Unit 5 Let's celebrate!
Task
Teaching Aims:
1. Write a passage about the festival and how to celebrate it
2. Learn how to make posters
Teaching importance:
1. New words and phrases and pronunciation
2. Learn how to write posters
Teaching Preparation
Multi-media, pictures about different festivals
Teaching Contents:
Basic contents:
words： west candle way light shine through
phrases：in the west in many ways give a treat of some candy
Other contents phrases：make …out of shine through
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Which is your favorite festival?
Why do you like it?
Step 2 Pair work
Talk about your favorite festivals
A: Which is your favourite festival?
B: I like/love…
A: Why do you like it?
B: Because…
Step 3 Presentation
1. How much do you know about The Spring Festival?
2. What do you usually do at this festival?
3. How do they usually celebrate at this festival?
Step 4 Writing plan
It is “Festival Week”. Each student in Class 1, Grade 7 has to write about his or her favorite festival. Below is Millie’s writing plan.
Step 5 Exercises
Complete Millie’s article. Use her writing plan to help you.
The Spring Festival is an important holiday in China. Most Chinese families (1) ________ it.
It is always in (2) _______ or (3) _________. It is often cold at this time of year, but people are happy. Family members (4) __________ and then have a big (5) _______.
After dinner, people like to (6) _________. There is a great Spring Festival Gala on TV every years. Children have lots of fun on this day. We get presents. Usually our parents get (7) ___________ ready for us, and we get (8) ___________ from our grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles. We like to let off (9) _________ at night. They are really wonderful!
Step 6 Writing
How to make a poster
Mid-Autumn Day
1. When is it?
2. Who celebrate it?
3. How do people celebrate ?
Useful expressions
…is an important holiday in/for
It is in / on…
It is .., but…
There is /are ...on TV…
We / They like to …
Usually we get …
…have lots of fun…
