第四单元 Unit 4 Christmas一、General goals for Unit 4 In this unit , Li Ming spends Christmas with Danny , Jenny and Jenny’s family .This unit teaches some of the traditions and standard vocabulary for Christmas .二、Specific goals for Unit 4 1、Mastery vocabulary .Students can read , write , say and aurally understand the following vocabulary :Adjectives : specialAdverbs of time : yesterday , today tomorrow Future tense with “ going to ” Nouns ( Christmas context ) : card , Christmas tree , holiday , lights , Santa , something , song , star , thing , toys .Verbs : bring , give invite , open .2、Oral vocabulary Students can say and aurally understand the following vocabulary : Common phrases :Merry Christmas ! , have fun together , put up ( lights , Christmas tree ) , This is for you , What would you like for Christmas ? I would like . 3、They can understand the meaning of more extra words .三、Important point : 1 and 2 Difficult point : 1 and 2 四、Class time : Seven classes .第一课时 Lesson 25 Christmas is coming !Step 1 Class opening and Review 1) Greeting 2) Review ① Play “ What day is it ? ” to review days of the week .Months of the year and ordinal numbers .② Play “ Spell it ” to review “ gift ”.Step 2 Presentation and practice 1、Teaching the new words :1) Use a tree to learn “ Christmas tree ” “ Christmas ”2) Use real light or some Christmas lights to teach “ lights ”3) Explain “ holiday ” in English . Ask the students to name holidays in China .4) Practice : ① One by one read them .② Practice in pairs .③ Make sentences with them .2、Teaching “ the text ”1) When the students listen to the tape .They think over the questions :① What’s Christmas ?② Why is Christmas special ?③ What’s in your house ?④ Who is Santa ?⑤ When is Christmas ?2) Read the text and discuss the questions in groups .3) Ask the students to answer the questions .4) Read by themselves , then read role – play .Step 3 Consolidation Play a game “ Go fish ” “ Memory Card ” to practice the vocabulary .Step 4 Homework Activity book .。