Unit3 Writing_ Mid-Autumn Festival 课件23张

Unit 3 Festivals and Holidays Writing：Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Dan is interested in Chinese festivals. Write a letter to Dan to introduce your favorite traditional Chinese festival. Task favorite Chinese festival Date (When) Activities & Meaning (What) Reasons (Why) Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Spring Festival When is the festival? lunar May 5th . It’s on It falls on lunar Aug. 15th. It’s from lunar Jan. 1st to 15th. Mid-Autumn Festival Dragon Boat Festival Spring Festival lunar Aug. 15th lunar Jan. 1st to 15th lunar May 5th My favorite Chinese festival is …… It’s on... It falls on… It’s from…to… Para 1:What is your favorite festival? When is it? _____ Write down the name and date of your favorite festival. My favorite Chinese festival is … It’s on... It falls on… It’s from…to… What do people usually do during the festival? Dragon Boat Festival race dragon boats watch the races make zongzi eat zongzi Mid-Autumn Festival share the mooncakes admire the full moon have a reunion dinner During the_____ Festival, people usually…… We celebrate it by… People have the tradition of… race dragon boats watch the races make and eat zongzi share the mooncakes admire the full moon have a reunion dinner Activities Before the festival: On the Eve: After that: Activities of the Spring Festival clean the house buy new clothes have a big dinner with families set off firework paste the red couplets(贴春联) visit relatives and friends give and receive “lucky money” people usually…… People have the tradition of… We celebrate it by… 20 seconds Before clean the house / buy new clothes On the Eve have a reunion dinner set off firework paste the red couplets During visit the relatives give and receive the “lucky money” Read the stories on the handout and discuss in groups: What ‘s the true meaning of the festival? Every festival has its story. Every story tells us something. Dragon Boat Festival Qu Yuan loved his country and felt disappointed with it. So he ended up jumping into the Mi Luo River. The local people who respected him raced out in their boats to save him. They dropped balls of the sticky rice into the river so that the fish would eat them instead of Qu Yuan’ body. Mid-Autumn Festival Chang'e flew up to the sky after drinking the magic medicine. Her husband Hou Yi was very sad and missed his wife very much. So he watched the moon at night and wished his wife could come back. After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. Spring Festival A monster called "Nian” come out to eat people and animals on the eve of every New Year. An old man in red helped the villagers to drive the monster away by pasting red couplets(贴春联)and setting off firework. Next day, the villagers visited each other to share the good news and have a reunion dinner to celebrate it. Special meaning We celebrate it to memorize Qu Yuan. It’s a time for family reunion. ... ...