英语人教版九年级全册U1 Section B 2a-3b.docVIP

Unit 2 Section B-2 Class Type Reading and writing Objectives To understand the passage about the spirit of Christmas. To introduce your favorite Chinese festival. Key structure 1. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas. 2. Marley used to be just like Scrooge. 3. It’s my favorite festival because… 4. It makes me feel… Difficulties How to better understand the information about the festival Christmas and the book A Christmas Carol. Vocabulary Christmas, lie, novel, eve, dead, business, punish, warn, present, warmth, spread used to, end up Periods 1 Procedure Lead-in Free talk. Can you name any foreign festivals? Step 1 Brainstorm. Show Ss some foreign festival pictures and give out some explanations of each festival. Step 2 Activity 2a. Try to match each day with the correct date. Step 3 Free talk. Let Ss talk about the Christmas they think. Step 4 Show some pictures about the Christmas and give some explanations. Step 5 Activity 2b-1. Read the passage about the Christmas and answer the questions. Step 6 Brainstorm. Show the picture of the author and the story “the Christmas Carol”. Give out detail information about the book. Step 7 Activity 2b-2. Read the passage and decide the sentence is true or false. Step 8 Activity 2c. Read the passage again and complete the chart. Step 9 Activity 2d. Read the questions in Page 15 and give the answers. Step 10 Brainstorm. Introduce the information of “Santa Claus” and some traditional cuisine of Christmas to Ss. Step 11 Free talk. Let Ss talk about their favorite festival and give the information in details. Step 12 Writing. Suppose you are Liu Wei, send an e-mail to your friend Mike and introduce him our Chinese festival, the Spring Festival. Step 13 Language points: explain the key words and phrases in section B-2.