Festivals and Celebrations
I. Learning aims:
1. To know different kinds of festivals and their celebrations.
2. To develop reading skills, such as skimming and scanning.
3. To have positive and healthy attitude towards different festivals and customs.
II. Learning procedures:
1. Pre-reading
2. While-reading
探究1：Festivals
探究2：Celebrations
⑴Read the passage part by part and answer questions.
Let Ss try to use them to introduce these festivals
Celebrations of Festivals of the Dead
Festivals
Celebrations
Festivals
of
the
Dead
Name of the festivals
Where (country)
When
How
Why
Obon
July 15 (lunar)
clean ____,
light__________ and lamps, play music
To ____ the dead or
to ____ the ancestors
eat food in the shape of ____ and cakes with ____,
offer a lot to the dead
Western countries
October
31
Children can ___ ___and ask for ____.
B. Celebrations of Festivals to Honour People
Names of festivals Where who Why
Dragon Boat Festival India to honour the famous ancient poet
Festivals
to Honour
People
Columbus Day China in memory of the arrival
of Christopher Columbus in
the New World
A national festival USA to honour Mohandas Gandhi who
to honour Gandhi helped gain India’s independence
from Britain.
⑵ Let Ss raise questions according to the text and solve them.
探究3 Why do you like festivals? List reasons as many as possible
You can refer to the last paragraph and think about your own reasons.
ⅢPost-reading
What is your favorite festival? Describe its celebrations (when/ where/ how/ why) and let others guess what festival it is.
ⅣHomework
Write down your favorite festival. You can use some wonderful expressions and structures in the text.
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高二人教版必修三
Find out the festivals that are mentioned in the passage. Fast reading festivalsfestivalsFestivals of
the DeadThe Day of
the DeadHalloweenObonFestivals to
Honor PeopleThe Dragon
Boat FestivalColumbus
DayHarvest
FestivalsThanksgivingmid-autumn
festivalsSpring
Festivalsa national festival
on October 2the Spring FestivalEasterCherry Blossom
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of the
DeadMexicoEarly November
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of the
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It is now a children's festival. Children dress up and ask people for sweets by saying “Trick or Treat!”
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of the
DeadMexicoEarly November
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Columbus Day
a national festival
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C. Harvest Festivals
D. Spring Festivals
Group work: set questions
careful reading Why do people love festivals?What is your favorite festival?
or create a new festival
Describe its celebrations and let others guess which festival it is.Japan gravesincensecareful reading A. Festivals of the DeadWhere (country)WhenHow
My favorite festival
Homework Write down your favorite festival or your created one , about 100 words.
You can use some wonderful expressions and structures in the text. Reading Comprehension
(How many kinds of today’s festivals are mentioned in the passage?
A. Three. B. Four.
C. Five. D. Six.
(The beginning of festivals of the dead is related to _______.
A. religion B. seasons
C. special people D. hunting
2. True or Fause
(The ancient people needn’t worry about their food.
( Halloween is a festival intended to honour the dead.
( Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.
④To honor the great poet Qu Yuan, people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
3.Fill the blanks
The most 1________ (energy) and important festivals are the ones 2_____ look forward to the end of winter and the coming of spring. At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children lucky money in red bags. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together.
Some 3_______ (west)countries have very exciting carnivals, 4______ take place forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud noise, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds.
Easter is 5___ important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. 6___ celebrates the return of Jesus from the death and the coming of spring and new life. The country， 7________ (cover)with cherry tree flowers， looks as if it is covered with pink snow.
People like to get together to eat， drink and have fun 8____ each other. Festivals let us enjoy life， be proud of 9____ customs and forget our work 10____ a little while.
4.
Go over the texts after class and try to preview Speaking Task and Writing Task on Page 46.
