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Writing Teaching: Festivals and celebrations 张一迪 Contents Warming-up (4 min) 01 04 02 03 While-writing (10 min) Homework (3 min) Post-writing (12 min) Pre-writing (12 min) 05 07 Summary (4 min) Pre-writing (12 mins) An E-friend has written to you and has described the festival he will spend. Write an Email to him and tell him the upcoming Mid-autumn Festival. Dear friend, …… Best wishes, Tom Structure of expository essay Opening Paragraph: time and meaning of festival Body Paragraph: origin and activities of festival Closing Paragraph: brief summary and emotion Warming-up (4 mins) Watch a video about Mid-autumn Festival produced by China Daily Arouse students’ interest in Mid-autumn Festival Provide some information Brainstorm (5 min) Students work together to brainstorm ideas for writing. Students can list all the ideas related to festival. Students are inspired by each other. Students can think freely. Mapping (3 min) Mid-autumn Festival time fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month meaning union origin worship goddess of moon activities enjoy the full moon eat moon cakes (different tastes) lanterns and riddles osmanthus wine While-writing (10 mins) Students need to write a more detailed outline. They should organize main structure and illustrate introduction, important points ranging from topic and supporting details, and conclusion. Then they will write the first draft. Post-writing (12 mins) Self-editing Focus on the content of the writing our ideas and how they are organized and connected. Focus on the form of writing: the grammar, spelling and punctuation. Peer editing Edit each other’s writing in the same way. Proofreading Underline problematic items. Leave students to correct themselves Revising Add new points. Delete irrelevant facts Correct errors. Teacher Students Summary (4 mins) Summarize the main features of good writings. Point out common mistakes. Homework (3 mins) Contributions Wanted Contributions on ethnic minority festivals are warmly welcome in