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Lesson 3 Memories of Christmas
UNIT 3
CELEBRATIONS
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
read and talk about memories of Christmas;
read for general understanding and specific information;
understand and practise sequencing events;
express festival memories.
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
4
While-reading
Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas
1. What’s the main idea of the text?
A.How people celebrate Christmas.
B.How the author spent the last Christmas with her Granny.
C.What the meaning of Christmas was.
D.What presents we should send for Christmas.
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2. Divide the text into five parts according to the main ideas of each part.
Para(s) :In November.
Para(s) :In December.
Para(s) :On Christmas Eve.
Para(s) :On Christmas Day.
Para(s) :After Christmas.
1-2
3
4-7
8-16
17
Activity 2 Careful-reading for details
Ⅰ.Read Paras.1-3 and answer the following questions.
1.What can we know from Para.1 to Para.3?
A.It was a fine day when Grandma moved in.
B.Grandma was sick when she moved in.
C.Grandma loved staying outside during winter.
D.Grandma was unhappy most of the time.
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2.Underline the writer’s memories of her grandma.
1. Writing letters to Father Christmas.
2. Makeing sugar biscuits&stuffing the turkey.
3. Singing Christmas on Granny’s lap.
Ⅱ.Read Paras.4-7 and list 3 memorable things about Granny.
1.Leaving a plate of sugar biscuits out for ________________.
2.Putting a ________ at the end of my bed.
3.Sitting on ______ and singing softly until I fell asleep.
Father Christmas
stocking
my bed
Ⅲ.Read Paras.8-16 and answer the following questions.
1.Underline the writer’s memories of her grandma.
Granny watched us playing with snow through the window.
Granny laughed so much that her paper hat fell off.
Granny gave me a music box.
2.What does the author indicate by mentioning “catching her eye through the window” in paragraph 11?
A.Granny wanted to play outsi