Lesson 17 Christmas is coming!教学目标:知识与技能：1. Students can understand read say and practice the dialogue of this lesson. 2. Students can understand read say and practice the drills:This is … and These are …. 3. Students can understand read and say the following words: Christmas, Santa, Christmas tree, holiday, invite and lights. 过程与方法： song, game, introduce, practice； 情感、态度与价值观：了解西方文化，认识西方节日教学重点: 四会掌握Christmas tree, Christmas lights, Santa 等词组和单词教学难点: 了解special, bring, invite, sing, give 和carol等词的意思及在文中的用法教学过程:一、Free talk.T: What day is today? S: It’s December 20th.T: How do you feel now? S: I feel happy/tired.T: But I feel excited. Why? Because Christmas is coming!T: When is Christmas? It’s December 25th.二、New lesson .1.T: What’s Christmas? It’s a Western holiday. Christmas, say it, please.T: On a holiday, people don’t work. Children don’t go to school. Holiday, say it, please.T: Do you know any Western holiday? S: New year’s Day, Mother’s Day…T: Good! Do you know any Chinese holiday? S: Spring Festival, Lantern Festival…T: Yes. Sunday and Saturday are holidays, too.2.T: Christmas is special. Why? Because we have some special things. Look, this is a special tree. It’s a Christmas tree. (Point to the Christmas tree in the front of the blackboard.) How does it look like? Is it beautiful?T: Look, what’s on the Christmas tree? S: They’re lights.T: Yes, they’re Christmas lights. Christmas lights are on our house and Christmas trees.On Christmas, we can see a special man, too. Look, here is he. (Show Santa.) Do you know his name? His name is Santa. Santa, say it, please.T: He is a merry man. How does he look like? Do you like him? Why? Please discuss it in groups and answer. S: He is a merry man in red clothes. He has glasses, gloves and boots. I like him. Because he has toys.三、Practice in groups.T: please watch a movie for 2 minutes about Christmas, then answer some questions: What holiday is it? What do you see?S: It’s Christmas. Because there is a Christmas tree, some Christmas lights on their house and I see a Santa on the Christmas tree.四、The text on Page 51.1. Show the words on the blackboard with actions: invite, bring, give, sing, carol (a special song at Christmas). The students learn to say it.2. T: Please look at the pictures and listen what do they do on Christmas? Then the students answer.3. What will you do on this Christmas ? Please talk about it in groups. Then you can come to the front and make a role-play.4. Read after the audiotape.板书设计:Lesson 17 Christmas is coming!卡片 卡片 卡片Christmas tree Santa Christmas lightsWhen is Christmas? It’s December 25th.special bring invite sing give carol教学反思:运用多媒体教学手段来移植情境，形象生动地再现有关对话的时空，做到声像结合，图文并茂，这适合小学生好奇、求趣、求新的年龄特点。