Festivals around the world warming up.ppt

1、,Festivals Around the World,Unit 1,Lesson 1 Warming up & Reading,Warming Up,What festival are they celebrate?,The Spring Festival!,Warming Up,When does the Spring Festival take place? What does it celebrate? What do people usually do in the Spring Festival?,Lead-in,Spring Festival,January or Februar

2、y,the end of winter,arrival of spring,Lunar New Year,reunion with family and relatives,give money in red paper to children,see dragon dances,eat fish, prawns and dumplings,visit family members,sleep, drink and sleep,Do you know some other major festivals in China? Which festival is your favorite? Wh

3、y?,Major Festivals in China,Task of Unit 1,The exchange students in our school are interested in Chinese festivals. Please produce a travel brochure advertising an existing festival or a festival you create yourself.,Task of Period 1,Compare different types of festivals and decide what festivals to

4、advertise, and finish the general layout.,Lead-in,What festivals in China can you think of? When do these festivals take place? What do they celebrate? What do people do in the festivals?,Form the table below,Pre-Reading Task,What about festivals around the world? Look at the title of the passage an

5、d the pictures. Discuss in pairs what kind of infromation you think will be introduced in the passage.,While-Reading Task,Fast Reading: How many types of festivals are discussed? What festivals are they? Fill in the chart in Ex.1 on Page 3.,Detailed Reading: Read the passage again and find the answe

6、rs to the questions (Ex.2, P.3).,While-Reading Task,Understanding language: Work with your partner and make a list of the useful phrases youve noticed in the passage. Read Notes 1-13, P76-78 and make a new list.,While-Reading Task,Based on the reading passage, What do most festivals seem to have in

7、common? Why do you think these things might be important to people everywhere? Talk with your partner and fill in the form in Ex.3 on Page 3.,Post-Reading Task,Group discussion. Which festivals are the most important? Which festivals are the most fun? Fill in the chart with your ideas in Ex.4 on Pag

8、e 3.,Post-Reading Task,Task of Period 1,Compare different types of festivals, especially those you think important or fun. Discuss with your group members and decide what festival youd like to advertise in your travel brochure. Finish the general layout in groups.,Homework,Make notes about the words and phrases in the reading passage you think important in your task. Find any language items you think difficult and try to solve them by, for example, referring to the dictionary. Search for m