Unit 1　Festivals around the world(Period 1　Warming up and reading)

→step 2 warming up1. let students brainstorm the other chinese festivals.(lantern festival, pure brightness festival, dragon boat festival, mid-autumn festival, new year’s day, chung yeung festival. . . )2. let students read the information about chinese festivals below and discuss another three chinese festivals:when does the festival come?what do people celebrate?what do people do?festivalsdatefestivalsdatenew yearjanuary 1stteachers’ dayseptember 10thinternational women’s daymarch 8thnational dayoctober 1starbor daymarch 12ththe spring festivallunar new yearinternational labor daymay 1stdragon boat festivalthe fifth day of the fifth lunar monthinternational children’s dayjune 1stmid-autumn festivalthe 15th day of the 8th lunar montharmy dayaugust 1stlantern festivalthe 15th day of the 1st lunar monthchinese youth daymay 4thpure brightness dayapril the fifth3. ask students to fill in the following form and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class. the first one is given as an example.festivalstime of year/datewhat it celebrateswhat people domid-autumn festivalautumn/fallthe beauty of the full moon, harvest, time with family and friendsgive/eat moon cakes and watch the full moon with family and friends4. talk about some foreign festivals with students.(christmas, april fools’ day, easter, halloween, valentine’s day, thanksgiving day, . . . )→step 3 pre-reading1. let students discuss the following questions:what festivals or celebrations do you have in your city or town?  what part of a festival do you like best—the activities, the music, the sights, the food or the people who visit?2. ask students to look at the pictures and title of the passage in reading. discuss in pairs what kind of information will be introduced in the passage.→step 4 reading1. fast readingask students to skim the reading passage and then fill in the following chart.kinds of festivalsnames of festivalscountriesfestivalsfestivalsharvestspring(let students look through the chart and then read the text silently. three minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. show the suggested answers on the screen. )2. intensive readingallow students to read carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and the important details, and then finish the following:1)choose the best answer to each question or to finish each sentence according to the text.(1)why do japanese people light lamps during the festival of the dead?a. because they want to make the festival colorful.