Lantern Festival Eat sweet dumplings guess riddles （灯谜）

十五天。 （打一字） guess riddles （灯谜） (胖)(胖)

Festivals around the world

List some Chinese festivals and discuss when they take place.

Festivals Chinese Festivals Date New Year January 1st Arbor Day March 12th Army Day August 1st Chinese Youth Day May 4th National Day October 1st The Spring Festival Lunar New Year Dragon Boat Festival the fifth day of the fifth lunar month Mid-Autumn Festival the 15th day of the 8th lunar month Lantern Festival the 15th day of the 1st lunar month

festivals The Dragon Boat Festival The Double Ninth Festival The Spring Festival Qingming The Lantern Festival The Middle Autumn Festival The Double Seventh Festival Traditional Chinese Festivals Dong Zhi 春节 七夕节 重阳节 冬至 清明 端午节 中秋节 元宵节

Celebrations Look at the form on P1 The Spring Festival How do people celebrate ? (Lunar New Year) What do people do?

Spring Festival How do people celebrate? What do people do?

Spring Festival on the first day of the lunar year last fifteen days do spring cleaning, decorate their houses On New Year’s Eve, eat dinner, watch the Spring Festival programme, watch fireworks, set off firecrackers get lucky money

Lantern Festival

Qing Ming Festival It is in memory of their ancestors. People will go to their ancestors’ graves to show their respect to them and clean up and sweep away the leaves.

The Mid-Autumn Festival

Dragon Boat Festival How do people celebrate it? Eat Zong zi and race the dragon boat.

festivals Festivals of foreign countries Christmas Fool’s Day Valentine’s Day Easter Thanksgiving Day Father’s Day Halloween

Easter Festival 3.21 或此后月圆的第一个星期天 Hope

 In March or April  Easter celebrate the return of Jesus for Christian and it also celebrate the coming of spring.  Eat chocolate eggs Easter

Christmas Day On December 25th It is the birthday of Jesus Christ Go to the parties and churches, give cards and presents to our friends and relatives

Valentine’s Day On February 14 th People send roses and cards to the people they love.

Halloween Pumpkins( 南瓜 ) "Trick or Treat"

Thanks Giving The 4th Thursday of November Turkey( 火鸡 )

 What is your favorite festival? Why?  When is it?  What is the festival about?  What do we usually do in the festival? My favorite festival Discussing

I like … festival best. It is celebrated on … to remember/ in memory of … It usually lasts … days. People do … suggested expressions:

Reading You are given 5 minutes to read the passage quickly and try to remember different kinds of festivals mentioned in the text.

festivals Festivals to honour people Ancient Festival Harvest Festivals Festivals of the Dead How many kinds of festivals are mentioned in the text? What are they? Spring Festivals

Summarize and fill in the chart Ancient Festivals why how Festivals of the dead why how Festivals to honour people why how Harvest Festivals why how Spring Festivals why how the end of the cold winter;planting in spring and harvest in autumn light fire and make music to honour the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors light lamps, play music, eat food in the shapes of skulls and cakes with bones, go to their neighbors to ask for sweets,dress up for their great contributions to the society or the country Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi Food is gathered for the winter. A season of agricultural work is over. decorate churches and town halls, get together to have big meals, admire the moon and eat mooncakes celebrate the end of winter and the coming of spring eat delicious food; have exciting carnivals

Obon Day of the Dead Halloween Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Thanksgiving Easter Cherry Blossom Festival Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals Task 1

FestivalsCountries Obon Japan Day of the Dead Mexico Halloween Dragon Boat Festival China Columbus DayUSA Mahandas Gandhi Day India Mid-autumn Festival China/Japan Spring FestivalChina Easter Cherry Blossom Festival Japan Thanksgiving festivals Some Western countries European and other countries Some Western countries

1.Which three times of the year did people celebrate in Ancient Times? a. The end of The cold weather; b. planting in spring and harvest in autumn; c. after hunters had caught animals. Para 1: Ancient Festivals

Today’s festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some for special people or events.

2. What festivals are mentioned in this paragraph? Para2: Festivals of the dead 1.What is the purpose of Festivals of the Dead? Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors. The party is held to celebrate his birthday.

2. What festivals are mentioned in this paragraph? Obon in Japan the Day of the Dead in Mexico Halloween in the US and Europe

What do people in Mexico do and eat on the Day of the Dead ? They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. They might eat food in the shape of_______ and cakes with bones on them. skull

Toys and candies in the shape of skulls

What do children do during Halloween? dress up as witches and ghosts ask for sweets play tricks on people

Para3,4: 1.Which of the following is not festivals to honor people? A. The Dragon Boat Festival in China B. The Mid-Autumn Festival in Japan C. The Columbus Day in the USA

Para5: 1. What festivals are mentioned in this paragraph? 2. What does Ester celebrate? 3. What do people do to celebrate?

Para5: 1.What festivals are mentioned in this paragraph? The Spring Festival in China Easter in some western countries The Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan

Cherry Blossom Festival (March 15- April 15)

Para5: 2.What does Easter celebrate? the return of Jesus the coming of new year

Para5: 3.What do people do to celebrate? Carnivals( parades dancing,clothing)

. What can we learn from the passage? A. All festivals have been lasting for a long period. B. People like festivals just because they can eat a lot then. C. Different countries have different customs. D. People celebrate festivals in the same way. C

Which of the following is not the reason why people love festivals according to the passage? A. Because festivals let us enjoy life. B. Because festivals make us proud of our customs. C. Because festivals can make us have fun with each other. D. Because festivals can let us get money from the government. D

Which of the following festivals is not celebrated in Japan? A. Easter B. Obon C. Cherry Blossom Festival D. Mid-autumn Festival A

6. What do people do in Spring Festivals in China? A.Eat dumplings, fish and meat together B. Give children lucky money in red paper C. Watch dragon dance D. All the above. D

1.The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 2.Halloween used to be a festival intended to honour the dead. 3.Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honour a lot in China. 4.Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5.Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. F T T F F

Retell the text by filling the following blanks: There are all kinds of festivals and __________ around the world, which are held for different reasons. The _______ _________ were mainly held at three times a year--- the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn.Some festivals are held to _____ the dead or _________ the ancestors,who might return either to help or_________, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or the gods, such as _________ _______ ______, Columbus Day and so on. celebrations Boat FestivalDragon honor festivals ancient to satisfy to do harm

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals are happy events because the food is _________ for the winter and the ___________work is over,to which Mid autumn festival belongs.And the most _________and important festivals are the ones that ______________the end of winter and to the ______ of spring, such as the ______ New Year, at which people have a very good time. agricultural gathered Lunarcoming energetic look forward to