高二英語(yǔ)Festival around the world教案
li fang: could you forgive me? i have no gifts for you on this happy and sad valentine’s day.
7. writing an imagined and different ending to the story of li fang, beginning with:
as he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his w ay…
8. writing a description
to inform the foreigners of the chinese culture, you are to write a description of qiqiaojie in english. you may begin like this:
love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of emperor of heaven and an orphaned cowherd. they were separated by the emperor. the 7th daughter was forced to move to the star vega and the cowherd moved to the star altair. they were allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month.
9. finding information
go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on festivals and celebrations. take notes of your finding and report to your group mates next period.
10. writing letters
write a letter either to zhinu or niulang, telling about the modern life and the modern love.
11. closing down
closing down by filling a form
make use of the text and others to fill in the form.
two sad love stories
of li fang and hu jin of niulang and zhinu
closing down by describing the stars of vega and altair
to end this period, i am going to ask you to write a short passage to describe to the class the two stars of vega and altair which are related to qiqiaojie, the chinese valentine’s day.
for reference:
the stars
the star vega (weaving mai d) is the 5th brightest star in the sky. therefore, it's very easy to find in the summer night. the size of vega is 16 times bigger than the sun. the temperature on its surface is more than 10,000 degrees. the brightness of vega is 25 times brighter than the sun. it's 25 light years away from the earth.
the star altair (cowherd) is the 11th brightest star in the sky. therefore, it's not difficult to find in the summer night. the size of altair is 4 times bigger than the sun. the temperature on its surface is about 8,000 degrees. the brightness of altair is 11 times brighter than the sun. it's 17 light years away from the earth.