Lesson 29
Period: The First Period
Content: Lesson 29
Properties: Tape recorder
Teaching Objectives: Enable the students to grasp some useful expressions and something about Christmas Day.
Language Focus:
1. Useful expressions
Merry Christmas!
I’ve never been out of China before.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Organizing the class.
Greeting and make a duty report.
II. Revision
1. Revise the Infinitive.
2. Check the homework.
III. Presentation
Ask the students to look at the title of this unit and ask: Do you know what “Christmas” mean? Find out what the students know about Christmas and how people celebrate Christmas.
IV. Read and act
Close books and Listen to the tape. Then ask some questions:
1. What’s the date?
2. What are Lin Tao and Jim doing?
Play the tape again and make sure the students can answer then correctly.
Explain the useful expressions.
V. Practice
Read the dialogue in groups and pairs.
Then with the books closed, ask the students to act it out in pairs.
VI. Ask and answer
Do the first one as an example, then let the students work out the answers in pairs to use the question of Part 1 to help, see if they can answer the question correctly.
VII. Workbook
Discuss the exercise 3 and 4 in small groups. If there is time, ask some students to talk about their idea.
VIII. Homework
Finish Exercise 1 and 2
Lesson 30
Period: The second period
Content: Lesson 30
Properties: Recorder
Teaching Objectives:
1. Master some useful expressions
2. Get the students to know more about Christmas Day.
Language Focus:
1. Useful expressions: be based on, as well, climb down…
Teaching Procedures:
I. Organizing the class
1. Ask the students to get ready for class.
2. Greeting and a duty report.
II. Revision
1. Check homework.
2. Revise the dialogue of lesson 29, Read and act out the dialogue in pairs.
III. Presentation
Give the words connected with Christmas and have the students discuss the Christmas.
Then encourage the students to use the words.
IV. Pre – reading
Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups, write down the answers and ask one of each group, to read their answers.
V. Reading
Close books and listen to the tape, then answer the question in Exercise 1.
Play the tape again and ask questions.
Books open. Go through the questions of Exercise 1 in the workbook.
Explain the useful expressions.
VI. Practice
Have the students read the text together, then in groups.
Have the students retell the story of Christmas Day, make sure every student can say something about Christmas Day.
VII. Workbook
Do Exercises 2 Individually and check the answers with class.
VIII. Homework
Write a short passage about your spending spring festival
IX. Exercises in class
Choose the right answer.
1. Christmas Eve is ___________.
A. the night before December 24
B. the night after December 25
C. the night of December 25
D. the night of December 24
2. Father Christmas often puts the presents _________.
A. into Children’s hate B. into Children’s stockings
C. under Children’s beds D. into Children’s shoes
3. Father Christmas comes into the house through the ________.
A. window B. front door C. chimney D. back door
4. On the morning of Christmas Day, Children wake up their parents very early and say “_____”.
A. Good morning! B. Happy New Year!
C. Best wishes to you! D. Merry Christmas!
5. On Christmas Day, people often _________ to each other.
A. give money B. ask for money
C. ask for presents D. give presents
Lesson 31
Period: The Third Period
Content: Lesson 31
Properties: Recorder.
Teaching Objectives:
1. Enable the students to master the useful expressions.
I. The Infinitive
Language Focus:
Lin Tao asked Jim where to go.
Lin Tao asked Jim how to celebrate Christmas.
Lin Tao asked Jim when to go to the Christmas play.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Organizing the class
Greetings and a duty report.
II. Revision
1. Revise the useful expressions
2. Check homework
III. Presentation
Present this dialogue:
A: Excuse me, Could you tell me how to go to…?
B: Go along this road. Turn left at the second crossing.
Have the students practise this dialogue in pairs, and then make up their own dialogues. Pay attention to the usage of the Infinitive.
IV. Ask and answer
Part 1. Have the students understand “how to go to…”. Remember the structure of this sentence.
Have the students ask and answer in pairs.
V. Practice
Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat.
Books open, read the dialogue in pairs.
Then out it out. Make up a similar dialogue in pairs, act out their own dialogues.
VI. Talk and write
Ask a student to read the first part of part 3 aloud to the class. Read over the questions with the students and make sure they understand them.
Explain the words: western, traditional Have the students discuss the questions in groups Ask students to talk about their ideas. Ask students to pick out infinitives used in the short passage.
VII. Workbook
Do Exercise 1 in class. First have the students read the note Individually. Then read over the model, and practise the sentences.
VIII. Homework
Write down Exercise 2.
IX. Exercise in class
Make up dialogues as the models.
Models: 1. A: Keep quiet, please!
B. Sorry! What did he tell me do?
C: He told you to keep quiet.
1. Give Polly some food very day.
2. Cover her cage every night.
3. Remember to clean her age.
4. Take good care of Polly.
5. Give your family my best wishes.