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1.People visit a lantern fair, guess riddles and give performances on Lantern Festival.
2.People wear traditional costumes, attend the ceremony and reveive congratulations from family and friends on Coming-of-Age Day.
3. People march along the streets, dress up in carnival costumes and watch samba dance on Rio Carnival.
Review
Brainstorm
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid-autumn Day
Chinese Valentine's Day
Christmas
Easter
Halloween
Thanksgiving Day
Mother's/ Father's Day
......
Why Do We Celebrate Festivals
Reading and Thinking
predict
Reasons
1.title
2.The structure of this text is clear. There are five paragraphs, and the first sentence in each paragraph is the topic sentence.
Target students
Senior 2
Senior 3
Senior 1
Students have certain reading comprehension ability, but lack the overall analysis ability of the text. Critical thinking and oral expression ability need to be strengthened.
Before class, students have finished the vocabulary part, so they have a general understanding of this unit.
Language objectives
Thinking quality
Learning Ability
Cultural awareness
grasp the structure of the text and get the
reasons for celebrating festivals;
understand the common spirit in all festivals
and share different opinions
Introduce their favourite festival;
Form correct values and attitudes towards different festivals and cultures.
Important points


Help students understand the main idea and text structure of why we celebrate the festival; Instruct students to use key sentences or keywords in each paragraph to sort out text information.

Guide students to use reading strategies (skimming and scanning) to organize information and sort out the author’s writing techniques.
Difficult points:
di
In ancient Egypt,
Why does the writer choose ancient Egypt, China and some European countries as the examples
in some European
in China
representative
ancient civilized countries
enjoy long history and culture
di
ancient
Today,
Maybe the festivals not always remain unchanged.
changing customs for a better life
The change of customs
Para.3
customs reasons
significance:
Customs play a significant role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time.
Chinese Spring
Festival
Halloween
lighting firecrackers faded away
became an exciting festival
for children
to avoid pollution
the development of modern society and the spread of new ideas
joy, care for environment
changing
Prediction
Activity 2:
Q1: Why do we celebrate festivals Q2: What type of writing is this text
Skimming
The topic sentence of each paragraph.
目的
获取文章结构 和
主要内容 学习阅读技巧
Scanning
目的
获取细节信息 学习阅读技巧
（Complete the mind map）
importance
Examples Customs that have disappeared/appeared Reasons why they have disappeared/appeared Your feelings
Fading away festivals
New festivals
Compare and reflect
Our attitude: ______________________________________________________________
People in… used to… during…, but now…
Nowadays people no longer… I think it is because…
People have given up the custom of… in order to…
As for the custom of…, I…
I think I would love to…
Customs can change but values should stay the same.
People nowadays… during…
I think it is because…
People welcome the custom of… in order to…
As for new custom of…, I…
I think I would love to…
for reference
for reference
Para.4 The commercialized festivals
What is the writer’s attitude towards the commercialization of festivals
A .positive B. negative C. objective
√
Your attitude
People's attitudes
some believe festivals should not be commercialized, others believe the increase in spending is good for economy and public happiness .
significance:
the commercialized festivals for a better life
Although
1.Are there any commercialized festivals at home and abroad
2. Why do some believe festival should not be commercialised
3.How do you feel about this trend Why
Conclusion
Reasons to celebrate festivals:
historical origins
spiritual delight
charming celebrations
common spirit
changing customs for a better life
the commercialized festivals for a better life
values(价值观) reflection
inheriting(传承)
developing
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v
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feel charms of customs
enjoy unique celebrations
share common spirit
track the development of the society
inherit excellent cultures
value the sense of sharing
appreciate the year's supply of food
lead a happy and peaceful life
Why
do
we celebrate festivals

We
do
celebrate festivals
!
Requirement
1. Name, time, custom, purpose, positive qualities.
2. Use the sentence structure in para2 and para 5 to explain your design later.
Create a new festival.

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