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✱Project
Unit 1 Let’s celebrate
Learning Objectives
At the end of the class, we are able to:
1. learn about the date, customs and cultural meaning of a festival;
2. use the target language to give a short presentation about a festival with the help of a poster or video;
3. compare a Chinese festival with a foreign festival and share personal opinions about their importance.
Warming Up
Brainstorm
Try to say as many festivals as you can.
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Qingming Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Middle-Autumn Festival
Christmas
Thanksgiving
Halloween
Day of the Dead
Which festival would you like to know more about?
Know your tasks
Give a presentation
on a festival.
Step 1: Choose a festival your group is interested in;
Step 2: Write down questions about the festival, then do research and take notes;
Step 3: Prepare your presentation;
Step 4: Give your presentation to the class and vote for the best one.
Do you know how to give a presentation on a festival?
4a Write a list of festivals celebrated in different countries. Choose a festival you would like to know more about.
Carry out the tasks
Step 1
First, list some festivals that celebrated in different countries, choose one, and explain why you chose it.
Step 2
4b Brainstorm a question list about the festival. Then
do some research and take notes.
Brainstorm questions
about the festival.
Question Your Notes
When is the festival?
Where do people go?
Who do people stay with?
What activities do people do?
What food do people eat?
What clothes do people wear?
Why do people celebrate it?
Search on the Internet (in English or Chinese).
Ask your teacher or family members.
Read books or magazines about festivals.
Research & Take Notes
Step 3
4c Prepare a presentation about the festival. Here are some tips to help you.
make a poster or video
perform some music or dance related to the festival
wear a costume that represents the festival
make some traditional food or share a recipe
Prepare your presentation
Form Example
Poster Draw picture, write key words
Video Record a short video clip
Music / Dance Perform traditional dance or song
Costume Wear traditional clothes
Food Make or bring traditional food
Prepare your presentation
Function Useful Sentences
Opening Good morning, everyone! Today we are going to talk about...
Date It is celebrated on/in...
Reason People celebrate it because...
Customs During this festival, people usually...
Food People eat... It is a kind of...
Meaning It shows respect for... / It is a way to...
Comparison It is similar to... because...
Ending That's all. Thank you for listening!
4d Present your poster to the class. Put it on the wall of inspiration in your class or school hallway.
Share your work
Step 4
Show time!
Show time!
Could you compare a Chinese festival with a foreign festival and share your opinions about their importance?
Evaluate your work
Self-check
I took part in the group work. Very well OK Needs work
I helped make the poster/video. Very well OK Needs work
I spoke clearly in the presentation. Very well OK Needs work
I listened to other groups carefully. Very well OK Needs work
1. Can you talk about your favourite festival?
2. Which festival in this unit interested you the most?
3. Can you describe a festival using different types of sentences?
4. Why do you think festivals are important in our life?
Reflecting
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