Introduction (6 minutes)

1.The whole class work and   individual work.

2.The whole class work.

3.The whole class work and pair   work.

1.Focus their attention on   the teacher. Do duty report. Retell the detail of Christmas.

2.Sing the song together. Answer   the  question: “It is about the Chinese lunar new year/the Spring   Festival”.

3.Look at the video   carefully by yourselves and talk about the question in pairs.

1.Greet with students. Play   the video about Christmas and let students try to retell the detail of   Christmas.

2.Play the song —The New Year,   and let students sing the song together. Point out one question: What is the   song about? Then lead students to answer the question.

3.Show a video of the Spring   Festival and point out another question: How do you usually to …

Presentation

(15   minutes)

1.Individual work and group   work.

2.Individual work.

3.Individual work.

1.Do 1a. Talk about the question in class. Work in groups and write some key words by yourselves：

event, stay up, midnight, lucky,   etc.

2.Read the passage and point out several   questions. Then divide the passage by yourselves.

3.Share the three parts and retell   the passage according to the pictures.

1.Choose some students to   talk about the question “What do you usually do in the Spring Festival?” Let   students work in groups and write some key words in 1a by themselves.

2.Let students read the passage by   themselves and point out some questions in it. Then give some explanation to   the questions. Let students divide the whole passage into three parts   according to the time order.

3.Choose some students to show the   three parts. Point out some pictures about the festival and let students try   to retell the passage according to the pictures by themselves. Finally,   choose some students to retell the passage.

Consolidation (8 minutes)

1.Individual work.

2.Pair work and individual work.

3.Individual work.

1.Do 1b. Read the passage and   complete the table.

2.Talk about the question by yourselves.   Then add more activities.

3.Do 1c. Tell the foreigner how the Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival using the sentences in 1c.

1.Let students read 1a again and complete the table by themselves. Ask students to read their sentences in the table  .

2.Point out a question:   Can you add more activities you do to celebrate the festival? Let students   talk about the question by themselves and choose some students to say them   out.

3.Suppose you have an American   friend and tell him/her about what the Chinese people usually do to celebrate   the Spring Festival.

Practice

(10   minutes)

1.Individual work.

2.Individual work and the   whole class work.

3.The whole class work.

4.Individual work.

1.Do 2a. Complete the passage by yourselves.

2.Write down the answers   on the blackboard and check the answers.

3.Review together.

4.Do 2b. Read the passage in 2a and number the orders. Then retell the festival.

1.Point out the words in the box   together and let students complete the passage by themselves.

2.Choose some students to write   down the answers on the blackboard and check the answers together.

3.Show the past forms of some words   on the screen and review the forming rules of the verbs.

4.Let students read 2a again and put in the correct order in 2b by themselves.

Production

(6 minutes)

1.Group work.

1.Do 3. Talk about it in groups   including activities, date, food, gift. Then tell your passages orally.

1.Talk about their favorite holiday   or festival in groups. Write a short passage about their favorite holiday or   festival in each group and then tell us in class orally.

2.Assign the homework:

Review the important words and key sentences in Section C;

Preview Section D.

Teaching reflection:

本节课重点了解了中国的春节和西方的万圣节。在教学内容方面，主要是描述庆祝节日的表达方式和一般过去时描述过去某个时间里发生的动作和状态（包括规则动词和不规则动词的变化规律）。在学生的课堂表现中，学生能够通过图片简单复述节日的过程，对今后的写作会有很大帮助。