1、 Thanksgiving Day The Attached Middle School of Fuyang Normal College The analysis of the teaching: This teaching material is about culture, a very important part of English. And I choose this part as a Leading-in part to the reading . Meanwhile I believe it is meaningful. Thanksgiving Day is a quit
2、e important festival of America. I design many activities to let them learn actively. On one hand, the students can have a good master of this festival, for example, the time, the origin, the celebration and so on; and on the other hand, I hope they can have an emotional motivation, that is to be gr
3、ateful. The Three Dimensional Objectives: Knowledge aims: 1. Enable the students to talk about festivals and customs in English. 2. Enable the students to master some English words. Ability aims: 1. Enable students to learn more about Thanksgiving Day. 2. Understand the details about Thanksgiving Da
4、y, for example, the food and the activities. Emotional aims: 1. Stimulate students love and thanks for all the people around us. 2. Train students ability to cooperate with others. Teaching important & difficult points: 1. Let students learn more about history and basic knowledge of Thanksgiving Day
5、. 2. Get students to learn more words about this festival. Teaching methods: 1. Free talk based. 2. Asking and answering activity. 3. Discussion and cooperation. Teaching aids: A computer and a projector. Teaching procedures: Step I Warming up 1. Show some pictures about special food and things to g
6、uess the festivals. 2. Play some music to check the festivals. Step II Lead-in 1. Use the last piece of music to lead in the festival. 2. Have a free talk about the festival. Step III Presentation 1. Give a calendar and learn the time. 2. With the help of a short passage and some pictures, let the S
7、s know the origin. 3. Through a piece of video, teach them the food and activities people have on Thanksgiving Day. Step IV Consolidation 1. Let the students have a pair work about Thanksgiving Day with the knowledge they learnt. 2. Let them perform it out. 3. Let them give a card to the one they wa
8、nt to thank and write down who, why and what they can do for them. Step V Emotional motivation 1. Let them enjoy a piece of video by heart. 2. Let them say thanks aloud. Step VI Assignment Write a thank-you letter to the one you want to thank and send it. Blackboard Design Thanksgiving Day Time: the 4th Thursday of November Origin: thanks for life and food Food: turkey, pumpkin pie Activities: family dinner, parade - Teaching Reflections:
