Unit6CelebrationofHolidaysTeachingFocusTextATextBThemeHappyNewYearChristmasTraditionsVocabularyancient,celebrate,measure,importance,festival,private,tradition,century,gather,cheer,imagine,activity,involve,experthonor,attempt,determine,favor,select,hang,exchange,original,develop,therefore,slave,landPhrasesandExpressionsbringin;incommon;letoff;lightup;putup;joinin;carryoutnotatall;selectas;catchon;beknownas;hangup;learnabout;indebt;beabouttoGrammar1)Howtousebetrueofandsothat(FocusingonSentenceStructure)2)Punctuation(2)(BasicWritingSkills)WritingWritingpersonalletters(1)(PracticalWriting)TeachingPlanCelebrationofHolidays8()TomakealistoffivetypicalWesternFestivalsorHolidaysandfiveChineseonesinEnglish.TointroducetheabovetenFestivalsorHolidaystoyourpartnerinatleastfiveEnglishsentences.Tobefamiliarwiththecontextmeaningandtheuseofthosevocabularyofthetwotextslistedintheabovetable.Tobefamiliarwiththecollocationofthosephrasesandexpressionslistedintheabovetable.Tobeabletomakesentenceswithputup,involve,importance,andmeasure.Tobeabletorewritesentencesaftermodels,usingtheexpressionofbetrueoforsothat.Tolearnsomerulesofusingsemi-colon,colonanddash.Toknowthebasicfivepartsapersonalletterincludes:date,opening,body,closing,andsignature.SectionATextA:HappyNewYearSectionBTextB:ChristmasTraditionsSectionCPracticalWriting:WritingPersonalLetters(1)LeadingInandExploringtheTopicPrepareaPPTonwhichthereareaboutfivemostimportantChinesefestivalsorholidaysinChineseandfivemostimportantWesternFestivalsorholidaysinEnglish.AsktheSstotranslatetheChinesefestivalsorholidaysintoEnglishandviceversa.AllowtheSsfiveminutestosharewhattheyknowaboutthosefestivalsorholidaysonPPT.Choosesomestudentstosharetheirfavoritefestivalsorholidayswiththeclass.SectionAReadingThroughPrepareaPPTwithallkindsofpicturestakenonNewYearsDay.DividetheSsintoteamsbyrowsandpassoutapieceofpapertoeachteam.AskeachteamtowritedownasmanywordsastheycanwhentheyseethepicturesonthePPT.Letthelaststudentineachteamreadaloudallthewordsofhisorherteam.AskotherstudentstolookattheNewWordsonPage92andunderlinethosewordstheyhear.FamiliarizetheSswithallthenewwordsandexpressionsandthenasksomestudentstoreadtheTextparagraphbyparagraph.Highlightsomedifficultsentencesandelicitexplanationsfromstudentsandgivehelpswherenecessary.BasicWritingSkillsPrepareaPPTwithsentencesoftheexerciseonP98ofSB.Asksomestudentstotelltheiranswerstotheclassandexplainwhy.ChecktheunderstandingoftheclassbyexplainingtheexamplesgivenonP97andP98ofSB.SectionBReadingMoreAskthestudentstoscanthetextandfindtheanswerofthefollowingthreequestions:1)WhodecidedthedateofChristmas?2)HowmanycardsdoAmericanssendeveryyear?3)WhydoesFatherChristmasputpresentsinstockingsinsteadofotherplaces?Dividetheclassintotwogroups.AskthemtocompareChineseSpringFestivalandChristmasfromthefollowingperspectives:1)timeandwhythattime;2)whatpeopleeat,wearanddoaccordingtothetradition;3)whatpeopleeat,wearanddotoday;ThenmaketheSstoworkinpairsandtelleachotherthewaytheyprefertocelebratethosetwofestivalsandwhy.SectionCPracticalWritingGuidethestudentstofinishthethreeexercisesonP104toP105ofSBaccordingtothesamplesgiven.WriteanEnglishlettertoyourparents,tellingthemwhatyouhavelearnedinthisunit.FinishalltheexercisesinUnitSix.ReadthepassageinReadingOutonPage93ofSBandreciteit.WritealettertoyourpenpallivinginanEnglish-speakingcountry.Makeanenvelopeandwritetheaddressonit.Shareyourenvelopeandletterwithyourfriend.