1. Lesson 4Christmas Period 2 Focus on Vocabulary and Writing

2. In today’s class, you are going to Review the words related to Christmas Practice collocations with some verbs. Learn the Spring Festival words. Write about your childhood memories of the Spring Festival Review the words related to Christmas Practice collocations with some verbs. Learn the Spring Festival words. Write about your childhood memories of the Spring Festival

3. balloons carols Father Christmas decorations Christmas pudding presents stockings turkey Christmas trees b c d f pd ps s ct t Christmas Cardscalendar paper hats snowmensnowball fights cccd ph sm sf

4. Collocations _________carol service _________ snowmen _________snowball fights _________ the Christmas treeattend make have put up

5. _________ Christmas balloons _________ paper hats _________ tea with a Christmas cake _________ cards Collocations blow up put on have play

6. Words that go togetherhave tea a (snowball) fight a party lunch a rest a holiday a lesson a shower

7. Words that go togetherdo your homework the washing-up the shopping the cooking the cleaning me a favor my hair exercises

8. Words that go togetherplay the piano (any instrument) cards chess badminton (any sport) a CD computer games a tune a role

9. On Christmas eve, my grandparents arrived. We (1)______ a snowman in the garden and later we (2)________ the decorations.I(3)_________ lots of balloons. made made putup put up blew up Ex6:Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form. blow up, go to, put up, have (2), make, put on

10. On Christmas morning, I(4)______some warm clothes and (5)______a snowball fight with my cousins and then we (6)________ church. After that, we (7)_____lunch and (8)______Christmas carols. blow up, go to, put up, have (2), make, put on put on had went to had sang

11. In which festival, do Chinese people do the similar things as western people do at Christmas? The Spring Festival

12. Read a passage and find more about the Spring Festival Discuss: What do Chinese people usually do to celebrate Spring Festival?

13. My Memories My Memories of the Spring Festival

14. 1: Make notes 2: linking 3: Useful vocabularyMake noteslinkingUseful vocabulary

15. People: family? relatives? friends? (Who celebrated the Spring Festival with you?) (Who celebrated the Spring Festival with you?) Preparations: decorations? Invitations ? (What did you do to prepare for the festival?) (What did you do to prepare for the festival?) Presents: what? who for? make/buy? (What presents did get or give?) Food: meals? special food/drink? (What kind of food did you eat?) Activities: music? dancing? a long walk? (What kinds activities did you do to celebrate the Festival?) Your feelings: happy? sad? (How did you feel about the Spring Festival?)

16. Linking (sequence) the first day of the first lunar month. Before the New Year comes,Also,The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the first lunar month. Before the New Year comes, we completely clean... Also,… On Spring Festival Eve Thenin the afternoon After the dinner, BeforeOn Spring Festival Eve,…Then, in the afternoon,… After the dinner, … Before we went to bed,… Waking up on New Year, First,… Then … Also,…Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First,… Then … Also,…

17. Useful Vocabulary do spring cleaning put up/paste Spring Festival couplets do Spring Festival shopping New Year’s Eve set off fireworks/firecrackers have family reunion dinner make dumplings red packets/gift money stay up late pay New Year’s call/visit

18. Write your memories of The Spring Festival Writing a passage Revising your own writing Peer-editing Writing a passage Revising your own writing Peer-editing

19. ItemsEvaluation StructureExcellent Good So-so linkingExcellent Good So-so IdeaExcellent Good So-so TenseExcellent Good So-so HandwritingExcellent Good So-so Underline good sentences Correct mistakes Evaluation

21. do Spring Festival shopping

22. We put up Spring Festival couplets, paper-cuts or the character “fu” to create the atmosphere

23. have reunion dinner dumplings The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness.

24. set off fireworks / firecrackers

25. get red packets/gift money

26. the Spring Festival party (broadcast)

27. dragon lantern dancing, lion dancing

28. lantern festivals

29. temple fairs