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Module 2 Pulic holiday
Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived inAmerica.
四川省石笋中学校 刘素兰
Teaching aim
1.To learn about the history of Thanking and how people celebrate it in America
2.To write a passage about a festival with the help of writing strategies
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Key language points :
Key vocabulary -— among,speech,grow,corn,lay,lay the table,dish,ourselves
Key structure — We have celebrated the festival since the pioneers from England arrived inAmerica.
While they were crossing the Atlantic , many people died.
When it is all over,everyone helps wash the dishes.
What festival do you know?
National Day
May Day
Look at the pictures and say what people do on the festival.
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What do people do on May Day?
1.Watch show
2.Climb mountains
3.Go shopping
What do people do on National Day?
1.Get together with family members
2.Go on a journey
3.Watch the flag rise
Mid-Autumn Festival
Spring Festival
What do people do on Mid-Autumn Day?
1.Enjoy the moon
2.Eat delicious mooncakes
3.Have a big dinner with family
What do people do on Spring Festival?
1.Post Spring Festival Couplets
2.Have the New Year’s Eve Dinner
4.Set Off Fireworks
3.Get Hongbao
Christmas
Thanksgiving
turkey火鸡
What do people do on Christmas Day?
3.Sing Christmas songs
1.Decorate the Christmas tree
2.Prepare Christmas dinner.
2.What are they celebrating?
1.What do they eat?
turkey火鸡
Turkey
Thanksgiving
What do people do on Thanksgiving Day?
Save the planet,save ourselves
speech
grow
corn
dish
lay
lay the table
ourselves
Look at the pitures
We have celebrated the festival since the pioneers from England arrived in America. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died.
When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes.
Find the sentences in the passage.
Fast reading
Read the passage and find out the main idea.
A. Introduce the history of Thanksgiving Day
B. An American festival
C.Things to do during the festival
D.The writer’ popose
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Fast Reading
Paragraph 1
Paragraph2.
Paragraph3
Paragraph4
c. The history of the festival.
b. An American festival
d. Things to do during the festival
a. A special dinner.
Reading the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.
Read paragraph 1.
1.When is Thanksgiving ?
Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday in November.
2.What do people do on that day?
People make short speeches and give thanks for food.
Careful reading
Read paragraph 2.
1. How do people arrive in America?(No more than two)
By ship.
2.What do the native people teach them to plant?(No more than one)
Corn.
3.How do they celebrate together?(No more than eight words)
By eating a dinner of a new food.
Reading Paragraph 3.
Put the phrases in the correct order.
a. lay the table
b. prepare the food
c. eat dinner
d. give thanks for food
e. wash the dishes
f. talk and tell stories
b a d c f e
Retell the third paragraph.
We celebrate Thanksgiving with a traditional dinner.
First, help prepare food.
Third, father gives thanks for the food before dinner.
Then talk a lot and tell stories after dinner.
Finally,help wash dishes.
Second, lay the table.
Next ,eat food.
Read paragraph 4.
1.Is Thanksgiving a busy time?
Yes,it is.
2. Are they happy on that day ?
Yes ,they are.
Post reading
Date
Meaning
History
Celebration
Thanksgiving
The fourth Thursday in November
give thanks
the first pioneers
eating a dinner
grow corn
the MacysThanksgiving Day Parade
the football games
a traditional dinner
Give thanks
The first ________ crossed the Atlantic and arrived in America in the seventeenth century. At the beginning, they did not have enough food. The Native Americans taught them how to grow ______. They soon had ________ to eat.
Today, people living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pioneers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal ______ family and friends. Everyone helps _____ the table. After the meal ,they help wash the______.
4.Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
among corn dish lay pioneer plenty
pioneers
corn
plenty
among
lay
dishes
Learn to learn
When you write about important events ,such as festivals,you can write what the spring festival is,when it is,why it is important ,what you do,who you spend it with ,what special food you eat.
When was it?
What can you do during the holiday?
How do you usually spend it?
What do you think of the holiday? Why?
It must include:
What was it?
Writing
Practice in groups.
For example:
I had a great time on National Day last year. I remember it for a long time because it was Golden Week.I went with my mother and father to visit my grandparents in Shanghai .My grandmother made dumplings and many other dishes. So I ate lots of really nice food!
在复合句中,做状语是一个句子,就叫状语从句。用从句来表达一件事情或一个行为发生的时间,叫时间状语从句。When ,while ,as,before,after,as soon as,until.
Grammar
While we’re staying with our friends, we’re going to spend one day in Qingdao.
Before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food.
When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes.
And my family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America.
After they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter
For example:
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words or expression in the box. There may be more than one answer.
1._______our friends arrived, we all went to the square.
2._______they were watching TV, we listened to music and
sang traditional songs.
after, as soon as, since, until, while
While
After
3.__________it was twelve o’clock, we all shouted “Happy New Year”.
4.We stayed there _______she arrived.
5.He has made a lot of progress __________ he started to learn English last month.
since
until
As soon as
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Homework:
要点包括:
What was it?
When was it?
Who did you spend it with?
How did you spend it?
Will you remember it for long? Why?
Spring Festival
Good bye
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