1、Objectives:To read a narrative text and understand the story.To duild up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions.balloonsballoonspresentspresentssnowmensnowmenChristmas treeChristmas treeChristmas Christmas stockingsstockingsC
2、hristmas carolsFather ChristmasChristmas puddingChristmas puddingChristmas cakeChristmas caketurkeyChristmas hatChristmas candiesDo you want to know more about Christmas?Now lets open our books.Before you startPlease look at the two pictures on your books to find out some key words in exercise 1.Chr
3、istmas stockingspresentssnowmensnowChristmas treeballoonsChristmas puddingWhile reading 1.Fast-reading Read the story quickly to match the paragraphs with the headings.Paragraph 1 peoples activities(活动)after lunchParagraph 2 writing a letter to Father ChristmasParagraph 3 atmosphere(气氛)during Christ
4、masParagraph 4 peoples activities on Christmas EveParagraph 5 peoples activities on Christmas morning look through the text and choose the main idea of each paragraph.2.Careful Reading Read the text again and try to get some detailed informationTask 4:Answer the multiple-choice questions in Ex.4 on
5、page 43,following the reading strategies.Reading Strategies:Multiple-choice questions Read the questions and answers.Try to get the correct answer.Find the place in the text where you think the answer is(e.g.question 1=paragraph 1)Read the text and check your answers.Make sure the other two answers
6、are not possible.1.Who do you think reads the childrens letters?a)Father Christmas b)their parents c)noboby 2.What happened on Christmas Eve?a)The writer stayed awake all night.b)Someone put presents in his stocking.c)The writer saw Father Christmas.3.Why did they laugh?a)The Christmas carols were h
7、appy songs.b)The song and hats were funny.c)The jokes and hats were funny.4.After lunch:a)the adults watched the queens speech.b)the children made a snowman.c)everybody had more to eat.Lets get a thorough understanding of the story Read the text again and try to finish the table bellow.November.lett
8、erpresentsDecemberChristmas cardscarol serviceexcitedstockingspresentschurchsleptcakecuriousTiredhappy In what order did the children do these things?Example:1 da)open the new year calendarb)put their stockings at the end of the bedc)sing Christmas carolsd)write a letter to Father Christmas e)put up
9、 the Christmas treef)go to church g)have Christmas cakeRead to learnwrite a letter to thewrite a letter to theFather ChristmasFather Christmasopen the new year calendaropen the new year calendarput up the Christmas treeput up the Christmas treego to churchgo to churchsing Christmassing Christmascarolscarolsput their put their stockingsstockingsat the endat the endof the bedof the bedhavehaveChristmasChristmascakes cakes Complete exercise3 in this lesson and look at the diagram below to Complete exercise3 in this lesson and look at the diagram below to check your answers.check your answers.
