阅读2Unit+1+Festivals+around+the+world+warming+up+and+reading.ppt

1、Unit One Festivals around the world,How many festivals do you know both in and out of China?,What festivals are they? When do they take place? (lunar calendar),Warming up,Spring Festival January 1,Lantern Festival January 15,Dragon Boat Festival May 5,Mid-autumn Day August 15,Easter around March 22-

2、April 25,Thanksgiving Day the last Thursday of November,Halloween October 31,Christmas Day December 25,Look at the pictures and title of the passage below. What kind of information you think will be introduced in the passage.,Pre-reading prediction,Reading,You are given 5 minutes to read the passage

3、 quickly and try to remember different kinds of festivals mentioned in the text.,festivals,How many types of festivals are mentioned in the passage?,Skimming,Fill in the following chart.,What festivals are mentioned in each paragraph?,Scanning,Detailed Reading,Read the passage again and then answer

4、the following exercises :,Ancient Festivals,Most ancient festivals would celebrate _, _ _and _, and they also celebrated _ _.,When,the end of the cold weather,planting,in spring,harvest in autumn,when hunters,had caught animals,Festivals of the Dead,Mexico,the Day of the Dead,eat food in the shape o

5、f skulls, cakes with “bones” offer food, flowers and gifts,western countries,Halloween,A childrens festival Dress up play tricks on,Japan,Obon,clean the graves light incense to light lamps play music,They are held to_ , or to _the _, who could return either to _ or to_.,honor the dead,satisfy,ancest

6、ors,help,do harm,Festivals to Honor People,China,Dragon Boat Festival,May5 in lunar calendar,The famous ancient poet, Qu yuan,The second Monday of October,the U.S.A.,Columbus Day,Christopher Columbus,India,Oct.2,Mahatma Gandhi,Festivals can be held to_,honor famous people,Harvest Festivals,European

7、countries,China dragon dances; carnivals, family,Easter,The return of Jesus; the coming of spring,the Cherry Blossom Festival,The most energetic and important festivals,Post Reaing,The passage is mainly about different f_ and the ways of c_ and also the r_ why people celebrate them all over the worl

8、d.,Whats the main idea of the passage? Give one sentence to describe it.,festivals,celebrations,reasons,post-reading,Retell the text by filling the following blanks:,There are all kinds of festivals and _ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _ festivals celebrated the end of t

9、he cold winter, _ in spring and _ in autumn.Some festivals are held to _ the dead or _the _ in case they might _ _, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _ _ _ and Columbus Day.,celebrations,Dragon Boat Festival,do harm,ancestors,satisfy,honor,ancient,planting,ha

10、rvest,Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _ for the winter and because a season of _work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that _ _ _ the end of winter and to the _ of spring, such as the _ _,

11、at which people have a very good time.,agricultural,gathered,coming,look forward to,Spring,Festival,Discussion,With a partner discuss which kinds of festival you think are the most important and which are the most fun. Using information from the passage and your own ideas, fill in the chart.,Group work,Work in groups and create your own festival and then report it to the class.,Name of the festivals: Date: Meaning: Why it is celebrated: How it is celebrated:,Assignments:,Go over the text after class and try to write a summary of the text (about 100 words) and retell the text accor