辽宁省高中课堂教学展示研讨会 沈阳市第五十一中学 刘 健

2017.10 The Spring Festival VS Christmas Day

gifts What you have known about them food special customs time origin celebrating home decorating special customs time food gifts origin

Spring Festival gifts food customs origin celebrating time jiaozi the 1st day of the lunar month time monster Nian origin gift money; new clothes gifts celebrating food customs jiaozi home decorating staying up late on New Year’s Eve paper-cutting

Christmas Day Jesus Christ December 25th Christmas tree gifts and cards Christmas party

Christmas carols(songs) Words’ Family stockings Christmas pudding Paper-cutting turkey and ham  going to church Santa Claus Christmas carols(songs) gift money Spring Festival Gala sacrifice to ancestors New year's visit Spring Festival couplets staying-up eve of festival Christmas tree firework and firecrackers Christmas Eve red envelopes family reunion dinner文字 Spring Festival Eve Christmas cap

What does the festival food stands for? farewell to the old and welcome the new richness family reunion fortune higher and higher surplus year after year

Do you want to know more about the similarities and differences between the two festivals?

Skim the passage for the main idea & structure It is ... an________ B A. narrition(记叙文） B. exposition(说明文） C. argumentation（议论文） about________ A A.festivals B.eating customs C.travel experience A. the differences between China and western countries. B. the different customes of Spring Festival and Chistmas. C. the cultural differences of Spring Festival and Chistmas. to tell ______ C

Scan the passage for the main idea of each paragraph topic para2 Origins para3 structure body Ways para4 Customs para5 conclusion

03 02 Careful reading and discussion 01 What are the similarities of the two festivals? 02 Why are people’s values different in celebrating the two festivals? 01 What do people value most in the two festivals?

Summary time origin celebrating home decorating festival food gifts 1st day of the 1st lunar month December 25th time sacrifice to gods and ancestors and the beginning of a new one celebrate Jesus birthday origin celebrating clean the indoors and outdoors of our homes decorate homes and churches with evergreens home decorating jiaozi turkey and ham festival food money wrapped up in red paper gifts gifts from Santa set off fireworks 75% 77% special customs Santa Claus

Why? Christmas Spring festival Design your ideal spring festival or Christmas Why? time decorating food gifts customs… elements that should be kept or developed Christmas Spring festival Paper-cutting Spring Festival couplets Spring Festival Gala Staying-up-eve of festival New year’s visit Gift money Firework and fire crackers Christmas tree Stockings Santa Claus Turkey and ham Christmas pudding Going to church Christmas Eve

What we have learnt Festival is a wonderful part of daily life. Even though the forms of festivals are various from one another,they all stand for wisdom, experience or treasure handed down from the ancient people. Festivals belong to a certain nation, and also belong to all the human being. Despite the different origins, backgrounds and social structures, human beings always have the same beautiful feelings in pursuit for love and happiness.

Homework： Write down your ideal Spring festival or Christmas in about 100 words. Time, homedecorating, activities, customes and the reasons for your design should be included in your essay.

Christmas and Spring Festival THANKS！