Unit 1 Festivals around the world Period 1-3 Reading and language points Teaching goals 1. to get the students to talk about festivals 2. to learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning d ifferent language 3. to develop the students read ing skills: skimming, scanning, summarizing, and find ing out details 4. to arouse the students'interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in china, thus promote their culture awareness Important points 1. comprehension of the reading part 2. knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures 3. useful words and expressions conceming festivals Teaching aids a computer, a projector, courseware a tape-recorder Teaching procedures 1. Lead-in 1. greetings: t: good morning, girls and boys. happy new year SS: good morning. happy new year 2 talk about winter vacation t: did you have fun/enjoy yourselves in the winter vacation? what did you do? whod like to tell us something about your winter vacation? let s share t:well, girls and boys, most of us seem to be happy during the winter vacation, old or young. the whole country was filled with joy and excitement can you tell me why? sS: because of the spring festival 2. warming-up
Unit 1 Festivals around the world Period 1~3 Reading and language points Teaching goals 1. to get the students to talk about festivals 2. to learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language 3. to develop the students ‘reading skills : skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details. 4. to arouse the students’ interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in china，thus promote their culture awareness. Important points 1. comprehension of the reading part. 2. knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures. 3. useful words and expressions concerning festivals. Teaching aids a computer, a projector, courseware, a tape-recorder Teaching procedures 1. Lead-in 1. greetings: t: good morning, girls and boys. happy new year. ss: good morning. happy new year. 2.talk about winter vacation: t: did you have fun/enjoy yourselves in the winter vacation? what did you do? who’d like to tell us something about your winter vacation? let’s share. s1, s2, … t: well, girls and boys, most of us seem to be happy during the winter vacation, old or young. the whole country was filled with joy and excitement. can you tell me why? ss: because of the spring festival. 2. warming-up
1)show some pictures about the spring festival and the lantern festival. ask them to talk about what they did during the two festivals t: did you have fun during the spring festival/ the lantern festival? what do people do? what do people eat? what does it celebrate? 2)show some more pictures of festivals, ask students to guess what festivals they are t: look at the pictures, can you tell us which festival is it about? when does it take place? what do they celebrate? what do people do? discuss with your partners the dragon-boat festival, mid-autumn day and the double ninth festival 3)well-done. in fact there are plenty of festivals throughout the world and different festivals take place in different cultures. here you are given a quiz festivals time of year/date what it celebrate what people do the beauty of the full veleat mooncakes and moon, harvest, time mid-autumn festival autumn/fall watch the fill moon brith,family and hih间 family and friends friends ve money in red paper the end of winter, to children; see dragon arrival of spring, hun spring festival dances;eat,fish prawns february new year, reunion with and dumplings; visit family and relatives amily members tak off work the founding of the travel to visit family or national day october peoples republic of lto see other parts of china in 949 china or the world; go shopping ri: watch dragon boat the fifth day of the the memory of the dragon boat races festivalduamwu fifth month in beloved poet qu yuan Irow rice wrapped festival lunar calendar who died in 278 bc. eed leaves into water
1) show some pictures about the spring festival and the lantern festival. ask them to talk about what they did during the two festivals. t: did you have fun during the spring festival/ the lantern festival? what do people d o? what do people eat? what does it celebrate? 2) show some more pictures of festivals, ask students to guess what festivals they are. t: look at the pictures, can you tell us which festival is it about? when does it take place? what do they celebrate? what do people do? discuss with your partners. the dragon-boat festival, mid-autumn day, and the double ninth festival. 3) well-done. in fact, there are plenty of festivals throughout the world, and different festivals take place in different cultures. here you are given a quiz: festivals time of year/date what it celebrate what people do mid-autumn festival autumn / fall the beauty of the full moon, harvest , time with family and friends. give/eat mooncakes and watch the full moon with family and friends. spring festival january / february the end of winter, arrival of spring, lunar new year, reunion with family and relatives. give money in red paper to children; see dragon dances; eat fish. prawns and dumplings; visit family members. national day october 1 the founding of the people’s republic of china in 1949. take time off work; travel to visit family or to see other parts of china or the world; go shopping. dragon boat festival/duanwu festival the fifth day of the fifth month in lunar calendar the memory of the beloved poet qu yuan who died in 278 bc. eat zongzi; watch dragon boat races; throw rice wrapped in reed leaves into water
in memory of qu yuan put herbs on doorways for good health 3. reading 1)fast reading t: got it. you seem to know many festivals of china. but do you other festivals different countries and how these festivals began what do people do to celebrate? luckily, the passage provides you much information. read the passage quickly and find out the festivals mentioned here festivals of the dead festivals to honour people; harvest festivals; spring festivals 2)now, lets get to know more about these festivals, listen to the tape and find out the information accord ingly to fill in the form and answer the questions kinds of festi names of festivals countries obon Japan festivals of the dead day of the dead halloween some western countries dragon boat festival china festivals to honour people columbus day festival to honour gandhi india harvest/thanksgiving european and other harvest festⅳvals festivals mid-autumn festivals china and japar paragraph 1: *when did ancient people celebrate? at the end of winter when good weather returned a good harvest animals caught when they wanted a year of plenty
in memory of qu yuan; put herbs on doorways for good health 3. reading 1) fast reading t: got it. you seem to know many festivals of china. but do you other festivals in different countries and how these festivals began? what do people do to celebrate? luckily, the passage provides you much information. read the passage quickly and find out the festivals mentioned here: festivals of the dead; festivals to honour people; harvest festivals; spring festivals 2) now, let’s get to know more about these festivals, listen to the tape and find out the information accordingly to fill in the form and answer the questions: kinds of festivals names of festivals countries festivals of the dead obon day of the dead halloween japan mexico some western countries festivals to honour people dragon boat festival columbus day festival to honour gandhi china usa india harvest festivals harvest/thanksgiving festivals mid-autumn festivals european and other countries china and japan paragraph 1: *when did ancient people celebrate ? • at the end of winter • when good weather returned • a good harvest • animals caught • when they wanted a year of plenty
*what about festivals now? have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or paragraph 2: festivals of the dead festivals vhen what to do what to eat clean the graves july or light bon light lamps lav food in the shape of rlv people offer food the day of the mexico skulls and cakes ovember flowers and gifts to the dead ith“ bones”on dead the u.s and go to neighbours some other october 31 dress up and try to halloween western frighten people *are there any similar festivals in china? what to do? what to eat? the qing ming festival paragraph 3: festivals to honour people festivals country people honoured qu yuan, the famous ancient poet the dragon boat festival usa christopher columbus columbus day national festival d mahatma gandhi
*what about festivals now? have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events … paragraph 2: festivals of the dead festivals where when what to do what to eat obon japan in july or august clean the graves light incense light lamps play music / the day of the dead mexico in early november people offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead food in the shape of skulls, and cakes with “bones” on them halloween the u.s and some other western countries october 31 go to neighbours’ dress up and try to frighten people / *are there any similar festivals in china? what to do? what to eat? the qing ming festival paragraph 3: festivals to honour people festivals country people honoured the dragon boat festival china qu yuan, the famous ancient poet columbus day the usa christopher columbus national festival india mahatma gandhi
any other festivals which are meant to honour people in china? who is honoured? tree-planting day -------sun zhongshan paragraph 4: harvest festivals 1)why are autumn festivals happy events? because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over 2)what do people do to celebrate it? in european countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their farm produce admire the moon, enjoy moonquakes paragraph 5: spring festivals festivals country what to do eat dumplings, fish and the lunar chinese new china meat year give lucky money dragon dances parades, dancing, loud christian countries camivals music colourful clothing enjoy the cherry tree the cherry blossom japan fd festival paragraph 6: what are the purposes of festivals? festivals: to have fun with each other/ to let us enjoy life/ to be proud of our customs i to forget our daily life for a little while/to honour the dead /to honour famous people/to celebrate harvest/to welcome a new year and look forward to the future/to ask people to pay attention to something
any other festivals which are meant to honour people in china? who is honoured? tree-planting day -------sun zhongshan paragraph 4:harvest festivals 1) why are autumn festivals happy events? because people are grateful and happy and a season of agricultural work is over. 2) what do people do to celebrate it? in european countries, it is the custom to decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit; get together to have meals, win awards for their farm produce ; admire the moon, enjoy moonquakes. paragraph 5: spring festivals festivals country what to do the lunar chinese new year china eat dumplings, fish and meat give lucky money dragon dances carnivals christian countries parades, dancing , loud music , colourful clothing the cherry blossom festival japan enjoy the cherry tree flowers paragraph 6: what are the purposes of festivals? festivals: to have fun with each other / to let us enjoy life/ to be proud of our customs / to forget our daily life for a little while/to honour the dead/to honour famous people/to celebrate harvest/to welcome a new year and look forward to the future/to ask people to pay attention to something