Things related to Christmas
Christmas tree
Jingle bell
ballons
bow
christmas pudding
cane
stockings
presents
candle
Father Christmas
Reading for main idea
Q1. What’s the order of time in the text?
Q2. What’s the main idea of
each paragraph?
1) Nov.
2) Dec. 3) Christmas Eve
4) Christmas morning
5) after lunch
Para. 1 the beginning of Christmas
Para. 2 decorations outside
Para. 3 activities on Christmas Eve
Para. 4 activities on Christmas morning
Para.5 activities after lunch
Activities Persons
Para. 1 1. write a letter
2. tell Father Christmas about their presents
3. give them to their mother to post
the writer and his sister
2.Reading for detailed information
Activities Persons
open new calendar
receive cardsput up lights
attend carol service
have snowball fights
people
students
the writer
Para. 2
Activities Persons
Para. 3 decorate the houseput up the Christmas treeblow up the balloons
put stockings at the end of the bedsstay awake to see Father Christmas
THE WHOLE FAMILY
Activities Persons
Para. 4
Sing the song
stockings are filled with…play new presents
have lunch
laugh at jokes
put on silly hats
the writer /
his cousin /
the whole family
Activities Persons
Para. 5 the adults sleep on the sofa and watch TVChildren play cardshave tea, eat cake
go to bed
the adults /
children /
the family
Answer the multiple-choice questions.
( ) 1 Who do you think reads the children’s letters?
A. Father Christmas B. their parents C. nobody
( ) 2 What do you think people do in a carol service?
A. sing songs B. give presents C. watch a play
B
A
( ) 3 What happened on Christmas eve?
A. the writer stayed awake all night.
B. someone put presents in his stocking.
C. the writer saw father Christmas
( ) 4 Why did they laugh?
A. the Christmas carols were happy songs.
B. the song and hats were funny
C. the jokes and hats were funny
B
C
Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form
Blow up, go to ,put up ,have (2), make ,put on
On Christmas eve,my grandparents arrived.
we (1)______ a snowman in the garden and later we (2)______the decorations .I(3)______ lots of balloons.
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.
madeput up blew up
put on
hadwent to
had sang
Discussion
Discuss in groups and compare the differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival.
春联: Spring Festival couplets
爆竹: firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
舞龙: dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)
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春联: Spring Festival couplets 剪纸: paper-cuts 年画: New Year paintings 灯笼: lantern : a portable light 烟花: fireworks
红包: red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper , symbolize
fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
压岁钱: gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
舞狮: lion dance(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
舞龙: dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)
守岁: staying-up 拜年: pay New Year’s call;give New
Year’s greetings;New Year’s visit
春节 The Spring Festival正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 New Year\'s Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一 the beginning of New Year
团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year\'s Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
Write a letter to an English friend describing the spring festival in China.
Homework Imitation
In what order did the children do this things
Example :a) open the new year calendar b) put their stockings at the end of the bed c) sing Christmas carols d) write a letter to Father Christmas e) put up the Christmas treef) go to church g) have Christmas cake
out into the garden 副词加介词 He was staring up into the sky. She stole down into the cave in the mount
ain He swam across from the river bank. She rushed out into the dark night.
make snowmen have exciting snowball fights decorate the house put up the Christmas tree blow up the balloons stay awake
serve vt. + 宾语 为 ... 服务 service n. 服务
What may I serve you with? The restaurant serves nice food and the service is good, too.