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1、A Role-Play Lesson PlanT h e Chinese Moon FestivalDesigner:Minna ZhaoDate:Nov.19,2001Subject:EnglishGrade Level:6-8gradesPeriod of Time:50minutesLesson Topic:The Chinese Moon FestivalTerminal Objective(Goals:1.Students will develop a multicultural perspective through exploring harvest celebrationsin

2、 different cultures.2.Students will enhance their ESL literacy skills of reading,writing,listening,and speaking Instructional Objectives:1.In this lesson,students will be able to identify the true meanings of Chinese Moon festivalthrough class discussion.2.In this lesson,students will be able to dem

3、onstrate their knowledge and understanding ofthe cultural values and customs related to the Chinese Moon festival by creating and acting out a role-play3.After this lesson,students will be able to write a short article introducing Chinese MoonFestival.Materials/Sources:A poster boardSome posters of

4、Chinese Moon Festival(See Appendix1-5.Copies of Worksheet1:“Role-Play Evaluation Form”(one per personCopies of Worksheet2:“Writing Assignment”(one per personProcedures:A.Opening:(5minutesWrite on the chalkboard:“American Thanksgiving”Pose a question to the class:“In the last lesson,we learned the Am

5、erican harvest holidayThanksgiving.What are the major things we learned about American Thanksgiving?”Encourage a class brainstorming and,based on student input,write on the board:date, theme,characteristics,origin,and celebrations.Tell the class:Today,we are going to learn another cultures harvest h

6、oliday.It is Chinese Moon Festival.(Show the class the poster board.But instead of reading an article,we will learn Chinese Moon Festival through creating and acting out a role-play.After this lesson,you will write a short article of introducing Chinese Moon Festival.B.Middle:1.Input:(5minutesDivide

7、 the class into small groups(the number of each group depends on the demands of the role-play activity.Let each group create and act out a role-play based on a topic.Provide posters and guidelines for each group to create and conduct the role-play.Hand out each person Worksheet1:“Role-Play Evaluatio

8、n Form”and explain to students as audience they will evaluate each role-play they view by completing the form and,after that,they will answer questions based on their evaluation.The topics for studentsrole plays include:o The Legend of the Moon Lady(3studentso The fairy tale of Jade Rabbit(7students

9、o The Legend of Moon Lady and Jade Rabbit(3studentso The story of Wu Gang and the Cassia Tree(4studentso The Moon Festival celebrations(3-6students2.Modeling and Guided practice(30minutesDesigning and rehearsal:Assist each group to design and rehearse the role-play based on the topic they choose.Mod

10、el appropriate dialogues in the role-play.Role-play presentation:Each group presents a3-min role-play in class.Before the role-play,the group will give a brief introduction of the story.Role-play evaluation:The audience will fill in the“Role-Play Evaluation Form”as they view the peers role-play.C.Cl

11、osure:(10minutesHave each group generate the true meaning of the Chinese Moon Festival based on their group role-play.Lead a class brainstorming of summarizing the true meaning of Chinese Moon Festival.Encourage volunteers to write the summary on the board.EvaluationStudent knowledge and understandi

12、ng of the Chinese Moon Festival will be evaluated through a role-play and a writing assignment.Student oral English and cooperative skills will be evaluated through observation of the role-play.Studentswriting assignment will be assessed with a writing rubric(View the attachment.E xtensionStudents w

13、ill work in groups of four and conduct a research project:“Comparing the Chinese Moon Festival and the American Thanksgiving”In this project,students should search the internet and other resources,and complete the following tasks:1.A1000word paper that compares the two harvest holidays in terms of:t

14、he origin,thetrue meanings,and the celebrating activities.The paper should also include a reflection as the last part.2.A group PowerPoint presentation of the projectMake sure that in the group project,each member in the group is responsible for certain tasks and all the members work collaboratively

15、 to reach the goal.Websites for the group research:1.2./Library/Thanksgiving/thanksgi.htmWorksheets:Appendix#1-WorksheetsWorksheet1:Role-Play Evaluation FormName:_Class:_Date:_Comments on the performance Topic The main idea and the symbolicmeaning of the role-playThe TeacherTeac

16、hers Version o f Worksheet1:Role-Play Evaluation FormName:_Class:_Date:_Topic The main idea and symbolic meaning Comments on Role PlayThe legend of the Moon Lady Main idea:Chang E drank the elixir of life to save the people from her husband's tyrannical rule,floated and flew to the moon,separati

17、ng from her husband permanently. Symbolic meaning:the spirit of self-sacrifice and the immortal loveThe Fairy Tale of Jade Rabbit Main idea:the Rabbits self-sacrifice to offer its own flesh for the old beggars moved the gods that they named it the Jade Rabbit and let it become the Moon Ladys pet. Sy

18、mbolic meaning:the spirit of self-sacrificeThe Legend of Moon Lady and Jade Rabbit Main idea:Moon Lady and Jade Rabbit met in the Moon Palace and became good friendsSymbolic meaning:the devotion of friendshipThe Story of Wu Gang and the Cassia Tree Main idea:the shiftless man Wu Gang was sent by his

19、 master to chop a cassia tree that proved to be an impossible mission.Symbolic meaning:Shiftlessness is a harmful manner.The Moon Festival CelebrationsMain idea:Chinese Moon Festival is a harvest holiday,a family day,a day of worshiping unity and immortal love, and friendship,a day of enjoying peace

20、,love,and fun Symbolic meaning:unity,love,peace,friendship,and funWorksheet2:Group Work SheetGroup1:Role-Play of The Legend of Moon LadyChang EGuidelines for the role-play:This role-play needs at least three people.A student will briefly introduce the story before the play. Characters in this role-p

21、lay include the Moon Lady and her husband,Hou Yi.The role-play should be dramatized,based on the story,with a vivid dialogue between the two characters.The time limit of the role-play is within3minutes.Group2:Role-Play of The Fairy Tale of Jade RabbitGuidelines for the role-play:This role-play needs

22、 seven people.A student will briefly introduce the story before the play.Characters in the play include three gods who pretend to be old beggars,a rabbit,a fox,and a monkey.The role-play should be dramatized with a vivid conversation among the characters based on the story.The time limit of the role

23、-play is within3minutes.Group3:Role-Play of the Legend of Moon Lady and Jade RabbitGuidelines for the role-play:This role-play needs three people.A student will briefly introduce the story before the play.Characters in the play include the Moon Lady and the Jade Rabbit.The role-play should be dramat

24、ized with a vivid conversation between the two characters based on the story.The time limit of the role-play is within3 minutes.Group4:Role-Play of the Story of Wu Gang and the Cassia TreeGuidelines for the role-play:This role-play needs four people.A student will briefly introduce the story before

25、the play.Characters in the play include Wu Gang,his last master,the immortal,and the Cassia Tree.The role-play should be dramatized with a vivid conversation among the characters based on the story.The time limit of the role-play is within3minutes.Group5:Role-Play of the Moon Festival celebrationsGu

26、idelines for the role-play:This role-play needs3-6people.A student will briefly introduce the festival:the date,true meaning, customs,and celebration activities before the play.Characters in the play can be various and flexible.The role-plays can be about the family reunion activities,the dialogue b

27、etween lovers,and the activities such as viewing the full moon,singing moon poems,and enjoying the moon cakes.The role-play should be dramatized with a vivid conversation among the characters.The time limit of the role-play is within3 minutes.Worksheet3:Writing AssignmentName:_Class:_Date:_ Directio

28、ns:Suppose you are writing an article for a local newspaper.Write a short article introducing the Chinese Moon Festival based on what you have learned in thisclass,or on your search of the Internet.For more information of the Chinese MoonFestival,you can go to the website:In your article,you should

29、include the following information:1.The date of the festival2.The true meaning3.The origin4.The celebrations_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Appendix#2-PostersLadyChang E1.The Legend of Moon Lady The story:The date of this story is around2170B.C.The earth once had ten suns circling over it,each to

30、ok its turn to illuminate to the earth.But one day all ten suns appeared together,scorching the earth with their heat.The earth was saved by a strong and tyrannical archer Hou Yi.He succeeded in shooting down nine of the suns. One day,Hou Yi stole the elixir of life from a goddess.However his beauti

31、ful wife Chang E drank the elixir of life in order to save the people from her husband's tyrannical rule.After drinking it,she found herself floating and flew to the moon.Hou Yi loved his beautiful wife so much;he didn't shoot down the moon. Chang E floated to the moon on the fifteenth day o

32、f the eighth moon,people offer annual prayer and sacrifices to the moon on that day to commemorate the event.It is said that Chang E transforms herself into brilliant moonlight and descends to earth to offer good fortune.Thus,couples swear their mutual love under the full moon and separated lovers p

33、ray for their reunion under the full moon.Guidelines for the role-play:This role-play needs at least three people.A student will briefly introduce the story before the play. Characters in this role-play include the Moon Lady and her husband,Hou Yi.The role-play should be dramatized,based on the stor

34、y,with a vivid dialogue between the two characters.The time limit of the role-play is within3minutes.2.The Fairy Tale of Jade RabbitThe Story:In this legend,three gods transformed themselves into pitiful old men and begged for something to eat from a fox,a monkey,and a rabbit.The fox and the monkey

35、both had food to give to the old men,but the rabbit, empty-handed,offered its own flesh instead,jumping into a blazing fire to cook itself.The gods were so touched by the rabbits sacrifice that they named it the Jade Rabbit and let it live in the Moon Palace where it became the Moon Ladys pet.Guidel

36、ines for the role-play:This role-play needs seven people.A student will briefly introduce the story before the play.Characters in the play include three gods who pretend to be old beggars,a rabbit,a fox,and a monkey.The role-play should be dramatized with a vivid conversation among the characters ba

37、sed on the story.The time limit of the role-play is within3minutes.3.The Legend of Moon Lady and Jade RabbitThe Story:The Moon Lady was the only person on the moon.She lived in the Moon Palace felt lonely without any company.One day,the Moon Lady found a little rabbit under a Cassia tree.The rabbit

38、also saw her.She came up to the rabbit.The rabbit,instead of running away,moved toward the Moon Lady.The rabbit was also the only animal on the Moon,and it felt lonely,too.The two lonely creatures met and became good friends.The Moon Lady let the immortal pill come out of her body and the rabbit hel

39、ped her pound the pill. They plan to scatter the grounded pill on Earth so that every one could be immortal.It took time to do the job,so every moon festival,when the moon becomes the fullest and brightest,people can see the Moon Lady and the rabbit pounding the immortal pill on the Moon.Guidelines

40、for the role-play:This role-play needs three people.A student will briefly introduce the story before the play.Characters in the play include the Moon Lady and the Jade Rabbit.The role-play should be dramatized with a vivid conversation between the two characters based on the story.The time limit of

41、 the role-play is within3 minutes.4.The Story of Wu Gang and the Cassia Tree The Story:According to the legend,Wu Gang was a shiftless fellow.He changed jobs all the time and this made his last master angry.His last master was an immortal and he punished Wu Gang by sending him to the moon. On the mo

42、on,Wu Gang was required to chop down a cassia tree before he was able to come back home on Earth.It proved an impossible mission,as the cut in the tree heals completely the same day.So,Wu Gang is still chopping away on the Moon.Every moon festival,when the moon becomes the fullest and brightest,peop

43、le can see Wu Gang cutting the Cassia tree.It is said that Wu Gang made a delicious wine with the Cassia blossom.Many Chinese drink cassia blossom wine on Moon Festival.And Chinese poets, ancient or modern,tend to compose poetry based on his story as well as the legend of his cassia wine. Guidelines

44、 for the role-play:This role-play needs four people.A student will briefly introduce the story before the play.Characters in the play include Wu Gang,his last master,the immortal,and the Cassia Tree.The role-play should be dramatized with a vivid conversation among the characters based on the story.

45、The time limit of the role-play is within3minutes.5. The Moon Festival celebrations Guidelines for the role-play: This role-play needs 3-6 people. A student will briefly introduce the festival: the date, true meaning, customs, and celebration activities before the play. Characters in the play can be

46、 various and flexible. The role-plays can be about the family reunion activities, the dialogue between lovers, and the activities such as viewing the full moon, singing moon poems, and enjoying the moon cakes. The role-play should be dramatized with a vivid conversation among the characters. The tim

47、e limit of the role-play is within 3 minutes. 1 A Family Day Enjoy the warms of Family Reunion The Moon Festival is an occasion for family reunion. When the full moon rises, families get together to watch the full moon, eat moon cakes, and sing moon poems. On that day sons and daughters will bring t

48、heir family members back to their parents' house for a reunion. Sometimes people who have already settled overseas will come back to visit their parents on that day. 11 2 Enjoying Moon Cakes The symbolism of the moon cake: A moon-cake is a specific dessert of Chinese traditional food, which is e

49、aten in Mid-Autumn Festival. They are special sweet cakes made in the shape of the moon. The main ingredients of moon-cake are flour and many kinds of sweet paste. The shape of moon-cake is mostly circularity. Particularly, there is one saltyduck-yolk in the paste. When you bite the moon cake, you c

50、an see a similar yellow moon in the cake. That makes the Mid-Autumn Festival more romantic and sweetish in full-moon day. A Legend of the Moon Cake: The Moon Cake commemorates the patriot Zhu Yuan Zhang, who plotted to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the Yuan dynasty in the 14th century, and is sai

51、d to have passed his plans to his fellow rebels hidden in the mooncakes. Hence today, these moon-shaped pastries with sweet fillings of red bean and lotus seed paste are exchanged as gifts. 12 3 Singing Moon Poems Moon poetry: The Moon Festival is also a romantic one. Lovers get together, watch the full moon, drink towards the moon, and taste the delicate moon cake, at such a quiet night without a silk of cloud and with some mild breeze fro