Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world Warming up & Reading

Lead-in Try to guess what festival is it?

The Spring Festival

The Lantern’s Festival Dumpling ball

The Mid- Autumn Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival

Christmas

Valentine’s Day

April Fools day Thanksgiving day

Picture and festival

Picture and festival

Pictures and festivals

Discussion: Talk about the Chinese traditional festivals in Warming up Discussion: Talk about the Chinese traditional festivals in groups/pairs

Discussion Festival Time What it celebrates What people do The Mid-Autumn Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Ching Ming Festival

Sum up: How many types can we sort out the festivals into? Warming up Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honor People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals

Reading Skimming: Skim the passage and fill in the chart

Festivals to honor people Types Names Countries Festivals of the dead Obon Day of the Dead West countries Festivals to honor people China Columbus Day Festival for Gandhi Harvest Festivals Europe China&Japan Spring Festivals Spring Festival Easter Japan Japan Mexico Halloween Dragon Boat ~ USA India Thanksgiving Mid-autumn China Western countries Cherry Blossom ~

Reading Scanning: Scan the passage and find out the structure of it

Reading Detail reading: Read Para.1&6 carefully and answer the questions: 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&3 Work in pairs Design questions Ask and answer in turn

Detail reading Paragraph 2: Festivals of the Dead Japan Obon Country Name of Festival When? Japan Obon (Mid July/August) Mexico the Day of the Dead Early November Western countries Halloween (October 31)

Paragraph 3: Festivals to Honor People country name of festival when for whom

Thanksgiving Day Paragraph 4: Harvest festivals Decorate…with… How to celebrate Decorate…with… Get together to… Thanksgiving Day 1) 2) 3) European countries Some people might win awards for farm produce Harvest Festivals Mid-autumn festival China & Japan Admire the moon enjoy mooncakes and

Lucky money; dragon dances; carnivals; family celebrations… Paragraph 5: Spring Festivals China Western countries Japan Spring Festival Easter Cherry Blossom carnivals For what? Dumplings, fish and meat Food What people do The return of Jesus; the coming of spring Lucky money; dragon dances; carnivals; family celebrations…

scanning F T F F The ancient people needn’t worry about starvation. T or F The ancient people needn’t worry about starvation. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. F T T F F

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!”

In memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America 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 Day Thanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday, falling on the fourth Thursday in November, to commemorate the harvest.

Parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Carnival

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 traditional festival holidays, while shorten public holidays?

Discussion: Moral Learning 1.Value our culture; 2.Arouse pride in our nation; 3.Enjoy more holidays; 4.Reduce traffic pressure.