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1. Lead-in with a song about holidays
After the bell rang， a greeting was first made between the author and the students. Then the author had a free talk with students， she drew the students’ attention to the topic related to holiday by asking students “What date is it today？” All the students can answer the author “Today is the 15th of December.” Then the author told them Christmas is coming. Then the author let students listen to the song Holidays： After listening， please tell the others what holidays you heard in this song.
2. Presenting the task with a focus on watching
After students’ answers， they watched PPT and know the festivals in the eastern country or the western country. And then the author showed the names of four holidays （Halloween， Spring Festival， Children’s Day and New Year’s Day） to students and told them we would learn something about four holidays from three aspects（ dates， people’s activities and your activities）.
3. Preparing the task with a focus on reading
Before class， students were asked to search for information about holidays from the books or the Internet. At class， reading is also necessary. The author required them to underline the information about four holidays from two aspects （dates and people’s activities）.
4. Completing the task with a focus on speaking
Task 1： Practice the sentences When’s …？ It’s …. by pair work
A task and two sentences “When’s …？ It’s in/on ….” were presented to the class. The author asked them to discuss with their partners using the two sentences and match the holidays to the correct dates. Students talked to their partners and finished the task by themselves.
When’s …？ It’s in/on ….
Spring Festival on the 31st of October
New Year’s Day on the 1st of January
Halloween in January or February
Children’s Day on the 1st of June
Task 2： Practice the sentences What do people usually do on/at …？ They usually …. by group discussion and try to summarize.
In this stage， the author gave them the task of their discussion and asked them to try to summarize：
What do people usually do on/at …？
They usually ….
The students talked about four holidays one by one. During their discussion， they were asked to write down some key points. And then the author summed up as follows：
Spring Festival： eat a lot of delicious food， visit relatives and friends， spend time with their family and friends Halloween： buy some masks and pumpkin lanterns， dress up in costumes， go to parties
Children’s Day： have parties at school， sing and dance
New Year’s Day： go to parties， have a big lunch with their family
Task 3： Practice the sentences What did you do last …？ I …. by playing a game.
In this period， students were asked to practice the sentences by playing a game. The author gave them five numbers and behind every number， there was a name of holiday. Different holidays correspond to different activities. Students had an oral practice with their partners using these sentences：
What did you do last…？
I ….
Task 4： Consolidation the above sentences by making a dialogue
To consolidate the above sentences， the author gave the module of the dialogue， and asked students to make a dialogue with their partners. Students chose one of the holidays to practice these sentences with their partners. Three minutes later， two or three pairs of them were chosen to act their dialogues.
A： When’s …？
B： It’s in ….
A： What do people usually do at/on …？
B： They usually ….
A： What did you do last …？
B： I ….
5. Reflecting the task with a focus on writing
In this step， the author gave them a table， and they were asked to write some information about four holidays from three aspects：
Dates People’s activities Your activities
Halloween
Spring Festival
New Year’s Day
Children’s Day
The whole lesson ended up with soft music.
All the above were the design of this lesson. The character of this lesson was interactive and lively. In order to motivate students’ interest of learning English， the author gave a clever combination of knowledge points and pictures， videos and music. Because it was the first time for them to touch this kind of topic， the author prepared an interesting PPT and believed that students would have great interest in the topic.
After the bell rang， a greeting was first made between the author and the students. Then the author had a free talk with students， she drew the students’ attention to the topic related to holiday by asking students “What date is it today？” All the students can answer the author “Today is the 15th of December.” Then the author told them Christmas is coming. Then the author let students listen to the song Holidays： After listening， please tell the others what holidays you heard in this song.
2. Presenting the task with a focus on watching
After students’ answers， they watched PPT and know the festivals in the eastern country or the western country. And then the author showed the names of four holidays （Halloween， Spring Festival， Children’s Day and New Year’s Day） to students and told them we would learn something about four holidays from three aspects（ dates， people’s activities and your activities）.
3. Preparing the task with a focus on reading
Before class， students were asked to search for information about holidays from the books or the Internet. At class， reading is also necessary. The author required them to underline the information about four holidays from two aspects （dates and people’s activities）.
4. Completing the task with a focus on speaking
Task 1： Practice the sentences When’s …？ It’s …. by pair work
A task and two sentences “When’s …？ It’s in/on ….” were presented to the class. The author asked them to discuss with their partners using the two sentences and match the holidays to the correct dates. Students talked to their partners and finished the task by themselves.
When’s …？ It’s in/on ….
Spring Festival on the 31st of October
New Year’s Day on the 1st of January
Halloween in January or February
Children’s Day on the 1st of June
Task 2： Practice the sentences What do people usually do on/at …？ They usually …. by group discussion and try to summarize.
In this stage， the author gave them the task of their discussion and asked them to try to summarize：
What do people usually do on/at …？
They usually ….
The students talked about four holidays one by one. During their discussion， they were asked to write down some key points. And then the author summed up as follows：
Spring Festival： eat a lot of delicious food， visit relatives and friends， spend time with their family and friends Halloween： buy some masks and pumpkin lanterns， dress up in costumes， go to parties
Children’s Day： have parties at school， sing and dance
New Year’s Day： go to parties， have a big lunch with their family
Task 3： Practice the sentences What did you do last …？ I …. by playing a game.
In this period， students were asked to practice the sentences by playing a game. The author gave them five numbers and behind every number， there was a name of holiday. Different holidays correspond to different activities. Students had an oral practice with their partners using these sentences：
What did you do last…？
I ….
Task 4： Consolidation the above sentences by making a dialogue
To consolidate the above sentences， the author gave the module of the dialogue， and asked students to make a dialogue with their partners. Students chose one of the holidays to practice these sentences with their partners. Three minutes later， two or three pairs of them were chosen to act their dialogues.
A： When’s …？
B： It’s in ….
A： What do people usually do at/on …？
B： They usually ….
A： What did you do last …？
B： I ….
5. Reflecting the task with a focus on writing
In this step， the author gave them a table， and they were asked to write some information about four holidays from three aspects：
Dates People’s activities Your activities
Halloween
Spring Festival
New Year’s Day
Children’s Day
The whole lesson ended up with soft music.
All the above were the design of this lesson. The character of this lesson was interactive and lively. In order to motivate students’ interest of learning English， the author gave a clever combination of knowledge points and pictures， videos and music. Because it was the first time for them to touch this kind of topic， the author prepared an interesting PPT and believed that students would have great interest in the topic.