2012高一英语精品教案：Unit3 Lesson 4 Christmas（北师大版必修1）.docVIP

PAGE  U3 Celebration Lesson 4 Christmas Objectives To read a narrative text and understand the story. To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas. To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions. To practise collocations with have, do and play. To talk about childhood memories. Pre-Reading Find the Key Words in the pictures. Which of the things do you think western people have at Christmas? Key Words balloons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presents Reading Read the text. Which Key Words are mentioned? Circle them out. Which other Christmas things are mentioned? Make a list. Answers: Father Christmas calendar Christmas cards Christmas lights carol service Christmas tree decorations balloons stockings presents sweets turkey Christmas pudding paper hats Queen’s speech Christmas cake candle carol service Father Christmas Christmas tree turkey decorations snowman presents Christmas stockings sweets Christmas cake What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Para. 1 the beginning of Christmas Para. 2 decorations outside Para. 3 activities on Christmas Eve Para. 4 activities on Christmas morning Para.5 activities after lunch Post- Reading In what order did the children do these things? Example 1 d open the new year calendar put their stockings at the end of the bed sing Christmas carols write a letter to Father Christmas put up the Christmas tree go to church have Christmas cake Answers: 2 a 3c 4e 5b 6f 7g Answer the multiple-choice questions. 1 Who do you think reads the children’s letters? a) Father Christmas b) their parents c) nobody 2 What do you think people do in a carol service? a) sing songs b) give presents c) watch a play 3 What happened on Christmas Eve? a) The writer stayed awake all night. b) Someone put presents in his stocking. c) The writer saw Father Christmas. 4 Why did they laugh? a) The Christmas carols were happy songs. b) The songs an