Lesson 46 Home to Many Cultures教学内容

Book 5 Unit 6

Lesson46

Help people

Knowledge and skills :

1. To learn something about Father Christmas .

2. To improve the students’ abilities of listening and reading comprehension.

Courses and methods :

Lead in: Listen to a song about Christmas. Step 1 . Do you enjoy this song? What is it about? Right, it’s about Christmas. Do you like Christmas? What do you know about Christmas? Let’s watch a movie.

After watching the movie, talk about Christmas.

T: What did you see in this movie? S1: Christmas tree. (T: A tall Christmas tree, is it beautiful) S2: Snowman

(T: A big snowman.) S3: Gifts. ( Do you like gifts? Me, too.) Show pictures of Christmas tree, snowman, gifts, Father Christmas and Christmas stocking T: What does Christmas stocking for? Ss: Father Christmas will put the gifts there. T: Do you like gifts? I get some gifts for you. I think you will like it. Step 2. Go over new words We have learned the new words. Now let’s go over. New words *

beard

n.

胡须

*

Saint Nicholas 圣·尼古拉斯

*

save

v.

救；节省

*

sailor

n.

水手

*

Nikolaus

尼古芬斯

*

pole

n.

地极

*

sleigh

n

雪橇

*

reindeer

n.

驯鹿

*

chimney

n.

烟囱

Ask some students to read the words, make sure they can read them correctly. Step 3. Listen and do exercise Task 1

Listen to the tape and try to tell true or false. Listen and tell true or false: 1.Santa Claus has a white beard.(

) 2. He wears red boots.

(

) 3.He says, “Oh! Oh! Oh!” . (

)

When they have finished. Ask 2 or 3 students who are not good at English to come to the front with their answer. If they have the correct answer, give them a gift as prize.

Task 2 Listen and fill in the blanks:

Long ago, there _______ was a Santa Claus. There are old _______ about him . He ______ sailors from storms, helped young children and gave ______ to _____ ______. His name was famous in ________. In Germany, he was _______ Sankt Nikolaus. Students listen to the tape twice. Then check their anwsers. (give some gifts to some students.) Step 4. Read the text

T: Now it’s reading time. Let’s read the text after the tape. Please read loudly. Play the tape, let the students read after the tape. Step 5. Answer questions

Answer the questions *

What do you know about Santa Claus? *

What did Santa Claus do in the stories? *

Was his name famous in Europe? *

Where does Santa live? *

What animals pull Santa’s sleigh?

*

How does Santa get into their houses?

T:What do you know about Santa Claus? S1: He has a long beard. S2: He is in red clothes. S3: He wears black boots. S4: He says, “Ho!Ho!Ho!”

What did Santa Claus do in the stories? He

saved

sailors

from

storms. He helped

young

children and

gave gifts

to

the

poor.

Was his name famous in Europe? Yes, his name was famous in Europe.

Where does Santa live? At the North Pole

What animals pull Santa’s sleigh?

Reindeer

How does Santa get into their houses? He comes down the chimney.

While answering the questions,show some pictures about the questions and explain some language points. 1.

in red clothes 那个戴着红色帽子的男孩是Austen.

The boy in a red hat is Austen. 2.

save from

Jeff在大火中救了一个老人

Jeff saved an old man from the fire. save money 存钱，攒钱

3.

the poor The disabled _____ taken good care of in our country.

A. have

B. has been

C. have been

D. has Step 6 Discuss Students read the text again and make sure they don’t have any problems. If they have any question they can ask their classmates or the teacher. Step 7 Sum up 1.

in red clothes 2.

save from 3.

the poor Step 8 Practice Exercise 1. My teacher is the woman _____black dress.

A. in

B. with C. wear D. put on 2. The poor ______ sometimes happier than the rich.

A. were B. was C. are

D. is 3. ---Why not ______ money to buy a car?

---Good idea.

A. spend

B. save C. keep D. saving 4. The young man walked ____ the forest to go home.

A. across

B. on C.through

D. over 5. ---Merry Christmas!

---______________.

A. Thank you.

B. Yes, I’m happy.

C. The same to you.

D. You are happy. The answers are: ACBCC

Homework: 1.

Finish the exercises in the Workbook. 2.

Read the text .

If there is time left,sing the song again.