3.　　　 Where do people put up their Christmas tree?

2.　　　 When is New Year?

1.　　　 When is Christmas?

2.Sing the song “You Are You”.

Summary:

The review lesson can’t be boring. The teacher must make it interesting and lively. At the same time, practice the students’ abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The students can have a good use of the things at hand.

Lesson 63: Christmas Is Coming!

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: decorate, without, put up, by the way

Oral words and expressions: decoration, Germany, in the 1600s

Teaching Aims:

Know about the foreign festivals and the differences between Chinese and Western countries.

Teaching Important Points:

Know about the main festivals in Western countries and how do they celebrate them.

Teaching Difficult Points:

How to celebrate Christmas?

Teaching Preparation: flashcards

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. Discuss the Christmas and New Year in western countries. Discuss in groups. After a while, present their answers to the class.

Step2. Listen to the tape with the following questions:

2.　　　 Finish one project in groups and correct compositions with the help of the teacher.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Use some words and expressions: talent, confident, decorate…

Teaching Preparation: flashcards

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards

Type of lesson: review lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. PROJECT: “All About Me” Report

Type: group discussion, individual work

Lesson time: 15 minutes

Description: The students write and illustrate a report about themselves. First, they plan the report. In small groups, they share, discuss and revise their plans, and then they each write a report based on their plan.

Objective: To learn vocabulary for personal description.

Resources needed: The students can illustrate their reports with photographs, drawings or magazines cutouts.

Step2. Practice

The students exchange their reports and correct the mistakes with the help of the teacher. After finishing, return them to their owners. Then let the owners check the reports that changed just now. Does it still have mistakes? Check it correctly.

Step3. Play a game

One student says a festival; the others say when, where and how it celebrates. How many festivals can they display? Put all the information about one festival together. Now the students can understand a festival easily. The students can search the Internet before the class.

Step4. Do the exercises on Page 79 and 80. The teacher walks around in the classroom. Help them if necessary.

Step5. Collect some problems that most of the students don’t understand and explain them on the blackboard in detail.

Step6. Have a further discussion about the exercises.

Step7. 1. Finish off the activity book.

1.　　　 Improve the students’ abilities of comprehension.

2.　　　 Cultivate the students’ interests of learning English.

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Learn the foreign festivals and culture.

5.　 What is it famous for?

Step 3　 Reflection-Expansion(反思拓展)(时间:10分钟)

write a passage. Use some infermation about Canada. ﹙至少写6句﹚

You may write like this.

　Canada is a beautiful country…

4.　 What colour is the flag if it?