北师大英语必修1 Unit 3 Lesson1 Festivals

Unit 3 Celebration Lesson 1 Festivals What’s your favorite season? Spring Summer Autumn Winter What festivals happen during the seasons? What festival do you like best and why? spring February March April summer May June July autumn August September October winter November December January Spring Festival Labour’s Day the Children’s Day the Party’s Birthday Birthday of the Army the Mid-Autumn Day the National Day Women’s Day the New Year’s Day Fast reading for perception Read the text quickly and the following sentences, and tell which festival it belongs to? Read the text quickly and the following sentences, and tell which festival it belongs to? 1. On that day, many people try their best to go home to share the feeling of “being together” with families. the Mid-Autumn Festival 2. This festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. 3. This festival marks the beginning of the hottest season of the year. the Lantern Festival the Dragon Boat Festival 4. The special food for this festival is the sweet dumpling. 5. The festival falls on fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. the Lantern Festival the Dragon Boat Festival Read the texts again and fill in the table with the information you read from the texts. Add another typical festival that you know well. Then work in pairs and tell each other about the different festivals. Reading for main facts Festivals Season& date/ month Typical activity or food Special meaning Mid- Autumn Festival Moon cakes Meet in the evening and watch the moon Septembr or October A special occasion for family reunion The Lantern Festival The fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar Sweet dumplings Mark the end of the Chinese New Year celebration The Dragon Boat Festival The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar Zongzi Dragon boat races Mark the beginning of the hottest season of the year Careful reading for deep meaning (analysis, inference and evaluation) 1.Is it right to say that the moon is the biggest and brightest on the Mid-Autumn Festival? Why ? 2.Why is the Mid-Autumn Festival important based on the passage? 3.What is the most typical charateristic for the Mid-Autumn Festival ? 4.If the passage continues , what is the next section about? Reading autonomously and cooperatively Divide the class into three groups. Each group reads one section of the text carefully and write two or three questions about it. Then give the class two or three minutes to read the whole text again. In turn , each group asks its questions for the rest of the class to answer. 问题水平 基本内容 样例(examples) 计 分 事实性问题 factual easy to find answers When does the Mid-Autumn Festival fall? 1 分析性问题 analytical comparing,sequencing, contrasting, classifying, Organizing,analysing etc. Why is the Mid-Autumn Festival important according to the passage? 2 推理性题 inferential questioning,assuming, e l a b o r a t i n g , demonstrating etc. If the passage continues , what is the next section about? 2 评价性问题 evaluation argument,conclusion, views,attitudes etc. What is the most typical charateristic for the Mid-Autumn Festival ? 3 Question Strategies the Dragon Boat Festival Questions: 1. 2. 3. the Mid-Autumn Festival Questions: 1. 2. the Lantern Festival Questions: 1. 2. 3. Post reading How can we describe a festival? 1.What ————————? 2. When ————————? 3.How —————————? 4. What ————————? 5.What ————————bout? How can we describe a festival? 1.What is it called? 2. When is it celebrated? 3.How is it celebrated? 4. What are eaten? 5.What are the stories about? Consolidation Describe your favorite festival baesd on the above.