Unit 8 Birthdays

Culture time & Cartoon time

一、教学目标

（一）知识目标

1. 能够听懂、会说、会读卡通故事中出现的词汇：Father’s Day, Mother’s Day.

2. 能够流利地朗读卡通部分。

3. 能够整体理解并简单表演卡通对话。

（二）能力目标

1. 通过本课的学习，学会问答节目在什么时候，在节日里有什么习俗，能够在生活中和别人进行简单、基本的沟通。

2. 在听说读写的训练中，巩固Story time。

（三）情感目标

1. 在交际过程中，增强学生对父母的感恩之情。

2. 能在节日里学会感恩。

二、教学重难点

（一）教学重点

1. 学生能正确理解、朗读Cartoon time中的故事，能读懂其中的趣味之处。
2. 能够整体理解并简单表演卡通对话。

（二）教学难点

1. 能够整体理解并简单表演卡通对话。

三、教学过程

Step1 Free talk & lead-in

1. Sing and enjoy a song

T:Let’s sing and enjoy the song: Months of the year

How many months are there in a year?

Ss: There are twelve months.

T:What are they?

Ss: They are ...

2. Play a game“ Magic eyes”

当你看到图片或单词时，请大声读出来。当你看到 时候，拍两下手。

Step2 Culture time

1. Guessing time

T: It’s a Western festival. It’s on the thirty-first of October. Children usually dress up.They knock on people’s doors.What festival is it?

Ss: It’s Halloween.

2. Asking time

T:When is Halloween?   

Ss:It’s on the thirty-first of October.

T:What do people do on Halloween?  

Ss:hildren usually dress up.They knock on people’s doors.

Step3 Cartoon time

1. Listen and tick

T: What are they talking about？Listen to the tape.

Ss: They are talking about Mother’s Day.

2. Watch and answer

T:let’s watch the video and think about the two questions.

Q1: What is Mother’s Day?

Q2: When is Mother’s Day?

3. Read and underline

自读书本74页，用横线画出答案。

(1)What do people do on Mother’s Day?

(2)What do Bobby and Tina do on Mother’s Day?

4.Let’s read

T: Read after the tape.Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.

5.Let's act!

四人一组，角色扮演，尝试脱稿，加上动作能让你的表演更出色哦！

6.Let’s think and act.

根据老师所给出的提示，进行故事续编。Come on!

Step4 Consolidation

1.Enjoy some pictures

There are many interesting festivals from all over the world.全世界各地有许多有趣的节日。

(1)In Japan, people celebrate the Pikachu Festival in August. Some people dress up as Pikachu and walk on the street.

在日本，人们在八月庆祝皮卡丘节。人们打扮成皮卡丘在街上游行。

(2)In Korea, people celebrate the Mud Festival in July. They play games with mud(泥浆) such as mud wrestling(摔跤)。

在韩国七月份，人们过泥浆节。人们玩泥浆摔跤等游戏。

(3)In Thailand, people celebrate the Monkey Buffet Festival in November. Thousands of monkeys eat many kinds of fruit freely.

在泰国十一月份，几千只猴子可以吃各种水果，想吃什么就吃什么。

(4)In Canada, people celebrate the Frozen Hair Festival in February.People make their hair wet and wait until it's completely frozen.

在加拿大，人们在二月庆祝冻头发节。参赛者先泡在温泉中，然后拿出来让湿漉漉的头发迅速冻结。

(5)In Yunnan, people celebrate the Water-Sprinkling Festival in April. They sprinkle(洒水) water to each other and pray for good luck.在云南，人们在四月庆祝泼水节，互相泼水来祈求吉祥。

2.Writing time

写一写自己最喜爱的节日，包括时间，人们干什么，还有喜爱这个节日的原因。

My favourite festival is                         .

It is in                    .

At this festival，people usually                   .

I like this festival because                        .