Things related to Christmas

Christmas tree

Jingle bell

ballons

bow

christmas pudding

cane

stockings

presents

candle

Father Christmas

　　　　

Reading for main idea

Q1. What’s the order of time in the text?

Q2. What’s the main idea of

each paragraph?

1) Nov.

2) Dec. 3) Christmas Eve

4) Christmas morning

5) after lunch

Para. 1 the beginning of Christmas

Para. 2 decorations outside

Para. 3 activities on Christmas Eve

Para. 4 activities on Christmas morning

Para.5 activities after lunch

Activities Persons

Para. 1 1. write a letter

2. tell Father Christmas about their presents

3. give them to their mother to post

the writer and his sister

2.Reading for detailed information

Activities Persons

open new calendar

receive cardsput up lights

attend carol service

have snowball fights

people

students

the writer

Para. 2

Activities Persons

Para. 3 decorate the houseput up the Christmas treeblow up the balloons

put stockings at the end of the bedsstay awake to see Father Christmas

THE WHOLE FAMILY

Activities Persons

Para. 4

Sing the song

stockings are filled with…play new presents

have lunch

laugh at jokes

put on silly hats

the writer /

his cousin /

the whole family

Activities Persons

Para. 5 the adults sleep on the sofa and watch TVChildren play cardshave tea, eat cake

go to bed

the adults /

children /

the family

Answer the multiple-choice questions.

( ) 1 Who do you think reads the children’s letters?

A. Father Christmas B. their parents C. nobody

( ) 2 What do you think people do in a carol service?

A. sing songs B. give presents C. watch a play

B

A

( ) 3 What happened on Christmas eve?

A. the writer stayed awake all night.

B. someone put presents in his stocking.

C. the writer saw father Christmas

( ) 4 Why did they laugh?

A. the Christmas carols were happy songs.

B. the song and hats were funny

C. the jokes and hats were funny

B

C

Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form

Blow up, go to ,put up ,have (2), make ,put on

On Christmas eve,my grandparents arrived.

we (1)______ a snowman in the garden and later we (2)______the decorations .I(3)______ lots of balloons.

on Christmas morning ,I(4)______some warm clothes and (5)______a snowball fight with my cousins and then we (6)______ church.after that,

we (7)_____lunch and (8)______Christmas carols.

madeput up blew up

put on

hadwent to

had sang

Discussion

Discuss in groups and compare the differences between Christmas and the Spring Festival.

春联： Spring Festival couplets

爆竹： firecrackers(People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

舞龙： dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)

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春联： Spring Festival couplets 剪纸： paper-cuts 年画： New Year paintings 灯笼： lantern ： a portable light 烟花： fireworks

红包： red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper ， symbolize

　　 fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

压岁钱： gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

舞狮： lion dance(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

舞龙： dragon dance(to expect good weather and good harvests)

守岁： staying-up 拜年： pay New Year’s call;give New

Year’s greetings;New Year’s visit

春节 The Spring Festival正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 New Year\'s Eve; eve of lunar New Year 初一 the beginning of New Year

团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year\'s Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

Write a letter to an English friend describing the spring festival in China.

Homework Imitation

In what order did the children do this things

Example :a) open the new year calendar b) put their stockings at the end of the bed c) sing Christmas carols d) write a letter to Father Christmas e) put up the Christmas treef) go to church g) have Christmas cake

out into  the garden 副词加介词 He was staring up into the sky. She stole down into the cave in the mount

ain He swam across from the river bank. She rushed out into the dark night.

  make snowmen      have exciting snowball fights      decorate the house        put up the Christmas tree      blow up the balloons      stay awake 

serve vt. + 宾语 为 ... 服务 service n. 服务

What may I serve you with? The restaurant serves nice food and the service is good, too.