1、Festivals around the worldI.BrainstormingI.BrainstormingBrainstormingBrainstorming1.What kinds of festivals in China do you know about?The Dragon Boat FestivalThe Double Ninth FestivalThe Spring FestivalTomb Sweeping DayThe Lantern FestivalThe Middle Autumn Festival The Double Seventh Festival3.What
2、 festivals of foreign countries do you know?BrainstormingBrainstormingChristmasFoolsDayValentinesDayCarnivalEasterThanksgiving DayMothersDayFathersDayHalloween II.Information IntroducingIn AprilIt is the time when came back to life.Eat chocolate eggsEasterChristmas DayOn December 25thIt is the birth
3、day of Jesus ChristGo to the parties and churches,give cards and presents to our friends and relatives Valentines DayIn FebruaryPeople send roses and cards to the people they love.Dragon Boat FestivalIn JuneThe day that the poet Qu Yuan diedEat rice dumplings and watch boat racesChing Ming FestivalI
4、n AprilThe day we remember our dead relativesVisit gravesMothers DayMothers DayIn MayWe give flowers and presents to our mothers.Mid-autumn FestivalIn SeptemberThe day we enjoy the full moonPlay lanterns and eat moon cakes the Spring Festival Chinese New YearIn FebruaryWe celebrate the beginning of
5、the lunar new year.We lift fireworks and get lucky money Warming-up Activity 1What festivals can we find in each month?Calendar Calendar JanuaryFebruaryMarchWomens DayAprilMayJuneCalendar Calendar July AugustSeptemberCalendar Calendar OctoberNovemberDecemberCalendar Calendar Can you find out the rig
6、ht festival for the sentence?Warming-up Activity 2It is the birthday of Jesus Christ.Next questionIt is the day that we remember the poet Qu Yuan.Next questionPeople send roses and cards to the people they love.Next questionIt is on the third Sunday in June.Next questionWe watch dragon dances and ge
7、t lucky money.ReadingWhich festivals are mentioned in the passage?Listening&Skimming FestivalsCountries Obon Japanthe Day of the DeadMexico Halloweenthe Dragon Boat FestivalChinaColumbus DayUSAMahatma Gandhi DayIndiathe Mid-autumn Festival China/Japanthe Spring FestivalChinaCarnivalEasterCherry Blos
8、som FestivalJapanThanksgiving festivalsFestivals of the deadFestivals to honour peopleHarvest festivalsSpring festivalswestern countrieswestern countrieswestern countriesEuropean countriesScanning 1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times?Answer the following questions:2.
9、What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?3.Why does Indian have a national festival on October 2?4.How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals?5.Name three things people do at Spring Festival.1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times?a.The end of
10、The cold weather;b.planting in spring and harvest in autumn;c.When hunters could catch animals.2.What kind of things are done to celebrate the Obon Festival?People should go to clean the graves,light incense,lamps and play music.3.Why does Indian have a national festival on October 2?To honor Ganhdi
11、 who helped gain Indians independence from Britain.4.How do Europeans celebrate Thanksgiving festivals?Decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruits;people get together to have meals.5.Name three things people do at Spring Festival.eat dumplings,fish,meat;give children lucky money;dragon
12、dances;visit family membersWhile reading Enjoy some pictures Enjoy some pictures and get to know the and get to know the festivals mentioned festivals mentioned in the passage.in the passage.in JapanSpecially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home.Obon When the
13、festival is over,thousands of lanterns are placed into the water and they drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.The Day of the Dead in MexicoPeople offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.Toys,decorations,and candies in the shape of skulls,are sold in the mark
14、et to honor ancestors.Halloween ParadeHalloween In the US and EuropeThe jack-o-lantern is the most common symbol of Halloween.children dress in costumes and go from house to house to ask for candy by saying “Trick or Treat!”DRAGON BOAT FESTIVALboat and beat drums to scare fish awayto honour the famo
15、us ancient poet,Qu Yuanthrew glutinous rice dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating Qu Yuans body.Columbus Day in the USAin memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in AmericaOctober 2 is a national festival in India to honour Mahatma CandhiMahatma Gandhi DayGandhi is the leader who
16、 helped gain Indias independence from BritainPeople are grateful because their food is _for the winter,and because a season of _work is over.gatheredagriculturalThanksgiving Day is an American traditional holiday,falling on the fourth Thursday in November,to celebrate the harvest.The traditional Tha
17、nksgiving food-roasting turkey,corn and pumpkin pies with ice-cream.The Mid-Autumn Festival late January or early FebruaryTime:coupletsParades,dancing in the streets day and night,loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds.Carnival Easter is an important religious and social festival in Christia
18、n countries.It celebrates the return of Jesus for Christians and the coming of spring.Egg huntsEaster bunnyEaster eggthe Cherry Blossom FestivalEvery April when the country is covered with cherry flowers.Japanese go out with their friends or families,sit under the trees,sing and have a prehendingRea
19、d the passage again.Finish the following activities.Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.1.What are festivals of the dead usually for?2.What makes autumn festivals happy events?Festivals of the dead are for honouring or satisfying dead ancestors or others,who some people beli
20、eve might return to help or harm living people.Autumn festivals are happy events because people are thankful that food is ready for winter and the hard farm work is finished.Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.3.What do people usually do at spring festivals?4.What is one imp
21、ortant reason to have festivals and celebrations?At spring festivals,people usually have dances,carnivals and other activities to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring.It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/be proud of our customs/forget our work for a
22、 little while.Use the information from the passage to answer the questions.5.Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico,Japan and China.What things are similar?What things are different?The Chinese,Japanese and Mexican festivals of the dead all have customs to honour the dead.The Chinese and Japane
23、se go to clean their ancestors graves,and the Mexicans offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.However,there are some differences.The Mexicans eat special food that looks like bones,something the Chinese and Japanese do not do.Three common thingsReasons why they are important to people everywhere1
24、23Based on the passage fill in the chart.(give your own ideas.)Type of festival Example of festivalReasons for your choiceMost importantMost funBased on the passage fill in the chart.(give your own ideas.)Free talking Based on the reading passage,what do Based on the reading passage,what do most fes
25、tivals seem to have in common?most festivals seem to have in common?foodmusicentertainmentbeing with family and friendslights or firedanceremembering events or peopleuWhat is your favourite festival?Why?uWhen is it?uWhat is the festival about?uHow long can we have for holiday?uWhat do we usually do in the festival?My favourite festivalDiscussing I like festival best.It is celebrated on to remember/in memory of It usually lasts days.People do suggested expressions:Compose some short sentences to introduce your favourite festivals.