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Unit 1 Festivals and celebrations
Reading for writing
1.Students will be able to know the structure and language features of a narrative essay about a festival or celebration experience.
2. Students will be able to read for the gist of a passage.
3. Students will be able to write a narrative essay about their own festival or celebration experiences.
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Have you ever been to Inner Mongolia?
What's your impression of it?
Mongolian tents
Mongolian robes
roast mutton
Mongolian steppes
(grassland)
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Lead in
Lead in---Small talk
How do mogolians usually celebrate their local traditional festival?
dancing horse racing
archery
wrestling
Paragraph 1: A. The wrestling competition at the Naadam Festival.
Paragraph 2: B. Something about the Naadam Festival.
Paragraph 3: C. The horse races and the riders at the Naadam Festival.
Paragraph 4: D. Many people attended the Naadam Festival.
Paragraph 5: E. The author’s satisfaction with this experience and longing for another invitation.
1. Match the main idea of each paragraph.
1.What can we know about Mongolian wrestling?
A. It has little in common with the wrestling in the Olympics.
B. Wrestlers are divided into several groups by weight.
C. Only after three rounds can the winner appear.
D. The wrestler who touches the ground with any part of his body will lose.
2. Which of the events at the Naadam Festival does the author like most?
A. Wrestling. B. Horse racing.
C. Archery. D. Dancing.
3. What made the author amazed in the horse races?
A. The speed of the horses. B. The age of the riders.
C. The species of the horses. D. The height of the riders.
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Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Brief introduction of Naadam Festival
What the author saw before the opening ceremony.
The wrestling competition and rules about it.
The horse race.
Brief summary of Naadam Festival
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para2.
para3.
para4.
para5.
Step 2.While-reading
According to the left information,we can divide the passage into ___ parts.
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Part 1
(1)
Part 2
(2-4)
Part 3
(5)
time order
Body
para. ____
Describe the festival in _______:
activities + my feelings
Give a brief _________ of the experience:
evaluation (评价) + feelings
Opening para. ____
Closing
para. ____
State the ______:
what, when, where, who...
My Amazing Naadam Experience
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topic
detail
summary
Reading for the structure
Naadam Festival
horse racing
wrestling
archery
1.What does “Naadam” mean? What
events does it include?
Naadam means “games” in Mongolian.
2. What Naadam Festival customs did you
learn about?
① People wear fancy Mongolian robes(蒙古袍).
② Mongolians travel from near and far to attend the festival.
③ There are an opening ceremony and some amazing performances. Then the wrestling competition, archery competition and horse race begin.
3. What in your opinion is the most impressive thing about the festival?
The horse racing is the most impressive, as it involved little children.
Step 3.Writing
本单元的写作任务是写一篇和节日庆祝有关的叙事类记叙文。该类作文以叙述事件为主,要通过完整的故事情节和生动形象的语言,使读者在享受故事情节的同时有所感悟。写作时要注意把记叙文的六要素:时间、地点、人物、事件的起因、经过和结果交代清楚。
1.开头——交代清楚事件的背景。
2.主体——主要叙述事件的发生、经过及结果。
3.结尾——呼应主题,表达感想、愿望等。
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The opening paragraph(1)
Body(2-4)
The closing paragraph(5)
Describe the festival in detail:
activities(what I saw, what I heard), my feelings
Summarize the experience:
evaluation, feelings
State the topic: when, where, what, with whom, the feelings
Writing
Write about your festival experience
(一)话题单词
1. ___________n.传统
2.____________ n.节日
3. ____________ n.信念
4.____________n.亲属
5.____________ n.重逢;团聚
6.____________ n.风俗
7. ____________ v.庆祝
8._____________v.装饰
9._____________v.分享
10. ____________ v.赠送
festival
tradition
belief
relative
reunion
custom
celebrate
decorate
share
present
11. __________v.致意;问候
12. __________adj.不寻常的
13. __________v.安排
14. __________ n.意义
15. __________ v.观察;遵守
16. __________v.接近
17.___________ n.典礼,仪式
18.___________n.烟花
19.____________n.祝贺
20.____________n.聚会
greet
unusual
arrange
significance
observe
approach
ceremony
firework
congratulation
get-together
四、练习巩固案
(四)话题写作
假定你是李华,你的加拿大笔友Dave想了解中国的传统节日“春节”,请你回复他的电子邮件,介绍“春节”及这个节日里的主要活动。
1.它是中国的传统节日之一:
2.家人团聚:
3.吃饺子、放烟火、走亲访友等其他活动。
注意:1.词数100左右:
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯:
3.开头和结尾已为你写好,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:春节the Spring Festival
放烟火set off fireworks
Dear Dave,
In your last letter, you asked me about the Spring Festival. _____________________________________
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Yours’ sincerely
Li Hua
Dear Dave,
In your last letter, you asked me about the Spring Festival. As is known to all, it has been enjoying great popularity in our country.
Usually, no matter how far away or how busy we are, we will try to come home for the celebration. On the eve of the Spring Festival, all the family members get together, making dumplings and having a feast. Children have great fun in setting off fireworks. Parents take their kids to pay a visit to relatives or friends. In addition to these
traditional activities, people have found new ways to celebrate it such as traveling and sending best wishes through WeChat.
Hopefully, you will come to China to experience it. Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours’ sincerely
Li Hua
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