Unit 2 Section B 3a-Self Check 课件 2024-2025学年人教版九年级英语全册

Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! Section B 3a-Self Check Teaching goals Review the key words and different Chinese and foreign festivals in English. To learn how to express your favorite festival. To improve students’ writing skills. Teaching important and difficult points The structure of writing about favorite festival. Be able to write a letter about your favorite festival. Revision 款待，招待 圣诞节 存在，平躺，处于 小说 死的，失去生命的 处罚，惩罚 treat Christmas lie novel dead punish 警告，告诫 现在，礼物，现在的 温暖，暖和 传播，展开，蔓延 最终成为，最后处于 warn present warmth spread end up Spring Festival The 1st day of the first lunar month Chinese traditional festivals Mid-Autumn Festival The 15th day of the 8th lunar month Dragon Boat Festival The 5th day of the 5th lunar month Lantern Festival The 15th day of the first lunar month Foreign festivals Christmas Day December 25th Easter 复活节 The first Sunday after a full moon on or after March 21 Thanksgiving Day The fourth Thursday in November Halloween November 31st Pre-writing Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival. 3a What is the name of the festival? When is it? What do people eat? What do people do? Why do you like it so much? Spring Festival The 1st day of the first lunar month dumplings clean and decorate their house visit their friends wear new clothes and get gift money While-writing Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a. 3b In your letter: First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated. Then talk about what people do and eat. Finally, explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel. Use the following expressions to help you: My favorite Chinese festival is ... It is celebrated in/on ... During this festival, people ... It is my favorite festival because ... It makes me feel ... The structure of writing Beginning My favorite Chinese/foreign festival is… It is celebrated in/on … Body During the festival/ On that day, people usually… At night, Family will …/Children… One of the most exciting things is…/ It’s exciting to… Ending It’s my favorite festival because… Sample writing Dear Mike, My favorite Chinese festival is Spring Festival. It is a traditional festival in China. It is celebrated on the 1st day of the first lunar(阴历) month. On that day, people usually get up early and visit their relatives and friends. At night, people always eat dumplings and watch the Spring Festival gala with their family. During the festival, children are always happy because they can wear new clothes and get gift money. But one of the most exciting things is to set off firecrackers with friends. Spring Festival is my favorite festival because it makes me feel very happy and excited. Your friend Li Lei Post-writing 1. Complete the passage with the words in the box. spread...around between...and give out business lay relatives Many Western countries celebrate Easter. This holiday is always on a Sunday _________ March 22nd ____ April 25th. It celebrates the beginning of new life. Hens ____ eggs, giving birth to life, so an egg is a symbol of new life.A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or _________ to find. between and lay relatives These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Not only do people ________ them _______ in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also _______ these treats as gifts. So just like Christmas, Easter creates good __________ for supermarkets and chocolate stores. spread around give out business 2. Rewrite these sentences as exclamations. 1. The mooncakes are delicious. ➠ ________________________________! 2. The festival will be fun. ➠ ________________________________! 3. This concert is boring. ➠ ________________________________! How delicious the mooncakes are What fun the festival will be How boring this concert is 4. I’m really excited. ➠ _______________________________! 5. The band played really loud music. ➠ _______________________________! How excited I am What loud music the band played 3. Make sentences about a festival/festivals you like using these words + that/whether/if. I think ___________________________________ ___________________________________. I know ___________________________________ ___________________________________. that the Spring Festival is the most important festival in my mind that the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on August 15th of the Chinese lunar calender I believe_____________________________________ _____________________________________. I wonder_____________________________________ _____________________________________. that we will climb mountains on the Double Ninth Festival if/whether my sister can come back home to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival Summary Homework 1.To write a letter to introduce your favorite festival. 2.Finish the exercise.(课时练) Thank you $$