教材简析：
本模块主要介绍了美国的节日。Unit 1通过呈现大明向西蒙询问美国的节日，西蒙向大明介绍了美国人的一个重要的节日—感恩节，以及人们是怎样庆祝这个节日的场景，学习用一般现在时态介绍感恩节。
教学目标：
1. Knowledge objects
A. In this lesson, the students will learn the folllowing words and sentences.
Words: hear and nearly
Sentences: Can you tell me about American festivals?
Yes！ Thanksgiving is my favourite. Families are together. We have a big,special dinner.
B. They will discuss their favourite festivals with the basic sentences.
2.Ability objects
（1） To develop the Ss’ abilities of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
（2） To make the students talk about their favourite festivals and share with others.
3.Moral objects
To enable the Ss to learn to thank,learn to love and learn to give.
教具准备：
Computer, Courseware, Cards
教学过程：
一、Warm up
1. Enjoy an interesting song.
T: What is the song about?
Ss: Halloween.
Then talk about Halloween with the Ss.
1. Show the Ss another festival.
---Thanksgiving
T:Thanksgiving is very important in America.
二、Presentation
1. T: What do you want to know about Thanksgiving?
Ss: When? What?
2. T: Today Simon and Daming are talking about Thanksgiving.
Daming wants to know sth about Thanksgiving. So there are 4 questions about Thanksgiving.
Ss:…
T: Which one do you want to know first? Up to you！
Ss: …
T: They have a big,special dinner. What do they eat? Can you guess?
T: On thanksgiving, American people eat turkey.
---turkey
T: Look！ There are … questions left. Watch for the last time and underline the answers.
3. T: Simon wrote a poem about Thanksgiving. Look！ Here it is！
T: Thanksgiving is nearly here.
Do you know the word nearly? near---nearly
When is Thanksgiving?
Ss:…
T: What month is it now?
Ss: Sep.
It’s September now. November is coming. It’s nearly here.
T: Thanksgiving comes every year. This year, Thanksgiving will be on 25th. And last year. Thanksgiving was on 26th.
T: There is something I can say.
What do people say on Thanksgiving?
Ss: …
T: Thanksgiving is my favourite day.
Why? What do people do?
Ss：…
2. Enjoy a movie about Thanksgiving.
T: Now let’s say thank you to someone or something.
Who or what do you want to thank?
Ss: …
T: Children, please say thank you to everything we have, love everything we have. And give anything we can give. Please learn to thank, learn to love and learn to give.
4. T: Now let’s enjoy Thansgiving by reading.
三、Practice
1.. Summary
Read the sentences on the blackboard in groups.
2. Activity book.
T: Let me check if you can understand the story.
3. About Chinese festivals.
T: Thanksgiving is an American festival. And there are many festivals in China too. Ss: …
Demo
---What’s your favourite Chinese festival?
---…
---Can you tell me about …？
---Yes！
---When is it?
---…
---What do you eat?
---…
---What do you do?
---…
3. Guessing game.
T: Lingling, Amy and Sam are talking about it too. Here is a guessing game for you！ What’s their favourite festival?
A. The first one. Listen, read and guess.
T: How did you know?
Christamas is the most important festival in America. what’s the most important festival in China?
T: What festival is it tomorrow？What will you do tomorrow?
Hope you can have a happy Mid-Autumn Day！
四、Production
Writing.
T: Write a passage about your favourite festival.
五、作业布置
1. Finish the passage about your favourite festival andshare with your friends.
2. Listen and repeat the dialog.
板书设计：
Module4 Unit1 Can you tell me about American festivals?
Can you tell me about ?
Yes.
Families are together.
They have a big,special dinner.
They say thanks you.