【英语周报】2015年高中英语 Unit4 Behind beliefs Task教案1 牛津译林版选修9.docVIP

Unit4 Behind beliefs Task1 Teaching aims: After learning Skills Building 1, the students will be able to know about the expressions used to describe a legendary person and get much information about Father Christmas through listening and reading. At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to tell about Father Christmas with the expressions used to describe a legendary person. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-in Have a revision Have a revision of the most popular religions in the world that students have learned in Word power by asking students the following question. Q: What are the most popular religions in the world? A: Hinduism; Buddhism; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; etc. 2．Introduce Christmas Introduce Christmas by asking students the following questions so that students will naturally associate Christmas with Father Christmas. Q: So among these religions, which is the most popular religion in western countries? A: Christianity. Q: What do we call people believing in Christianity? A: Christians. Q: Which is the most popular festival celebrated by Christians? A: Christmas. Q: What do you know about Christmas? Ask the students to talk about Christmas to see how much they know about this festival. Then give a brief introduction of Christmas based on the students’ answers to the question above: Christmas is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom Christians believe to be the son of God. Children are excited about this holiday because they believe Father Christmas will bring them gifts. 3. Show images of Father Christmas 4. Introduce the idea that Father Christmas is only a legendary person Introduce the idea that Father Christmas is only a legendary person by asking the following questions. Q: But do you believe Father Christmas really exists? A: No. Although Father Christmas is very famous and people talk a lot about him, he is just a legendary person. The story of Father Christmas is just a legend. (Then arouse