Unit 6 Festivals ---Thanksgiving

Analysis of the Teaching Material Analysis of the Teaching Method Teaching Procedure My Teaching Plan Learning Aims and Demand Teaching Key and Difficult Points

Analysis of the Teaching Material ( 一 ) Status and Function 1. To learn some new words around the festival Thanksgiving by reading. 2. To learn and master the grammar the Infinitives by reading and writing. Based on these, we will make it possible for Ss to talk about their life experience and share their happiness in their favourite festival.

The age of the Ss’ learning English. The topic they take an interest in. ( 二 ) Analysis of the students

Learning Aims and Demands 1. Knowledge Objectives 1. Ss will acquire the following vocabulary : thanksgiving, turkey, pumpkin pie, parade, native, hunt for, wild. 2. Ss will learn how to learn and master the Infinitive: Native American help them to build houses. They show them how to hunt for wild turkey. The people want to thank the Native Americans.

( 二） Teaching Aims And Demands 2. Ability Objectives a. Ss will be developed the ability of reading and inferring the meaning from the context. b. Ss will be trained the ability of working in pairs. c. Ss will be fostered the basic reading strategy.

( 二） Teaching Aims And Demands 3. Emotional Objectives a. Ss will learn how to enhance the feeling between the Ss and teachers by communicating each other. b. Ss’ interest in learning English will be mobilized by talking about their favourite festival. c. Ss will learn how to share happiness with others.

( 四 )Teaching Key and Difficult Points 1. Key points a. To learn and master some new words showed above. b. To learn and use the Infinitives. 2. Difficult points a. How to use the grammar the Infinitives. b. To discuss the topic and express their own ideas. Teaching Key and Difficult Points

Analysis of the Teaching Method 1. Top-down model. 2. Task-based teaching method (TBL). 3. Text approach.

Teaching Procedure Step 1: Warming up / Lead in Step 2: Pre-reading Step 3: Skimming Step 4. Intensive reading (careful reading) Step 5: Scanning Step 6: Sum up Step 7: Retell the story. Step 8: Homework.

Step 1 Warming up / Lead in --- Play a Christmas song. Ask : What festival is it about? Is it a Chinese festival ? What other foreign festivals do you know? (Purpose: To fully stimulate the Ss’ initiative, improve the teaching efficiency and get ready for next step.)

Step 2 Pre-reading ---Show a picture and ask : What are they doing in the picture? Introduce: Parade ---What festival is it about ? Introduce: Thanksgiving ---How much do you know about it? (Hints: When / what to eat …? ) Introduce: turkey, pumpkin pie (pictures) (Purpose: To stimulate Ss’ the motivation of reading and their existing linguistic knowledge.)

Step 3: Skimming Match the headings with each paragraph. Para. 1 When is it ? Para.2. What to eat? Para.3. Have a get-together Para.4. Gig parades (Purpose: To train the Ss to glance through the passage and get a general idea of each paragraph. )

Step 4: Intensive reading Check the true sentence: 1 Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday in October. ( ) 2 All the family members come together and have a big dinner. ( ) 3. People usually eat turkey, potatoes,and dumplings. ( ) 4. There are also big parades in the street.( ) (Purpose: To train the Ss’ ability of reading for detailed information. )

1. Where do the people on the ship come from ? 2. What are they looking for in America? 3. Who help them to build houses? Native Americans help them to build houses. 4. What else do the people help them? They show them how to hurt for wild turkey. They show them how to catch fish. They show them how to plant corn. 5. What do they want to do at last? The people want to thank Native Americans. Step 5: ScanningStep 6: Sum up

A ship named the Mayflower come from _____. The people are looking for _____. Because it is winter, they are ____and ____. _____ Americans help them ______. They show them _______for wild turkey. They show them ______catch fish. Later, they it’s warm, they show them ______corn. The people want ______ the Native Americans and have a big party. They call it ________. Step 7: Retell the story

Step 8: Group work ---Work in groups of four and discuss their favorite festival. ---Report it.

Step 9 Homework 1. Recite the new words. 2. Make sentences with the structures as follows: want to … help sb. to... show sb. to do sth. 3. Write an to your pen friend and tell them about your favourite festival.

New words and expressions: Thanksgiving, turkey, pumpkin pie, parade, native, hunt, wild Sentence structures: Want to do sth. Help sb. to do sth. Show sb. how to do sth. Layout of blackboard writing