1、Senior High EnglishPublished by Beijing Normal University PressUnit 3 CelebrationsLesson 3 Memories of ChristmasJasmine-Li June 16th,2022ContentContentDesign PrinciplesDesign PrinciplesContent AnalysisContent AnalysisLearner ProfilesLearner ProfilesTeaching ObjectivesTeaching ObjectivesTeaching Proc
2、eduresTeaching ProceduresBlackboard DesignBlackboard Design01 Design Principles(1)(2)create thematic contexts through perception and attention activities to activate students existing knowledge and experience and to pave the way for the necessary language and cultural background knowledge.guide stud
3、ents to learn and apply language knowledge and skills through activitiesguide students through a variety of meaningful language practice activitiesgrasp the requirements for learning activities that go beyond discourse02 Learner Profiles:senior one students(1)strong abilities of memorizing,imitating
4、,performing,the basic abilities of reading(2)capable of acquiring basic information about the text(3)their ability to analyze the text in depth is still being establishedWHATHOWWHYThematic:Human and SocietyTopic:Memories of ChristmasContent:learn about the customs of Christmas and the meaning of Chr
5、istmas through the authors memories of the last Christmas she spent with her grandmother.03 Content AnalysisStudents are interested in Western culture,but they are not very clear about the specific customs of Christmas and do not know many expressions about Christmas.recounts her memories of the las
6、t Christmas she spent with her grandmother through a first-person narrativeincludes many imaginative details in a clear chronological orderlearn about Western Christmas customs,a strong sense of kinship and how valuable it is04 Teaching ObjectivesBy the end of the lesson,the students will be able to
7、:1.acquire the shared experience of the author and grandmother at Christmas;2.sort out the sequence of events at Christmas;3.analyze the details implied in the article that reflect the grandmothers worrying health condition;4.express own holiday memories and feel the value of family love.05 Teaching
8、 ProceduresLead-in(3mins)Step 1:Review the Spring Festival(time,weather,food,activities).Step 2:Ask students which festival is important to Westerners,just as the Spring Festival is major to the Chinese.The steps could activate students schema for celebrating the important festival and attract their
9、 attention to Christmas.Pre-reading(5 mins)Step 3:Discuss the ways for celebrating Christmas:What do people in the West do to celebrate Christmas?Step 4:Ask students to look at the title and the first sentence to predict what the text is probably about.1.Activate students existing language knowledge
10、 and understanding of Christmas serve as a scaffold for later learning by providing students with phrases about Christmas activities.2.Notice emotions of the author and Granny.While-reading(27 mins)Step 5:1.Underline words about time.2.Make timeline of passage.guides students to focus on the chronol
11、ogical order of the narrative and to determine the order in which things unfoldWhile-reading(27 mins)Step 6:Ask students to read carefully and fill in the blanks.Step 7:Ask students read the passage again and sequence the activities.By designing fill-in-the-blank and sequencing exercises,students ca
12、n sort out the authors and Grannys Christmas experiences in different forms.And to understand how westerners celebrate Christmas in chronological order.While-reading(27 mins)Step 8:Think and share(group work):ask students several questions.discuss and explore further the more detailed and deeper emo
13、tional content of the text together.In the process,students are encouraged to read more closely,feel the authors nostalgia for her grandmother,and analyze the meaning of Christmas.Post-reading(7 mins)Step 9:Tell your partner about your festival memories.Focus on something special and unique(pair wor
14、k).After students have had some input,teachers need to design output activities to guide students to use the knowledge and skills,methodological strategies,and ideas they have learnt to express their festival memories so that they can transfer and innovate.Summary&Homework(3 mins)Summary:the authors Christmas memories by timeline and the meaning of Christmas(by using blackboard).Homework:Retell the story of the author and Granny in no more than 50 words.promote the internalization and consolidation of the knowledge they have gotBlackboard DesignTHANKS!
