about your favourite festival (about 70 words).