北师大英语必修1 Unit 3 Lesson 4 Christmas (1)

必修1 Unit3 Lesson 4 Christmas Period 1 Reading Objects In this lesson, we will be able to: 1. build up an area of vocabulary related to Christmas 2. read and understand a passage about memories of Christmas 3. develop reading strategies to answer multiple- choice questions; 4. know about and respect the different culture in foreign countries. Prediction •What topics of Christmas are mentioned in the text? Christmas s Brainstorm List some words about Christmas: Christmas weather food people activities objects Words about Christmas singing carols (唱颂歌) Fast reading Read the passage quickly and do the two exercises. Ex.2 on page 42 1.Find out the key words about Christmas and circle them out 2.What other Christmas things are mentioned? Make a list. Detailed reading Listen to the radio carefully and pay attention to the pronunciation, then do Ex. 3 quickly. Exercise 3 d. write a letter to Father Christmas a. open the new year calendar b. put their stockings at the end of... c. sing Christmas carols e. put up the Christmas tree f. go to church g. have Christmas cake Detailed reading Read the Reading Strategies to do Multiple-choice questions （多项选择题）. Ex. 4 on page 43 Answers: B A B C C In time order In what order are the memories described? Detailed reading Narrative structure(记叙文的结构) Before Christmas On Christmas Eve On Christmas Day 1. write … 2. open 3. make … 4. decorate ... 5. put up …, put … 6. go to … 7. sing … 8. have … Activities Fill in the blanks. Time clue Activities Childish behaviors November (para.1) December (para.2) Christmas Eve (para.3) Christmas Day (para.4) After lunch (para.5) Time clue Activities Childish behaviors November (para.1) We down in front of the fire and a letter to Father Christmas. We seriously wrote “Father Christmas, the North Pole” on the . December (para.2) We opened the new ,Christmas card in the post, Christmas lights in the streets, and we the town carol service. Enough snow to snowmen, and to exciting snowball fights in the school playground. Christmas Eve (para.3) We the house, the chrismas tree, the decorations and the , then put our at the end of beds. Before we went to bed, we some wine and for Father Christmas. We tried to as long as possible to see Father christmas . sat wrote envelope calender arrived appeared atteneded make have decorated put up balloons stockings left biscuits stay awake Time clue Activities Childish behaviors Christmas Morning (para.4) After going to ,we played with our new . Then we had lunch, christmas carols happily, at jokes, put on paper hats and laughed again. I put food in my mouth sometimes that it was hard to . After lunch (para.5) The adults on the sofas in the front of the Queen’s on television while we all played cards. We had Christmas cakes. As soon as we the lights, we a sleep. It didn’t seem possible, but we eating. church presents sang palyed silly so much swallow slept speech turned off fell into carried on Extraction Pay attention to the two group sentences about childish behaviors and weather, try to feel why the author writes them like this. Group 1: ① We seriously wrote “Father Christmas, the North Pole”on the envelope, before giving them to our mother to post. ② We tried to stay awake as long as possible to see Father Christmas. ③ I put so much food in my mouth sometimes that it was hard to swallow. Group 2: ①For me ,Christmas always began in the middle of the cold, windy month of November. ②Christmas morning was bright and sunny and, after lunch, my cousin…… vivid and lovely comparison 18 Time clue Before Christmas Christmas Eve Christmas Day Post-reading write a letter to … put the stocking … watch…,have tea and Christmas cakes, go to church, go out to play… decorate…,put up… 1 5 6 8 4 Before Christmas, in December 2 o p e n … , a t t e n d … , make…，have… sing chrismas carols 3 have lunch 7 Put these pictures in order according to the passage f b c d e a g h Your turn to tell the story Put time ahead of activities. Add more details. Give at least three sentences for each Picture. In each group, each student prepare one picture, and then link pictures to make a whole story. Your group presents in the front of your class. write a letter to … put the stocking … watch…,have tea and Christmas cakes, go to church, go out to play… decorate…,put up… 1 5 6 8 4Before Christmas, in December 2 o p e n … , a t t e n d … , make…，have… sing chrismas carols 3 have lunch 7 22 Activities give the basic information. Time clue makes the article clear. While writing an article… C h i l d i s h b e h a v i o r a n d w e a t h e r description to express emotion as well as other writing way (by comparison) make the article vivid and lovely. Further thinking • Why do we celebrate festivals ? • What can we learn from celebrating festivals? Further thinking • We can feel happy and enjoyable in celebrating festivals. • We can show our best wishes, loves and respect to our family and friends. • We should know some culture, try to love, cherish and pass down good traditional culture. Homework Write and polish(润色): “Memories of Spring Festival” 25 Thanks for your attending!