1、Integrated skillsPromoting traditional Chinese festivalsunderstand the importance of promoting traditional Chinese festivals through reading;know the way to promote traditional Chinese festivals through listening;write an article to promote traditional Chinese festivals; Of all traditional Chinese f
2、estivals, which one do you like best? How is it celebrated? Step1 ReadingReading2 2 StepStep Why should we promote traditional Chinese festivals in modern society? Read the article and make a list of the reasons why we should Read the article and make a list of the reasons why we should promote Chin
3、ese traditional festivals.promote Chinese traditional festivals.Teaching us a lot about our nations historyImportanceImportanceEnabling us to learn more about fine Chinese valuesBeing a source of national pride and helping shape our national identityTaking the Dragon Boat Festival as an exampleMakin
4、g a summary It is celebrated with rice dumplings and dragon boat races. The story of Qu Yuan is passed down.Taking the Mid-Autumn Festival as an exampleMaking a summary It has a caring, family-centred message. The full moon stands for family togetherness and family members will come back home.Taking
5、 the Hanshi Festival and the Laba Festival as examplesMaking a summary Shared experiences bring us together as a people. ListeningListening3 3 StepStep Pre-listeningPre-listeningGuess what type of word would be filled in the table of part B2.200 a full moonthe Double Ninth FestivalThe Theatre Clubri
6、ce dumplings The ways to promote traditional Chinese festivalsThe ways to promote traditional Chinese festivalsSchoolsEvents organized by school clubsPost-listeningPost-listeningCompetitionsCourses Post-listeningPost-listeningCan you think out more ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals?The g
7、overnmentIndividualsThe media Creative thinking Creative thinking What other ways we can use to promote Chinese traditional festivals?self-thinkingpair discussiongroup sharingStep Step 4 4 Creative thinking Creative thinking self-thinkingpair discussiongroup sharingI think we can use to promote In m
8、y opinion, can be a good way to promote In my opinion, we can use to promote , and my partners agree with me/but my partners dont agree with me, because they think is better.From the views of my partners, they think is surely an effective way to promote because The governmentThe ways to promote trad
9、itional Chinese festivalsThe ways to promote traditional Chinese festivalsIndividuals The mediaMaking policiesCreative thinkingCreative thinkingBuilding platformsCelebrating traditional Chinese festivalsLearning more about Chinese customsAdvertising to the publicIntroducing traditional Chinese festi
10、vals to the people aroundBroadcasting the activitiesOrganizing activitiesPlanning your writingPlanning your writingBeginningBodyEndingState the importance of traditional Chinese festivals and the purpose of your writing.Offer ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals.Make a call for action and d
11、escribe a positive result you would like to see.The structure of the articleStep Step 5 5The language of the article Organize your points with first of all, moreover, finally/last but not least, etc. if you give more than one way to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Use imperative sentences to
12、call for action. Make them short and powerful. EndingPromoting traditional Chinese Promoting traditional Chinese festivalsfestivalsThe ways Enabling us to learn more about fine Chinese values Teaching us about Chinese historyCoursesCompetitionsEvents organized by school clubsSchoolsIndividuals The m
13、edia mind-mapmind-map Being a source of national pride and helping shape our national identityThe government The importancePromoting traditional Chinese festivals Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of Chinese culture. We must _. Traditional festivals teach us about our countrys hist
14、ory. _. Many parties have important roles to play in promoting traditional festivals. First of all, the government should _. The media can also _. With the joint efforts of these different parties, people will _. Polish the writing from the following aspects.Grammar Are there any sentence fragments?
15、 Are the verbs in the correct tense? Have I chosen the right coordinating or subordinating conjunctions to join clauses?Variety Are all my sentences simple sentences, or do I vary my sentence structures? Do I repeat words a lot or is there enough variety in vocabulary?Punctuation Does every sentence
16、 end with the correct end punctuation? Have I used apostrophes correctly to write all singular and plural possessive forms?Spelling Can I find any spelling errors? How can I correct them? Have I used capital letters where they are needed?Style Are my choice of words proper for the context? Have I us
17、ed the proper formal style in the writing? Promoting traditional Chinese festivals Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of Chinese culture. We must protect and promote these festivals so that our children can understand what it means to be Chinese. Traditional festivals teach us about
18、 our countrys history. By observing traditional festivals, we will have a better understanding of the historical importance of these qualities in our country. We can therefore develop our national pride.State the importance Many parties have important roles to play in promoting traditional Chinese f
19、estivals. The government should declare public holidays on some traditional festivals. The media can help spread more knowledge about these traditions so as to raise peoples interest in the origins and history of the festivals.Schools can also hold more activities which help draw students attention
20、to our traditions. Offer ways to promote it With the joint efforts of these different parties, people will pay more attention to traditional Chinese festivals, and be prouder of Chinese culture.Make a callstepstep6 6critical thinkingcritical thinking Most festivals have been advocated by the commerc
21、ial ads,and they show people to buy more products to spend the festivals happily. Is it a good way to promote traditional Chinese festivals?HomeworkHomework Polish the writing from the following aspects.Grammar Are there any sentence fragments? Are the verbs in the correct tense? Have I chosen the r
22、ight coordinating or subordinating conjunctions to join clauses?Variety Are all my sentences simple sentences, or do I vary my sentence structures? Do I repeat words a lot or is there enough variety in vocabulary?Punctuation Does every sentence end with the correct end punctuation? Have I used apostrophes correctly to write all singular and plural possessive forms?Spelling Can I find any spelling errors? How can I correct them? Have I used capital letters where they are needed?Style Are my choice of words proper for the context? Have I used the proper formal style in the writing?
