1、Teaching plan Unit 8. Thanksgiving in the United States Teaching aims and demands: 1 Learn some new words and expressions. 2 Grasp some useful phrases. 3 Improve the reading level 4 Inspire the students interest in learning English. 5 Learn to give thanks. 6 Cultivate the students to work in coopera
2、tion. Teaching main points: 1 Improve the reading ability. 2 Inspire the students interest in learning English. Teaching difficulty: Improve the reading ability and work in cooperation. Teaching aids: Computer Teaching methods: Task-based teaching Teaching procedures: Step 1.Warming up 1 Let the stu
3、dents sing the song. Ask them to say something about the feeling. And it can make them relax. 2 Draw a picture on the Bb and let the students say something about the picture. Step2 Presentation 1 Show the picture of turkey and let the students say something about it. 2 Talk about the history of Than
4、ksgiving and watch the video. Step 2. Pre-reading 1Show them the questions and give them time to find out the answers. 2 Check the answers. Step 3. While-reading 1. Ss work in groups and make a summary about the text. 2. Choose one group to write them down on the Bb and talk about them. Other groups make an addition. Step 4. After-reading 1. Finish the exercise and check the answers. 2. Let the students use one phrase to get the main idea of the holiday. 3. Each group makes a list about how to celebrate Thanksgiving next year. And Show the result. Homework Follow the promises.