Chapter 5 Favourite festivals Part C（课件）-2025-2026学年新思维小学英语 5A

Chapter 5 Favourite festivals 1 Functions 21st Century Knowledge and Skills Values and Attitudes Talking about festivals Global awareness Respecting different cultures Reading Skills Making guesses about the text Locating specific information in response to questions Evaluating the text Inferring meaning from the text Giving personal responses to the text Objectives 2 Reading Pre-reading – Activating schema First reading – Shared reading Second reading – Reading aloud – Activity 1: Assessment for learning Post-reading – Activity 2: Reading aloud – Activity 3: Sort the words – Activity 4: Different festivals around the world Overview Today we are going to read an informational report. Let’s look at some pictures! Pre-reading 4 Festivals around the world Activating schema Say Today we will learn about some festivals and special days from around the world. Let’s see if you can guess these festivals! 5 ? People in America celebrate this festival. At this festival, families enjoy eating roast turkey. ? Thanksgiving Activating schema [Click to show the fact] Say People in America celebrate this festival. At this festival, families enjoy eating roast turkey. Can you guess what festival this is? (e.g. Christmas.) – guessing [Click to show the answer] Say It’s Thanksgiving! Provide feedback for pupils’ guesses, e.g. Good try! / Well done! Ask What do you know about Thanksgiving? (Pupils’ own responses.) – eliciting information 6 ? Water Festival People in Thailand celebrate this festival. At this festival, people enjoy splashing water on one another. ? Activating schema [Click to show the fact] Say People in Thailand celebrate this festival. At this festival, people enjoy splashing water on one another. Can you guess what festival this is? (e.g. Thai New Year.) – guessing [Click to show the answer] Say It’s the Water Festival! Provide feedback for pupils’ guesses, e.g. Good try! / Well done! Ask What do you know about the Water Festival? (Pupils’ own responses.) – eliciting information 7 ? Children’s Day People in many different countries celebrate this festival. Children love this festival because it is held to celebrate them! ? Activating schema Say Let’s guess the last festival! [Click to show the fact] Say People in many different countries celebrate this festival. Children love this festival because it is held to celebrate them! Do you know what festival this is? (e.g. Children’s Day.) – guessing [Click to show the answer] Say It’s Children’s Day! Provide feedback for pupils’ guesses, e.g. Good try! / Well done! Ask What do you know about Children’s Day? (Pupils’ own responses.) – eliciting information Say Let’s read and find out more about Thanksgiving, the Water Festival and Children’s Day! 8 Let’s read the informational report! First reading 9 When do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving? click here Shared reading Say There’s a festival called Thanksgiving in America. [Click to show the question] Ask When do Americans celebrate this festival? (The last Thursday of November.) What do they celebrate at Thanksgiving? (They say thank you for all the good things they have.) – locating specific information 10 The native Americans taught the settlers how to grow more food. Do you think the settlers from Europe had trouble in their new homeland? A long time ago, some people from Europe travelled to America and stayed there. settlers Native Americans Shared reading [Click to show the narration and animation] Say A long time ago, some people from Europe travelled to America and stayed there. The people became the settlers and started a new life in America. Starting a new life in a new place can be difficult. [Click to show the question] Ask Do you think the settlers from Europe had trouble in their new homeland? What problem did they face? (They could not grow enough food.) – guessing / locating specific information Say That’s right. The settlers could not grow enough food. Ask Who helped them? (The Native Americans.) The Native Americans were the original people living in America. [Click to show the narration] Say They taught the settlers how to grow more food. Ask Do you think the Native Americans were kind? (Yes.) How did the settlers thank the Native Americans? (They decided to hold a party to thank them.) Say That’s right. This became the first Thanksgiving Day. – locating specific information / evaluating 11 Do you think Thanksgiving is an important festival in America? Shared reading Say Now families in America get together and have a big meal at Thanksgiving to celebrate their blessings. [Click to show the question] Ask Do you think Thanksgiving is an important festival in America? Why? (e.g. Yes, because it’s a day for families to gather together.) – evaluating 12 Many streets will be closed for the festival. Do you think people would hide from the water? Thai New Year is one of Thailand’s biggest celebrations. click here Shared reading Say The Water Festival is a Thai festival. Ask What’s another name for the Water Festival? (Thai New Year.) When’s it celebrated? (From 13th to 15th April.) – locating specific information [Click to show the narration] Say Thai New Year is one of Thailand’s biggest celebrations. Ask Do you know what Thai people do at this festival? (They splash water on one another.) Say That’s right. On this day, people splash water on one another. [Click to show the narration] Say Many streets will be closed for the festival. Thai people believe that water can wash away bad luck and bring you good luck. – locating specific information [Click to show the question] Ask Do you think people would hide from the water? (No.) Do they want to be splashed with a lot of water? (Yes.) Do you think this festival sounds fun? – locating specific information / inferring / giving personal responses 13 Shared reading Splash water 15 Do you think children in Japan enjoy Children’s Day? In Japan, this fish represents strength. The warrior doll represents strength and courage. Shared reading Ask When do Japanese people celebrate Children’s Day? (5th May.) – locating specific information [Draw pupils’ attention to the warrior doll] Say On this day, families with boys put up a warrior doll at home. Can you guess what the warrior doll represents? (e.g. Strength.) [Click to show the narration] Say The warrior doll represents strength and courage. – guessing Ask What about the outside of their houses? How do they decorate the outside of their houses? (Put up cloth banners that look like fish.) [Draw pupils’ attention to the cloth banners] Say That’s right. Families also put up cloth banners that look like fish. [Click to show the narration] Say In Japan, this fish represents strength. Parents decorate their homes with this fish because they want their children to be strong and healthy! Usually one fish represents one family member. – eliciting information [Draw pupils’ attention to the rice cakes] Ask Do you know what the people in Japan eat to celebrate Children’s Day? (Special rice cakes filled with bean paste.) Say That’s right. Ask Do you think the rice cakes are tasty? – locating specific information / guessing [Click to show the question] Ask Do you think children in Japan enjoy Children’s Day? Why? (e.g. Yes, because they can eat special rice cakes.) – evaluating / supporting [Click to show the post-reading question] Read the question aloud, There is a Children’s Day in China too. It’s on 1st June. What special things do you usually do on that day? (Pupils’ own responses.) 16 Warrior doll Shared reading Let’s read the informational report again! Second reading 18 celebrate settlers harvest splash have Answers Activity 1 Instruct pupils to complete Part D individually in their books. The activity can be completed in class or for homework. – locating specific information 19 Let’s do some more activities! Post-reading 20 Reading aloud Activity 2 Put pupils into groups and assign each group a section. Ask each group to read their section aloud. 21 water rice cakes 13th April Native Americans warrior doll roast turkey fish banners harvest give thanks bad luck Thanksgiving Water Festival Children’s Day Activity 3 Ask Do you think you know more about Thanksgiving, the Water Festival and Children’s Day now? Say Let’s play a game and see how much you’ve learnt! Before class, make the following word cards: water, rice cakes, Native Americans, harvest, bad luck, give thanks, warrior doll, roast turkey, fish banners, 13th April. Invite pupils to come to the screen to sort each word into the correct category. Have pupils make a sentence with the word, e.g. People splash water on each other at the Water Festival. 22 water rice cakes 13th April Native Americans warrior doll roast turkey fish banners harvest give thanks bad luck Thanksgiving Water Festival Children’s Day Activity 3 23 Name of festival Country: ___________________ When? _____________________ What do they do? ___________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 4 Say People around the world celebrate many different festivals! Can you find out about a festival and tell us about it? Put pupils in pairs. Guide pupils to use the Internet to find out more about a festival of their choice. Encourage pupils to choose a festival that is celebrated in another region of the world. Provide each pair with an A4–sized piece of paper. Instruct pupils to write a short description of the festival. Display the template for pupils to follow. At the end of the activity, invite pupils to come to the front of the class to present their festival. You may also choose to display certain pupils’ work. 24 © Pearson Education Asia Limited All rights reserved 25 $