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Unit 4 Time to celebrate 第3课时
Developing ideas
(Listening and speaking:1—4)
Activity 1:Look and answer
Review some knowledge of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival and answer the questions.
Which foreign festival do you want to know?
What foreign festivals are popular in China?
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Activity 1:Look and answer
Look at the picture and read the passage.Then answer the questions.
What can you see in the picture?
What can you see in the picture?
How do people in the West usually
celebrate Christmas?
How do people in the West celebrate
Christmas nowadays?
In the West,people usually celebrate Christmas with their families.They put up a Christmas tree at home,share a large meal together,and give each other gifts.Nowadays,there are also some creative ways to celebrate Christmas.
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a People shouldn't celebrate Christmas.
b Christmas could bring waste and pollution.
Activity 2:Listen,choose and complete
Listen to the news and choose the topic.
c“Problem parents”need a good talk.
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Activity 2:Listen,choose and complete
Listen again and complete the poster.Then write F(fact)or O(opinion)in
the boxes.
Did you know Christmascould bring..?
□ Paper waste Food waste
□ Pollution
People are 4 buying plastic Christmas
trees.They can create pollution,too.
□ Wood waste
People cut down
nearly ³ 120
million trees to use as Christmas trees.
In the UK,people use about 365,000 kilometres
of paper for gifts.
People ²throw away millions of turkeys each year.
Learning to learn
Listening for facts and opinions A fact is true for everyone.An opinion is an idea about something. When giving opinions,people often use facts to
support them.
Activity 2:Listen,choose and complete
Listen again and complete the poster.Then write F(fact)or O(opinion)in
the boxes.
0 We should 5 think about new ways of celebrating.
0 Let's have a“6 green Christmas”this year.
a Let's not have a¹ big meal on Christmas Day.
b We won't have a Christmas tree.
c Let's make a tree from old² boxes
a Wecould³ paint a tree on the wall.
e How about using the ⁴big plant in the living room?
f But well wrap the giftsin old⁵newspapers
Activity 3:Listen,complete and match
Listen to the conversation and complete the ideas.Then match the ideas to
the people.
Mark:What are we going to do?
Dad: Mark,come here please.Did you hear the news?Let's celebrate Christmas in a new way this year.
Mum Woll 1ot'c not hove a big meal.We don't want to waste food.
M r Learning to learn ll have a Christmas cake?
Agreeing and disagreeing We can agree using sentences like No problem and Great idea.When we disagree with others,be polite and say I'm not sure about that or I don't
Mui agree
Dad.
Mark: I'm not sure about that.How about using the big plant in the living room?There
won' t be any waste or pollution.
Dad:Great idea!
Mark: By the way,will I still have gifts?
Mum: Yes,of course!But we'll wrap the gifts in old newspapers. Mark: That's OK.But please use beautiful newspapers!
Activity 3:Listen,complete and match
Listen again.Then talk about how the speakers agree and disagree. 作
Mui Dad Mai
Activity 3:Listen,complete and match
Listen again.Then talk about how the speakers agree and disagree.
Dad: Mark,come here please.Did you hear the news?Let's celebrate Christmas in a new way this year.
Mark: What are we going to do?
Mum: Well,let's not have a big meal.We don't want to waste food.
Mark:OK But can we still have a Christmas cake?
M Learning to learn ow you love it!
M Agreeing and disagreeing We can agree using sentences like No problem and Great M idea.When we disagree with others,be polite and say I'm not sure about that or I don't D agree.
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won't be any waste or pollution.
Dad: Great idea!
Mark: By the way,will I still have gifts?
Mum: Yes,of course!But we'll wrap the gifts in old newspapers. Mark:That's OK.But please use beautiful newspapers!
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Name of the festival /holiday:
How I usually celebrate it:
B
A different way to celebrate it:
What...?Why?
Why
Activity 4:Pair work
Work in pairs and talk about different ways to celebrate a festival or holiday.
How do you usually
celebrate...?
I usually...to celebrate..
Me too.But this year, let's...
Example:
Student A:How do you usually celebrate...?
Student B:I usually...to celebrate...
Student A:Me too.But this year,let's... Student B:What..?Why?
Useful expressions
I think...is a new way to celebrate,because.. That's a(n)...idea!
I'm not sure about that.
Activity 4:Pair work
Make a conversation with the reference on the learning sheet.
I agree.Another idea is to...
I see it differently,because..
Activity 5:Talk and share
Talk about what you have learnt about new ways to celebrate festivals or holidays. Then share your idea.
Activity 6:Make a poster
Work in groups of four and make a poster to introduce traditional and creative ways to celebrate a festival or holiday.
Expressions
learnt in class Traditional ways in the passage
Creative ways in the passage
New ideas New creative ways
Design Drawings
Colour
Handwriting
Team work Cooperation
Activity 6:Make a poster
Present your poster in front of the class.Vote for the best group according to the
criteria.
1.Write a passage to introduce traditional and creative
ways to celebrate a festival or holiday.(Required)
2.Make a short video to introduce creative ways to celebrate festivals or holidays.(Optional)
Homework
Thankyou!
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