Unit 4 The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.Period 1Teaching aims: 1. Enable to understand and say the new words: the Mid-Autumn Festival, nearby, centre, mooncake, type, lotus, seed, bean, taste.2. Enable to grasp the traditional Chinese festival “the Mid- Autumn Festival”.3. Enable to know about the differences of the festivals between the east and the west.Teaching key:Grasp the new words and the text.Teaching difficulty:Recite and perform the text.Teaching steps:Step 1 warming up1. Greetings.2. review unit 3.Step 2 presentation1. Lead to the new text.T: What festivals do you know? Ss: T: OK, today ,we learn about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Please tell me something about the Mid-Autumn Festival.Ss: T: When is the Mid-Autumn Festival? What do we eat on the Mid-Autumn Festival?Ss: 2. Show the new words of Unit 4 and let the students read them.3. Listen and repeat the new words for three times.4. Listen and repeat the text for three times.Step 3 practice1. Practice in groups. The students read the words and the text for two minutes.2. Solve some questions.3. Practice in roles about the text.4. Perform the dialogue in roles.Step 4 consolidation1. Set up the scene and talk freely.2. Appraise.3. Homework:a. Review Part A, B, C of Unit 4.b. Copy the title and the new words of Unit 4.c. Prepare Part D, E, F of Unit 4.Period 2Teaching aims: 1. Enable to grasp the short article and complete the exercises of Part D.2. Enable to complete Part E of Unit 4.3. Enable to know about the festival differences.Teaching key:Read the short article of Part D and complete the exercises.Teaching difficulty:Read and recite the short article of Part D.Teaching steps:Step 1 warming up 1. Greetings. 2. Review Part A, B, C of Unit 4.Step 2 presentation and drills1. Lead to the new text.T: How did you spend the Mid -Autumn Festival?Ss: T: OK, please read the short article of Part D and complete the exercises.2. Listen to the tape and repeat it.3. Teach to read the article for two times.Step 3 practice1. Read freely and try to recite the article.2. Ask and answer the exercises of Part D.3. Part E. Lets write.a. Give the students one minute to read and think about Part D. b. Complete and solve the questions.Step 4 consolidation Part F Lets have fun1. Discuss in groups and fill the blankets.2. Show the exercises.3. Appraise.4. Homework:a. Review Unit 4.b. Prepare Part A, B, C of Unit 5.