Lesson 13 (two periods)Teaching Content :1.The words and expressions that must be grasped :moon, celebrate, grandmother, grandfather, wonder 2. The words that you can only know: Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cake, national, National Day, celebration, Thanksgiving, Canadian, Thank you for, in early/late November3. Talking about season.Teaching Aims: 1.Learn to make plan about your study and your birthday. 2.Know about the differences between China and the Western countries. 3.Understanding the e-mail meaning.Teaching Important Points 1.Learn to write e-mails. 2.Talk about your plan and what you will do. Teaching Difficult Points: Simple Future Tense Lesson Preparation: The objects of Mid-Autumn Festival .Lessoning Aids :Audiotape, recorder, sliders，flashcards, pictures Type of lesson: New lesson Teaching procedure:一、 温故知新。Check some words and phrases of lesson 13.二、 激情导入。 Step1.Introduce the unit topic: Families get together to celebrate. When there is a big festival in China, the family members always get together to celebrate. Then whats the festival in October in China? What festival do you know except Mid-Autumn Festival? Help the students to respond in an appropriate way. Step2. Remind the students that in the previous book Li Ming and his family celebrated the Chinese New Year in China and Jenny and her family celebrated Christmas in Canada. Step3. What do you know about the Western festivals? What festival is coming soon in Canada? If someone knows what it is, ask him to describe it. 三、 新课学习。Step one: Showing the teaching aims on the blackboard and asking students to read them together.1.Remembering some new words and phrases of lesson 13 work in group.2.Talking about season. 3.Understanding the e-mail meaning.Step two:Come to “THINK ABOUT IT” Work in group and talk about it.Step three: Learning lesson 13 by themselves in groups.1.Listen to the passage and correct pronunciation.2.Listen to the dialogues and tick the correct answers or pictures. (Listening once or three times for finishing off number 2 of Lets Do It.)Step four: 1.Read the lesson and answer the questions. (At first, read the questions and know the meaning. Second, read the dialogue silently and find the answers to the questions. )Q1.How many festivals are there in October in China? Q2.What will Li Mings family do on the on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival? Q3.What did Li Mings mother buy? Q4.When is National Day? Q5.What will Li Mings mother and father do during National Day? Q6.Why does Li Ming like autumn best? 2. Then,read the dialogue one sentence by one sentence and find something that its important or you dont understand it. 3. At last, Write down something important on your notebook and explain.Language notes:1. tonight =the night of today2. My mother bought moon cakes, and I have eaten many of them.3. My mother and father will not have to work for seven days! have to do sth. 不得不做某事have to 情态动词 强调客观must 情态动词 强调主观has to had to will have to doesnt have to didnt have to will not have to Step five:Work in groups. Ask some volunteers to come to the front and say what they often do on Mid-Autumn Festival? What will they do this year? Did they have any plans? If National Day is not familiar to them, you can help them to remind and make a plan. Step six:Work in groups. Finish project of Lets Do It and discuss it with each other. Then present it to the whole class. Review how to express season and summarize this e-mail. 四、 达标训练，作业布置。1. Finish some exercises of lesson 13 in exercise book.2. Finish some exercises of lesson 13 in learning design.3. Do some exercise that you think it important of homework. 五、板书设计：六、教学反思：