1. Module 8 Public Holidays

2. Topic Exit

3. Try to remember these words: 1. How do you celebrate your National Day? 2. When is Labor Day? 3. Which season do you like best? 4. What are you going to do in your summer vacation ? 5. What are you doing while your teacher is giving you a lesson? 6. Do you always begin to remember the new words as soon as you finish a new lesson? Vocabulary

4. Exit Christmas Easter Look at the pictures, do you know what holidays they are? St. Valentine’s Day St. Patrick’s Day Speaking

5. Words of the listening 1 used to be ：过去是 2 national: 全国的，国家的 3 special day ：特别的，特殊的 4 flag: 旗帜

6. Exit Look at the photo. Do you know what public holiday it is ? Now listen and check Listening

7. Questions Exit It’s Independence Day / American national holiday 1. When is Independence Day? 2. What is a public holiday? 3. When do most people take a vacation? 4. How do Americans celebrate Independence Day? It’s July 4th. On a public holiday, officers and people don’t go to work. Most people take a vacation from July to the beginning of September. They put up flags, listen to bands, and have a picnic in the countryside. Listen again and check the answers.

8. Exit Listen and answer the following question. Reading Labour Day May Day *Do all the people around the world celebrate May Day on the same day?

9. Exit 1.Lingling and Sally will leave Qingdao on May _______. a) 1 st b) 3 rd c) 5 th 2. The Americans celebrate Labour Day _______ May Day in China. a) on the same day as b) earlier than c) later than Comprehension A Listen again and choose the best answer

10. Exit Comprehension 3. American children go back to school ______. a) on September 1 st b) on the first Monday of September c) the day after Labour Day 4. Lingling thinks that after May Day in China, __________. a) it’s the start of the summer holiday b) everyone enjoys themselves c) the weather gets better

11. Exit Comprehension B UKUSAChina Date of May Day The closet Monday on May 1st Length of holiday seven days Complete the table one day The first Monday in September one day 1 st May

12. Exit Language points － While we’re staying with them, we’re going to spend a few days… － It’s the last day before the new school year begins. － When September comes, it starts to get cooler. － We only have a few weeks before the start of the summer holidays. － Let’s enjoy ourselves until we go back to school. Study the following sentences.

13. Exit Language points 用句子来表达一件事情或一个行为发生的时间, 这个句子就叫时间状语从句。根据其所表示的时间不 同, 所使用的连词也不同。时间状语从句 : 常用引导时 间状语从句的连词有 : when, while, as, before, after, until (till), since 等。 More examples: --While we were having dinner, the telephone rang. --They were walking in the street when they saw a man run past. --I will tell him about that as soon as I see him. --They had a picnic after they climbed up to the hill.

14. Exit Language points Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1.We went skating in the afternoon before / when the party started. 2.Until / After dinner, we joined a group of friends and we all went to the square. 3.While / When they were watching TV, we listened to music and sang traditional songs. 4.As soon as / After it was 12 o’clock, we all shouted “Happy New Year” very loudly. 5.We stayed in the square after / until one o’clock. 6.While / When the party was over, we walked back to our hotel.

15. 基数词 ---- 序数词 1-- one-- first 2-- two-- second 3-- three-- third 8-- eight-- 9-- nine-- eighth ninth 5--five-- fifth 12-- twelve-- twelfth 20-- twenty-- twentieth 21-- twenty-one-- twenty--first Language points

16. Exit Language points 1. have one day off --We’re taking a week off over the Spring Festival. 2. be over --It’s five o’clock when school is over. 3. the start of / the beginning of the end of --At the beginning of the party, the headmaster gave us a talk. 4. let sb. do sth. --Let the boy do it, it’s easy. --Let it be. (?)

17. The ways of writing and saying the date You writeYou say 1 st January January 1 st the first of January January the first Pronunciation

18. 1 st May 2 nd February 3 rd March 13 th April 20 th June 16 th August The sixteenth of August August the sixteenth The Third of March March the third The thirteenth of April April the thirteenth The twentieth of June June the twentieth Say the date. Pronunciation The Second of February February the second The third of March March the third Listen and check.

19. Work in pairs. Talk about Chinese festivals. Ask and say: Speaking when the Chinese festivals are whether you eat special food what your family does during the festivals whether you wear special clothes

20. January News Year’s Day

21. February The Spring Festival

22. March Women’s Day Tree Planting Day

23. April April Fool’s Day

24. May May Day Labour Day

25. June Children’s Day

27. Party’s Birthday July

28. Army’s Day August

29. Teachers’ Day September

30. National Day October

31. September or October Mid-autumn Festival

32. Thanksgiving Day November

33. Christmas Day December

34. What did we learn today? Words and phrases: a few days celebrate---celebration take a vocation have one day off anything special go camping have a picnic somewhere nice the end of… get cooler as soon as be over enjoy oneself

35. Grammar 时间状语从句 引导时间状语从句的连词 when, while, as, before, after, until(till), since 等