Unit3CelebrationsLesson3Period1ActivateandShareLookatthepicturesbelowandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhatdopeopleintheWestdotocelebrateChristmas?toputupaChristmastreetodecoratethehousetohangastockingtogive/opengifts…ActivateandSharetowriteletterstoFatherChristmastodressupasSantaClaustosendChristmaspresentstomake/writeChristmascards…2.WhatdopeopleintheWestdotocelebrateChristmas?ActivateandSharetomakeChristmaspudding/biscuitstoprepareaspecialmealtohaveafamilyuniontosingChristmassongs…3.WhatdopeopleintheWestdotocelebrateChristmas?PredictionMakeapredictionofthepassage.1.Whatisthewritingstyleofthetext?2.Inwhatorder

doestheauthororganizethetext?Narration記敘文B.Exposition說(shuō)明文C.Argumentation議論文TimeorderReadingReadthetextandfindthetimelineinthetext.NovemberDecemberAfewweeksafterthatChristmasChristmasEveChristmasDaybeforeChristmasduringChristmasafterChristmasReadingReadthestoryandfindoutwhyitwassuchamemorableChristmastoher.ShehadsuchamemorableChristmasbecauseitwasthelastChristmasshespentwithhergrannybeforehergrannypassedaway.ReadingUnderlinethewriter’smemoriesofhergrandmaandtellyourpartner.GrannymadeanefforttohelpthewriterwritealettertoFatherChristmas.Grannyandthewritermadesugarbiscuitsandstuffedtheturkey.Thewritersatonhergranny’slapandsangChristmassongs.Grannyhadthepatiencetosingitoverandover.GrannyandthewriterleftaplateofsugarbiscuitsoutforFatherChristmas,andputastockingattheendofbed.Grannysatonthewriter’sbedandsangsoftly.Grannygavethewriteramusicboxwithaballetdancerinside.GrannylaughedsomuchthatherpaperhatfelloffReadingUnderstandingSequencingSequencingistheorderinwhichthingshappen.?Underlinethekeyeventsoractionsinthestory,e.g.,openedpresents,hadasnowballfight.?Lookforspecificdatesortimewords,e.g.,November,ChristmasEve,afewweeksafter.?Payattentiontotimelinkers,e.g.,first,then,later,afterthat,attheend.SkillBuilderReadingReadthestoryagainandfinishthefollowingquestion:.1.Whendidtheseactivitieshappen?2.Completethetimelineandthentalkaboutwhathappenedbasedonthetimeline.a.madesugarbiscuitsb.Grannymovedinc.hadChristmaslunchd.leftsugarbiscuitsoutforFatherChristmase.openedpresentsf.putastockingattheendofthebedg.sangChristmassongsh.wrotealettertoFatherChristmasReadinga.madesugarbiscuitsb.Grannymovedinc.hadChristmaslunchd.leftsugarbiscuitsoutforFatherChristmase.openedpresentsf.putastockingattheendofthebedg.sangChristmassongsh.wrotealettertoFatherChristmashagdfecPost-readingDiscussthefollowingquestionsinyourgroups.1.DoyoufindanyhintsinthestorythatsuggestGrannywasinpoorhealthcondition?Didthewriternoticeitatthattime?Grannyspentmostofhertimeonthesofabythefire,herhandwasslightlyshakyandshestayedinbythefireanddidn’tgooutside.Post-reading2.Readthelastparagraph.WhydoesthewriterthinkChristmasis“magical”?ThewriterthinksChristmasis“magical”becauseofthememoriesofhergranny.WheneverChristmascomes,shethinksofhergrannyandthehappytimetheyspentduringthatChristmas.Post-reading3.WhydoesthewriterthinkofhergrandmaeveryChristmas?Whatcanyouinferafterreadingthestory?BecauseshehadahappyChristmaswithherGrannybeforeGrannypassedaway.Grannyknewshewasverysickandthatsheprobablydidnothavemuchtime,soshecherishedeveryminutewiththewriter.Grannylovedherfamilyverymuchandthefamilylovedher.Grannywasveryhappy,especiallywiththechildren,despiteherillness