Unit 2 Section B-2 Class TypeReading and writingObjectives1. To understand the passage about the spirit of Christmas.2. To introduce your favorite Chinese festival.Key structure1. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas.2. Marley used to be just like Scrooge.3. Its my favorite festival because4. It makes me feelDifficultiesHow to better understand the information about the festival Christmas and the book A Christmas Carol.VocabularyChristmas, lie, novel, eve, dead, business, punish, warn, present, warmth, spreadused to, end upPeriods1ProcedureLead-inFree talk.Can you name any foreign festivals?Step 1Brainstorm.Show Ss some foreign festival pictures and give out some explanations of each festival. Step 2Activity 2a.Try to match each day with the correct date.Step 3Free talk.Let Ss talk about the Christmas they think.Step 4Show some pictures about the Christmas and give some explanations.Step 5Activity 2b-1.Read the passage about the Christmas and answer the questions.Step 6Brainstorm.Show the picture of the author and the story “the Christmas Carol”. Give out detail information about the book.Step 7Activity 2b-2.Read the passage and decide the sentence is true or false.Step 8Activity 2c.Read the passage again and complete the chart.Step 9Activity 2d.Read the questions in Page 15 and give the answers.Step 10Brainstorm.Introduce the information of “Santa Claus” and some traditional cuisine of Christmas to Ss.Step 11Free talk.Let Ss talk about their favorite festival and give the information in details. Step 12Writing.Suppose you are Liu Wei, send an e-mail to your friend Mike and introduce him our Chinese festival, the Spring Festival. Step 13Language points: explain the key words and phrases in section B-2.