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Unit 8 B Reading and critical thinking 教学设计
I. Teaching Objectives
Understand the passage about Lisa's Chinese New Year celebration, master related vocabulary, and extract key information about the celebration process and sensory details.
Develop reading skills like ordering events, finding clues, and filling charts, and enhance critical thinking abilities through recalling, analyzing, and creating content about Chinese New Year traditions.
Be able to retell Lisa's Chinese New Year celebration and discuss personal celebration ways, using correct vocabulary and sentence structures.
II. Language Knowledge
1. Key words & phrases
Chinese New Year, video call, red envelope, dumplings, Chinatown parade, lion dance, fireworks, sensory details (see, hear, smell, taste, feel), prefix “im - ”, impossible, noise, return, tradition, moment, gather around, excited crowds, sweet moments, scare off
2. Key sentences
It was time to celebrate Chinese New Year! Lisa was excited. She started the holiday by calling her grandparents in the morning. She bowed to them over the video call and wished them good health. Then Mum gave Lisa a red envelope. Inside was a gift of money for the new year.
At noon, her family gathered around for dumplings. It is a traditional food for celebrating Chinese New Year. After lunch, the family went to the Chinatown parade. Excited crowds stood along the streets and watched the famous Chinese lion dance and the fireworks. It was almost impossible for Lisa to move. Suddenly, the fireworks made a loud noise—Lisa covered her ears. “The noise can scare off the Monster Nian,” Dad told Lisa.
In the evening, Lisa and her parents returned home and had some cookies, her favourite snacks. It was a family tradition to end their New Year’s celebration with sweet snacks. For Lisa, Chinese New Year means both the sweet moments of family gathering and the useful knowledge about traditions. That’s why she always looks forward to the coming of a new year.
Nian was a monster, and it came out every New Year’s Eve to eat villagers. It was impossible for people to find very good ways to keep themselves safe. One day an old man came and taught people how to drive away the monster. The villagers took his advice. When Nian came to the village at night, it heard the loud noise and saw the red colour. It was very afraid and ran away in a moment. All the villagers were excited when they knew this. Nian never returned to the village after that night. Now Chinese people still keep the tradition like fireworks, red envelopes, and loud lion dances during the Spring Festival.
People celebrate Chinese New Year with great excitement. They clean the house and decorate it with the Spring Festival couplets. In the evening, people set off fireworks to scare off any bad luck. Families gather around to enjoy a special dinner. They also exchange red envelopes for good luck. In the streets, excited crowds watch lion dances and light shows. Everyone enjoys the sweet moments Chinese New Year brings.
3. Key and challenging points
Comprehend the passage about Lisa's Chinese New Year celebration and complete related reading tasks (order events, find clues, fill sensory chart).
Use correct forms of words (including those with prefix “im - ”) to complete sentences and passages about the Monster Nian and Chinese New Year traditions.
Think critically about Chinese New Year celebrations, recall Lisa's ways, analyze personal vs. Lisa's ways, and create own celebration ideas, demonstrating understanding and application of English.
III. Teaching Procedures
Learning activities:
Step 1 Lead - in
Ask: How do you celebrate Chinese New Year Have you heard about the story of Monster Nian Invite Ss to share. Then say: Today, we'll read about Lisa's Chinese New Year celebration and learn more about the festival.
Step 2 Reading & Comprehension
Work on Activity B1
T: Put the events in time order.
Ask Ss to read the events and the passage, order them (Lisa greeted grandparents via video call → received red envelope from Mum → family ate dumplings → family had some snacks → family watched lion dance). Then check and discuss.
Work on Activity B2
T: Find clues to the statements.
Ask Ss to find sentences in the passage to support statements (e.g., for “Lots of people went to watch the parade in Chinatown” → “Excited crowds stood along the streets...”). Then check.
Work on Activity B3
T: Fill in the chart with text details to describe Chinese New Year celebration (sensory details: see, hear, smell, taste, feel).
Ask Ss to find details (see: lion dance, fireworks; hear: loud noise from fireworks; taste: dumplings, cookies; feel: excited) and add their own. Then check and share.
Step 3 Word work
Work on Activity B4
T: Write words from the text, using meanings and first letters.
Ask Ss to fill with “impossible”, “noise”, “return”, “tradition”, “moment”. Then check, explaining prefix “im - ” (impossible = not possible) and word meanings.
Work on Activity B5
T: Complete the story about Nian with B4 words.
Ask Ss to fill with “impossible”, “noise”, “moment”, “return”, “tradition”. Then check, discussing the Monster Nian story.
Work on Activity B6
T: Complete the passage about Chinese New Year traditions with box words.
Ask Ss to fill with “scare off”, “gather around”, “excited crowds”, “sweet moments”. Then check, explaining each phrase's use.
Step 4 Critical thinking
Work on Critical thinking tasks
Recall: T: Tick the ways Lisa and her parents celebrated Chinese New Year.
Analyze: T: Compare your Chinese New Year celebration ways with Lisa's and complete the chart.
Create: T: List your own ways to make the coming Chinese New Year more enjoyable and unforgettable.
Divide Ss into groups to discuss. Then invite groups to share.
IV. Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness
Assess Ss' comprehension via answers in B1, B2, B3.
Observe word work accuracy in B4, B5, B6.
Evaluate critical thinking and oral expression in group discussions.
This lesson improves reading, vocabulary, and critical thinking about Chinese New Year.
V. Design Purpose
Lead - in activates knowledge about Chinese New Year and Monster Nian.
Reading tasks practice event ordering, clue finding, and sensory detail extraction. Word work reinforces vocabulary (including prefix “im - ”).
Critical thinking tasks encourage recall, analysis, and creation about celebrations, enhancing communication and deeper understanding.
VI. Blackboard Design
“Lisa’s Chinese New Year” Reading and critical thinking
Celebration steps: Video call grandparents → received red envelope → ate dumplings → watched Chinatown parade → had snacks.
Key words: red envelope, dumplings, lion dance, fireworks, impossible, noise, return, tradition, moment, gather around, excited crowds, sweet moments, scare off.
Critical thinking: Recall celebration ways, analyze personal vs. Lisa's ways, create own celebration ideas.
VII. Homework
Review Chinese New Year and Monster Nian vocabulary.
Write a short paragraph about your most memorable Chinese New Year celebration, using some new words learned.
VIII. Teaching Reflection
Reading tasks engaged Ss, and word work was effective. Critical thinking discussions showed good engagement, but some Ss needed help analyzing “sensory details” and comparing celebration ways. More examples and guidance on sensory description and comparison can be provided in future lessons.

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