《Thanksgiving》ⅠTeachingaims:【Knowledgeaim】(1)Studentswillbeabletoread,recognize,andusethesewords:celebrate,festival,crowed,traditional,givethanksforandsoon.(2)Studentslearnabouttheorigination,celebrationofthethanksgiving.【Abilityaim】Accordingtothemindmapaboutthethanksgiving,studentsareabletoretellthepassage.【Emotionalaim】(1)Cultivatestudents’interestinforeignculture.(2)Studentswillhaveagoodknowledgeofforeignfestival.TeachingKeypoints:1.Studentswilllearnthetargetlanguageandunderstandthecontentofthetext.2.Sscanlearnabouttheoriginationandcelebrationofthethanksgivingandlearntousethemindmapmethod.TeachingDifficultpoints:1.Sscanusethemindmapmethodtoremembersomekeyandkeyinformation2.Cultivatestudents’interestinforeignculture.ⅡTeachingAids:MultimediaⅢTeachingMethodsTheteachingmethodswillbeusedinthisclassincludefollowingmethods:communicativeapproach,Task-basedTeachingMethod.ⅣTeachingProcedures:Step1lead-in1.GreetingtoSs2.ShowsomepicturesaboutthethanksgivingT:boysandgirls.Lookatthescreen.Couldyoutellmewhatarepeopledoing?S1:theyarecelebratingthefestival.T:whataretheycelebrating?S2:Thanksgiving.T:Ok,Now,Iwillinterviewsomeofyou,Peter,doyoulikethanksgiving?P:…T:Lily,doyouknowaboutThanksgiving.L:…Step2:Pre-reading1.Accordingtotheirresponding,Tandstudentsworktogethertolistthepossiblethingspeoplewilldoonthethanksgiving.Inthisway,studentscanshowthenewwordstostudentsforthebetterunderstandingofthetext.2.Accordingtothetopicwetalkedinlead-inpartandthetitleofthetext,studentswillpredictthemainideaofthispassage.Step3:While-reading1.FastreadingAskstudentstoreadthepassagequicklytofindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph,andthenchecktheiranswers.2.Carefulreading.(1)Dividestudentsintoseveralgroups,eachgroupincludesthreestudentsandthenasksstudentstoscanthepassageagainandcompletethetasksbelow,onegroupanswers,theothergroupscompletetheanswer.TheTcanwritethekeywordsontheblackboard.(2)Askstudentstoreadthetextcarefullyandthenwiththehelpofthekeywordsontheblackboardtoretellthepassage.Step4Post-reading(1)FreetalkTshowssomepictureaboutthethanksgivingandasksstudents:howdoyoucelebratetheThanksgiving?(2)GroupworkDividestudentsinto4groupstodiscussabouthowtheycelebratetheThanksgiving.Summaryandhomework1.Askstudentstoreviewwhatthey’velearnttoday,andthenteachermakesaconclusion.2.HavestudentstowriteashortpassageabouttheircelebrationoftheThanksgiving..Blackboarddesign