1、Unit 3 Lesson 4 Christmas 【Learning aims目标】：1. Learn something about Christmas and its related activities2. Master the reading skills: skimming and scanning for prediction. 【Important & difficult points重难点】：1. Important point: To master the collocation with have, do & play.2. Difficulty: reading for
2、 prediction.【预习指导】Step 1: Learn the new words. (A级)音标单词及词性中 文词性变化圣诞颂歌/adj.北极/v./n.(中文)成年期adv.【合作探究】Teaching procedure:Task 1 : Fast reading （A级）: Finish P43 Ex3& 4 Task 2 : Intensive reading （B级）:Paragraph 1: Answer two questions.1. For the writer, when did Christmas begin?2. Why did they write to F
3、ather Christmas?Paragraph 2: Fill in the blank.With December our excitement _ each day as we opened the new year calendar, Christmas cards _ in the post, Christmas lights _ in the streets, and we _ the town carol service. And of course, there were enough snow to _snowmen, and to _exciting snowball f
4、ights in the school playground.Paragraph 3: Answer two questions.1. On Christmas Eve, how did they decorate their house?2. What did they do before going to bed?Paragraph 4: True or False statements.1. They found all kinds of presents and sweets in the stockings. 2. They went out into the garden to p
5、lay with new presents before church. 3. Lunch was simple and early. Paragraph 5: After lunch: Adults: Children: Everyone: 2. Useful expressions（B级）1. 圣诞节记忆 2. 我们的兴奋与日俱增3. 参加圣诞颂歌 4. 打精彩的雪仗5. 在平安夜 6. 床尾 7. 保持清醒 8. 讲笑话 9. 覆盖 10. 继续吃3. Typical sentences: （C级）1We _(serious) wrote “Father Christmas, the N
6、orth Pole” on the envelope, before _(give) them to our mother _(post).2. With December our _(excite) grew each day-_ we opened the new year calendar, Christmas cards arrived in the post.3. We _(sing) Christmas carols _(happy), laughed _ jokes, put on silly hats and laughed again.4. Then we had tea, with a huge Christmas cake _(cover) with snowmen.【课后巩固】1. 完成书本43页5、6题（have, do 和play的习惯搭配）以及英语大周报第7期 B4版Lesson4随堂练习.2. Reflection (反思总结): (1) 我是否已经了解中西方不同的节日习俗？(2) 以后对中西方文化背景的学习我的对策是：