Unit 6 Holidays

(4) t: what’s the date?    s: it’s the 1st of may.
    t: it’s may day.
(5) t: now please talk to your deskmate about festivals here. you can look at the screen. please let’s go.
    (after a short time) please stop, any volunteers?(2-3 pairs)
2. learn the new words
 (1) t: just now, we talked about a lot of festivals. all of them are holidays.(title)
t: can you think of other holidays?
s: ……
t: well, spring festival is a big holiday in china.(bbd design)
(learn the new words)
listen. let’s read together. look at this word
(read) ring, spring. best---est, change to fest. festival
t: when’s spring festival?     s: it is in jan. or feb.
t: what do people usually do at spring festival?
s: they eat a lot of food.
t: yes, they usually visit friends, and travel. i know you like eating. most of people like eating the food.
t: they usually eat a lot of delicious food.
t: did you … last …?
s: yes, i did/no, i didn’t. (listen and read)
(2) t: today i bring something here. what’s this?
    s: moon cake.
    t: (taste) oh, it’s very delicious.
        when do people eat the moon cake?
    s: at mid-autumn festival.
  listen. let’s read together.
        look at this word did,  mid
        august, ----au----change to autumn.
    mid-autumn festival
  t: what do people usually do at mid-autumn festival.
  s: they usually watch the moon and eat the moon cake.
  t: did you eat the moon cake last mid-autumn festival?
  s: yes, i did./no, i didn’t.
3. t: you did a good job. they are all chinese holidays; do you know any holidays in other countries? let’s enjoy a performance (music). come here boys and girls.
t: what’s this holiday?   s: halloween.
step3 practice
   1. t: today we learned a lot of holidays. now let’s play a game, look and guess. i’ll see which group can win this red flag.(practice) (look and guess)
  2. t: it’s time for practice. you should use your head.(do the exercise)
  3. t: well done. now i’ll give you a present. it’s a magic box.
t: what’s in it? do you want to know? you can come here and get one. then you will do the group work. four of you will be a group. talk to your partners in two minutes. one of you will write down sth. another one will come to the front to report like me.