Festival around the world

6. reading and transferring information
read the text again to complete the table listing festivals and their celebrations.
festivals and celebrations
ancient festivals festival of the dead festival to honour people harvest festival spring festival
celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting and harvest; capture of animals. … … … …
for reference:
festivals and celebrations
ancient festivals festival of the dead festival to honor people harvest festival spring festival
celebrate the end of the cold weather, planting and harvest; capture of animals. honor the dead, satisfy and please the ancestors an honor to famous people or the gods,  happy events for  food  gathering  and end of agricultural work. look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring
7. reading to decide on the type of writing and summary of the text
type of writing this is a piece of descriptive writing.
main idea of the passage
 festivals and celebrations of all kinds, such as festivals of the dead, festivals to honour people, harvest festivals and spring festivals, have been held ever since the ancient times.
topic sentence of 1st paragraph today’s festivals have many origins.
topic sentence of 2nd paragraph
 festivals are held to honour the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors.
topic sentence of 3rd paragraph festivals can be held to honour famous people.
topic sentence of 4th paragraph harvest and thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.
topic sentence of 5th paragraph the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of the winter and the coming of spring.
topic sentence of 6th paragraph festivals let us enjoy life.
8. closing down by making a diagram and retell the text
we shall end the class by going over the text once again to make a diagram and retell the story with its help.
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