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Unit 1 Festivals and celebrations
Reading for writing
MY AMAZING NAADAM EXPERIENCE
What do Mongolian people do in their local festivals ?
horse racing
Wrestling
Archery
Lead-in
Predict and explore the gist(主旨;大意)
It’s a narrative about the writer’s Naadam experience.
Diary
My amazing Naadam experience
Text type
Typical textual features
Time order
Past tense
1 st person
Opinions and feelings…
Pre-reading
Topic
sentence
para1
para2
para3
para4
para5
On the first day, I set off to the games early with my friend Burin.
Task 1: find out the topic sentence of each paragraph
I experienced the Naadam Festival in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for the first time this year.
After the opening ceremony and some amazing performances the wrestling competition began.
I absolutely enjoyed the archery, too, but the horse races were my favourite part.
I’m finally back home now, feeling very tired but celebrating Naadam with my friend was totally worth it.
Activity 1:Read for the main idea
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1. What festival did the author experience?Where, when and how long?
2. What does “Naadam” mean? Which events does it include?
3. What Naadam Festival customs did you learn about?
(clothes, competitions, activities)
Read the passage caredfully and answer the questions.
Activity 2:Read for detailed information
Check your answers.
1. What festival did the author experience?
Where, when and how long?
Naadam Festival.
Falls on the 4th
day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar
In China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 内蒙古自治区
Lasts for
three days
Where?
When?
How long?
2. What does “Naadam” mean?
Which events does it include?
Naadam means “games” in Mongolian, and it includes horse racing, wrestling, and archery.
horse racing
archery
wrestling
3. What Naadam Festival customs could you conclude?
(clothes, competitions, activities)
1. People wear fancy Mongolian robes.
2. Mongolians travel from near and far
to attend the festival.
3. There are an openin