Unit 3 Families Celebrate Together教案

step10.come to “let’s do it.” let the students do it carefully. at the same time, the teacher can walk around and solve some problems during the discussing process.
step11. finish off the activity book. let them know more about thanksgiving.
summary
use some objects to help students remind the festivals. the questions the teacher asks must be interesting and the teacher can change the styles in order to keep the students’ 注意力。

lesson 18 get ready for turkey

teaching content
the words must be grasped: huge, delicious, pie, dinner, be, away from home
the words that can only be known: turkey, dessert
teaching aims
1.express one’s feeling in the communication
2.learn to make a family tree.
teaching important points
1. the students can catch the main ideas through listening to the text.
2. the students can suppose what their festival will be like.
teaching difficult points
1. the use of simple present tense;
2. how to make a family tree
teaching prepared
flashcards, photos of your family
teaching aids
audiotape, flashcards, photos
type of lesson
new lesson
teaching procedure
step1.remind the students the last lesson: the important festivals in china and western countries.
show the students pictures to the class.
step2.organize activities about what they will do during thanksgiving. can they suppose the situation? the teacher can give them some tips if it is necessary. don’t forget to ask them: “do you still remember when thanksgiving is?
step3.listen to the tape and answer the following questions:
how long is it before thanksgiving?
who bought a turkey?
who will come to thanksgiving dinner?
step4.read the text and check the answers you got just now. let them read the text again and then read in roles. after practice a while, the teacher can give volunteers chances to act the dialogue out in front of the class.
step5. practice the simple present tense. first, make sentences use the correct tense. pay attention to the time attributive clause. then let the students make sentences one by one until they can use the tense correctly.
step6. come to “project”.
take out a photo of your family and show it to the class. then draw your own family tree on the blackboard. then let the students take out of their own family photos and show them to the classmates. now they can draw their family tree on their exercise book and let the desk mates to check the answers.
divide the class into several groups and look at the photos. then draw other family photos in change. thus gives them more chance to practice.