九年级英语Unit2第4课时教案

Period 4 Section B (1a-2e)

【知识与能力目标】

1.学习掌握新词汇: treat, Christmas, lie, dress up, play a trick on sb., trick or treat , learn about，Christmas, lie, dead, warn, end up, present, warmth, spread, punish

2. 学习并掌握重点句子：

①I know it’s a popular festival in North America and it’s on October 31st.

②I think it's fun to dress up as cartoon characters.

③Little kids and even parents dress up as ghosts or black cats.

④“Trick or treat" means kids will play a trick on you if you don't give them a treat.

⑤He just cares about whether he can make more money and hates Christmas.

⑥So he was punished after he died...

⑦He warns Scrooge to change his life ways if he doesn’t want to end up like him.

⑧He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.

【过程与方法目标】

通过听力教学，情景对话，小组竞赛，游戏等活动培养学生的观察力和表达能力。

【情感态度价值观目标】

通过对中西方节日的谈论，了解中西方文化的差异，培养学生的文化意识，提高民族自豪感。

【教学重点】

了解西方的一些传统节日文化习俗: 万圣节和圣诞节。

【教学难点】

掌握和运用宾语从句等知识点

【教学步骤】

Step 1. Revision

宾语从句与感叹句

1. 宾语从句是由一个_____作_____, 通常由_____词，如：____, ____, ______或_____词连接。

2. 宾语从句有___个要素，即______, ____ 和_____语序。

3. 感叹句通常由_____或_____开头，句末是_____号。

Keys: 句子宾语疑问that if whether 关联三关联词时态陈述what how 感叹Step 2. Presentation

Show some pictures and words related to Halloween.

Let students say something about Halloween.

Step 3. Listening

1. Finish 1a: Look at the pictures and words related to Halloween. What do you think this festival is about?

scary, dress up, haunted house, black cat candy, ghost , trick or treat, October, spider

Learn the new words: haunted, ghost, trick, treat, spider

2. Finish 1b: Listen and answer the questions.

1) Where is Halloween popular? It’s popular in North America.

2) When do people celebrate Halloween? They celebrate Halloween on October 31th.

3) What does Wu Yu think of this festival? Wu Yu thinks it is a fun festival.

3. Finish 1c: Listen again and fill in the blanks.

1) Many people make their ______ look scary. They may _______ the lights and light candles. They sometimes also put things like spiders and ghosts around the doors and ________.

2) Little kids and even parents ________ as ghosts or black cats. They can also dress up as fun things like _______

characters.

3) Parents take their children around the neighborhood to ask for _______ and treats.

4) “Trick or treat” means kids will ______ a trick on you if you don’t _______ them a treat.

Answers: houses, turn off, windows, dress up, cartoon, candies, play, give

Step 4. Pair work

1d Think about the Halloween activities that interest you most. Discuss what you have learned with a partner. Step 5. Reading

1. Warming up: give students some pictures about Christmas and finish 2a .

2. Reading tasks:

1) Introduce Charles Dickens.

2) Finish 2b: Read the passage about Christmas and answer the questions.

a. What are the common things that people think of for Christmas?

Gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus.

b. Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.

c. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas?

The true spirit of Christmas is the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us.

3) Finish 2c: Read the passage again and complete the chart.

the Ghost of Christmas Past?His happier days as a child.

the Ghost of Christmas Present?How others are spending Christmas that year.

the Ghost of Christmas Yet to come?He is dead, but nobody cares.

Learn some new words: present, dead

The Spirit of Christmas Scrooge In the past .

He never _______________. He is mean. He only thinks about himself.

He treats others ______. He just cares about making money. He hates Christmas.

Now:

He celebrates Christmas with his relatives happily. He gives gifts to people in need.

He treats everyone with _____________________.The spirit of Christmas:

the importance of __________________________.

Keys: laughs or smiles; badly; kindness and warmth

sharing and giving love and joy to people around us

4) Finish 2d: Answer the questions. Some answers need to be inferred.

a. Why does Scrooge hate Christmas?

Because Scrooge is mean and only thinks about himself. He doesn’t treat others nicely, and he only cares about whether he can make more money.

b. Does Scrooge have a lot of friends? Why or why not?

No, he doesn’t have a lot of friends. Because he wasn’t nice to people, and never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself.

c. Why was Jacob Marley punished after he died?

He was punished because like Scrooge, he wasn’t nice to others and only cared about money.

d. Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge? How do you know?

Yes, he does. Because Marley’s ghost tried to warn Scrooge to change his ways so as not to end up like him.

e. How does Scrooge feel when he wakes up on Christmas Day?

He feels relieved because he was scared in his sleep and he is surprised and happy to have a chance to change