1、Unit 5 Lets celebrate! Comic strip 2. know how to celebrate these festivals; 3. talk about their favourite festivals. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and expressions: celebrate, guess, dress, as, Christmas, festival, because, present, full, enjoy the full moon together, moon cake, have a guess, d
2、ress up, on that day, get together 2. New structures: Lets celebrate! How about the Monkey King? What is your favourite festival? Its great! III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Master the new words; 2. Know how to celebrate the festivals in different countries. IV. Teaching
3、procedures Welcome to the unit Step 1 Lead-in T: First, lets enjoy some pictures. What are these pictures about? (Students: About different festivals.) What festivals do you know? Please talk with your partner and then we will have a group competition. 【设计意图：通过不同节日的图片导入新课，使学生迅速进入本课话题，又为接下来的教 学做好了铺垫。
4、用竞赛的形式激发学生上课的兴趣。 】 Step 2 Presentation 1. How to celebrate different festivals. T: Youve known a lot of festivals. But do you know how people celebrate festivals? What do people usually do on that day? For example, look at the picture. What festival is it? How do people celebrate it? Have a talk wit
5、h your partner. Another competition! T: We can do many things on that day. Lets read these expressions together. 【设 计意图：以同样的方式处理端午节和春节。先呈现图片让学生说，然后教师补充，不 熟悉的单词和短语及时帯读。 】 T: Who can tell me what festivals we have talked about? Yes, and they are all Chinese festivals. Now, lets play a guessing game. G
6、uess what festival it is. Its a Western festival. People get together and sing songs. Children get a lot of presents. There is a special tree with presents. Yes, Christmas! Who is it? Father Christmas! Now please talk about Christmas with your partner. You can begin like this: At Christmas, people u
7、sually T: Another Western festival. People have a big dinner with the family. They eat a special kind of foodturkey. Do you know turkey? Its like chicken, but bigger than chicken. People celebrate the festival to show their thanks. Its Thanksgiving Day. Please make complete sentences with your partn
8、er according to the key words on the screen. T: The last festival is a western festival, too. On that day, children play a special game called trick or treat. People have a party and wear special clothes. They may dress up as a ghost. Its Halloween! What will you dress up as if you have the chance?
9、Please make complete sentences with your partner according to the key words on the screen. T: So much for the festivals. Now, lets read these words and expressions together. T: Millie is writing a list of festivals. Look at the pictures. Help her write the names of the festivals under the pictures.
10、Read the names of the festivals again. 2. Fill in the blanks. T: Let me check your memory. (1) People in the USA eat the turkeys (火鸡) meat on _. (2) At _, we can get red packets from our parents. (3) Jim likes _ because he likes eating moon cakes. (4) At _, they can open their Christmas presents. (5
11、) Sandy likes _ because she likes eating rice dumplings. (6) People often dress up as a ghost on _. 【设计意图：先谈论三个中国节日，以旧带新，便于学生接受新知识；以猜谜的方式呈现 三个西方节日，然后让学生根据关键词复述。巩固练习可由易到难，为接下来的对话练习 做铺垫。 】 Comic Strip Step 1 Presentation 1. Listen and answer the questions. T: What festival are Eddie and Hobo talking a
12、bout? How will they celebrate? T: Read the dialogue after the tape and answer two more questions. (1) Why is Eddie very happy? (2) What does Hobo dress up as at last? T: Read the dialogue with your partner and try to act it out. 2. Make a summary. Today is _. Eddie and Hobo will _ it. Hobo is dressi
13、ng _ as a _. But Eddie says its not _. So Hobo will dress up as _. 【设计意图：通过猜测巩固生词，复习万圣节的庆祝方式，同时引入 Eddie 和 Hobo的对 话。通过回答问题解读对话文本，加深学生对对话的印象。最后，通过总结加以巩固。 】 Step 2 Practice 1. Listen and answer questions. T: What festival do you like? Why? Millie and Tommy are chatting online about their favourite fest
14、ivals. Lets listen to the tape and answer. (1) Why does Tommy like Christmas? (2) What do people do to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival? 2. Talk about your favourite festivals. Work in pairs and make a similar dialogue like Millie and Tommys. 【设计意图：由教材上的对话引导学生谈论自己喜欢的节日。之前的输入使学生在这个环 节有话可说。 】 3. Sum
15、up. T: Today, weve learnt a lot about festivals. You also talked about your favourite festivals. All of you did a very good job. Here are some words for you. Lets read together: Learn from different festivals. Learn about different cultures. Enjoy festivals. Enjoy your life. 【设计意图：通过总结本节课所学的内容再次明确重点内容。通过激励性的表达，起到升 华情感的作用。 】 V. Homework 1. Collect more information about the festivals you like; 2. Review the new words and expressions.
