Lesson25 Christmas is coming教案

Step 1.Organizing the teaching

1.Greetings

2.Sing an English song.

Step 2. Revision:

1.Play “What day is today?” to review days of the week,months of the year,and ordinal numbers.

2.Play “Spell It” to review “gift”.Ask for a volunteer to draw a gift on the BB after the class has successfully spelled the word.

Step 3.Key concepts: Christmas  Christmas tree  holiday    lights

1.Introduce:      

a.Explain that in this unit LiMing learns about Christmas .Discuss what the Ss already know about this western holiday. Who is Santa?What is a Christmas tree?Do people give gift at Christmas?

            b.Use a real light bulb to demonstrate “lights”.

c.Demonstrate “Christmas tree” with the poster. Explain that most people have a Christmas tree in their homes at Christmas  and that they decorate it.

  d.Demonstrate and explain “holiday”in English.Ask the Ss to name holidays in China.

2.Student book:

a.Note other vocabulary this lesson intriduces:special, invite, bring and give.

            b.Note the word “toy”. The Ss may already know what this word means.

c.Play the audiotape as the Ss follow in their books.

3.Practice: Play the game “Go fish” to practice the key vocabulary.