(共36张PPT)
Unit 5
(Section A 3a-3c)
鲁教版初中英语八年级下册
I think that are delicious!
I think that are delicious!
Task introduction
 Have a game about getting mooncakes.
A game about getting mooncakes.
Follow my instructions. 
Add up your mooncakes on your chart. For each question or task, you will get some more mooncakes.
No checking during reading.
Rules
Let’s see who has the most!
The winner will get a surprising prize.
Memory Challenge
 Know more about the festival. 
When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
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August 15th of lunar year.
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B
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Memory Challenge
 Know more about the festival. 
How long have people been celebrating the festival?
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A
B
For years.
For centuries.
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Memory Challenge
 Know more about the festival. 
What moon is it on the festival?
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A
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B
a full moon
Memory Challenge
 Know more about the festival. 
What folk story is the festival about?
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B
Chang’e Flying to the Moon
Memory Challenge
 Know more about the festival. 
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 What do people do to celebrate the festival?
 How do people celebrate the festival?
 Full Moon,
Full Feelings
Fast reading
 Read and circle the main characters.
Fast reading
Read quickly and look for specific information.
Hou Yi
Chang’e
a goddess
Pang Meng
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标题内容
Careful reading
 Number the pictures by underlining the key words.
Careful reading
Read carefully and get more details(细节).
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Careful reading
 Number the pictures.
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B
C
D
E
F
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6
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Hou Yi shot down 
the nine suns and 
saved the people 
on the earth.
 Pang Meng tried to steal the medicine.
As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky.
A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine.
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Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could come back.
Chang’e refused to give Pang Meng the medicine and drank it all.
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Group Work
 Discuss and finish the mind map .
 Mind-mapping
Change the key words into the mind map.
①shot down
②thanked
 gave 
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Group Work
 Try to explain the mind-map.
①shot down
②thanked
 gave 
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⑦
③
⑥
Mind-mapping
Change the key information into a mind map.
planned to
drank
became light
flew up
called out
laid out
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refused
tried to steal
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Read the passage aloud.
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1. People like to a___________ the l moon on the Mid-Autumn night.
2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t__________
 folk stories.
3. Hou Yi got m_________ medicine for shooting 
 down the nine suns.
4. Pang Meng wanted to s_______ the medicine.
5. Hou Yi l________ out fruits and desserts in the garden.
 Finish off 3c. 
 Complete the sentences with the correct words, without looking at the passage.
dmire
raditional
agic
teal
aid
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thankful brave talented 
 greedy(贪婪的) affectionate( 深情的) 
Characters analysis. 
 Match the description with each character.
Hou Yi
Chang’e
a goddess
Pang Meng
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thankful brave talented 
 greedy(贪婪的) affectionate( 深情的) 
Characters analysis. 
 Match the description with each character.
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Details to support your ideas
thankful brave talented 
 greedy(贪婪的) affectionate( 深情的) 
Characters analysis. 
 Match the description with each character.
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Details to support your ideas
thankful brave talented 
 greedy(贪婪的) affectionate( 深情的) 
Characters analysis. 
 Match the description with each character.
5
Details to support your ideas
thankful brave talented 
 greedy(贪婪的) affectionate( 深情的) 
Characters analysis. 
 Match the description with each character.
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Details to support your ideas
Different colors, different tasks.
 Choose your favorite task.
The reasons people eat mooncakes on 
the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Shape of mooncakes: __________________
Reason 1: ____________________________
Reason 2: ____________________________
Reason 3: ____________________________
Report: _________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Task for green.
 Why do people eat mooncakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival?
The Celebration of Mid-Autumn Festival
Activity 1: _______________
Activity 2: _______________
Activity 3: _______________
Report: _________________________________
________________________________________
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Task for blue.
 How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?
My Favorite Character
Name: __________________
 Appearance: _____________
Personality: _____________
Reason 1: _______________
Reason 2: _______________
Report: _________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Task for red.
 Who is your favorite character?
Continue the Story!
Would Chang’e meet Hou Yi again?
 ___________________________________
Would the goddess do anything for them?
 ___________________________________
What else happened to Pang Meng?
 ___________________________________
Report: _________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
Task for orange.
 Is the story happy or sad?
 Why not give it a full ending?
Different colors, different tasks.
 Choose your favorite task.
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Make a report.
 Task for green.
 People often eat mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Day? We think there are three reasons for it. 
 First, mooncakes are in the shape of ______________.
 Second, mooncakes carry the wishes ______________
_________________________________.
 Third, because of the story—Chang’e Flying to the Moon. In the story, ______________________________
_____________________________________________
 After that, people started the tradition of sharing mooncakes with families.
 That’s all. Thank you!
a full moon
to the families they love and miss 
HouYi laid out some
mooncakes to send the wish to Chang’e
Make a report.
 Task for blue.
 Mid-Autumn Festival is very important in China. People celebrate it in different ways.
 Most people _________________________.
 Some people _________________________.
 Other people _________________________.
 They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. I like Mid-Autumn Festival. 
 That’s all. Thank you!
share mooncakes on that day
lay out the food and desserts
admire the moon together.
Make a report.
 Task for red.
 In our group, most friends like ________best. 
 We think HouYi is __________________ man.
 He is __________________________.
 We like him/her because of the following reasons. 
 First, ______________________________. 
 Second, ______________________________. 
 He is a great man.
 That’s all. Thank you!
a tall and strong 
talented, brave and kind 
he can shoot down nine suns
he likes to share and loves his wife
Hou Yi
Make a report.
 Task for orange.
 Many years later ____________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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 That’s all. Thank you!
 Sum up what you have got .
Summary
How many 
mooncakes
?
 Though far apart, 
 We can still admire the beauty
 of the moon under the same sky. 
 Our hearts are together and 
full forever!
Chicken Soup for the Soul
 Homework
You have to:
 Write a passage about The Mid-Autuman Festival and share it on your Wechat.
If you can:
 Surf more information about how people 
in other countries celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival
Thank you!