Merry Christmas!

　　Content: Lesson 29

　　Properties: Tape recorder

　　Teaching Objectives: Enable the students to grasp some useful expressions and something about Christmas Day.

　　Language Focus:

　　1. Useful expressions

　　  Merry Christmas!(第8页)

　　I’ve never been out of China before.

　　Teaching Procedures:

　　I. Organizing the class.

　　Greeting and make a duty report.

　　II. Revision

　　1. Revise the Infinitive.

　　2. Check the homework.

　　III. Presentation

　　Ask the students to look at the title of this unit and ask: Do you know what “Christmas” mean? Find out what the students know about Christmas and how people celebrate Christmas.

　　IV. Read and act

　　Close books and Listen to the tape. Then ask some questions:

　　1. What’s the date?

　　2. What are Lin Tao and Jim doing?

　　Play the tape again and make sure the students can answer then correctly.

　　Explain the useful expressions.

　　V. Practice

　　  Read the dialogue in groups and pairs.

　　  Then with the books closed, ask the students to act it out in pairs.

　　VI. Ask and answer

　　Do the first one as an example, then let the students work out the answers in pairs to use the question of Part 1 to help, see if they can answer the question correctly.

　　VII. Workbook

　　Discuss the exercise 3 and 4 in small groups. If there is time, ask some students to talk about their idea.

　　VIII. Homework

　　Finish Exercise 1 and 2

Lesson 30

　　Period: The second period

　　Content: Lesson 30

　　Properties: Recorder

　　Teaching Objectives:

　　1. Master some useful expressions

　　2. Get the students to know more about Christmas Day.

　　Language Focus:

　　1. Useful expressions: be based on, as well, climb down…

　　Teaching Procedures:

　　I. Organizing the class

　　1. Ask the students to get ready for class.

　　2. Greeting and a duty report.

　　II. Revision

　　1. Check homework.

　　2. Revise the dialogue of lesson 29, Read and act out the dialogue in pairs.

　　III. Presentation

　　Give the words connected with Christmas and have the students discuss the Christmas.

　　Then encourage the students to use the words.

　　IV. Pre – reading

　　Ask students to discuss the questions in small groups, write down the answers and ask one of each group, to read their answers.

　　V. Reading

　　Close books and listen to the tape, then answer the question in Exercise 1.

　　Play the tape again and ask questions.

　　Books open. Go through the questions of Exercise 1 in the workbook.

　　Explain the useful expressions.

　　VI. Practice

　　Have the students read the text together, then in groups.

　　Have the students retell the story of Christmas Day, make sure every student can say something about Christmas Day.

　　VII. Workbook

　　Do Exercises 2 Individually and check the answers with class.

　　VIII. Homework

　　Write a short passage about your spending spring festival

　　IX. Exercises in class

　　Choose the right answer.

　　1. Christmas Eve is ___________. 

　　 A. the night before December 24

　　 B. the night after December 25

　　 C. the night of December 25

　　 D. the night of December 24

　　2. Father Christmas often puts the presents _________.

　　 A. into Children’s hate      B. into Children’s stockings

　　 C. under Children’s beds    D. into Children’s shoes

　　3. Father Christmas comes into the house through the ________.

　　 A. window     B. front door     C. chimney    D. back door

　　4. On the morning of Christmas Day, Children wake up their parents very early and say “_____”.

　　 A. Good morning!      B. Happy New Year!

　　 C. Best wishes to you!   D. Merry Christmas!(第8页)

　　5. On Christmas Day, people often _________ to each other.

　　  A. give money      B. ask for money

　　  C. ask for pres