1. Music on Christmas Do you know the name of this song? Jingle bells
On what special occasion do we sing this song?
Christmas

2. Lesson 4 Christmas

3. Learning Objectives(目标)
To read a text and learn more about Christmas.
To build up an area of vocabulary(词汇) related to Christmas.
To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions(选择题)
To discuss Christmas and the Spring Festival.

4. Find the things or people related to Christmas in the short film
Find the things or people related to Christmas in the short film . Which of the things do you think western people
have at Christmas?
weather
people
Christmas
activities
food
objects

5. More about Christmas
1. More words about Christmas. 2. More background about
Christmas

6. Christmas tree
Father Christmas

7. presents
Christmas cake
Christmas pudding

8. Christmas hat
balloons
snowmen

9. Christmas stockings
turkey

10. candies
Christmas carols

11. How much do you know about Christmas ?
test yourself
How much do you know about Christmas ?
Dec.24th
1.Christmas falls on December 25th.
2. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
3.It is said that Father Christmas comes on a sleigh (雪橇) driven by dogs from the North Pole.
by reindeer(驯鹿)

12. test yourself
4. Father Christmas comes to the children’s home through the window to put presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings.
5.It’s the custom of the westerners to put up the Christmas tree and the decorations on Christmas Day.
6. For Christmas dinner, ,roast turkey, ham and Christmas pudding are served.
chimney
On Christmas Eve

13. Fast-reading
1. What’s the order of time in the text? What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Match the topics with the paragraphs of the article.
Para activities on Christmas Eve
Para decorations outside
Para activities after lunch
Para activities on Christmas morning
Para the beginning of Christmas

14. Careful Reading
Task 1
Read the text again and try to get some detailed information
Answer the multiple-choice questions ,following the reading strategies.

15. Reading Strategies: Multiple-choice questions
Read the questions and answers.
Try to get the correct answer.
Find the place in the text where you think the answer is (e.g. question 1= paragraph 1)
Read the text and check your answers.
Make sure the other two answers are not possible.

16. 1. What did people do in front of the fire?
wrote a letter to Father Christmas
looked at the fire
thought about something
2. If there was snow everywhere, what could
people do?
A. eat the snow
B. make snowmen and have exciting snowball fights
C. do nothing

17. 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.After lunch:
A.the adults watched the Queen’s speech.
B. the children made a snowman.
c. everybody had more to eat.
5.Who do you think give the presents to the children?
A. Father Christmas B. The children’s friends C. The children’s parents

18. Let’s get a thorough understanding of the story
Task 2
Let’s get a thorough understanding of the story
Read the text again and try to finish the table bellow.

19. the writer and his sister 1. write ______a letter
Time
Activities
Persons
November
(para1)
the writer and his sister
1. write ______a letter
seriously
tell
2. ____Father Christmas about their presentsTime
3. give them to their mother to post

20. Time Activities Persons open new calendar people students ______cards
December(para2)
open new calendar
people
students
the writer
receive
______cards
put up lights
attend ____ service
carol
have snowball fights

21. ____ up the Christmas tree
Time
Activities
Persons
Para. 3
Christmas Eve
decorate
_________the house
THE WHOLE FAMILY
put
____ up the Christmas tree
blow up the balloons
put _____ at the end of the beds
stockings
stay awake to see Father Christmas

22. stockings are_____ with… the writer / his ________ /
Time
Activities
Persons
Para. 4
Christmas
Day
stockings are_____ with…
filled
the writer /
his ________ /
the whole family
play new presents
have lunch
cousin
Sing the song
laugh at jokes
put on silly hats

23. the _____sleep on the sofa and watch TV the adults / children /
Time
Activities
Persons
Para. 5
After
lunch
the _____sleep on the sofa and watch TV
adults
the adults /
children /
the family
Children play cards
have tea, eat cake
go to bed

24. Discussion
Discuss in groups and compare the differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival.

25. Some materials for you to refer to
blessing
Spring Festival couplets
firecrackers

26. 舞龙：dragon dance
making dumplings
setting off fireworks

27. 春节
The Spring Festival 正月
lunar January, the first month by lunar calendar 除夕
New Year’s Eve 初一
the beginning of New Year

28. 红包：
red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper，symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year)
压岁钱：
gift money, (money given to children as a lunar New Year gift)
团圆饭
family reunion dinner
年夜饭
the dinner on New Year’s Eve 饺子
dumplings 过年
Guo-nian, have the Spring Festival

29. Christmas VS Spring Festival
Type
Christmas
Spring Festival
Time
Food
Activities
decorations
Similarities

30. Christmas VS Spring Festival
Type
Christmas
Spring Festival
Time
Dec.25th
The first day of the first lunar month
Food
turkey, pudding,
Cake…
Dumpling, sweet dumpling
Activities
sending Christmas cards
decorating the house, going to the church…
dragon dance, setting off fireworks, making dumplings…
decorations
Christmas tree, colorful lights, presents, candles, stockings…
Blessing, Spring Festival couplets…
Similarities
People celebrate the festival in order to welcome the new year

31. Summary The time sequence order of the story
The beginning of Christmas (in the middle of November)
Decorations outside (In December)
Christmas Eve
Christmas morning
After lunch

32. In this lesson: Summary(总结)
We go further to learn more about an important western festival — Christmas.
Compare Christmas with the Spring Festival.
We can feel the atmosphere of Christmas in advance.

33. 1: Make notes 2: linking 3: Useful vocabulary
Writing Help
1: Make notes 2: linking 3: Useful vocabulary

34. Writing and Speaking
Make notes about your childhood memories of an important festival.
People: family? Good friends?
Preparations: decorations? Invitations?
Presents: what? Who for? Make/buy?
Food: meals? Special food/drink?
Activities: music? Dancing? A long walk?

35. Linking (sequence)
The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the first lunar month. Before the New Year comes, we completely clean ... Also,…
On Spring Festival Eve ,…Then, in the afternoon,…After the dinner, …Before we went to bed,…
Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First,… Then … Also,…

36. Learning a song We wish you a merry Christmas And happy New Year
Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas and Happy New Year

37. Thanks for listening !