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Teaching material Bragon Boat Festival Context Senior two
Teaching time 45 mins
Objectives Students will be able to: Learn some expressions about Chinese traditional festival; (language ability) Know more detailed information and culture about Dragon Boat Festival; (culture) Get the main idea of the each part; (learning ability) Cooperative learning and critical thinking. (thinking quality)
Lead-in (3mins) Before we start our new class, let’s watch a short video together. After watching, ask two questions to Ss. Q1: What’s the name of this poem Who wrote it Q2: There is a festival about Qu Yuan, what’s it So, our topic is Dragon Boat Festival. And then, share the teaching aims of this class.
Pre-reading (2mins) Q: When is the Dragon Boat Festival this year A: Jun. 25th.(last Thursday)
While-reading (30mins) Step 1 Skimming Q: How many paragraphs are there in this passage A: Eight. This passage can be divided into four parts, there are brief introduction, origin, traditional customs and the influence. So how to divide this passage into four parts Skim the whole passage and answer this question. Step 2 Careful reading Activity 1:Read para 1 and finish the following chart. WhenOn the 5th day of the 5th lunar monthNameDragon Boat Festival, Duanwu Festival, Double Fifth Festival.WhoQu YuanHow longThree days
Activity 2: Firstly, let’s watch an interesting video together. Later, you need to read para 2-3 and find out the missing information about the origin of Dragon Boat Festival. You can underline your answer in the passage. Dragon Boat Festival can date back to 2,000 years ago and the most famous legend is abou commemorating Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet notable during Warring States Period. During his life he strongly advocated recommending talents from all social levels, enching the country and building up the military forces. However, his ideas were strongly rejected by officials as it would harm their interests. Then Qu Yuan was forced to resign and was banished to the remote area of the country. In 278 B.C, the capital of Chu State was captured by the Qin Army. Qu Yuan was so grieved that he committed suicide jumping into the Miluo River. After hearing the news on the fifth of the fifth lunar month, locals were very sad about the death of their respectable poet and state official. Every year on this day people would commemorate him spontaneously. Activity 3: Q: How many traditional customs has refered in passage A: Four. Dragon Boat racing, eating Zongzi, hanging mugwort and calamus, wearing sachets.(show some pictures about them.) Read para 4 and finish the time line about Dragon Boat racing. Pay attention to the time and places. Activity 4: Read para 5-7 and find out the answers of the following three questions. Q1.Why did locals throw rice rolls, eggs and meat into the river A: Because they hoped the creatures wouldn’t eat the body of Qu Yuan. Q2.Why did people hang mugwort and calamus during the Dragon Boat Festival A: It can be effective in warding off disease, keeping insects away and purifying the air. Q3.What are sachets used for A: Drive out the evil spirits and avoid illness. Q4:Do you know any other Chinese traditional customs about Dragon Boat Festival A: Tie the flower rope, drink reaglar and hang pictures of Zhong Kui. Activity 5: Read para 8 and find out the different influence between in Japan and Korea.
Post-reading (5mins) Please make Zongzi with your group member, 5 mins later, I will invite some of you to show your Zongzi in front of the class. Here are sone preparations and steps about how to make Zongzi. How to make Zongzi 1. Clean the leaves of reed and put it in hot water to make it soft. 2. Wash the sticky rice several times and then put it in the water. 3. Fold the leaves of the reed and crowd around it to make it to a socket. 4. Put the sticky rice in the leaves of reed. 5. Put the stuff into the sticky rice and make it shapely. 6. Make up its edges and ensure its rice is not reveal.
Summary &Homework (5mins) Summary This passage is mainly about Dragon Boat Festival and some more detailed information about its origin, traditional customs and influence. So I hope we can respect and protect our traditional culture, just like president Xi Jinpeng said:“The brilliant traditional Chinese culture is part of the Chinese DNA. Efforts should be made to inherit and carry forward the fine traditional Chinese culture under the conditions of the new era.” Homework 1. Boil your Zongzi after school and share it with your family. You can also tell the story of Qu Yuan to your parents. 2. Write an article about How to Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival by using the information that we have learned today.

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