内容正文:
Festivals and Celebrations
Period 5
(Writing)
1
1.To learn some customs and origins of festivals
2.To learn how to describe a festival
3.To cultivate good attitudes towards festivals.
Learning aims
Lead in
Guess the riddles about some festivals
The birthday of Confucius
孔子生日
A day before the Tomb Sweeping Day
The night of Children’s Day
清明前一日
六一之夜
Pre-writing
Festival
time
place
customs
origins
events
new activities
Some aspects about festivals
While-writing
常用语块
1.the Spring Festival/the Mid-Autumn Day
2....falls on...
3.date back to/date from
4.set off fireworks
5.show respect for
6.give performances
7.wear traditional costumes
8.watch lion or dragon dances
1.春节/中秋节
2...是在...
3.追溯到
4.放烟花
5.表示敬意
6.做表演
7.穿传统服饰
8.看舞狮或舞龙
常用句型
3…falls on the…day of …in lunar calendar.
1… is celebrated on …every year/annually.
2.The celebration for …always takes place on…
The Mid-Autumn Day falls on the fifteenth day of August in Chinese lunar calendar.
Time of festival
1.… is celebrated in …every January.
2.... is a festival which is very popular with people in the south of ...
3.When ...is approaching, people around the world will come to...to enjoy it.
When the Water-splashing Festival is approaching, people around the world will come to Yunnan to enjoy it.
Place where festival is celebrated
Origin of festival
People remembered Quyuan on the Dragon Boat Day since Chu Dynasties and it gradually became a national festival.
2.The most common idea of how it came is that
1....dates back to/from…
3.There are some interesting stories about how the festival started. One says that…
Customs of festival
1.Various colorful couplets will be put up on the wall and children will be given lucky money.
2.People will eat mooncakes and admire the full moon at night together.
3.Soldiers dressed in uniforms will have a parade in front of the Tian’an Men Square.
Activities of festival
The Spring Festival is traditionally celebrated with a great dinner shared among friends and family.
1.People will