1. Unit
festival

2. Warming Up Brainstorming festivals of foreign countries
Thanksgiving Day
Easter
Christmas
Chopstics Day
festivals
Father’s Day
Carnival
Halloween
Mother’s Day
Oktoberfest
Valentine’s Day
Fool’s Day

3. Trick-or-Treat on Halloween
what are they doing?
Further Contact
Trick-or-Treat on Halloween
Do you know the names of the following festivals?
Which countries do they come from ?

4. Halloween (31th. December)
Costume Ball
Do you know
any other customs or symbols
on this special holiday?

5. Carved Pumpkin Lantern

6. Halloween Parade(游行）

7. Obon Festival (Japan) what are they doing?
Generally, it is held in the middle of August
(13th –16th) for the ancestral spirits.
Floating paper lanterns

9. The Day of The Dead(Mexico)
what are they doing?
The Day of The Dead(Mexico)
Lighting candles for the prayers to the dead

10. Halloween is not a tradition in Mexico, and every year the Catholic church promotes（宣传） the Day of the Dead. 1st Nov. for dead little children and 2nd Nov. for dead adults.

11. Do it at once! It's all up to you! Speaking
You’ve got the chance to decide what will be the
best new holiday about. What is your choice ?
Do it at once!
It's all up to you!

12. Peace Day
Friendship Day
No fight
No argument

13. Happiness Day
Nature Day
No sorrow
No pollution/destruction

14. You may have some other greater ideas…
… Day
You may have some other greater ideas…

15. Suggested Example
I think that the new holiday should be a Peace Day. On this day, no fighting or conflicts are allowed. People will learn and talk about peace.The holiday will be celebrated on __________and people will celebrate it by________________
I think this is the best idea, because_____________

16. I hope we can make a decision.
I don’t think it is necessary to…
In my opinion, we should…
Let’s make the best choice.
If we do this, we can…
We must decide…
I believe we should…

17. Do it at once! It's all up to you! Speaking
You’ve got the chance to decide what will be the
best new holiday about. What is your choice ?
Do it at once!
It's all up to you!

18. Homework Festival When is the festival celebrated?
Who celebrates the festival?
How do people celebrate it?
What are the themes of it?
How old is the festival?
Compare a Chinese festival with one from another country in the following items .

20. Warming Up How does your family celebrate the Spring Festival?
2. Do you know why we celebrate the Spring Festival
and when was this most important Chinese festival
born?
3. Do festivals help us understand our history and culture?

21. Carnival of African-Americans

22. It is celebrated through singing, speaking, dancing and reciting traditions.

23. Skimming Questions 1. What does the text mainly tell us?
2. What does the name of the festival
“kwanzaa” mean?

24. Meaning _____________ Principles____________ Symbol__________
Scanning Questions
Name __kwanzaa______
Date ___________
Meaning _____________
Principles____________
Symbol__________
Celebration____________

25. Matching the general ideal of each para
Matching the general ideal of each para. with their respective paragraphs.
In a popular African language, it means first and celebrates the new year.
Para. 1
The festival is based on seven important principles or ideas.
Para.2
Kwanzaa is a festival of reflection and anticipation for African Americans
Para.3
Festivals not only celebrate history but add to our cultural traditions for future generations.
Para.4
Candles are an important aspect of the celebration of Kwanzaa.
Para.5

26. Posting Reading
What can we learn from those festivals like Christmas, Spring Festival etc.?
2. Try to retell the text about the Kwanzaa according to your understanding with the help of the form .

27. Meaning _____________ Principles____________ Symbol__________
Retelling
Name __kwanzaa______
Date ___________
Meaning _____________
Principles____________
Symbol__________
Celebration____________

28. Day 1 - middle candle - Black - Umoja - Unity Day 2 - innermost red candle - Kujichagulia - Self-determination Day 3 - innermost green candle - Ujima - Collective Work and Responsibility Day 4 - middle red candle - Ujamaa - Cooperative Economics Day 5 - middle green candle - Nia - Purpose Day 6 - outermost red candle - Kuumba - Creativity Day 7 - outermost green candle - Imani - Faith

29. Discussion
Work in group of four. Comparing all the festivals you have known, which one do you like best and what’s your reason?

30. Thank you