1、UNIT 1FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONSReading and ThinkingDiscuss:What do people celebrate festivals? the Spring Festival the Lantern Festival the Qingming Festival the Dragon Boat Festival the Qixi Festival the Mid-Autumn Festival the Chongyang Festival The Torch Festival The Naadam Festival The Dai Peop
2、les Water Festival Tibetan New Year Christmas Thanksgiving Halloween Easter Carnival Valentines Day Position 1.Topic sentence (Main idea) 2.Supporting details/ Examples (Specific information)It may be in the middle of a paragraph or in the end of a paragraph.FunctionIdentify the topic sentence of ea
3、ch para.Skim for the main idea of each paragraph.Of all the traditional festivals, the harvest festival can be found in almost every culture.Customs plays a significant role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time.Festivals are celebrated all around the world.Festivals are an important
4、 part of society.Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with business taking advantage of the celebrations. Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Introduction Harvest festivals Changes of customs Commercializa-tion of festivals SignificanceRead and try to answer: What are the origins and spirits o
5、f festivals? How do people celebrate harvest festivals? What changes of festivals customs does the writer talk about? Whats the writers attitude toward the commercialization of festivals? Why festivals are important?Read for details Para.1_introductionHowever work as transition to introduce the deep
6、er information. Festivals are celebrated all around the world. They have a wide range of origins, such as the seasons of the year, religions, famous figures, and important events. Every festival has its different customs and unique charms. However, no matter how different they may seem, all over the
7、 world, the spirit of sharing joy, gratitude, love, or peace is common in all festivals.Different originsSimilar spiritTip 1: Enumerate(列举列举) to support the topic sentenceRead for details Para.1_ introductionRead for details Para.2_harvest festivalsWhenAfter the crops have been gathered in.WhyTo sho
8、w peoples gratitude for the years supply of foodwhatIn ancient Egyptfeatured a parade and a great feast with music, dancing, and sports In European countriesdecorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, get together to celebrate over a meal In Chinafamilies gather to admire the shining mo
9、on and enjoy delicious mooncakes Tip 2: List examples to support the topic sentenceRead for details Para.3_changes of customsSpring festival Halloween lighting firecrackers to drive away the evil spirits and celebrate the new year many big cities have given up this custom in order to avoid air pollu
10、tion its religious origins an exciting festival for children In the pastnowadaysTip 3: Compare the past and the present to support the topic sentenceRead for details Para.4_Commercialization of festivals Whats the writers attitude towards the commercialization o festivals? How does he express it?Tip
11、 4: Express attitude or compare different attitude to support the topic sentenceRead for details Para.5_ Significance of festivals Tip 5: Offer illustration(阐释阐释) to support the topic sentenceWhy festivals are important? How can we support the topic sentence? Tip 1: Enumerate(列举列举) Tip 2: List examp
12、les Tip 3: Compare the past and the present Tip 4: Express attitude or compare different attitude Tip 5: Offer illustration(阐释阐释) Tip 6: State reasons Tip 7: State purposes Group discussion create a new festivalNoImageUseful sentence structure：This festival takes placeIt featuresPeople celebrate to
13、show thatThey reflect . They are occasions that allow us.Name:Time:ActivitiesPurposes: Name: Food-sharing Day. Time: This festival takes place in 16th Oct, which is the World Food Day. Customs: a pot-luck activity in class. Each student brings a dish cooked by himself/herself and shares with classma
14、tes. Purpose: People celebrate to show their ability of cooking. It helps us understand why we need to cherish food and keep away from waste.No-homework Festival Today we want to introduce a No-homework Festival(name). This festival should be found in every culture. This important No-homework Festiv
15、al takes place around November after the mid-term exam(time). Students celebrate to show their wish to have a rest. On that day, teachers cannot give assignments but only let students enjoy the class and take a rest after the class. In the meantime, it features a great feast with music, dancing on campus(custom). We think this festival reflects students wishes to adjust themselves after a tense exam. This is an occasion that allows us to relax and enjoy school life, and forget about our busy schoolwork for a little while (purpose).
