1、Unit 3 CelebrationsLesson 3 Memories of Christmas教学设计科目：英语 课题：Lesson 3 Memories of Christmas 课时：1课时教学目标与核心素养：知识目标：Students can learn some new words and expressions and verb phrases.能力目标：Students can have a further understanding of the passage.情感目标：Students can think individually and learn cooperativ
2、ely.教学重难点教学重点：How to learn the new words and expressions and past perfect.教学难点：How to make students have a better understanding of the passage.课前准备：多媒体，黑板，粉笔教学过程：一、Pre-reading1. Greeting2. Leading-in教师活动：Activate and share:(1) Ask students to answer the following question. What do people in the West
3、 do to celebrate Christmas? Tell them to use the pictures and phrases to help them. to make Christmas pudding to put up a Christmas treeto decorate the house to give/open giftsto sing Christmas songs to hang a stockingAsk for volunteers to share their ideas to the class.(2) 教师引导学生看标题和图片，教师提问：Look at
4、 the titles and the pictures of the text. Predict what you will learn in the text.Ask students to share their predictions.二、 While- reading1. 学生活动：阅读文章，回答下列问题。Read and Explore: Read the text and answer the question.The text is a memory of a woman about Christmas.Why was it such a memorable Christmas
5、 to her?(Suggested answer: She had such a memorable Christmas because it was the last Christmas she spent with her granny before her granny passed away.)2. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。Underline the writers memories of her grandma and tell your partner.(Suggested answers:Granny made an effort to help the writer w
6、rite a letter to Father Christmas. Granny and the writer made sugar biscuits and stuffed the turkey. The writer sat on her grannys lap and sang Christmas songs. Granny had patience to sing it over and over again.Granny and the writer left a plate of sugar biscuits out for Father Christmas, and put a
7、 stocking at the end of the writers bed.Granny sat on the writers bed and sang softly.Granny gave the writer a music box with a ballet dancer inside.Granny laughed so much that her paper hat fell off.)3. 学生活动：阅读文章，完成练习。Read the story again. When did these activities happen? Ask students to complete
8、the timeline and talk about what happened based on the timeline. a. made sugar biscuitsb. Granny moved inc. had Christmas lunch d. left sugar biscuits out for Father Christmas e. opened presents f. put a stocking at the end of the bed g. sang Christmas songsh. wrote a letter to Father Christmas(Answ
9、ers: November: b, hDecember: a, gChristmas Eve: d, fChristmas Day: e, c)4. 学生活动：完成练习。Use the subjects, verbs or verb phrases and adverbial phrases in the circles to make sentences about the writers memories of the Christmas.Example Cousin David put so much pudding in his mouth.(Suggested answers: Th
10、e writer and Cousin David raced around the garden. Cousin David couldnt swallow the pudding.The writer and Cousin David rolled a snowball.Granny gave the writer a music box with a ballet dancer inside.The writer caught Grannys eye through the window.The writer opened the presents on her best behavio
11、ur.The writer hung decorations on the branches.Granny and the writer stuffed the turkey.Granny took a seat by the fire.)三、After-reading学生活动：Group work: Think and share.1. Can you find any hints in the story that suggest Grandma was in poor health condition? Did the write notice it at that time? How
12、did she feel after Grandma passed away?(Suggested answers: Granny spent most of her time on the sofa by the fire. Her hand was slightly shaky. She stayed inside by the fire and didnt go outside. The writer didnt notice it at that time. The writer thinks of her often and misses her very much.)2. Why
13、does the writer think of her grandma every Christmas? What can you infer after reading the story?(Suggested answers: Because she had a happy Christmas with her Granny before Granny passed away. Granny knew she was very sick and that she probably did not have much time, so she cherished every minute
14、with the writer. Granny loved her family very much and the family loved her. Granny was very happy, especially with the children, despite her illness. Granny made great efforts to spend a happy Christmas with her family.)四、Focus on language: Collocations1. Look at the Word Builder. Match the words (
15、1-8) with the endings (a-h) to form collocations.(Answers: 1. fill ones heart 2. have patience 3. make an effort 4. take a seat 5. spend time 6. catch ones eye 7. fall asleep 8. come to mind)2. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the collocations.1 She _ her grandmas _ because she wante
16、d her to come outside.2 I remember Granny singing softly to me until I _ that Christmas.3 The writers grandma always _ to sing Christmas songs over and over for her.4 Now, whenever the writer makes sugar biscuits, her grandma _.5 Granny _ by the window and watched us playing with the snow.6 Granny _
17、 most of her _ on the brown sofa by the fire.7 Although Grannys hand was slightly shaky, she _ to help me with the writing.8 Grannys singing _ with warmth.(Answers: 1. caught; eye 2. fell asleep 3. had patience 4. comes to mind 5. took a seat 6. spent; time 7. made an effort 8. filled my heart)语法：动词
18、词组1. v.adv.（1）一般不跟宾语go ahead 前进，继续fall behind 落后get up 起床lie down 躺下go up 上升run out 用完，耗尽give in让步，投降stay up 熬夜（2）可以跟宾语put out 扑灭carry out 实施，执行give up 放弃wake up 叫醒，醒来check in 登记；报到；记录eat up 吃光，吃完find out 找出；查明hand in 上交turn down将（音量）调小；拒绝注意：宾语是名词时，放在副词前面或后面都可以；若宾语是人称代词，只能放在动词和副词之间。Weve decided to p
19、ut the meeting off ( = put off the meeting) .我们决定推迟会议。Weve decided to put it off.我们决定推迟它。（不用 put off it)2. v.prep.ask for 索要；询问care for 喜爱；照顾deal with 处理，应付look for 寻找call on 号召；拜访；请求3. v.adv.prep.look forward to 期待，盼望put up with 容忍，忍受look up to 尊敬get along with 与相处date back to 追溯到look down on 轻视，瞧不
20、起keep up with 跟上run out of 用完，花光She soon caught up with us.她很快就赶上了我们。We should keep up with the times.我们应该与时俱进。Researchers say that they have come up with a low-cost device.研究员们说他们已研发出一种低成本装置。4. v.n.prep.take care of 照顾pay attention to 注意make use of 利用make contributions to 为做贡献Qian Xuesen made great
21、 contributions to our motherland.钱学森为我们的祖国做出了重大贡献。Take good care of my pet dog when I am away.当我离开时，照顾好我的宠物狗。练习：1. Can you tell me how the things come _?2. A helicopter is able to take _ and land straight up or down.3. She came _ some old photographs in a drawer.4. Nothing can make _ for what they h
22、ave suffered.5. We cant afford to fall _ our competitors.6. You must make sure _ the time and place.7. The question is bound to come _ at the meeting.8. The farmers took _ the lost travelers for the night.9. He really fell _ the new girl in school.10. So many young men want to take _ writing.(Answers:1. about 2. off 3. across 4. up 5. behind6. of 7. up 8. in 9. for 10. up)四、Summary 重点词汇：mess, patience, bahaviour, whisper, pass away, no longer, on the way重点句型：过去分词（短语）做状语；sothat结构的用法；强调句型重点语法：动词词组五、HomeworkWrite a passage to describe the memories of a festival.
