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Music on
Do you know the name of this song? Jingle
bells On what special occasion do we sing this
song?
Christmas
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Lesson 4 Christmas
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Learning Objectives(??)

• To read a text and learn more about Christmas.
• To build up an area of vocabulary(??) related to
  Christmas.
• To develop reading strategies to answer
  multiple-choice questions(???)
• To discuss Christmas and the Spring Festival.

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Find the things or people related to Christmas in
the short film . Which of the things do you think
western people have at Christmas?

weather
people
Christmas
activities
food
objects
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More about Christmas

1. More words about Christmas. 2. More background
about Christmas
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Christmas tree

• Father Christmas

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presents
Christmas cake
Christmas pudding
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Christmas hat
balloons
snowmen
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Christmas stockings
turkey
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candies
Christmas carols
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How much do you know
about Christmas ?
test yourself
Dec.24th

• 1.Christmas falls on December 25th.
• 2. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of
  Jesus Christ.
• 3.It is said that Father Christmas comes on a
  sleigh (??) driven by dogs from the North Pole.

by reindeer(??)
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test yourself

• 4. Father Christmas comes to the childrens home
  through the window to put presents by the beds
  of children or to fill their stockings.
• 5.Its the custom of the westerners to put up the
  Christmas tree and the decorations on Christmas
  Day.
• 6. For Christmas dinner, ,roast turkey, ham and
  Christmas pudding are served.

chimney
On Christmas Eve
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Fast-reading

• 1. Whats the order of time in the text?
  2. Whats the main idea of each paragraph?
  Match the topics with the paragraphs of the
  article.
• Para.1 activities on Christmas Eve
• Para.2 decorations outside
• Para.3 activities after lunch
• Para.4 activities on Christmas
  morning
• Para.5 the beginning of Christmas

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Careful Reading
Task 1

• Read the text again and try to get some
  detailed information
• Answer the multiple-choice questions ,following
  the reading strategies.

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Reading Strategies
Multiple-choice questions

• Read the questions and answers.
• Try to get the correct answer.
• Find the place in the text where you think the
  answer is (e.g. question 1 paragraph 1)
• Read the text and check your answers.
• Make sure the other two answers are not possible.

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• 1. What did people do in front of the fire?
• wrote a letter to Father Christmas
• looked at the fire
• thought about something

2. If there was snow everywhere, what could
people do? A. eat the snow B. make snowmen
and have exciting snowball fights C. do nothing
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• 3.What happened on Christmas Eve?
• A.The writer stayed awake all night
• B.Someone put presents in his stocking
• C.The writer saw Father Christmas

4.After lunch A.the adults watched the Queens
speech. B. the children made a snowman. c.
everybody had more to eat.
5.Who do you think give the presents to the
children? A. Father Christmas B. The
childrens friends C. The childrens parents
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• Task 2

Lets get a thorough understanding of the story

• Read the text again and try to finish the table
  bellow.

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Time Activities Persons
November (para1)
the writer and his sister
1. write ______a letter
seriously
tell
2. ____Father Christmas about their
presentsTime
3. give them to their mother to post
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Time Activities Persons
December(para2)
open new calendar
people students the writer
______cards
receive
put up lights
attend ____ service
carol
have snowball fights
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Time Activities Persons
Para. 3 Christmas Eve
decorate
_________the house
THE WHOLE FAMILY
____ up the Christmas tree
put
blow up the balloons
put _____ at the end of the beds
stockings
stay awake to see Father Christmas
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Time Activities Persons
Para. 4 Christmas Day
stockings are_____ with
filled
the writer / his ________ / the whole family
play new presents
have lunch
cousin
Sing the song
laugh at jokes
put on silly hats
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Time Activities Persons
Para. 5 After lunch
the _____sleep on the sofa and watch TV
adults
the adults / children / the family
Children play cards
have tea, eat cake
go to bed
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Discussion

Discuss in groups and compare the differences
between Christmas and the Spring Festival.
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Some materials for you to refer to
blessing
Spring Festival couplets
firecrackers
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??dragon dance
making dumplings
setting off fireworks
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• ??
• The Spring Festival
• ??
• lunar January, the first month by lunar
  calendar
• ??
• New Years Eve
• ??
• the beginning of New Year

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• ??
• red packets (cash wrapped up in red
  paper,symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming
  year)
• ???
• gift money, (money given to children as a lunar
  New Year gift)
• ???
• family reunion dinner
• ???
• the dinner on New Years Eve
• ??
• dumplings
• ??
• Guo-nian, have the Spring Festival

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Christmas VS Spring Festival
Type Christmas Spring Festival
Time
Food
Activities
decorations
Similarities
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Christmas VS Spring Festival
Type Christmas Spring Festival
Time Dec.25th The first day of the first lunar month
Food turkey, pudding, Cake Dumpling, sweet dumpling
Activities sending Christmas cards decorating the house, going to the church dragon dance, setting off fireworks, making dumplings
decorations Christmas tree, colorful lights, presents, candles, stockings Blessing, Spring Festival couplets
Similarities People celebrate the festival in order to welcome the new year People celebrate the festival in order to welcome the new year
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Summary

• The time sequence order of the story
• The beginning of Christmas (in the middle of
  November)
• Decorations outside (In
  December)
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas morning
• After lunch

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Summary(??)
In this lesson

• We go further to learn more about an important
  western festival Christmas.
• Compare Christmas with the Spring Festival.
• We can feel the atmosphere of Christmas in
  advance.

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1 Make notes2 linking3 Useful vocabulary
Writing Help
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Writing and Speaking
Make notes about your childhood memories of an
important festival.
People family? Good friends?
Preparations decorations? Invitations?
Presents what? Who for? Make/buy?
Food meals? Special food/drink?
Activities music? Dancing? A long walk?
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Linking (sequence)

• The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the
  first lunar month. Before the New Year comes, we
  completely clean ... Also,
• On Spring Festival Eve ,Then, in the
  afternoon,After the dinner, Before we went to
  bed,
• Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up.
  First, Then Also,

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Learning a song

• We wish you a merry Christmas
• We wish you a merry Christmas
• We wish you a merry Christmas
• And happy New Year
• Good tidings we bring
• To you and your kin
• Good tidings for Christmas and Happy New Year

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Thanks for listening !