1、Unit 3 Festivals and customs Integrated skills (II) What is the date today? What traditional Chinese festival did we celebrate yesterday/last week/last month? What traditional Chinese festival will we celebrate tomorrow/next week/next month? How many traditional Chinese festivals do you know? Lead-i
2、n Festivals Seasons/dates Typical activities/foods The Spring Festival The Lantern Festival The Dragon Boat Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival Winter/the first day of the first lunar month Have dinner with the whole family and watch the Spring Festival Gala/dumplings and fish Winter/the fifteenth day
3、of the first lunar month Carry or hang up lanterns/rice balls Summer/the fifth day of the fifth lunar month Have dragon boat races/rice dumplings Autumn/the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month Watch the full moon and enjoy family get- together/mooncakes What is your favourite festival? Why do yo
4、u like it? What is the significance of promoting traditional Chinese festivals in modern society? Answer the questions Traditional festivals are a source of national pride and help shape our national identity. Traditional festivals teach us about Chinese history. Traditional festivals enable us to l
5、earn fine Chinese values. Revision What should we do to promote traditional Chinese festivals? 1. Start some courses about traditional Chinese festivals. 2. Have a poster design competition for traditional Chinese festivals. 3. Organize a poetry writing competition during traditional Chinese festiva
6、ls. 4. Put on some plays about traditional Chinese festivals. 5. Teach students how to make typical foods for traditional Chinese festivals. Answer the questions The government Schools Individuals Discuss The media Can you think of some different ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals? Discus
7、sing in groups Useful expressions for talking people into action There are clearly many ways to promote such as should promote/encourage/support by is surely a good/an effective way to promote is very popular with is important for because Planning your writing Beginning Body Ending State the importa
8、nce of traditional Chinese festivals and the purpose of your writing. Offer ways to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Make a call for action and describe a positive result you would like to see. The structure of the article The language of the article Organize your points with first of all, mor
9、eover, finally/last but not least, etc. if you give more than one way to promote traditional Chinese festivals. Use imperative sentences to call for action. Make them short and powerful. Self-review Grammar Are there any sentence fragments? Are the verbs in the correct tense? Have I chosen the right
10、 coordinating or subordinating conjunctions to join clauses? Variety Are all my sentences simple sentences, or do I vary my sentence structures? Do I repeat words a lot or is there enough variety in vocabulary? Punctuation Does every sentence end with the correct end punctuation? Have I used apostro
11、phes correctly to write all singular and plural possessive forms? Spelling Can I find any spelling errors? How can I correct them? Have I used capital letters where they are needed? Style Are my choice of words proper for the context? Have I used the proper formal style in the writing? Peer review T
12、itle of the article: _ Date: _ Writers name: _ Peer reviewers name: _ What I liked most about this article is _. I think these places need improvement: 1. _ Improvement: _ 2. _ Improvement: _ 3. _ Improvement: _ 1. Polish the writing according to your partners comments. 2. In groups, design a poster about an upcoming traditional Chinese festival.
