Festivals and celebrations Reading and thinking 学案

Book3 Unit 1 Festivals and Celebrations
Reading and thinking-- Why do we celebrate festivals学案
Step1: Warming up
Activity 1 watch a video and talk about: Why do we celebrate festivals in your opinion?
Step2: Skimming
Activity 2: underline the topic sentence of each paragraph and try to summarize it with key words Para. Topic Sentence Key Words
Para1
Para2
Para3
Para4
Para5
Step3:Scanning
Activity 3 : Para.1 and answer
1.What are the different origins for different festivals?
2. What are the common spirit in all festivals around the world?
Activity 4: Read the text again and complete the mind map of the text.
Activity 5 :group work
Why do we celebrate festivals according to the passage?
Step 4.Post-reading
Activity 6：Filling in blanks to summarize the passage
Today’s festivals have a wide range of origins, including the seasons of the year, famous _______, important events, and religions. The _______ festival is one of the most popular festivals and is celebrated in many cultures. ________ play a significant role in festivals, but they can change over time. For example, some Chinese cities no longer allow firecrackers during the Spring Festival, as they can increase air pollution.
These days, festivals are becoming more __________, with people spending more money on gifts. Festivals ______ people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths, and attitudes towards life. They are _________ to spend
time with family, and to relax and enjoy life.
Activity 7：Discuss
What’s your attitude to the commercialization of festivals?
Step 5 Homework
Find the information that festivals customs have already faded away over the time on the Internet, and then make a short speech to introduce the change and the reasons for change.
Self-evaluation
Checklist Your performance
1.Can you identify the main idea of a paragraph and try to sort out the
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structure of the text?
2.Can you understand what most festivals have in common in
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different cultures?
3.Can you understand the reason of celebrating festivals? 5 4 3 2 1
4.Can you express personal opinions on the commercialization of
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festivals?
I have learnt to make use of the words and expressions:
I still need to improve:。