Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations Reading and Thinking 学案-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第三册

Unit 1 Reading and Thinking 学案 班级： 姓名： By the end of this period, you will be able to: 1. have a good understanding of different festival customs and their origins; 2. know the reasons and meanings of celebrating festivals; 3. identify the topic sentence and summarize key words and main ideas of each paragraph; 4. express your own ideas on the given topics through deep reading and critical thinking. Pre-reading What festivals are they？ Why do you think people celebrate different festivals？ Look at the title and pictures, what will the passage talk about? This passage may talk about the _______ for celebrating festivals. While-reading: Activity 1　Fast-­reading for basic information Ⅰ. Skimming—Identify and underline the “topic sentence” of each paragraph. Ⅱ. What’s the main idea of the text? This passage mainly talks about the _________ for celebrating festivals. Activity 2　Careful-­reading for details Ⅰ.Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises. 1. What are the different origins for different festivals? ______________________________________________ 2. What do all the festivals have in common? A．They all originated from religions. B．They are all connected with famous figures. C．They all show the spirit of sharing joy，gratitude，love or peace. D．They all have similar customs. Ⅱ.Read Para.2 carefully and do the following exercises. 1. Why do people celebrate the harvest festival? 2. Fill in the table. 3. What’s the function of the examples in paragraph 2? A．To show the harvest festival is the most important in Egypt and China. B．To show the harvest festival is celebrated in almost all cultures. C．To show the ways people celebrate it have changed. D．To show all the people are grateful for the supply of crops. Ⅲ.Read Para.3 carefully and do the following exercises. 1．Why do festival customs change over time? Because of the development of modern society and the spread of new ideas. 2．What role do customs and traditions play in festivals