Unit4BehindbeliefsTask1Teachingaims:AfterlearningSkillsBuilding1,thestudentswillbeabletoknowabouttheexpressionsusedtodescribealegendarypersonandgetmuchinformationaboutFatherChristmasthroughlisteningandreading.Attheendofthelesson,thestudentswillbeabletotellaboutFatherChristmaswiththeexpressionsusedtodescribealegendaryperson.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-in1.HavearevisionHavearevisionofthemostpopularreligionsintheworldthatstudentshavelearnedinWordpowerbyaskingstudentsthefollowingquestion.Q:Whatarethemostpopularreligionsintheworld?A:Hinduism;Buddhism;Judaism;Christianity;Islam;etc.2．IntroduceChristmasIntroduceChristmasbyaskingstudentsthefollowingquestionssothatstudentswillnaturallyassociateChristmaswithFatherChristmas.Q:Soamongthesereligions,whichisthemostpopularreligioninwesterncountries?A:Christianity.Q:WhatdowecallpeoplebelievinginChristianity?A:Christians.Q:WhichisthemostpopularfestivalcelebratedbyChristians?A:Christmas.Q:WhatdoyouknowaboutChristmas?AskthestudentstotalkaboutChristmastoseehowmuchtheyknowaboutthisfestival.ThengiveabriefintroductionofChristmasbasedonthestudents’answerstothequestionabove:ChristmasisthedayChristianscelebratethebirthofJesusChrist,whomChristiansbelievetobethesonofGod.ChildrenareexcitedaboutthisholidaybecausetheybelieveFatherChristmaswillbringthemgifts.3.ShowimagesofFatherChristmas4.IntroducetheideathatFatherChristmasisonlyalegendarypersonIntroducetheideathatFatherChristmasisonlyalegendarypersonbyaskingthefollowingquestions.Q:ButdoyoubelieveFatherChristmasreallyexists?A:No.AlthoughFatherChristmasisveryfamousandpeopletalkalotabouthim,heisjustalegendaryperson.ThestoryofFatherChristmasisjustalegend.(Thenarousestudents’interestinwhatalegendisandwhatkindofpersonisalegendarypersonbyaskingtheabovequestion.)Q:Thenwhatisalegendandwhatkindofpersonisalegendaryperson?Afterthat,askstudentstoreadthetopofpage58inSkillsbuilding1andfindouttheanswersbythemselves.［Explanation］学生在Wordpower部分已经了解世界上最受人推崇的几大宗教及相关知识，在导入部分先对相关知识进行复习，并由此自然地引申到西方国家最重要的宗教—基督教及该宗教中最隆重的节日即圣诞节和该节日的标志性人物—圣诞老人，然后引出SkillsBuilding1中的生词“legend”和词组“alegendaryperson”，为SkillsBuilding1开头部分相关知识的学习作好了铺垫。这样的导入既起到了复习、巩固以往所学知识的作用，又能很自然的导入到Task部分的主题，即有关圣诞老人的传说故事。Step2Skillsbuilding1:findinginformationaboutalegendaryperson.1.Explorewhatalegendisandwhatkindofpersonisalegendaryperson.Letstudentsexplorethisbythemselves.Q:Sowhatisalegend?A:Legendreferstothetraditionalstoryofafamouspersonoranevent.Someofthestoriescanbetrue.However,mostofthestoriesincludethingsthatareuntrue,impossibleordonotexist.Q:Whatisalegendaryperson?A:Alegendarypersonisoftenarealpersonwholivedalongtimeago.Theinformationaboutthispersonmightbetruebutsomeofitmightbeuntrueandjustpartofalegend.2.GetstudentstounderstandFatherChristmasisalegendarypersonHelpstudentstounderstandFatherChristmasisalegendarypersonbyshowingtwoexamplesoftraditionalChineselegends.●Pangucuttingopenheavenandearth●Nüwapatchingtheskywithfive-colourstonesQ:Insuchlegends,whoarelegendarypeople?A:PanguandNüwa.Q:SointhelegendsaboutFatherChristmas,whoisalegendaryperson?A:FatherChristmas.3.Teachtheexpressionsthatcanbeusedtodescribealegendaryperson/figure●He/sheissaid/supposedto…●He/Sheiskno...
