book 3 unit 1 festivals around the world warming up & reading
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Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Warming up & Reading
Lead-inTry to guess what festival is it?
The Spring Festival
Dumpling ball
The Lantern’s Festival
The Mid- Autumn Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
Christmas
Valentine’s Day
Thanksgiving day
April Fools day
Picture and festival
Picture and festival
Pictures and festivals
Warming up
Discussion:
Talk about the Chinesetraditional festivals ingroups/pairs
Festival
Time What it celebrates
What people do
The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Ching Ming Festival
DiscusDiscussionsion
Sum up:How many types can we sort out the festivals into?
• Festivals of the Dead• Festivals to Honor
People• Harvest Festivals• Spring Festivals
Warming up
ReadingSkimming:Skim the passage and fill in the chart
Types Names Countries
Festivals of
the dead
ObonDay of the Dead
West countries
Festivals to honor people
ChinaColumbus Day
Festival for Gandhi
Harvest Festivals Europe
China&Japan
Spring
Festivals
Spring Festival
Easter
Japan
JapanMexico
HalloweenDragon Boat ~
USAIndia
Thanksgiving
Mid-autumnChina
Western countriesCherry Blossom ~
Reading
Scanning:Scan the passage and find outthe structure of it
ReadingDetail reading:Read Para.1&6 carefully and answer thequestions:1.What may be origins of today’s festivals?
2.Can you summarize Para.6 with one sentence?
Religions, seasons, special people and events
Why do people have festivals?
Reading
Detail reading:
Read Para 2&3Work in pairsDesign questionsAsk and answer in turn
Detail reading Paragraph 2:
Festivals of the DeadCountry Name of Festival When?
Mexico the Day of the Dead
Early November
Western countries
Halloween(October 31)
Japan Obon (Mid July/August)
Paragraph 3: Festivals to Honor People
country name of festival
when for whom
Harvest Festivals
European countries
China & Japan
How to celebrate
Thanksgiving Day
Mid-autumn festival
1)
2)
3)
and
Paragraph 4: Harvest festivals
Decorate…with…
Get together to…
Some people might win awards for farmproduce
Admire the moon enjoy mooncakes
Paragraph 5: Spring FestivalsChina Western countries
Japan
Food
What people do
Spring Festival
carnivals
For what?
Dumplings, fish
and meat
Lucky money; dragon dances; carnivals;family celebrations…
Easter
The return of Jesus; the coming of spring
Cherry Blossom
1.The ancient people needn’t worry about starvation.
2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead.
3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China.
4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn.
5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.
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scanning
Obon People should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music.
Halloween Children dress in costumes and go from house to house to ask for candy by saying “Trick or Treat!”
Columbus Day in the USA In memory of
the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America
Mahandas Gandhi Day
October 2 is a national festival in India to honor Mahandas Candhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain
Thanksgiving DayThanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to commemorate the harvest.
Carnival Parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.
the Cherry Blossom Festival
Japanese go out with their friends or families, sit under the trees, sing and have a picnic.
Moral Learning
Discussion:
Why does China extend traditionalfestival holidays, while shorten publicholidays?
Moral Learning
Discussion:1.Value our culture;
2.Arouse pride in our nation;
3.Enjoy more holidays;
4.Reduce traffic pressure.