Unit 1 Festivals around the worldLearning aims : 1.learn about festivals around the world. 2. learn about the kinds of festivals and the reason for celebrating them. 3. train reading skills such as skimming and summarizing.Difficult points : the reason for peopke’s celebrating festivals Step 1 Warming up1. What other traditional festivals in China do you know ?______________________________________________________________2. What festivals of foreign countries do you know?______________________________________________________________Step 2 Reading I.Fasting reading fill in the chartKinds of festivalsNames of festivalsCountriesII.Careful readingTask 1 main ideas of each paragraph 1). Obon The Day of the Dead HalloweenCleaning______; lighting_______and lamps; playing ______Eating food_______ skulls and cakes with ______ on them; offering food, flowers and _____ to the deadChildren _______ and ask for sweets.2). Festivals to Honour People (Match the person with the festival.)1. Qu Yuan a. the Dragon Boat Festival2. Christopher Columbus b. an Indian national festival on Oct. 23. Mohandas Gandhi c. Columbus Day3). Harvest Festivals (Choose the best answer.)Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people ___.A. get together to have mealsB. decorate houses to admire the moonC. win awards for their farm produceD. enjoy mooncakes4.) Spring Festival CarnivalsEating good foods; giving children _____ money; ________ ________ and carnivals_______; dancing in the streets;loud music; ____________.Task 2 True or False1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival to honor the dead. 3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus.Task 3 Answer the questions1.What are festivals of the dead usually for?2. What makes autumn festivals happy events?3. What do people usually do at spring festivals?4. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations?III. Free talkingWhat do most festivals seem to have in common ? Step 3 Discussing What is your favourite festival? Why? When is it? What is the festival about? How long can we have for holiday? What do we usually do in the festival?Step 4 Homework Write a short passage about your favorite festival
