一、引言
Simon: Look, Daming. Tomorrow is Flag Day.
Daming: What do you do on Flag Day?
Simon: We carry flags and we sing songs.
Daming: Can you tell me more about American festivals, Simon?
Simon: Well, Thanksgiving is my favourite festival.
Daming: What do you do on Thanksgiving Day?
Simon: We always have a special meal. It’s a big family dinner.
Daming: That’s good.
Simon: On the Thanksgiving Day, we say ”thank-you” for our food, family and friends.
Daming: That sounds nice.
Simon: And after Thanksgiving dinner, we watch a big football game on TV.
Daming: That’s great! I think I like Thanksgiving, too.
三、學習目標：
（一）語言知識
1 能理解、認讀生詞：festival, special, meal, sound。
2. 能理解和認讀下面三個句子：
(1)Thanksgiving is my favourite festival.
(2)We always have a special meal.
(3)We say‘thank-you’ for our food, family and friends.
（二）語言技能目標
1. 能閱讀理解課文；
2. 能模仿朗讀課文。
3. 能努力猜測festival, special, meal, sound等生詞和句子We always have a special meal. We say ‘thank-you’ for your food, family and friends.”的語義；
4. 能用口頭運用”We always have a special meal. We say ‘thank-you’ for our food, family and friends.”這些句子介紹相關節日的活動
（三）情感態度目標：
1.能集中注意力認真觀察本課生詞和新句子所在的語境，並通過聯想在語境和語義之間建立起聯繫；
2. 能談論和描述課文所介紹的節日，併產生對其他的西方節日的.興趣。
3．能在積極參與活動、和他人合作完成任務的過程中獲得學習的樂趣和學習成就感。
四、教學重點難點：
（一）重點：
1．基本能聽懂、會讀festival, special, meal, sound。
2. 能理解和認讀句子”We always have a special meal.” ”We say‘ thank-you’ for your food, family and friends.”
（二）難點：
運用本課的句子描述相關的節日的主要活動。
五、教學方法：
(1) 情景教學法：在課堂中創設真實或模擬的情景，幫助學生在猜測、模仿、等過程中理解、模仿和運用生詞和新句子。
(2) 任務型語言教學：設計任務型活動，讓學生在完成任務的過程中學會運用Thanksgiving is my favourite festival. / We always have a special meal./We say’ thank-you’ for your food, family and friends. 來描述節日的活動。
(3)直觀教學法、提問法:精講多練，充分發揮學生的主體作用，在活動中，通過合作學習，建立團隊意識和集體責任感。
