Lesson 29
Period: The First Period
Content: Lesson 29
Properties: Tape recorder
Teaching Objectives: Enable the students to grasp some useful expressions and something about Christmas Day.
Language Focus:
1. Useful expressions
Merry Christmas!
I’ve never been out of China before.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Organizing the class.
Greeting and make a duty report.
II. Revision
1. Revise the Infinitive.
2. Check the homework.
III. Presentation
Ask the students to look at the title of this unit and ask: Do you know what “Christmas” mean? Find out what the students know about Christmas and how people celebrate Christmas.
IV. Read and act
Close books and Listen to the tape. Then ask some questions:
1. What’s the date?
2. What are Lin Tao and Jim doing?
Play the tape again and make sure the students can answer then correctly.
Explain the useful expressions.
V. Practice
Read the dialogue in groups and pairs.
Then with the books closed, ask the students to act it out in pairs.
VI. Ask and answer
Do the first one as an example, then let the students work out the answers in pairs to use the question of Part 1 to help, see if they can answer the question correctly.
VII. Workbook
Discuss the exercise 3 and 4 in small groups. If there is time, ask some students to talk about their idea.
VIII. Homework
Finish Exercise 1 and 2
Lesson 30
Period: The second period
Content: Lesson 30
Properties: Recorder
Teaching Objectives:
1. Master some useful expressions
2. Get the students to know more about Christmas Day.
Language Focus:
1. Useful expressions: be based on, as well, climb down…
Teaching Procedures:
I. Organizing the class
1. Ask the students to get ready for class.
2. Greeting and a duty report.
II. Revision
1. Check homework.
2. Revise the dialogue of lesson 29, Read and act out the dialogue in pairs.
III. Presentation
Give the words connected with Christmas and have the students discuss the Christmas.
Then encourage the students to use the words.
IV. Pre