Festivals around the world教案
t: quite right. that’s the lantern festival. it’s the 15th day of the first lunar month. what do you usually do on the lantern festival?
s2: we eat special sweet dumplings called yuan xiao and enjoy displayed lanterns.
s3: and we enjoy beautiful fireworks, too.
t: you have done a good job. what are the other festivals?
s4: international women’s day. it was on march 8.
s5: arbor day on march 12th.
s6: international labor day and chinese youth day.
s7: international children’s day.
t: yes. very good. next one?
s8: army day is on august 1st and teachers’ day is on september 10th.
s9: national day on october 1st.
t: excellent work! those are all the legal holidays in our country. do you know our traditional festivals? list some of them, please.
sa: the most important one is the spring festival.
t: yes. it’s also called lunar new year. anything else?
sb: qingming festival in memory of the dead or the heroes on april the fifth.
t: it’s called tomb sweeping festival. another one?
sc: dragon boat festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in memory of the great poet — qu yuan.
sd: mid-autumn festival on the fifth day of the eighth lunar month.
t: you’ve done a good job, boys and girls! you have named many festivals. i’m proud of you for you are so well-informed.
step ii warming up
t: look at the screen and i’ll show you a table and some pictures:
festivals date festivals date
new year january 1st teachers’ day september 10th
international
women’s day march 8 national day october 1st
arbor day march 12th the spring
festival lunar new year
international labor day may 1st pure brightness day april the fifth
chinese youth day may 4th. dragon boat festival the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
international children’s
day june 1st mid-autumn
festival the 5th day of the 8th lunar month
army day august 1st lantern
festival the 15 day of the 1st lunar month
t: what can you get from the table and the pictures?
ss: chinese festivals.
t: open your books and turn to page one. work in pairs and discuss another four chinese festivals: what people celebrate and what people do. the first one is given to you as an example.
three minutes for free talk, then ask some students to share their opinions with the whole class.
suggested answers:
festivals date what does it celebrate? what do people do?