Lesson42 Happy Holidays Teaching Aims 1. To master the key words of this lesson : excited ,Australia ,hope ,yours ,beach. 2. Learn how to use the useful structures of the text like : like to do sth, be from ,hope to do sth , go to the beach, in the picture 3. Learn to talk about ones favorite holidays in English. 4. Learn to write a e-mail in English after learning the text. Teaching important points 1. To learn the key words and phrases : excited ,Australia ,hope ,yours ,go to the beach 2. Understand the meaning of the text and can read it till freely. Teaching difficult points: 1. Learn how to use the sentences structures : like to do sth, be from ,hope to do sth 2. Key sentences: I am so excited. I like to go swimming in summer. She is from Australia. I hope to go to Australia and see Anne next Christmas. Teaching method :listening, speaking, reading and practicing Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards Teaching procedure: Step1: Warming up: 1) Greetings. Greet the students with everyday English 2) Have a simple revision about this unit had learned: ?How many seasons are there in a year? What are they? ?How many months are there in a year? What are they? ?How many dates are there in a week? What are they? ④How is the weather today? Step2: Preview Checking: 1) Translate the following: ?去游泳 ?去沙灘 ?希望做某事 ④假日快樂 2) Complete the sentences according to the requirement ?The summer holiday is coming。I’m so (感到興奮的)． ?I don’t like hot w very much． ?The (沙灘) of Dalian is beautiful，I often go there with my family． ④My best friend comes from A ．She is an Australian． Step3: Research and explanation. 1) Listen and fill in the table: What are the summer months in Canada and Australia? Canada Australia 2) Listen to the tape about the text again and try to answer the following questions: ①Who writes to Wang Mei? ②What’s the date today? ③Is Jenny from Australia? ④Is December a winter month in Australia? 3) Read the text carefully and write true(T) or false(F) ①Jenny likes cold weather.( ) ②Jenny likes to go swimming in summer.( ) ③Anne is a girl from Australia. ( ) ④Jenny wants to go to Australia in July.( ) 4) Read the text carefully again and find out the useful phrases of the text, try to understand the meaning of the whole text. 5) Follow to repeat the e-mail for several times till freely. Step4: Extension. 1) Christmas is coming.(be+ving 可用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時表示將來時，常見動詞有e leave.arrive.get,etc.) 2)I am so excited.(excited&exciting :excited形容詞。意為“激動的，興奮的”，常用來描述人的心理感受，其主語通常是人;exciting也是形容詞，意為“令人興奮的，令人動的”，常用來指事物的特點(diǎn)。) 3) I also like to go to the beach (like to do sth. 喜愛做某事（某一時間的傾向);like doing sth. 喜愛做某事（經(jīng)常性、習(xí)慣性的行為）) 4)She is from Australia.(be from=come from來自) 5)I hope to go to the Australia next Christmas.(hope+動詞不定式，即hope to do sth．，意為“希望做某事”) Step5: Internal transformation: 1. They are (excite)at Jenny’s birthday party. 2. I hope (be) your good friend. 3.在夏天，我喜歡去沙灘。 4.你能看到照片里的男孩嗎? 5.我的弟弟喜歡在河里游泳。 Step6: Summary: What have you learned from this lesson? Step7: Homework Supermarket: 1) Master the new words and phrases of the text, and try to remember by heart; 2) Understand the meaning of the text and can read it till fluently and freely; 3) Imagine you are Wang Mei. Write an e-mail back to Jenny. In the e-mail, try to answer all of Jenny’s questions. 4) Preview lesson43.