1、Unit12 ChristmasTeaching aims:1、 To read a narrative text and understand the story. 2、 To practise collocations with have, do and play. 3、 To talk about childhood memories. Teaching difficulties: Students may find some of the vocabulary in the text a little difficult and be unwilling to read it quic
2、kly the first time, when they are only required to extract the Christmas vocabulary.Teaching aids:ComputerStep1：Before reading(一)、Show a picture about Christmas and ask some questions to arouse the studentsinterest in Christmas.T: Good morning, everyone. Today, we are going to take up Unit3 Lesson4
3、Christmas. We know Christmas is coming. Now Id like to show you a picture and I want to know how much you have learnt about Christmas.1、What kind of festival is it?(Its Christmas)2、When is it?(Its on December 25th.)3、Whats the weather like on Christmas?(It snows.)4、Who is said to give children Chris
4、tmas presents?(Father Christmas)5、Where does Father Christmas put their presents?(He puts the presents in Christmas stockings.)（二） 、Show the key words. Students read the key words and guess the meaning. Then show some pictures about Christmas and ask them to give the names of the things. Next, enjoy
5、 the most famous Christmas song Silent Night.Step2：Read to learnStep3：Reading strategies: Multiple-choice questions1、Read the question and answers.2、Try to guess the correct answer.3、Find the place in the text where you think the answer is.Step4. Vocabulary: Words that go together T: So much for rea
6、ding strategies, now lets do some vocabulary exercises. Exercise5. In English, some verbs and nouns often go together. Complete the table with these words. Three minutes for you.Step4. Discussion T: In China, we know the spring festival is the most important festival. It is just like Christmas in the western countries. Now discuss in groups and compare the differences between Christmas and the Spring FestivalStep4. Homework:Write a letter to an English friend describing the spring festival in China.
