Unit 3 Celebration Festivals Warming Up and Reading

Warming Up Tranquil Night Abed, I see a silver light I wonder if it’s frost aground Looking up. I find the moon bright Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned

The Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Cakes

Qu Yuan Zongzi

The Dragon Boat Festival

Sweet Dumplings Lantern Riddle

The Lantern Festival

Brainstorming What festivals do you know in different months?

January—March April—June July—September October—Dec. New Year’s Day Tomb Sweeping Day The Party’s Birthday Spring Festival Labor Day Chinese Valentine’s Day Lantern Festival Chinese Youth Day Amy Day Women’s Day Mother’s Day The Mid-Autumn Day Tree Planting Day Dragon Boat Festival Teacher’s Day Valentine’s Day Children’s Day October-December Good Friday Father’s Day Halloween’s Day Easter Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Double Ninth Festival

Scanning：Fill in the table Festivals Seasons and Date\month Typical food The Mid Autumn Festival The Lantern Festival The Dragon Boat Festival Sep. or Oct. Moon Cakes The fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar Sweet Dumplings The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar Zong Zi

Skimming：Answer the following questions. 1. What’s the festival called? 2. When is it celebrated? 3. How is it celebrated? 4. What food is usually eaten to celebrate it?

True or False: People eat moon cakes on the Lantern Festival. People like to meet in the evening and watch the moon on the Lantern Festival. In the past, most lanterns are made with light bulbs and batteries. The special food for the Lantern Festival is the sweet dumpling. Dragon boat races were organized only by Chinese people. People eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival. F T F T T T

Voice Your Opinion A group of foreign visitors want to know some information about Spring Festival, Please discuss in groups about it.

Homework: Recite the whole text. Do lesson 1 on your exercises book. Hand in tomorrow.