1、Thanksgiving DayDay教学设计教学设计 Objectives Learn to understand the origin and custom about Thanksgiving Day. Language functions When is Thanksgiving Day? Its on the last Thursday of November. What do people usually do at Thanksgiving Day? They usually gather together for a big meal. They usually eat tur
2、key and pumpkin pie. Vocabulary celebrateEurope-Europeansettle-settlernative harvestdecide-decidedgather togethertravel Text Types Festival Extension Teaching Aids or Resources Tape recorder, video, pictures, PPT Teaching Procedures I. Warmer/Revision 1. Greeting. 2. Sing an English song. 3. Revisio
3、n about festivals. Have students look at the pictures on the PPT and guess what festival it is. II. The presentation of the new material 1. Guessing game: Show a riddle to introduce the topic Thanksgiving Day. 2. Listen to the text carefully to know more about Thanksgiving Day. 3. Group work: Have s
4、tudents read the text, circle the new words and ask the questions by themselves. 4. Teach the new words one by one. And then write down the questions they asked on the blackboard. 5. Have other students answer the questions on the board. 6.Ask and answer the questions with the students. III.Practice
5、 1. Show more questions about Thanksgiving Day. 2. Have a group work to talk about these questions. 3. Have students answer the questions and show the video to know how the native Americans helped the new settlers grow food. 4. Have students talk about the topic If you were the new settler, what wil
6、l you say to the native settlers? 5. Introduce the key point Thank you for doing sth and have students make sentences. 6. Have a group work to talk about more festivals. 7. Show time. IV Consolidation Share the feelings about the festivals: Although we have different festivals, the feelings behind t
7、hese festivals are the same. Through these festivals, we can know each other closer and deeper. V.Homework 1. Write a composition My Favourite Festival. VI. Blackboard Design Thanksgiving Day celebrate Europe-EuropeanWhen is Thanksgiving Day? settle-settlerIts on the last Thursday of November. nativ
8、eWhat do people usually do at Thanksgiving Day? harvestThey usually gather together for a big meal. decide-decidedThey usually eat turkey and pumpkin pie. gather togetherWhy did people celebrate Thanksgiving Day? travelBecause the Native Americans helped them grow food. VII. Reflection after Teaching 优点：1. 注重学生提问能力的培养，学生乐于思考，积极应答。 2. Group work 环节，学生任务具体，参与性高，调动了学习积极性。 3. 课堂指令清晰，环节衔接自然，循序渐进，师生配合默契。 4. 培养学生自主学习能力，自己圈生词，老师只起帮扶引导的作用。 不足：1. 引课时如果能在谈论节日时，再丰富些问题会更好。2. 拓展问题 时如果能介绍下更具体的感恩节来源的故事会更加满足学生的好奇心。
