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

Lesson 4 Christmas

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.

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

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

Christmas tree Father Christmas

presents Christmas cake Christmas pudding

Christmas hat balloons snowmen

Christmas stockings turkey

candies Christmas carols

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)

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

Fast-reading 1. What’s the order of time in the text? 2. What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Match the topics with the paragraphs of the article. Para.1 activities on Christmas Eve Para.2 decorations outside Para.3 activities after lunch Para.4 activities on Christmas morning Para.5 the beginning of Christmas

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

____ 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

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

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

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

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

舞龙：dragon dance making dumplings setting off fireworks

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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,…

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

Thanks for listening !