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CherryWenzhou No.2 Foreign Language SchoolReading We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America.Unit2Module 2 Public holidays

1Do you know ?Thanksgiving festivalsWhen is it?What do people do?Whats the meaning of Thanksgiving?

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Who celebrates? Greeting& Leading-in:How are you today?Did you have a nice holiday?We usually have a holiday during some important festivals.Do you know some festivals?Do you know Thanksgiving?In which country do people celebrate Thanksgiving?Actually, not only Americans but also Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving.Challenging questions: 1. When is it? 2. What do people do? 3. Whats the meaning of Thanksgiving?Now lets enjoy some pictures and try to find the answer.

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Thanks for all the food we have today, .

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What do people do?

Whats the meaning of Thanksgiving?

Facts about ThanksgivingOn the fourth_________ in November.Have a special family _______.Give _______for food.dinnerthanksThursdayWho celebrated the first Thanksgiving? Nowadays, people in many countries celebrate Thanksgiving.But who celebrated the first Thanksgiving? To answer this question, we should look into the history of Thanksgiving.4Tip1: The first sentence(topic sentence) usually tells the main idea.

1234the history of ThanksgivingHow can we find the paragraph about history quickly?If you want to find the answer quickly, you must read the first sentence in each paragraph. In an English article, the first sentence usually tells us the main idea.Read and tell me in which paragraph can we find the answer.

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a kind of fooda kind of flowerTip2: We can guess the meaning of unknown words in the context.The history of ThanksgivingWhoHowWhyWhenthe Native Americans and the English pioneerseat a dinner of the new food the Native American taught the pioneers how to grow corn.In the seventeenth centuryDo you know pioneer? Is it a person or something?

I want to know something about the Thanksgiving dinner? Which paragraph should we read?6What do people do for a Thanksgiving dinner?

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AThe best way to give thanks is to offer your help.

BThanksgiving Day is a time for people to eat together and work together.Which picture is a little different from others? He lays the table alone without others help.So people also should help each other to lay the table.So the best way

So what do people do for a Thanksgiving dinner?Lets read paragraph 3 carefully and find out. Try to remember as much information as possible. Now close your book, look at the pictures. What do they do before/during/after the dinner?Elicit lay the tablePicture B is a little different from others. Whats the difference?They eat together and also work together.They help others.

7What else do people do to celebrate Thanksgiving?1. ____________________ ____________________2. ____________________3._____________________Activities for celebration watch Macys ThanksgivingDay Paradego shopping for Christmas presents watch football games on TV

Do they only have a special dinner on that day? What other interesting things do people do to celebrate Thanksgiving?

Guess the meaning of Parade (Practise the reading strategy)

Parade /ei/8How much have you learnt about Thanksgiving?Facts about ThanksgivingDate________________________________Meaning_________________for their food HistoryHave celebrated it since _____________ from England arrived in AmericaLearnt from the Native Americans how to __________ and celebrated together by _________________ of the new foodCelebrationCelebrate with ______________________________________before dinnerCelebrate by watching________________ ___________ in New York City and___________ on television the fourth Thursday in Novembergive thanksthe first pioneersgrow corneating a dinnera traditional dinnergive thanks for the food watch gamesthe Macys ThanksgivingDay Parade Thanksgiving is an American festival. 9As a Chinese student, what can we learn from the American Thanksgiving?DiscussionThe following words may help:together, dinner, food, teach, help, football, parade, family, friendsAs a chinese student10Can you say something about Thanksgiving?DateMeaningHistoryWhen WhoWhatHow Thanksgiving dinnerBefore the dinnerDuring the dinnerAfter the dinnerOther celebrations

My opinion: I think Could you tell me something about it?When you talk aboutthe following things should be included.Say something about Thanksgiving to your partner in your own words. If youve learned a little, try to say a little bit. If youve known a lot about Thanksgiving, try to tell us more information.

Today, we learnt a lot about Thanksgiving. There is still a question in my mind. Do the English pioneers celebrate Thanksgiving only because of the food?Please read another passage about the history of Thanksgiving, and try to find out the answer.

11HomeworkRead a passage about the History of Thanksgiving and answer the following three questions.

1. Why was there only 50 pioneers left after the first winter in America?2. Whats the meaning of harvest and strengthen according to the context?3. Why did the governor set up Thanksgiving?Tip1: The first sentence(topic sentence) usually tells the main idea.Tip2: We can guess the meaning of unknown words in the context.3 12