They always have a special meal on Thanksgiving. It ’ sa big family dinner.
2 学习新单词
Festival 、 special 、 meal 、 sound, 可利用单词卡片教学新单词，可以放到句子中理解。（全班读，小组读，个别读）
T ： Boy and girls, on New Year, we can sing and dance ； we can play fire-works. We can do a lot of special things. It ’ special for us . 出示单词卡片 special 并教学。
（有解释On New Year所做的事情自然引入 special 生词）
T ： Well done. You know , “ New Year ” is a festival, a special festival. 出示单词卡片 Festival 并教学，注意读音。
T ： Now, we know that New Year is a special festival. What do you do on New Year?
S1 ： …
S2 ： …
T ： You are right. We always have a big meal with our family ( 作吃饭状，帮助学生理解 meal 的含义并教授该单词 )
T ： Excellent! Today, I ’ll tell you a special festival.( 边说边板书 Thank, 问学生其意思，在写下 give, 在合起来写 Thanksgiving, 逐步引导学生猜测这个词的整体意思，继而将课题板书出来 )
3 学习重点句子
Thanksgiving is my favorite festival.
(On Thanksgiving Day)
We always have a special meal .
We say “ T hank you ” for our food ,family and friends.
(After Thanksgiving dinner)
We watch a big football game on TV.
That’s great!
4 介绍 Flag Day 和 Thanksgiving Day ：
每年的 7 月 14 日 是美国的 Flag Day, 也就是国旗日。每到这一天，美国的各公共场所、大型建筑、家里都挂国旗，各州还举行各种纪念仪式。其最重要的仪式是在国旗下进行忠诚宣誓。
每年的 11 月第四个星期四就是美国的 Thanksgiving Day ，也就是感恩节。几百年前，远渡重洋来到美洲的英国移民，为了感谢上帝赐予的丰收，进行的狂欢活动，从此习俗延续了下来，并逐渐风行各地。林肯总统正是定感恩节为国定节日，届时，举国同庆。（此部分能用多媒体课件更好，没有的话可借助课前准备的图片）
5 再读课文，详细问答：
What’s Simon’s favorite festival ？ (Thanksgiving 领读并解释意思 )
T ： What do they say?( “ Thank you ”“ Happy Thanksgiving ” )
What do they do after dinner?(They watch a big football game on TV)
6 学生分角色朗读课文。
Step4 Practice
1 Fill in the blanks.
Can you tell ______more about American festival?
Well, Thanksgiving is ______favorite festival.
What do you do on Thanksgiving Day
____always have a special meal.
____say “ thank you ” for____ food, family and friends.
2 仿照举行编对话，并展示结果。
Now, you know lots about Thanksgiving Day , right? Can you tell me more about American festivals?( 将这一句子板书 )Well, Thanksgiving is my favorite festival.( 板书改句子 )On that day , I thank my family and we have a big dinner .What do y ou do on Thanksgiving Day?
例： Can you tell me more about American festivals ?
B: Well,______(Thanksgiving) is my favorite festival.
A ： ______(We always have a special meal. We say “ thank-you ” for our food ,family and friends)
Step5 Production
Can you do it?
Thanksgiving Day is an American _______.On that day, people always have a _______.They eat lots of food_____(such as turkeys, pumpkin pie and other good food).People often say _______for their food, family and friends.
(2) 看图写句子
1A ： What do they do on Thanksgiving Day?
B1___________________________________________.
B2____________________________________________.
2She can ______________________________________.
She likes _________________________________________.
A ： What day is your favorite festival?
B ： _____________________________________.
4He can ____________________________________.
He likes _ _______________________________________.
2 尝试用英语描述一下中国的传统节日，例如： At Spring Festival, we eat a big family dinner, Family member get together. They talk to each other. Children play games . Parents buy new lothes for their children …
3Collect Chinese and American festival information
板书设计
Module4
Unit1 Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is my favorite festival.
We always have a special meal.
We say “ thank you ” for our food , famil y and friends.