Unit 2 Lesson 2 Festivals in autumn课件-2025-2026学年冀教版英语八年级上册

该初中英语课件围绕中秋节展开，系统呈现其基本信息（农历八月十五）、别称（月亮节）、起源（庆祝丰收，两千多年历史）、文化意义（家庭团圆与感恩）、习俗（家人团聚、吃月饼、赏月）、传说（嫦娥奔月）及诗歌，通过视频观看引出节日、列举秋季节日过渡、激活已知知识等导入方式，借助邮件阅读、表格填写、对话练习等学习支架，帮助学生逐步梳理和掌握相关内容。 其亮点在于融合语言能力、文化意识和思维品质的培养。通过阅读李明给Jenny的邮件，提取节日起源和文化意义等信息，提升学生信息获取与语言理解能力（语言能力）。设计小组讨论对比中秋节与感恩节的丰收主题，引导学生理解不同文化背景下的节日内涵（文化意识）。采用表格梳理信息、True/False判断、句子填空等任务型教学，培养逻辑梳理与知识结构化能力（思维品质）。总结部分归纳核心词汇和句型，学生能提升语言运用与跨文化理解能力，教师可借助完整活动链高效组织教学。

Festivals and holidays Unit 2 Lesson 2 Festivals in autumn 英语冀教版八年级上册 通过本课时学习，学生能够： 1. 理解并掌握本课时出现的重点单词、词组，准确理解诗歌名句的含义； 2. 梳理并提取邮件中关于中秋节的文化信息（历史、习俗、象征意义等）； 3. 理解传统故事“嫦娥奔月”的文化内涵并准确转述； 4. 运用目标语言描述其他节日传统及其蕴含的文化意义。 重点 重点 Learning objectives Watch the video and answer the questions. Which festival is mentioned in the video? The Mid-Autumn Festival. What traditional food do you eat on Mid-Autumn Festival? Mooncakes. Watch and answer Look and say What are the Chinese festivals or holidays in autumn? National Day Mid-Autumn Festival Teachers’ Day Double Ninth Festival Think and answer What do you know about the Mid-Autumn Festival? On the 15th day of the eighth lunar month admiring the full moon Chang’e flying to the moon ... eating mooncakes Think and answer the question. the Moon Palace Wu Gang cutting the osmasthus tree Read and answer Hello Jenny, I love autumn! The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. It is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. We also call it the Moon Festival.We believe that the moon is at its roundest and brightest at this time of the year. The Mid-Autumn Festival dates back more than two thousand years. It was to celebrate the harvest of the year. Later, the festival gained more cultural meanings. It is now a symbol of family reunion and gratitude. On this day, my whole family always gets together, has a wonderful dinner, and watches the full moon. When I was a little boy, my grandma told me the story of Chang’e. I would look up and try to find her on the moon while enjoying delicious mooncakes. Many great poets in China wrote about the festival. I like this poem best: The sea mirrors the rising moon bright tonight; Far apart from each other, our hearts share the moment. I think there are many festivals celebrating the harvest all over the world. Do you know of any, Jenny? Bye for now! Li Ming Read the email and answer the questions. A Why was the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated two thousand years ago? It was to celebrate the harvest of the year. B What are some of the cultural meanings related to the festival? It is a symbol of family reunion and gratitude. C What does the round moon symbolize? It symbolizes family reunion. Listen and answer Hello Jenny, I love autumn! The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. It is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. We also call it the Moon Festival.We believe that the moon is at its roundest and brightest at this time of the year. The Mid-Autumn Festival dates back more than two thousand years. It was to celebrate the harvest of the year. Later, the festival gained more cultural meanings. It is now a symbol of family reunion and gratitude. On this day, my whole family always gets together, has a wonderful dinner, and watches the full moon. When I was a little boy, my grandma told me the story of Chang’e. I would look up and try to find her on the moon while enjoying delicious mooncakes. Many great poets in China wrote about the festival. I like this poem best: The sea mirrors the rising moon bright tonight; Far apart from each other, our hearts share the moment. I think there are many festivals celebrating the harvest all over the world. Do you know of any, Jenny? Bye for now! Li Ming Read and write Read the email again and write true (T) or false (F). A The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is on August 15 every year. ( ) B People call the Mid-Autumn Festival the Moon Festival because the moon is the roundest and brightest at this time. ( ) C The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of less than two thousand years. ( ) D On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Ming’s family will get together, have dinner and watch the full moon. ( ) F T F T the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar more than Hello Jenny, I love autumn! The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. It is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. We also call it the Moon Festival.We believe that the moon is at its roundest and brightest at this time of the year. Read and learn believe /bɪˈliːv/ v. 认为；相信 后面常跟名词、代词或宾语从句 round /raʊnd/ adj. 圆形的 roundest 形容词最高级 bright /braɪt/ adj.明亮的;鲜艳夺目的 brightest 形容词最高级 The Mid-Autumn Festival dates back more than two thousand years. It was to celebrate the harvest of the year. Later, the festival gained more cultural meanings. It is now a symbol of family reunion and gratitude. On this day, my whole family always gets together, has a wonderful dinner, and watches the full moon. thousand/ˈθaʊznd/ num.一千 date back 始于；追溯到 celebrate/ˈselɪbreɪt/ v. 庆祝;庆贺 harvest/ˈhɑːvɪst/n. 收成;收获 gain/ɡeɪn/ v. 获得 a symbol of ……的象征 cultural/ˈkʌltʃərəl/ adj. 文化的 gratitude/ˈɡrætɪtjuːd/ n. 感激之情;感谢 whole/həʊl/ adj. 全部的;整体的 When I was a little boy, my grandma told me the story of Chang’e. I would look up and try to find her on the moon while enjoying delicious mooncakes. Many great poets in China wrote about the festival. I like this poem best: The sea mirrors the rising moon bright tonight; Far apart from each other, our hearts share the moment. I think there are many festivals celebrating the harvest all over the world. Do you know of any, Jenny? Bye for now! Li Ming look up 仰望；查找 while/waɪl/conj. 当……的时候;然而 poet/ˈpəʊɪt/ n. 诗人 apart/əˈpɑːt/ adv.分离;分开 mirror/ˈmɪrə(r)/ v. 反映;映照 n. 镜子 moment/ˈməʊmənt/ n. 片刻;某个时刻 Read and complete Read the email again and complete the table. the Mid-Autumn Festival Basic Information Date： Another Name： Origin（起源） Cultural Meanings（文化内涵） Customs Legend（传说） Poem on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar the Moon Festival dates back more than two thousand years ; to celebrate the harvest of the year a symbol of family reunion and gratitude the whole family gets together, has a wonderful dinner, watches the full moon while enjoying delicious mooncakes the story of Chang’e The sea mirrors the rising moon bright tonight; Far apart from each other, our hearts share the moment Read the email again and complete the conversation. Read and complete Li Ming: The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. _________ Jack: Sounds great! I’m interested in Chinese festivals. Li Ming: __________ Jack: I’d love to! What do you usually eat? Li Ming: __________Then we enjoy the bright, round moon. Jack: What else will you do? Li Ming: We will share poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival. Jack: That will be fun.__________ Li Ming: Here is a famous line from Su Dongpo’s poem. “I only hope we may have long long lives, may share the moon’s beauty, though a thousand miles apart.” D B A C A. We eat mooncakes. B. Would you like to join us? C. I want to learn traditional Chinese poems. D. My family will get together and have a big dinner. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. My family will get together and have a big dinner. Sounds great! I’m interested in Chinese festivals. Would you like to join us? I’d love to! What do you usually eat? Role play Role-play the conversation with your partner. We eat mooncakes. Then we enjoy the bright, round moon. What else will you do? We will share poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival. That will be fun. I want to learn traditional Chinese poems. Here is a famous line from Su Dongpo’s poem. “I only hope we may have long long lives, may share the moon's beauty, though a thousand miles apart.” Suppose you are telling Jenny the story of Chang’e. What would you say? Think and write Tip: We can use past tense to tell a story. shoot → shot, get → got, drink → drank, fly→ flew Houyi Chang’e ten suns shoot a magic drink steal fly a hunter Write and show Once upon a time, there were ten suns in the sky. Houyi, a great hunter, shot down nine of them. As a present, he got a magic drink and let his wife Chang’e keep it. One day, someone called Peng Meng tried to steal the drink. To protect it, Chang’e drank the magic drink and then flew to the moon. Chang’e Flying to the Moon Work in groups Do you know of any other festival that celebrates the harvest time around the world? Share in groups. A: I also know about the harvest festival celebrated in the United States. A: It’s Thanksgiving. A: People celebrate Thanksgiving by cooking and sharing a big meal with friends and family, saying thanks, and watching parades. A: It’s on the fourth Thursday in November. B: What is it? C. When is it? D: How do people celebrate it? Structures and expressions Sentences Key words 2 3 1 Summary I love... ... is coming. It was to celebrate... It’s now a symbol of... believe, round, bright, celebrate, symbol, whole, while, poet, mirror, moment date back a symbol of look up Summary 1.We b________that hard-working students will get good grades. 2. The moon looks r______ and b________ on Mid-Autumn Night. 3. Li Bai is a well-known p______ in China. 4. There are about five t________ students in our school. 5. People in China like to c________ the Spring Festival with family gatherings. 6. The w________ family enjoys the happiest m________ on that day. Complete the sentences based on the initial letter prompts. elieve ound oet housand elebrate Practice hole oment right Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Practice 1. 她在字典中查了这个词。 She ____ _____ the word in the dictionary. 2. 鸽子常被视为和平的象征。 The dove is usually regarded as ____ _____ ___ peace. 3. 绩溪是千年古邑。 Jixi can ____ _____ to ______ _____ years ago. 4. 我吃午饭时你可以去游泳。 You can go swimming ______ I’m having lunch. looked up a symbol of date back while thousands of Homework 基础型作业： 1. Read the passage fluently. 2. Recite the words and expressions in lesson 2. 实践型作业： Write a short passage to introduce another harvest festival in the world. Bye-bye! Lavf58.46.101 $