Module 3 Unit 1 Today is Halloween.---by Mr. KingAnalysis of the Teaching MaterialI. Contents:Today I’m going to talk about Module 3, Unit 1 Today is Halloween, New Standard English Book9. In this unit, it mainly introduces Halloween, one of the most important festivals in western countries.Through the dialogue among Amy, Lingling and Sam, we can know what people do at Halloween. Such a topic is related to daily life, so it is helpful to raise learning interests of students and it will be also helpful to improve their society sense. It can help students to attain “four skills”request of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Therefore this lesson is in the important position of the teaching material.II. Analysis of the studentsMost students are interested in different kinds of festivals, because they can have lots of fun. So this topic can greatly attract their interests. After learning this lesson, they will know more about westenr festivals.III.Teaching aims and Demands1. Aims on knowledge(1) To enable the Ss to master the following words: night,autumn,houses,people,festival,scare, mask, scary.To enable the Ss to know the following words: Jack-o-lantern, bat, ghost, haunted house, tomb, spider, vampire, werewolf, witch, pirate, mummy, skeleton, scary clothes, broom., black cat, owl.(2) To enable the Ss to master the following sentences: It’s an autumn festival. It’s really fun. They go to people’s houses. They scare the people.2. Aims on abilities(1) To develop Ss’ abilities of listening and speaking.(2) To train the Ss’ ability of working in groups.(3) To foster Ss’ abilities of communication and their innovation.3. Aims on emotion(1)To foster Ss’ cons ciousness of good co-operation and proper competition.(2) To make the Ss know more about Halloween, at the same time, lead them to find the differences between eastern culture and western culture.IV. Difficult points(1) To enable the Ss master the words and the sentencds.(2) To help the Ss understand the dialogue,know more about Halloween.V. Teaching methods1. Communicative teaching method2. Audio-visual teaching method3. Task-based”teaching methodAs we all know: the main instructional aims o f learning English in primary school is to cultivate pupils’ basic abilities of listening and speaking and their good sense of the English language. So I will arrange the Ss to search some data about Halloween before class, make or buy some masks, clothes, decorations. During class, I will ask them to talk about two subjects:the origin of Halloween and the people’s activities at Halloween, then, ask them to report the result in class, ask them to act the dialogue in group.V. Teaching Aids: ppt, Video, masks.VI. Teaching proceduresStep 1. Warm up1.Sing an English song.2. Oral English.3. Everyday English.Step 2. Presentation.T: What day is it today? What’s the date today? (Write the date on the Bb. )T: Today is …, National Day is coming, we will have lots of fun. But there is another important festival in October. Do you know what it is? (Help the Ss to remember Halloween.)T: When is Halloween?Ss: It’s on October the 31st.Step 3. PracticeT: What do you know about Halloween?1.In groups, ask the Ss to discuss the following subjects, then report the result in class.(Chinese if necessary.)1). The the origin of Halloween2). Games and activities at Halloween---What do children and people do at Halloween?(costuming, trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples, pumpkin carving, and the lighting of bonfires)2.Play the game: bobbing for apples.Step 4. Presentation1. T: Halloween is an very important festival in western countries, it’s an autumn festival. Children can have lots of fun. It’s really fun. They can wear scary clothes, hats and masks that day, they can play scary games with others. Do you know these things?Show Ss the ppt, teach new words: Jack-o-lantern, bat, ghost, haunted house, tomb, spider, vampire, werewolf, witch, pirate, mummy, skeleton, scary clothes, broom., black cat, owl.2. Today, Lingling, Amy and Sam will spend a funny Halloween. Let’s go and see together.Play the video, Ss listen and repeat after the video.T: Do you understand the story? Here are three questions, discuss in groups and answer.(1) What is Halloween?(2) What do children wear at Halloween?(3) Why do the children go to people’s houses?Give the Ss two minutes to talk over the questions, then ask them to answer the questions. Write the sentences on the Bb: It’s an autumn festival. It’s really fun. They go to people’s houses. They scare the people. Step 5. ActionPlay the video again, Ss listen and repeat after the video. Then ask the Ss to act the dialogue in group of four.Step 6. Summary1.Summarize the sentences that we learn today: It’s an autumn festival. It’s really fun. They go to people’s houses. They scare the people.2. Fill in the blanks.Step 7. Homework.1. Listen and read the dialogue.2. Try to act the dialogue in group.3. Finish the exercises in the activity book, P9 4, 5.Bb Design:Module 3 Unit 1 Today is HalloweenIt’s an autumn festival.It’s really fun.They go to people’s houses.They scare the people.教学反思：这节课讲的是关于万圣节的一些内容，如果单纯地讲解这个单元，困难不会很大。