1、Unit2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!Period 4 SectionB (2a-3a)I.The Analysis of Teaching MaterialIn this unit, students mainly learn to talk about their favorite festivals and festival activities and give a personal reaction with objective clauses with that, if and whether and exclamatory stat
2、ements.II. The Analysis of the Students As students of Grade Nine, most of they have a good command of four skills and find it easy and fun to learn English. Whats more, they are familiar with the topic of this unit- traditional Chinese festivals. However, they know little about the western festival
3、s such as the Easter, Halloween, Christmas Day and so on. The contradiction between the communication needs and the lack of the students knowledge reserve constitutes the learning needs of this course.III. Teaching Aims1. Knowledge Objects(1) Function: Talk about the festival and give a personal rea
4、ction.(2) Key Vocabulary: Christmas, lie, novel, eve, dead, business, spider, punish, warn, present, warmth, spread, end up(3) Target Languagea) But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.b) He is mean and onl
5、y thinks about himself.c) He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas.d) He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesnt want to end up like him.e) Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares.(4) Structure: To talk about the festivals by using the objective clauses.
6、2. Ability Objects(1) Enable students to understand the main idea of the passage by inferring and learn to tell the story of Christmas.(2) Know about the spirit of Christmas and share and develop their reading and writing skills.3. Moral ObjectsUnderstand the true spirit of Christmas and share and g
7、ive love and joy to people around us.IV. Teaching Key Points(1) Learn and master some phrases and key sentences.(2) Enable students to understand the main idea of the passage by inferring.V. Teaching Difficult PointsLearn how to find the main idea of the passage by inferring and develop students dif
8、ferent reading skills.VI. Teaching MethodsThe task-based language teaching method, the cooperative learning method, and the groupwork.VII. Teaching AidsThe pictures about Christmas; PPT; MasksVIII. Teaching ProceduresStepI Leading-in1) Talk about the Mid-Autumn festival that we just have had and hav
9、e students to talk about what they like most about this festival.eg: I love enjoying delicious mooncakes.I love admiring the full moon.I love getting together with my family2) Listen to the English song When Christmas Come to Town together. Then have them answer questions:a) What festival is the son
10、g about?b) What do you know about this festival?Step II GroupworkPresent some questions and have students discuss in groups, and then create a mind map about Christmas.(Show some pictures about Christmas to help them while answering).a).When is Christmas?(Its on December 25th.)b).What activities do
11、people have at Christmas? (They have Christmas party, put up Christmas trees, give presents and many other celebrations.)c).Do you know what the symbols of Christmas are? (Christmas trees, Santa Claus,.)d).Do you know any story about Christmas?(A Christmas Carol)Step III Pre-reading T: Through discu
12、ssions, we have known something about Christmas. Today well read a story about Christmas.Present the new words and ask students to read the passage quickly and guess their meanings. Teach the new words and ask students to repeat, and then do some explanations.Step IV While-reading 1) Have students l
13、isten to the passage carefully, then read the passage quickly and look for the key phrases and sentences as they read, and say what the story tells us. Answer the following two questions:a) What does the passage talk about (The spirit of Christmas)b) How does it tell us? (By telling a story)2) Have
14、students read Para 1 and answer the two questionsWhat are the most common things that people think of for Christmas?What is the true meaning of spirit of Christmas? (Topic sentence)3) Have all the boys read Para2 together, at the same time, fill the blanks. Name: A Christmas Carol Kind: Novel exampl
15、e Writer: Charles Dickens Scrooge two characters Jacob Marley4) Have students go through the chart in 2c, then read the again and find what Scrooge sees when he is with different ghosts and complete the chart.What does Scrooge see when hes with .the Ghost of Christmas Pasthis happier days as a child
16、the Ghost of Christmas Presenthow others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy ,even poor people the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Comenobody cares when he dies5) In the end, how did Scrooge change?He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives.He gives gifts to people in need.He treat
17、s everyone with warmth and kindness.He spreads the love and joy everywhere he goes.After learning the Spirit of Christmas, we know the true meaning of Christmas besides gifts, trees and Santa Claus Actually, behind the Mid-Autumn Festival also lies the spirit-reunion. Step V After-reading (role-play
18、)Before this class, I have asked all the students to preview the textbook and make up their own group to perform A Christmas Carol. Now ask the students who have prepared well to role-play Scrooge, Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Y
19、et to Come with their masks.While the students are performing ,the teacher plays some pictures related to the performances. At last, the student who plays Scrooge gives out candies to all the students ,enjoying sharing the love , kindness ,joy and warmth. At the same time, the teacher plays a Christ
20、mas song called Jingle Bells to help students have a better understanding of the true meaning of Christmas.Step VI SummaryT: In this class, weve learned a passage about Christmas. It tells us the true meaning of Christmas sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. In fact, like any other t
21、raditional Chinese festival, we should care more about the love, joy, kindness and warmth behind the festivals than the gifts.Step VII Homework1. Surf the Internet and find more stories about Christmas2. Recite the key words and phrases in this class.Step VIII Blackboard designUnit2 I think that moo
22、ncakes are delicious!Period 4 SectionB (2a-2c)Common things: gift, Christmas trees and Santa ClauseThe true meaning of Christmas-sharing and giving love and joy to people around usScrooge: serious, mean, selfishJacob Marley: the same as ScroogeThe Ghost of Christmas Past: His happier days as a childThe Ghost of Christmas Present: See how are others spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even the poorThe Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come: Nobody cares when he is dead第 4 页