1、Unit 3 CelebrationsLesson 1 Spring FestivalWhat is your favourite traditional Chinese festival?the Mid-Autumn Festivalthe Dragon Boat FestivalLantern FestivalMy favourite traditional Chinese festival is the Spring Festival.What does Spring Festival mean to you?What words immediately come to your min
2、d for describing its meaning?How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival?Use the phrases to help you.to have a family gathering to get together to prepare snacksto make dumplings to put up decorations to let off fireworks.Example:my family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings toge
3、ther.Please read the whole passage quickly,and then after reading,please tell me whats the three accounts mainly about?(5minutes)Spring Festival First article:a foreign student,Toms first Spring Festival experience in his host family.Second article:a computer engineer in Shanghai,XuGangs Spring Fest
4、ivalLast one:a 70 years old grandma of Heilongjiang province,Li Yans Spring Festival experience.Tom Xu Gang Li YanWhere and with whomPreparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival Lets read the whole passage again,then,find out each persons experience of Spring Festival in the
5、 three accounts.Where and with whomPreparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival Where and with whomPreparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival Where and with whomPreparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival Lets read the who
6、le passage again,then,find out each persons experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.Tom Xu Gang Li YanWhere and with whomWith his host family in NanjingAt parents home.At home.Preparations before Spring Festival Cleaning the house,attaching Fu upside down to the front door.Booking travel
7、 tickets and choosing gifts for parents.Getting ready for children coming back,buying things preparing dishes.Activities during Spring Festival Setting off and watching fireworks.Chatting with his parents and having hotpot.Children running/shouting/playing,adults talking/making jiaozi together.Read
8、the three accounts carefully,and find at least three descriptive sentences in the accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival.Share with the whole class.Example:Our house buzzes with activities when everyone comes home.Please have a discussion about the following questions in group of 8
9、.Where and with whom did you spend the last Spring Festival?What preparations did you make?What activities did you do?How do you feel about it?let off fireworks make dumplings attach Spring Festival couplets have a reunion dinner Spring FestivalTom JenkinsXu GangLi Yana 16-year-old exchange student.
10、with his host family.clean the room/attach Fu.let off fireworks.a 28-year-old computer engineer.with his parents.book tickets and buy presents.talk to parents and eat together.A-70-year-old grandma.With her children and grandchildren.Prepare food that children like.Make dumplings.Summary:In my opini
11、on,the Spring Festival is the most important festival for most of us,for Chinese people,traditional festivals carry a lot of Chinese emotions.So,I wish you can carry on our Chinese traditional festival and enjoy the happy time of the festival.Homework:Please write a short summary according to the mind map on the blackboard.Please search for more information about your favorite traditional festival and share it with us.Relax time.Thank you.
