1、Brainstorm:What crops up in your mind when it comes to celebrating Christmas?Look at the pictures and name them out.Santa Claus/Father ChristmasChristmas cardssugar biscuitsstuffed turkeyChristmas treeChristmas stockingpaper hatChristmas puddingActivate and share:What do people in the West do to cel
2、ebrate Christmas?Use the phrases and the example to help you.to write a letter to Father Christmas;to send Christmas cards;to make sugar biscuits;to stuff the turkey;to sing Christmas songs;to put up a Christmas tree;to hang a stocking;to give/open gifts;to put on paper hat;to eat turkey&Christmas p
3、udding.Example:Before Christmas,westerners.On Christmas Eve,westerners.On Christmas Day,westerners.While-reading:1.The following is a memory of a woman about Christmas.Read the story and get out the main idea of the passage.It is about a memorable Christmas the writer celebrated with her Granny.Why
4、it was such a memorable Christmas to her?Because it was the last Christmas she spent with her Granny before her Granny passed away.While-reading:2.Underline the writers memories of her grandma and tell your partners.P2L9:Granny made an effort to help the writer write a letter to Father Christmas.P3L
5、14-19:Granny and the writer made sugar biscuits and stuffed the turkey.The writer sat on her grannys lap and sang Christmas songs.Granny had the patience to sing the writers favourite song over and over again.P7L28:Granny and the writer left a plate of sugar biscuits out for Father Christmas,and put
6、 a stocking at the end of bed.Granny sat on the writers bed and sang softly.P10L38:Granny gave the writer a music box with a ballet dancer inside.P16L49:Granny laughed so much that her paper hat fell off.While-reading:3.Read the story again.When did these activities happen?Complete the timeline.Nove
7、mberDecemberChristmasEveChristmasDaya.made sugar biscuitsb.Granny moved inc.had Christmas lunchd.left sugar biscuits out for Father Christmase.opened presentsf.put a stocking at the end of the bedg.sang Christmas songsh.wrote a letter to Father ChristmasTime order/sequencing-b-h-a-g-d-f-e-cWhile-rea
8、ding:4.Group work.Think and share.1.Can you find any hints in the story that suggest Grandma was in poor health condition?2.Did the writer notice it at that time?Can you find the evidence?3.How did she feel after Grandma passed away?While-reading:4.Group work.Think and share.1.Can you find any hints
9、 in the story that suggest Grandma was in poor health condition?Granny spent most of her time on the sofa by the fire,her hand was slightly shaky and she stayed in by the fire and didnt go outside.While-reading:4.Group work.Think and share.2.Did the writer notice it at that time?Can you find the evi
10、dence?The writer didnt notice it at that time.Evidence:P1L4:Somehow,at the time,I didnt know she was sick.While-reading:4.Group work.Think and share.3.How did she feel after Grandma passed away?The writer thinks of her often and misses her very much.Post-reading:Think and share.1.Why does the writer
11、 think of her Grandma every Christmas?2.What can you infer after reading the story?Post-reading:Think and share.1.Why does the writer think of her Grandma every Christmas?Because she had a happy Christmas with her Granny before Granny passed away.Post-reading:Think and share.2.What can you infer aft
12、er reading the story?1)Granny knew she was very sick and that she probably did not have much time,so she cherished every minute with the writer;2)Granny made great efforts to spend a happy Christmas with her family;3)Granny was very happy,especially with the children,despite her illness;4)Granny lov
13、ed her family very much and her family loved her.Summary:What do the Spring Festival and Christmas have in common?What we celebrate is not important.What is important is whom we celebrate it with.Nothing is warmer than home,and nothing is more precious than family.Homework 1.Revise what you have learnt today;2.To prepare a presentation to introduce one of your memorable festival memories.Focus on something special and unique.
