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7A Unit 5 Let’s celebrate! Welcome to the unit & Comic strip
1. Teaching aims
(1) Students can read and write the names of some festivals, such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas, Halloween, Dragon Boat Festival...
(2) Students can describe the activities of the festival in their own words.
(3) Students can love local culture and respect different cultures.
2. Main and Difficult Points
(1) Students can describe the activities of the festival in their own words.
(2) Students can love local culture and respect different cultures.
3. Teaching process
Step1: Lead-in
(1) Students watch a video and answer the following question:Which festival is mentioned in the video? Halloween.
(2) Students talk about the activities people do on Halloween according to some pictures, such as making pumkin lanterns, playing “trick or treat”.
Step2: Guessing game
(1) Students guess the name of the festivals according to the information in the PPT.
(2) The teacher guides the students to tell the activities in different festivals according to the pictures, and gives the students input relevant phrases.
(3) Students complete the exercises in Part A.
(4) The teacher summarizes the usage of prepositions before the names of different festivals.
Step3: Learn the dialogue in part B
(1) Listen and answer
Millie and Tommy are chatting online about their favourite festivals. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
Why does Tommy like Christmas?
What does Millie usually do at the Mid-Autumn Festival?
(2) Pair work
Students work in pairs and talk about their favourite festivals.
A: What is your favourite festival?
B: ...
A: Why do you like it?
B: Because we always/often/usually... What festival do you like?
A: I like…
B: What do you usually do on that day?
A: … It’s great!
Step4: Learn the comic strip
(1) Listen and answer
Eddie and Hobo are also talking about what they will dress up as to celebrate Halloween. Students need to listen to the tape and answer the three questions.
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