Celebrating Me教案

know about the foreign festivals and the differences between chinese and western countries.
teaching important points:
know about the main festivals in western countries and how do they celebrate them.
teaching difficult points:
how to celebrate christmas?
teaching preparation: flashcards
teaching aids: audiotape, flashcards
type of lesson: new lesson
teaching procedure:
step1. discuss the christmas and new year in western countries. discuss in groups. after a while, present their answers to the class.
step2. listen to the tape with the following questions:
1. when is christmas?
2. when is new year?
3. where do people put up their christmas tree?
4. what goes under the tree?
5. what do people usually do before christmas?
6. what are the differences between the western christmas and the chinese spring festival?
7. how do you greet people during the christmas season or during the chinese spring festival?
step3. read the text silently and check the answers. then read the text loudly in class. the teacher walks around and finds the mistakes to correct.
step4. help the students to retell the story but not word for word.
step5. listen to the tape again and repeat after it until they can read it correctly and fluently.
step6. come to “let’s do it”.
make a christmas card!
1. fold a piece of paper in half. draw a christmas picture on the front of the card. here are some ideas for christmas pictures: a star, a christmas tree, santa, toys, a candy cane, a winter scene with snow or christmas gifts.
2. write a greeting on the inside of the card. this should be written on the right-hand side of the card. the greeting will say:
merry christmas!
happy new year!
step7.1. finish off the activity book.
2.go on the next reading in the student book.

summary:
christmas is more familiar to the students than the western new year. introduce the western new year to the students in detail. the western new year’s celebration is quite different from the chinese new year’s celebration. it is a minor holiday festival in comparison. it lasts only two days: december 31, new year’s eve, and january 1, new year’s day.

lesson 62: confidence
teaching content:
mastery words and expressions: finger, both, himself, because of
oral words and expressions: spelling, be confident of, have confident in
teaching aims:
1. cultivate the ability of learning by oneself.
2. learn the foreign culture.
teaching important points:
1. guess the main ideas of the text according to the pictures.