Teaching Aims:

1.Go on the new grammar: The Infinitive.

2. Get the ss to master some useful expressions.

3. Encourage the Ss to train their abilities of listening , writing, and speaking.

4.Get the ss to know more about western culture and English countries from reading the passage.

5. Help the Ss know more about Christmas Day.

Lesson 29.

Properties: Recorder, overhead projector; pictures and some real objects

Language focus:

Useful expressions: so…that…; a dream that has come true; at Christmas time; decorate the tree; cut down; a lot of fun; sound like…

I’ve never been out of China before.

What do you mean by “decorate the tree?”

Teaching Procedures:

Ⅰ. Showing aims:

1. Master some useful expressions.

2. Learn the grammar: the Infinitive.

3. Decorate the Christmas tree with the teacher.

4. To know something about Christmas Day.

Ⅱ. Revision

1.Check homework.

2.Revise the Infinitive. Get the Ss to answer the question correctly, then Ss practise “ ask and answer” in pairs, using The Infinitive and choose several pairs to perform their dialogues.

A: What did the teacher tell you to do yesterday?

B: The teacher told us to revise Unit 7.

Share the dialogue in class.

Ⅲ.Presentation

Take out a small Christmas tree , put it on the teacher’s desk. Ask some students to decorate it with some lights and put an angel at the top of the tree. Then get the other SS to describe the actions: He is circling the lights around the tree. He is putting an angel at the top of the tree. See if the SS can describe in English.

Ⅳ.Read and say:

Part 1. Speech cassette. Ask : What’s the date? What are Liu Tao and Jim doing? Play the tape for the class to listen and find the best answers by themselves. Check the answers with the whole class. Make sure they can answer correctly. Explain: a dream has come true; decorate the tree; a lot of fun; at the top of the tree; What do you mean by “ decorate the tree”? See if the SS can make sentences with them. Play the tape again fot the Ss to repeat.

Ask the students to make up a similar dialogue, and share with the class.

Ⅴ.Practise:

Read the dialogue in pairs. Have some of the SS read it for the class.

Ⅵ. Ask and answer:

Look at the dialogue in Part1. Have the ss ask and answer in pairs and write down the answers. Use the questions of Part 1 to help.Get some SS to share their answers in the class.

Ⅶ. Workbook:

1. Do Exx 1 orally in pairs. Have the Ss ask and answer in pairs. Check the answers with the whole class. The answers are: 2;5;3;4;1.

2. Do Exx 2 in the exercise books. Have the ss do it by themselves, then discuss in pairs. The answers are: 1. glad; 2. sad 3. afraid. 4. sorry. 5. angry; 6. happy.

3. Discuss the Chinese Spring Festival after class, with the help of the following questions:

1) When is Spring Festival?

2) How do Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival?

Ⅷ.Summary.

Homework:

Finish the exercises in the workbook..

L29 Exercises in class:

Write a passage about decorating the Christmas tree.

1.When do we need a Christmas tree?

2.What do we circle around the Christmas tree?

3.What do we put on the top of the Christmas tree?

4.How is a Christmas tree like?

Multiple choice:

1.The sports meeting will be___ till next week___ the bad weather.

A: put off,because of B:put off,because

C:put off,since D: putted off, because of

2.The old man often says it’s better___ than___.

A:giving,to receive B: to give,to receive

C:to give, receicing D:give,receive

3.It looks like__. I don’t feel like___ now.

A:raining,walking B: raining,walk

C:rain, a walk D: rain, to walk

4.Please put___ your toys after you play with them.

A:up B: on C: in D: away

5.If you__ the colour lights, the room may look more beautiful.

A:take up B: put up C:go up D: make up

Lesson 30.

Properties: Recorder, overhead projector; pictures and some real objects

Language focus:

Useful expressions: get together; the spirit of Christmas; on Christmas Eve; Father Christmas; as well; climb down the chimney ; be based on.

Teaching Procedures:

Ⅰ. Showing aims:

1. Master some useful expressions and understand some difficult sentences..

2. Read the passage, try to do some reading comprehension.

3. Get the ss to know and learn the spirit of Father Christmas

4. Do some reading comprehension.

Ⅱ. Revision:

1.Check homework.

Revise Lesson 29. Practise the dialogue of Lesson 29 in front of the class.

Revise some inventions. Have the Ss discuss it in groups of four, then get some groups to give out their ideas.

Have the SS give some instructions to decorate the Christmas tree.

Ⅲ. Presentation:

Show the Ss a picture of celebrating Christmas Day. Have the SS watch and have some knowledge about Christmas Day. The teacher acts Father Christmas

Ⅳ.Pre-read:

In small groups, get the Ss to discuss about Christmas Day.

Get the Ss ask and answer in pairs. Then share the answers with the whole class.

Ⅴ. Read:

Speech cassette. Ask : Who is Father Christmas? Play the tape for the Ss to listen and try to find the answers to the questions. Check the answers with the class.

Books open. Get the Ss to practise the dialogue in pairs. Give them a few minutes for them to discuss, then ask some of the SS to give their reports to share with the class.

Explain the useful expressions: on Christmas Eve; land on the top of; fill…with…; be based on Father Christmas, greet.

Ⅵ. Practice:

Have the ss make sentences with the useful expressions, see if they use them freely.

Then play the tape again for the Ss to repeat.

Ask the SS to listen carefully. Then stop the tape while the SS are listening, and ask them to go on reading. It can test the SS’ abilities to follow the passage as it is read on the tape.

Read the passage individually and help them to retell the story of Christmas.

Ⅶ. Workbook:

Do Exx 2 orally in class. Have the Ss read the dialogue in pairs, then check in class. And write down their own ideas in the exercise books.

Ⅷ. Summary.

Homework:

Finish off the exercises in the workbook..

Write a short passage about their spending Spring Festival.

L30 Exercises: Fill in the blanks.

Tomorrow is Christmas E___ , and my father and I went to c____ a Christmas t_____ today. We chose a big one. It is almost as tall as the room. It is now standing in the c____ of our sitting room. Kate has covered it with Christmas l______. The sitting room looks b_____ at the moment. There is a fire burning in the fireplace, and the Christmas tree lights are shining b_____.

句型轉換：

1.They covered the Christmas tree with lights and balls

They___ the Christmas tree__ lights and balls.

2.Radio says some famous scientists from Europe will visit China soon.

__ __ __ that some famous scientists from Europe will visit China soon.

3. We filled the bottle with juice.

The bottle__ __ __ juice.

4. It took us about an hour to climb to the top of the mountain.

We___ about an hour__ to the top of the mountain.

5. The policeman is busy in sending letters and newspapers from one village to another.

The policeman is busy in sending letters and newspapers__ __ __ __.

Lesson 31.

Properties: Recorder, overhead projector; pictures and some real objects

Language focus:

Useful expressions: Celebrate Christmas, go to the Christmas play;

Lin Tao asked Jim how to celebrate Christmas.

Jim told Lin Tao how to put up Christmas lights.

Teaching Procedures:

Ⅰ. Showing aims:

1.Master some useful expressions.

2.Go on revising the grammar: the Infinitive, try to use the drills freely:

Have the SS to make some sentences to master the Infinitive.

3.Make up their own dialogues ,talking about Christmas Day.

4.Talk about The Chinese Spring Festival.

Ⅱ. Revision:

1.Check homework;

2.Revise the passage of Lesson 30. First get the Ss to ask and answer some questions about the passage, see if they can understand the passage correctly. Get one of them to retell it.Talk about the spirit of Christmas Father.

Ⅲ.Presentation:

Present this dialogue:

A: Excuse me, could you tell me hoe to go to…?

B: Go along this street. Turn left at the second crossing.

Divide the class into small groups. Have the ss make up new dialogues in groups. Ask some of them share with the whole class. Pay attention to the usage of the Infinitive.

Ⅳ.Ask and answer:

Part1. Have the SS ask and answer in pairs. Remember the structure of this sentence: Lin Tao asked Jim how to celebrate Christmas.

Jim told Lin Tao how to put up Christmas lights.

Ⅴ.Practice:

Speech cassette. Play the tape for the Ss to listen and repeat. Then in pairs, have the Ss read and act the dialogue, ask several pair to perform the dialogue for the class. See if the ss can answer correctly

Book open. Play the tape again, and get the Ss to repeat after the tape.

Ⅵ. Discussion:

Discuss the Chinese Spring Festival in small groups, write down the discussion, and get some of the SS to read out their report for the class.

Ⅶ. Workbook:

1.Do Exx 1 orally with the whole class. Discuss the answers with the partner,and finish the dialogue. Have two students read the dialogue in pairs, then check the answers in class.

2.Do Exx 2 as homework., then write down the sentences.

Ⅹ. Summary.

Homework:

Finish the exercises in the workbook..

Write a short passage about celebrating the Chinese Spring Festival.

L31 Ex in class: Rewrite the sentences after the model.

Lin Tao asked Jim how he could celebrate Christmas.

Lin Tao asked Jim how to celebrate Christmas.

1.She told me how I could get to Beijing.

2.His mother told him where he should put his coat.

3.They asked the teacher when they would go to the Great Wall.

4.The teacher asked us to remember what we should do after class.

6. She can’t decide what she should talk at the meeting.

7. I don’t know how I will spend my holiday.

8. Do you know___?

A:where did we meet B: where do we meet

C:that to meet D: when to meet

9. The girl worked out the problem___ a very easy way.

A:in B: with C: use D: at

10. We have little time__ every day.

A:play B: to play C: playing D:In play

11. Mr Yang will teach us__ use the Present Perfect Tense.

A:what to B: which to C: why to D: how to

12. They had ten apples___.

A:to eat B: eating C: eat D: eaten

Lesson 32.

Properties: Recorder, overhead projector; pictures and some real objects

Language focus:

1. Useful expressions: go to sleep; be for; once upon a time; years later; wait for;

2. The difference between “ Have/has gone to… and Have /has been to..”

Teaching Procedures:

Ⅰ. Showing aims:

1.Master some Infinitive phrases.

2.Revise all the contents of Unit 8.

3.To train their listening and writing abilities.

4.Go through Checkpoint8.

5.Write a short passage to train the SS’ writing abilities.

Ⅱ. Revision:

1.Check homework.

2.Talk about Christmas Day, see if the Ss can remember this western holiday.

3. Talk about the Chinese Spring Festival. see if the Ss can describe it in English.

Revise the Infinitive: Have the Ss make sentences using the Infinitive. Get the ss to discuss in groups. Make sure the Ss can use the Infinitive correctly.

Ⅲ.Listen

Listening cassette. Go through the Ex1 in WB with the Ss. Play the tape for the ss to listen and finish Ex 1 in WB . Play the tape again, Get the SS to check their answers. Then check with the whole class. Make sure that they can understand.

Ex2. in the Wb. Listening cassette. Get the ss to listen and repeat after the tape.

Ⅳ.Presentation:

Put up some pictures on the Bb . Have the Ss talk about the pictures. Go through the pictures one by one. Make sure the Ss can understand the pictures.

Get individual student to ask and answer. Encourage them to try to say out all kinds of the ways that they know.

Ⅴ. Write:

Look at the pictures of the animals Discuss each picture in groups Then have the ss write something about the animals. Ask some students to give out their repeats.

Ⅵ. Presentation:

Show a picture of Jesus Christ. Get the Ss to guess who he was. They can answer in Chinese. Then teach the name: Jesus Christ. Make sure everyone knows him.

Ⅶ. Reading:

Part 5. Tell the Ss to listen to the story of Jesus Christ. Ask : When was Jesus Christ born? Ge the SS to listen to find out the answer ( December 25th)

Book open. Read the passage and do Ex 3. in Wb. The answers are: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. F 8.T 9. T 10. T

Ⅷ. Practice:

Ask: Where did Christmas Day come from? Who was Jesus Christ? Have the Ss retell the story.

Ⅸ.Checkpoint 8.

Go through Checkpoint 8 with the Ss. Solve any problems that the Ss may have. Make sentences with the useful expressions, and make sure that the Ss can use them freely. Get the Ss to go over the grammar notes.

Ⅹ.Workbook:

1. Do Exx 4 orally in class. Do it in Ex book. Pay attention to the stress.

2. Do Exx 5 with the Ss in class. Practise the dialogue in pairs. The answers are: 1. to write; 2. togo; 3. to send; 4. to look; 5. to decorate; 6. not to play; 7. to buy; 8. To sell.

Ⅸ.Summary.

Homework:

Finish off the exercises in the workbook..

ⅠⅡⅢⅣⅤⅥⅦⅧⅨⅩⅪⅫ

過去完成時練習:

1. The police found that the house_____ and a lot of things____.

A. has broken into, has been stolen B. has broken into, has been stolen

B. has been broken into, stolen D. had been broken into, stolen

2. By the end of the century, we___ ours into a strong modern country.

A. will build B, had built C. have built D. will have built

3. We___ the work by six yesterday evening .

A.finished B. would finish C. had finished D. had been finished

4. I____ to help you but couldn’t get here in time.

A.want B. had wanted C. have wanted D. was wanting

5. Mrs.Wu told me that her sisiter_____.

A. left about two hours before B. would leave about two hours before

B. has left about two hours ago D.had left about two hours before

6. When I reached home, my parents___ their supper.

A. are having B. have already had C. have had D. had already had

7. It seems that the old man___ something important.

A. has lost B. had lost C. lost D. would lose

8. She___in this school___ the past ten years>

A. was teaching , since B. had been teaching, since

B. would teach ,for D. has been teaching for

9. Helen ___ her keys in the office so she had to wait until her husband____ home.

A. had left, came B> has left, comes C.left, had come D. had left, would come

10. The job proved to be much more difficult than I______.

A. expect B. expected C. would expect D. had expected

11. We could not catch up with the others because they______too long before us.

A. started, B. were starting C. have started D. had started

12. She felt anxious about her son as she_____ for quite a long time.

A.haven’t heard him B. hadn’t heard him C. haven’t heard from him D.hadn’t heard from him

13. By the time the speaker entered the hall, all the listeners____.

A. had seated B. were seated C. seated D. were seating

14. By the time of next July this building______.

A.will be finished B. will have be finished C. will have been finished D.had been finished

15. By the time of the year____, most of the people had left.

A. was began B. have broken out C.broke out D. had been broken out

16. If she___ harder, she would have succeeded.

A. Had worked B. have worked C. Should work D. worded

17.I wish I ____ you yesterday.

A. seen B. did see C. had seen D. were to see

18.He is talking so much about America as if he____ there.

B. had been B. has been C.was D. been

19.That dinner was the most expensive meal we____.

A. would have B. have had C. had never had D. had ever had

20. When Jack arrived he learned Mary____ for almost an hour.

A. had gone B. had set of C. had left D. had been away

Answers: 1-5 DDCBD 6-10 DADAD 11-15 DDBCC 16-20 ACADD

L32 Exx

1. Once upon a time,there___(be) six blind men in a village.

2. The old man told the children something about__(live) in old China.

3. The teacher often tells us__ ( write) carefully.

4. Please tell her_( not wait) for me. I have to finish my work first.

5. The idea__(base) on scientific study.

6. Why__ (not ask) the policeman for help?

7. The children couldn’t wait__(join) other children in the games.

8. A lot of people here live by ___ ( fish)

9. There isn’t enough food___( live) on the month.

10. Have you decided which___( choose)?