人教版(2019)必修三Unit1 Festivals around the world Reading 课件 (22张ppt)

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Book3 Unit1
Festivals around the world
Learning objectives
At the end of this lesson, I will be able to:
1. Get detailed information about the four kinds of festivals.
2. Compare and contrast different festivals of different cultures.
3. Describe my favorite festival from the aspects of name, purpose, date, activities and meaning.
Lead-in
Topic : Festivals around the world
Q: What festivals do you know both in China and abroad
Chinese festivals
Spring Festival
National Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Lead-in
Qingming Festival
The Lantern Festival
Festivals in other countries
Thanksgiving Day
Halloween
April Fool’s Day
Valentine’s Day
Cherry Blossom Festival
Valentine's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Halloween
Christmas
Festivals and celebrations
Festivals and Celebrations
Pre-reading
Look at the pictures and title of the passage. What kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage
Maybe：
1. What are the festivals
2. When are they celebrated
3. Why do people celebrate them
4. How do people celebrate them
Skimming
1. How many parts should this passage be divided into
2. What’s the main idea of each part
Para1
Para 2
Para3
Para4
Para5
Festivals of the Dead
Para6
Festivals to Honor People
Harvest Festivals
Spring Festivals
Origins of festivals
Meanings of festivals
Read for Structure
Read for details
Para1
Time
festivals
Ancient festivals
Today’s
What do ancient festivals celebrate for
The end of cold weather, planting in spring , harvest in autumn, hunting of animals
Origins: some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or event.
Which will be talked about in the following passage
Guessing
Read for details
Festivals of the Dead
Festivals country How to celebrate
Obon
Japan
Clean graves, light incense, light lamps, play music
The Day of the Dead
Mexico
Eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones”; offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead
Halloween
Western countries
Dress up, ask for sweets, play a trick
Read para 2 and fill in the chart.
Q:Do we have festivals of the dead
A: Qingming Festival
Compare the festivals of dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What things are similar/different
Different activities:
To honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors.
Japan and China:
Clean graves, light incense
Purpose
The ways of celebrations
China and Mexico:
Offer food, flowers and gift to the dead
In Mexico, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones”.
Similar purpose:
Similar activities:
Respect different cultures and customs!
Festivals to Honor People
Read para 3. Match the festivals with the proper people’s names.
The Dragon Boat Festival the USA Mohandas Gandhi
The Columbus Day India Qu Yuan
The National Day China Columbus
Harvest Festivals
Q: Why are harvest festivals happy event
People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.
Read for details
Harvest Festivals
Happy
In European countries
Decorate…with
Get together to have meals
Win awards
China and Japan
Admire the moon
Enjoy the mooncakes
Read for details
Harvest Festivals
Happy
In European countries
Decorate…with
Get together to have meals
Win awards
China and Japan
Admire the moon
Enjoy the mooncakes
Read for details
Spring Festivals
Learn by yourselves
Read para 5 carefully and make up some questions according to your understanding, then ask your classmates.
You can ask:
How many festivals mentioned in this paragraph
…
Discussion
Why do people around the world celebrate these festivals
Festivals let us:
Enjoy life
Be proud of our customs
Forget our work for a little while
Meanings of festivals
Group work
Festivals are created. Now you ’ve got the chance to create a new festival. Discuss in groups and make a poster:
What is the festival
When the festival takes place？
Why do people celebrate the festival？
How do people celebrate the festival
Group work
Example
Name: Pet Festivals
Date: On June 6th
Purpose/meaning:
Let more and more people pay attention to the pets that their owners abandoned and protect the animals.
Can you create a new festival
summary
The passage is mainly about different and the ways of . Besides, it talks the why people celebrate festivals all over the world.
festivals
celebrations
reasons
What to
Homework
Write a passage to describe your favorite festival, including the following aspects: