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Unit 8 Let’s celebrate!
Integration 2
Learning aims
By the end of the period, students will be able to:
grasp the skills of describing a festival after learning the article about the Spring Festival;
write an article about their favourite festival including time, celebrations, culture meanings and feelings about it;
deepen the understanding of different festivals around the world.
What festivals are they?
the Dragon Boat Festival
the Double Ninth Festival
the Mid-Autumn Festival
the Spring Festival
Christmas
What’s your favourite festival? Why?
If you want to introduce this festival, what would you like to write about it?
time
place
celebrations
meanings
The students in Class 1, Grade 7 are writing about their favourite festivals. Here is Simon’s writing plan.
When is it?
What is Simon’s favourite festival?
How do people celebrate it?
the Spring Festival celebrations
clean houses
put up the Spring Festival couplets
get together and have a big dinner
watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV
visit relatives and friends
Simon writes about his favourite festival.
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What is each part mainly about?
Name and time
Celebrations
Feelings
Let’s get ready for writing!
What’s your favourite festival?
When is it?
Optional information
My favourite festival is ...
I like ... best.
It is usually/always in ... (season/ month).
It falls on ... (date).
It is an important holiday /one of the most important traditional festivals in China.
Many Chinese people travel a long way home for it.
Name and time
Let’s get ready for writing!
Celebrations
In what order can we write about festival celebrations?
Before the festival, people usually … / People … beforehand.
On the … Eve, … Then …
During the holiday, …
in time order
How to write about festival celebrations
Before the Chinese New Year
On the Chinese New Year’s Eve
During the holiday
clean our homes
put up the Spring Festival couplets
do some cleaning / shopping
buy new clothes / flowers/ all kinds of ...
get everything ready to welcome the new year
get together and enjoy a big dinner
prepare dishes with special meanings, like jiaozi and niangao
watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV
let off/ set off fireworks
visit relatives and friends
send each other good wishes
give kids red packets with lucky money to wish them good luck
watch the dragon/lion dance
Besides more celebrations, what else can we add to this part?
cultural meanings
… to see the old year off, welcome the new year and express best wishes for the future.
It has been a tradition to eat jiaozi and niangao since ancient times. Jiaozi are like yuanbao, so people eat them in the hope of having good luck and fortune in the coming year. Niangao stands for a wish for progress and growth in the year ahead.
topic sentence
There are many wonderful ways to celebrate …
Let’s get ready for writing!
Feelings
What is special about your favourite festival? (special meanings)
You can also emphasize (强调) again the reasons why you like it.
What else can we write about in the conclusion part?
The Spring Festival is about more than just celebrations. It is about the Chinese culture of family.
The festival encourages people to spend time with their families.
It helps family members connect and build strong ties with each other.
It’s a good chance to send best wishes to family members, relatives and friends and to show our love and respect for them.
It has a special place in the hearts of Chinese people.
Write about your favourite festival. Make a writing plan like the one in Part D1. Use Simon’s article as a model.
D3
Name and time
Celebrations and cultural meanings
Feelings
Introduction
Main body
Conclusion
Practise writing about your favourite festival!
name
time
celebrations
feelings
the Mid-Autumn Festival
on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month
get together with family members
have a big dinner/meal
enjoy the full moon
eat mooncakes
play with lanterns
a wonderful time
…love it because …
Sample:My favourite festival
My favourite festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is one of the most i________ traditional festivals in China. It f______ on the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month.
During the festival, people usually get t_________with family members and celebrate it. My family celebrate the festival w_______ a big meal first. There are lots of yummy d_______. My grandparents join us and we have a great time. After dinner, we sit outside, e_______ the beautiful full moon and eat d_________ mooncakes. They have many different fillings. I really like them! It is also a night for children to p____ with amazing lanterns. They come in all kinds of s_______ and colours.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a w_________ time for families to have fun under the beautiful moon. I love it most because it always fills my h_______ with warmth and happiness.
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Write about your favourite festival!
festivals
time on the 5th day of the fifth lunar month on the 15th day of the first lunar month on October 31st
celebrations have/watch dragon boat races
eat rice dumplings
get together with family members
let children wear the five-colour string bracelets watch colourful lanterns of various shapes and sizes
guess lantern riddles
eat yuanxiao or tangyuan
dress up as ghosts
paint faces
wear special costumes
make pumpkin lanterns
play “trick or treat”
have a party
Scoring points Yes No Points 总分
____/ 15
1. A writing plan ___ / 1
2. A clear structure:
Part1 Name and time of the festival
Part2 Festival celebrations and meanings
Part 3 Feelings about the festival ___ / 3
3. Proper orders (time order / first , second ...) ___ / 2
4. Detailed description of the festival ___ / 5
5. Various sentence patterns & useful expressions ___ / 3
6. Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation ___ / 1
Self-assessment
问题 得分 评分标准 总分
1.短文是否介绍了作者最喜爱的节日? 1
2.短文是否结构清晰,并详略得当地描述了作者最喜爱的节日的时间、庆祝习俗及其文化内涵、人们的感受等不同方面? 5
3.短文各段的细节是否充足? 4
4.短文是否使用了较丰富的词汇和句型介绍作者喜爱的节日的庆祝习俗? 3
5.短文在拼写、语法和标点方面是否都正确? 2
Peer-assessment
Homework
Must do
Finish your writing.
Choose to do
1.Polish your writing in pairs.
2.Make a poster for your favourite festival.
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