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Unit 4 Time to celebrate
单元教学目标
【Language Abilities】
1.Use words and expressions in the unit to talk about festivals and holidays.
2.Use adverbs of frequency and the simple present tense to talk about ways to celebrate festivals and holidays.
3.Introduce different festivals and holidays as well as their culture.
【Culture Awareness】
1.Explore new approaches to follow traditions during festival occasions.
2.Recognize the reasons why some people are unable to spend festivals and holidays with their loved ones.
3.Enhance respect and understanding for the ways festivals are celebrated in different cultural backgrounds.
【Quality of Thinking】
1.Make predictions according to the pictures.
2.Be able to use effective means such as seeing, listening, speaking and discussing to obtain information.
【Learning Abilities】
1. Can actively participate in class activities.
2.Be able to actively cooperate with others in learning activities and complete learning tasks.
【Class Hour Division】
Five periods
第一课时
Starting out&Reading
第二课时
Grammar
第三课时
Listening and Speaking
第四课时
Reading for writing
第五课时
Presenting ideas&Reflection
单元教材分析
本单元的主题是“人与社会”下的“历史、社会与文化”,归属于“世界节假日与庆祝活动”这一子主题内容。本单元教材围绕节日与假期展开,内容包括:谈论节日与假期;谈论节日的庆祝方式;理解怎样科学地庆祝节日与活动。旨在让学生了解中外各种各样的节日,并学会用更环保的方式庆祝节日。
课时分解
第一课时 Starting out&Reading
Teaching Objects 【教学目标】
1.Talk about festivals and holidays.
2.Know the special way to celebrate the Spring Festival.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
an English book,a tape recorder and CAI
Teaching Steps 【教学步骤】
★Step 1 Lead in【导入】
Different countries have their own festivals and holidays. Can you list some festivals in China?
Starting out
Page 63,1
1.Show the pictures to the Ss, and then ask them to answer the following question.
What are they doing in each picture?
2.Let some Ss say their answers.
3.Check the answers with the class.
4.Ask the Ss to answer the questions:
①What are the festivals in the pictures?
②What do you know about these festivals?
5.Give the Ss some prompts for question②.For example, time, activities and meaning.
Page 63,2
1.Ask the Ss to look at the picture and answer the questions.
①What other festivals or holidays around the world do you know?
②Which one do you think is the most special?Why?
2.Let some Ss share their answers with the class.
3.Make appropriate supplements according to the Ss’ answers.
Understanding ideas(1—4)
★Step 2 Pre-task【准备任务】
Page 64,1
1.Show the picture on Page 65 to the Ss, and then ask them to answer the following questions.
①What are the people doing?
②What is on the table?
2.Give the Ss some prompts. For example, Spring Festival, dinner, family reunion and dish.
3.Ask some Ss to say their answers.
4.Check the answers with the class.
★Step 3 While-task【过程任务】
Page 64,2
1.Ask the Ss to look at the title of the passage on Page 65, and then ask them to answer the question: What did the writer do during the Spring Festival?
2.Let some Ss share their answers with the class.
3.Check the answer with the class.
Page 66,3
1.Ask the Ss to choose the writer’s words after the meal.
2.Check the answer with the class.
Page 66,4
1.Show the chart on page 65 to the Ss, and then let them guess what may be filled in the blanks.
2.Ask the Ss to complete the chart with the words from the passage.
3.Check the answers with the class.
★Step 4 Post-task【后续任务】
Think and share
1.After learning the passage, ask the Ss to answer the following question: What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival?
2.Give the Ss some prompts as follows.
What’s the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival? How did the writer celebrate the Spring Festival?
3.Ask the Ss to answer the question: What is your family’s traditional dish for the Spring Festival? Can you cook it?
4.Give the Ss some prompts.
5.Let the Ss share the answers with the class.
★Step 5 Language points【语言要点】
1. treat 的用法
(1)作动词,表示“款待,招待;看作”,常见用法:treat ... with...“用……招待……”;treat… as…“把……当作……”; treat sb. to sth.“请某人吃某物”。例如:The waiter treats every customer with kindness and warmth.这位服务员以善良和热情招待每一位客人。
I always treat Amy as my best friend.我一直把埃米当作我最好的朋友。
I treated my neighbour to some seafood yesterday.昨天我请我邻居吃了一些海鲜。
(2)作名词,表示“请客,做东”。例如:
It’s my treat today.今天我请客。
2.smell 的用法
(1)作系动词,表示“闻起来”,后接形容词作表语。例如:
It smells terrible.它闻起来很糟糕。
(2)作名词,表示“气味”。例如:
The smell is terrible.这气味真难闻。
3.辨析 alone 与 lonely
alone 只表示“独自”的客观状态,没有感情色彩。
lonely 可表示人“孤独的,寂寞的”,也可表示地方“荒凉的,人烟稀少的”。例如:
I was travelling alone in the lonely mountain. I didn’t feel lonely though I was alone.我独自行走在荒凉的山里。我虽孤身一人,但并不感到寂寞。
4. taste的用法
(1)taste作动词时,有两种用法:
taste 后可跟名词或代词,意为“品尝某物”。例如:
Tom smelled the mooncake and then tasted it again.汤姆闻了闻月饼之后,又尝了一口。
taste 作系动词后可跟形容词,意为“有……的味道”。例如:
The mooncakes with nuts taste more delicious than those with sugar.有坚果的月饼比
有糖的月饼更好吃。
(2)taste可作名词,意为“味道,滋味”。例如:
Please have a taste of this cheese.请尝尝这乳酪。
5.stay的用法
stay 作不及物动词,意为“停留;待”;作连系动词,意为“保持原状;维持”,后常接形容词。例如:
Lisa stayed in the UK for a year to study.为了学习,莉萨在英国待了一年。
I can't stay awake any longer.我没法再保持清醒了。
【拓展】stay 短语小结:
stay up 熬夜 stay at home 待在家里
stay away from.远离…… stay out 夜不归宿
6.辨析 take place 与 happen
take place表示“发生,举行,举办”。一般指有计划、事先安排的事情的“发生”,没有偶然性。
happen 表示“发生,碰巧”一般用来指偶然或突发性事件,强调事情发生的偶然性或未能预见性。例如:
When does the party take place?派对什么时候举行?
If anything happens,please let me know.如果有什么事情发生,请让我知晓。
7.sure 的用法
(1)作形容词,意为“无疑的;确信的;有把握的”。常见用法:be sure of/about “确信;对……有把握。”例如:
I’m sure of/about the answer.我对这个答案有把握。
(2)作副词,意为“当然”,用于回答他人提出的请求或提议,表示同意或愿意。例如:
—May I ask you a question?我能问你一个问题吗?
—Sure.当然。
8. prefer 的用法
prefer 为动词,相当于“like... better”,一般不用于进行时态。常见用法如下:
(1)prefer (to do) sth.表示“更喜欢(做)某事”。
(2)prefer (doing) A to (doing) B表示“比起(做)B来,更喜欢(做)A”,其中 to 为介词。
(3)prefer sb. (not) to do sth.宁愿/更喜欢某人(不)做某事。例如:
I prefer swimming to skating. (I like swimming better than skating.)比起游泳,我更喜欢滑冰。
I prefer you not to go.我宁愿你不走。
★Step 6 Summary 【课堂小结】
Ask the Ss to use the students' self-assessment form to check what they have learned in this lesson.
I can talk about festivals and holidays.
I can know the special way to celebrate the Spring Festival.
★Step 7 Homework【家庭作业】
1.Review the words, phrases and sentences.
2.Do the exercises in students’ book.
Teaching reflection 【教学反思】
The topic of this unit is “Time to celebrate”. After learning, the students can talk about festivals and holidays.From the simple to the complex, the content of this lesson is gradually introduced, which is easy for students to understand. And the teaching effect is good.
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