1、Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring festivalLearning Objectives:At the end of the lesson,you are able to:make use of the mind-map to acquire the key information of the interviewers experiences during Spring Festival in China.learn about the descriptive language in text.learn about some useful expres
2、sions related to spring festival.apply what you have learned to introducing your own experiences in Spring Festival.Activity 1:Activate and SharePeople celebrate Spring Festivl by_People celebrate Spring Festivl by_.purchase goods and clean the houseprepare traditional food/snacksmake dumplingsput u
3、p decorations/hang festival picturesmake coupletshave a family gathering(a reunion dinner)visit each other in new clothes.give money to kids(red envelope)let off fireworksActivity 1:Activate and ShareHow do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival?Activity 1:Activate and ShareHow do you and you
4、r family celebrate Spring Festival?What does Spring Festival mean to you?What words immedaitely come to your mind.As an important tradition in our country,Spring Festival has unique meanings to all the chinese peopleActivity 1:Activate and ShareActivity 2:Read and PredictAn editor received 3 An edit
5、or received 3 accountaccounts s of Spring Festival from 3 readers of Spring Festival from 3 readers1.Does Tom know a lot about the festival and celebrate it often?2.Where does Xu Gang celebrate the festival?In Shanghai?3.Who does Li Yan expect when the festival is near?A description of an event or a
6、n experience.Activity 3:Read and Check1.Does Tom know a lot about the festival and celebrate it often?2.Where does Xu Gang celebrate the festival?In Shanghai?3.Who does Li Yan expect when the festival is near?Read the 3 accounts quickly and check your predictions.Read the 3 accounts quickly and chec
7、k your predictions.Activity 4:Read and ExploreWhat does Spring festival mean to themWhat does Spring festival mean to them？For Tom,Spring Festivale means a lot of_.For Xu Gang,being with_is the most important thing.For Li Yan,Spring Festival is the joy of _.funthe familya family gatheringActivity 5:
8、Read and ExploreRead the 3 accounts again and find out the details of each persons spring festival and finish the mind-mapsWhen and with whom?When and with whom?Preparations before festivalActivities during festivalFeelingsFeelingsWhere and with whom?Where and with whom?Preparations before festivalA
9、ctivity 6:Read and ExploreWhere and with whom?Where and with whom?Preparations before festivalActivities during festivalFeelingsFeelingsHouse _Fu _ upside down._fireworksEnjoy _InterestedExcitedFunWith his host family in Nanjing.was cleanedwas attachedLet off a big dinnerpassive voiceActivity 6:Read
10、 and ExploreWhere and with whom?Where and with whom?Preparations before festivalActivities during festivalFeelingsFeelings_ as early as possible.Choose_for_.Talk of _Have _ExpectantExcitedWonderfulWith his family in Shanxi.Book ticketsold timeshotpotgiftsparentswhat the children would like to eat,wh
11、at we need to buy and what dishes need to be prepared.Activity 6:Read and ExploreWhere and with whom?Where and with whom?Preparations before festivalActivities during festivalFeelingsFeelingsThink about _Grandchildren _The adults_Make and have _ExpectantJoyfulAt homewith familieswhat the children wo
12、uld like to eat,what we need to buy and what dishes need to be prepared.run aroundgather arounddumplingsEnjoy a big dinner Enjoy a big dinner with familieswith familiesActivity 7:Read and ExploreWhat do they have in common among the 3 accounts?What do they have in common among the 3 accounts?Family
13、reunionFamily reunionPeople of different backgrounds may have different customs in celebrating the festival,but the spirit of family has largely been kept.ACBI got on the train to go back home with many fellows from my hometown.The moment I get on the train,I am surrounded by Shanxi accentsI know th
14、at I am heading home to my family.Which one is better?Which one is better?Activity 8:Appreciate and inferdescriptive languageboringDo the accounts priovide a vivid picture of the Spring Festival?In what way?descriptive languageWhat emotion can you infer from those sentences?Happy atmosphere(氛围氛围)of
15、the festivalExcitement in watching the firework.environmentsense of soundLonging for home was eager.facial expressiona series of actionWhats the function(功能功能)of the descriptive language?To make the description more _.To _ a specific emotion to readers.To _ readers in the atmosphere(氛围氛围).To show no
16、t to tellvivid/boringinfer/tellinvolveWhat emotion can you infer from those sentences?Activity 9:Talk and Share(Group Work)With the structure of the mind-map,share your last spring festivaltry to use try to use descriptive descriptive sentencessentencestry to use try to use descriptive descriptive s
17、entencessentencesH o m e w o r kWrite Write about your last spring festival with about your last spring festival with the the mind-mapmind-map and and descriptive languagedescriptive language12Preview Preview Writing WorkshopWriting Workshop in page 62 in page 62 and and underlineunderline the descriptive sentences the descriptive sentences in the passage and in the passage and figure out the figure out the emotions emotions behind.behind.感 谢 观 看小Q
