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Unit 8 Chinese New Year 

Period1 (Story time)

Teacher

Vicky(卞映月)

学情分析：
1. Students have learnt the knowledge of holiday, and they are interested in this topic.
2. Students of Grade Six are eager to cooperate in groups and participate in the learning in class.
教学目标：
 By the end of the lesson, the students would be able to：
1. Know the basic structure of the email.

2. Sense the usage of “ be going to” through the story.
3. Try to talk about different aspects of Chinese New Year, and know some culture background knowledge.

Teaching Procedure

State

Teacher’s  activity

Learner’s activity

Purpose

Step1

Pre-reading

1.  Greetings

2. Guessing time

Listen：What’s in it?

Oh, look, it’s a riddle.

They are red. Chinese people stick them on the two sides of the door.

What are they?

firecrackers, fireworks, couplets

T: What holiday comes to your

 mind?

Teach: Chinese New Year

We also call it Spring Festival.

3. Brain storm

What do you usually do at Chinese

 New Year?

板书学生生成的新年活动

We also like to give wishes to our relatives and friends.

We often use our mobile phones to call them or send messages.

We also send emails or e-cards to them.

Greetings

Ss guess what’s in the magic bag.  

①fireworks

②firecrackers

③couplets

SI: Spring Festival

/Chinese New Year

Ss: I usually

get together with my family… .

have dinner with ….

buy new clothes/nice food

visit my …

watch/set off fireworks

提高学生的学习兴趣，同时为下文的学习打下铺垫。

Brain storm激活学生已有生活体验，运用旧知进行谈论，引出本课的主题。

Step2

While-reading

1. Scan and find

Now, let’s look at this email.

Q: What do you know about this 

email?

To:

Subject:  

From:
know the beginning part of the email

生不说，师追问：

What’s the email about? (What did Anna talk about in her email?)

How do you know?

Why did Anna write this email?

若学生不会回答，则听录音。

It’s going to be Chinese New Year next week. Anna is very excited.

Read after the tape.

2. Skim and order

T: Look, this is the content of this email. Please read it quickly and order the four parts.

No.1 is the colour one. /…
How do you order?

According to the time or the activities?

First, next, then, finally, it’s… .

板书贴时间

Learn to read the time(用板书条领读)

3. Discuss and answer 

①Q: What is Anna going to do tomorrow? Let’s read this part, then talk about it with your deskmates.

贴板书（活动）

Learn: tangyuan

②Read after the tape

③Different places, different customs. People eat different food for good luck.（春节食物）

In south of China, people make and eat tangyuan.

In north of China, people make and eat dumplings/jiaozi.

They all mean “family get together”.

④Boys and girls, does Anna live in south of China or north of China?

Yes. Anna lives in Hong Kong.

Learn: Hong Kong

4. Read and underline

Q: What else is Anna going to do at Chinese New Year? Please open your books at P79, read these three parts in details. Please underline the key words. Then try to share in groups like this:

What is Anna going to do on …?

She is going to … .

Pay attention: When you come across a new word, you can guess based on the picture or the context.

Feedback: 生成板书

Give some culture tips.

1) ①Ask and answer

②What else do we do on Chinese New Year’s Eve?

Culture tip2（春节活动）

We always…

③Read (When you read long sentences, pause in groups.)

2) What is Anna going to do on Chinese New Year’s Day?

①red packets (jacket~packet)

So that means Anna is going to get red packets from her parents.

Can you tell me what else is Anna going to do?

②Except watching a lion dance, people also

Culture tip3（春节特色）

3) Is Anna going to watch a lion dance on the second day of Chinese New Year?

5) Now, we know what is Anna going to do at Chinese New Year. What is this part about?

We use “be going to do sth.” to talk about “plans”.

6) Think it over, what’s the ending of the email?

Anna also wants to know Su Hai’s plan for Chinese New Year.

Ss scan and find the information about the email.

Anna writes this email to her friend Su Hai./This email is from Anna to Su Hai.

This email is about the Chinese New Year. (T: So Chinese New Year is the subject. What does “subject” mean here?

Ss:主题

Chinese New Year is coming. She is very happy.

(T: She wants to share her plans for Chinese New Year with Su Hai.)

Read.

Find the time order.

Tomorrow means Before Chinese New Year）
On Chinese New Year’s Eve

On Chinese New Year’s Day

On the second day of Chinese New Year

Ss读第一段，讨论

Anna is going to buy some new clothes and food.

Anna is going to make some cakes and tangyuan in the evening.

Read

Hong Kong

Ss read the next three parts in groups and 

give a report.

Ss work in pairs

What is Anna going to do on …?

She is going to … .

Clean the house

Paste Spring Festival couplets and paper-cutting

Watch a Spring Festival Gala on CCTV

Anna’s parents are going to give her red packets.

Ss work in pairs

She is going to watch a lion dance with her parents.

Watch a dragon dance or Go to Temple fairs

No, she isn’t.

She is going to watch fireworks.

Ss work in pairs

This part is about Anna’s plan for Chinese New Year.

Ss talk about the

ending of the email,

then get the structure of the whole email.

该阅读任务的设计，重点是检测学生对文本主要内容的理解，也训练了学生 scanning和 skimming能力。

学生阅读，并划出答案，渗透阅读方法的指导。

小组合作自主阅读，渗透文化知识。
并进行朗读方法指导，高年段关注意群朗读。

Step3

Post-reading

1. Retell the story T领Ss说

Now, let’s look at the blackboard, try to retell the story with me.

2. Think and say

Introduce Anna’s plan for Chinese New Year in groups, each student chooses one part.

You can describe it on behalf of Anna or Su Hai.

3. Summary

What did you learn in this class?

So, Chinese New Year is a holiday of sharing love with family and friends.

We wish everyone a happy new year!

Ss retell

It’s going to be Chinese New Year next week. Anna is very excited. She wants to share her plan for Chinese New Year with Su Hai. Before Chinese New Year, she is going to …

Ss work in groups, and try to talk about Anna’s New Year plan in different ways.

We know Anna’s plan for Chinese New Year.

We also know how to write the email.(the beginning part, the body part and the ending part)

I can talk about Chinese New Year.

根据板书上的关键词复述文本。

学生小组合作，试着复述或转述Anna的新年计划。

Step4

Assignment

1. Look for more information about Chinese New Year.

2. Tell your parents Anna’s plan for Chinese New Year.
3. Write an email to Anna, and tell your plan for Chinese New Year.

基于本课学习，继续收集更多课外的新年的知识，并试着说说自己的新年计划，加深对主题
的理解。

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