(共15张PPT)
Festivals and Celebrations
Reading for Writing
Write about your festival experience
How to introduce your festival experience
Festivals and Cultural Exposition
My amazing Naadam experience
Opening paragraph
Write about a festival experience exhibited in the
Festivals and Cultural Exposition
Task 1
Learn from an example
Task 2
Write about your personal festival experience
My amazing Naadam experience
Simple Past tense
— describing past events and feelings
the first person
— enhancing emotional appeal
1. What person was used in the passage
2. What tense did the author use
Writing tip 1: Pay attention to the tense you used.
Read for Text
Read for Structure
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
A. Many people attended the festival
B. Brief information of the Naadam Festival
C. The horse races and the riders
D. Brief summary of the Naadam Festival
E. The wrestling competition and rules about it
Opening paragraph
Closing paragraph
state the topic
festival and its activities
summary of the experience
Body
Read for Structure
Which of the following shows the structure of the passage
A B C D
Get the certain structure to make your article well-organized.
Writing tip 2
My amazing Naadam experience
P1
P2-4
P5
Opening paragraph
I experienced the Naadam Festival in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for the first time this year. The festival falls on the fourth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, usually lasting for three days. Naadam means “games” in Mongolian, and it is represented by three events: horse racing, wrestling, and archery, which are all so exciting to watch!
When
What
Read for Details Para 1&5 the Naadam Festival
how
falls on
Where
state the festival directly
Who
I’m finally back home now, feeling really tired, but celebrating Naadam with my friend was totally worth it. He invited me back for the winter to stay in a traditional Mongolian tent and eat hot pot. I can’t wait!
What should be included in the opening/closing paragraph
main Feelings
Writing tip 3: Use words and sentences to convey your feelings or emotions.
1.What festival activities are introduced
Mongolian wrestling
Read for Details Para2-4 the details of the festival
2. How to organize the festival activities
In what order
horse race
Writing tip 4: To make our article well organized, we can follow the time order.
On the first day...
A. time order
B. space order
C. logic order
After the opening ceremony...
Read for Details Underline the activities described in details
On the first day...
saw a lot of people
wearing fancy robes, practicing archery, chatting or taking photographs
After the opening ceremony...
enjoyed wrestling competition
appreciated horse races
the competitors danced...
Who; What; How
The writer describes what he see and hear.
moved surprised worried relieved
Imitate to Write
1. Fill in the sentence.
People celebrated the festival, ________________ (sight/sound) and __________________ (feeling).
2. Sentence-making based on scenario
Key words: archery competition, sight, sound, feelings
laughing with joy
singing songs
The archers pulled their bows, focusing intently, and the twang of bowstrings echoed through the air.
e.g. 1:
The archers stood in a line with their bows raised high. And as the first arrow whizzed through the air with a sharp twang, the crowd erupted into cheers. The scene left me breathless with excitement.
e.g. 2:
Para 1
Para 2-4
Para 5
Opening paragraph
Closing paragraph
state the topic
festival and its activities
summary of the experience
Body
Feelings
Summary
Activities
(where/when/
with whom)
(who/what)
see and hear
On the first day...
After the opening ceremony...
I’m finally back home...
excited
tired
surprised
worried
relieved
moved
eager
The opening part
1. This was my first time spending...and it was an enjoyable and exciting experience.
2. I’ll never forget/always...because...
3...
Write about a festival or a celebration you have experienced
The activities
The feelings
1. During..., people enjoy a variety of activities, ranging from...to...
2. People celebrate...in many ways, such as..., and...
3...
happy: delighted/excited/pleased
surprised: to one’s surprise/
in amazement
can’t wait=be eager/dying to do sth./for sth.
...
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Assessment Sheet for Festival Experience Writing Dimensions Criteria Self-assessment Peer-assessment Teacher -assessment
Structure Does it have a clear structure of a festival experience
Content 1. Does it describe the details of the festival
2. Does it convey the feelings or emotions
Language 1. Does it have spelling or grammatical errors
2. Does the simple past tense it used appropriately
评分说明(Scoring Guide)
Excellent: 表现优异,或稍有提升空间
Acceptable: 基本达标,需部分改进
Needs Improvement: 明显不足,需着重修改
Assessment Sheet for Writing Dimensions Criteria Peer-assessment Teacher -assessment
Structure clear structure of a festival experience
Content describe the details of the festival
convey the feelings or emotions
Language few spelling or grammatical errors
the past tense used appropriately
评分说明(Scoring Guide) Opening
Body
Closing
Time
Feelings
Excellent: 表现优异,或稍有提升空间
Acceptable: 基本达标,需部分改进
Needs Improvement: 明显不足,需着重修改
Revise and polish your composition
Assignment
An oral presentation of your festival experience as a reporter
Provide illustrated postcards for our exposition
OR
each for
5 points