2. Do you know any important festivals ? Brainstorming New Year’s Day Halloween New Year’s Day Halloween April Fool’s Day Christmas Day Mid-autumn Day May Day Valentine’s Day National Day Father’s Day Mother’s Day

3. Festivals and Holidays 1 Christmas is on December 25th.

4. Teaching aims: Knowledge aims: Repeat and spell the new words correctly. Grasp the sentence patterns. Ability aims: Can say the dates of main festivals. Be able to make dialogues about festivals. Moral aim: Spend the festivals and holidays meaningfully.

5. New words festival n. 节日 The Spring Festival is the most important holiday in China eve n. 前夜 Our class will hold a party on Christmas Eve.

6. express v. 表达 I love her very much but I don’t know how to express. decorate v. 装饰 Who decorated the Christmas tree? receive v. 收到 Did you receive my e-mail?

7. spend v. 度过 How will you spend your winter holiday? celebrate v. 庆祝 How are you going to celebrate Father’s Day? send v. 送，发送 What do you usual send to your mother on Mother’s Day?

8. traditional adj. 传统的 Lantern Festival is our traditional festival. merry v. 快乐的 Merry Christmas!

9. Listen and repeat n. festival eve adj.v. express decorate receive spend celebrate send traditional merry

10. Listen and fill in the blanks ① traditional ② decorating ③ receive ④ spend ⑤ express 1.Mom is __________ the Christmas tree. 2.Mid-autumn Day is a __________ festival. 3.How can you __________ your thanks to your parents? 4.I ________ an e-mail from a friend in American. 5.I will go to Mount Tai to ________ my weekend. decorating traditional express received spend

11. Sentence patterns When is… ? It’s on…. What do people usually They usually…. do during… What are you going to I’m going to… do? How will you spend…? We will….

12. Match 1.What do people usually do to celebrate Christmas? 2.What are you going to do this summer holiday? 3.Shall we decorate our classroom together? 4.Did you receive my Christmas card? a.We are going to the beach. b. They send cards to friends. c. Yes. Thank you. d. Good idea.

13. Listen and choose 1.What is Teacher’s Day? 2.What are the traditional festivals in China? 3. Did you enjoy Christmas Eve? 4. How will you spend your summer holiday? a.Mid-autumn Day and the Spring Festival. b.Yes, I had a great time. c.We will go to the beach. d.It’s on September 10th.

14. Listen and circle the dates ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

15. Can you say some more names and the dates of the festivals ?

16. Summary Next

17. Please repeat the ten new words we learned in this class n. v. adj. Back

18. Please say at least three festivals and the dates Back

19. Make a dialogue with your deskmate When is…? It’s on…. What do you usually They usually …. do during…?

20. Back

21. Homework 1.Hand-in homework: exercise I on page 86 on workbook. 2.Recite the words and sentences. 3.Say the dates of main festivals with your partners. 4.Preview Lesson 2