1、7 A Unit 5 Lets celebrate-Reading(1) Background:The students have learnt the first part of this unit.They have known some names of the festivals.And they even got more information about the festivals such as the food people eat,the activities.Type of lesson: ReadingTeaching aims and learning objecti
2、ves:The students will be able to:1. get to know some information about Halloween.grasp the sentences which are used to talk about Halloween . know the form of a letter.2. develop the ability of reading comprehension by organizing different activities.3. know they should be grateful to the people who
3、 help them.Teaching Contents: Words:(four skills)：USA,paint, inside, knock, shout, if, treat, special(three skills)：mask,pumpkin lanternPhrases: tell about, in the USA, have lots of fun,dress up,wear masks,play a game with,knock on,play a trick on,on the evening of October 31,likebestSentences: Than
4、k you for telling me about the Mid-Autumn Festival.If they do not give us a treat, we can play a trick on them.I like Halloween best.Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1.Help them to grasp the basic words and expressions of Halloween and the basic information of Halloween.2.How to g
5、et the main information with the different reading skills.How to use them in the communication.Teaching procedures:Step1 Revision:Free talk：Ask Ss Qs about the date and use the calendar (with a festival in it)to lead into the main topic -festival. Review the festivals in the last lesson.T: whats the
6、 date today? Look at the numbers on the calendar, why some are red? They are festivals. What festivals do you know?来源:gkstk.ComStep 2. PresentationShow them a video or a picture of celebration, ask them to guess what festival it is? With the help of the video or the picture, try to teach the new wor
7、ds (pumpkin lanternmasktreatinside)Step3 Skimming Read the form of the letter and answer the Qs:Who is the writer and who is the receiver? When does Wendy write the letter?To teach the correct form of a letter.Step4. Scanning:a. Read the text and find out the answers to this question “what do we do
8、at Halloween?” Give Ss several minutes to scan the text and discuss with their partners.A. Play a game with the people insideB. Dress up and wear masksC. Make pumpkin lanternD. Have a special party来源:学优高考网 gkstk来源:学优高考网Step5. Consolidation:Do T or F questionsa. People in the USA celebrate halloween
9、in October.来源:gkstk.Comb. Halloweeen is not much fun for children.c. People make lanterns out of oranges.d. Children play “trick or treat”with their parents on Halloween.来源:学优高考网e. People have a party on the evening of 31 October.f. People enjoy nice food and drinks on Halloween.Step6. Post-reading:
10、T: Do you want to know Halloween very well? Lets read the passage paragraph by paragraph and then fill in the blanks. Please work in groups. of four to see which group is the winner1.The people in the USA do not celebrate_, but they celebrate _.2.The children _with the people inside.Usually, people
11、give them _. If they dont, the children can _on them.3.They _and _.They also make _. 4.They always have a _ on the _. Step 7. Have an interview:T: Now weve known a lot about Halloween. Lets have an interview. If your deskmate is from the USA, ask him or her some questions about Halloween.Step 8. Discussion : What is your favourite festival? Why?T : So much for Halloween . What do you think of it? S:Its.T: Then is it your favourite festival? If not,what is your favourite festival?Please work in pairs. Ill choose several pairs to talk about it.Step 9. Homework :Recite the passage.
