1. Lesson 20: A Computer Helps!
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Lesson 20: A Computer Helps!

2. ____________
Looking kind of funny
With your basket of eggs
Children singing
“What's the bunny bringing
For me on Easter Day?”
Mom is cooking
While we're out there looking
For the eggs hidden away
After church we
Gathered 'round with family
On this __________
Easter Bunny
Easter Day

3. The celebration of Easter is all about new life
The celebration of Easter is all about new life. Christians(基徒)celebrate new life at Easter. Though (虽然)the meaning of Easter has changed over time(随着时间的流失), the rabbits and eggs remain(保留). Children use baskets to collect coloured eggs when they go hunting for Easter eggs.

4. Words and phrases laptop
laptop n.笔记本电脑
depend on 依靠
laptop
If I have a ______, I can ____________its help to find more information about Easter.
depend on

5. Words and phrases
laptop n.笔记本电脑
depend on 依靠
enter v. 输入；进入
key n.关键；钥匙
topic n.话题
Easter Bunny复活节兔子
search engine搜索引擎
If I want to know about____________ , I can _____some ___words into a ______________to find information on this _____ .
Easter Bunny
enter
key
search engine
topic

6. Words and phrases
laptop n.笔记本电脑
depend on 依靠
enter v. 输入；进入
key n.关键；钥匙
topic n.话题
hide v.隐藏
Easter Bunny复活节兔子
search engine搜索引擎
Look! Here is what I found. They are chocolate rabbits. They _____some chocolate eggs on the grass.
hide

7. Listening and reading

8. Read the lesson and write ‘T’ or ‘F’.
1.Wang Mei did all of research for a report about Easter.( )
2.Easter is the biggest holiday in many
Western countries.( )
3.People celebrate Easter with their family and friends. Many people have egg hunts.( )
One of the biggest holidays T F
children F

9. Read the lesson again and answer the questions:
1.What is Easter?
2.When is Easter?
3.How do people celebrate Easter?

10. 1.What is Easter?
Easter is an important festival in Western culture. It’s one of the biggest holidays in many countries. ① ② ③

11. 2.When is Easter?
Easter does not fall on the same day each year. The date depends on the moon, but it is always in March or April. ① ②

12. 3.How do people celebrate Easter?
People celebrate Easter with their family and friends. They eat delicious food together. In this way, it is like the Chinese Spring Festival. On Easter Day, many children have egg hunts and eat chocolate rabbits. Rabbits and eggs are
Symbols of new life. Children believe that the Easter Bunny comes and hides chocolate eggs for them to find. ① ② ③ ④

13. 1.Danny brings a basket with him. ( )
Danny is planning an Easter egg hunt for his cousin Debbie. Listen to the passage and write true(T) or false(F).
1.Danny brings a basket with him. ( )
2.Debbie hides the eggs behind some trees.( )
3.Debbie is happy to go on an Easter egg hunt.( ) F F T

14. Read the lesson again and fill in the blanks.
Easter is an important _________. It does not fall on the same day each year. Children believe that the Easter Bunny comes and ________ chocolate eggs for them to find. Rabbits and eggs are both ________ of new life. That means Easter is a way to welcome spring. Most people __________Easter with their family and friends.
festival
hides
symbols
celebrate

15. Introduce Easter:
Easter is an____ ____in____ ____.It’s one of the ____ ____in____ ____.It doesn’t fall on____ ____ ____each year. The date____ ____the moon, but it is always in____ or____. People____Easter with their ____and____. They eat____ ____ ____.On Easter Day, many children have ____ ____and eat____ ____.

16. Group Work:
Discuss Spring Festival in China and follow the example of the mind map in Let’s Do It! No.3 to create their own mind map for their festival. Then draw their maps on large paper.

17. Spring Festival
What is it?
When is it?
How is it celebrated?

18. Homework:
1.Perfect their maps with pictures or drawings.
2.Writing: Spring Festival