Unit 5 Let's celebrate!
Welcome to the unit
Teaching aims
1． Learn famous Chinese festivals and western festivals and learn how to celebrate them.
2． Guess the meaning of the words according to the pictures.
3． Discuss favorite festivals.
Important words, phrases and sentences
words: festival, Christmas, interesting, dress
phrases: Chinese New Year Mid-Autumn Festival
sentences: 1. Why do you like the Mid-Autumn Festival?
2. Because I like to eat mooncakes.
Teaching preparation:
1. Look for the information about six festivals before class
2. Radio
3. Multi-media
Teaching procedure:
Step1 Free talk: Talk about the festivals
1. Show the students some objects and pictures, such as a mooncake, a red packet…
T: What’s this?
S: It’s a mooncake.
T: When do you eat mooncakes?
S: At Mid-Autumn Festival.
T: When is Mid-Autumn Festival?
S: On August 15th (lunar). (find the date from the calendar)
(T: When there is a festival in the calendar, we can see the Chinese characters. Read ‘festival’ after me, please.)
Ask information about other festivals like this.
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show the pictures of Halloween, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year’s Day, Christmas, Dragon Boat Festival and Thanksgiving Day, let the student tell the name of these festivals.
2. Divide students in groups of four, discuss how to celebrate them , at the same time, teach the new words.
3. Show the description of these festivals at the same time, let the students use the name of these festivals to complete the sentences.
4. Let the students look at the six pictures and discuss:
Which is your favorite festival?
Why do you like it?
Step 3 Welcome to the unit
1. Millie is writing a list of festivals. Look at the pictures. Help her write the names of the festivals under the pictures.
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Christmas Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Festival
Halloween Mid-Autumn Festival Thanksgiving Day
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2. Exercises
1. At __________, we can get many presents from the stockings（长袜）.
2. June 1 in China is _____________.
3. _________ is on October 31.
4. We celebrate China’s birthday is on ____________.
5. People play with boats on the river at __________________.
6. Teachers get many flowers from their students on_____________.
