Unit 7 Chinese festivals
Brain-storming
What festivals do we have?
Try to ask
The Mid-Autumn Festival
Try to ask
The Mid-Autumn Festival
When is it?
What do people do?
What do people eat?
The Spring Festival is in January or February. People also call it Chinese New Year. At this festival, people get together with their families. Some people eat dumplings.
Listen, read and underline
Get together
团圆,团聚
Dumplings
饺子
Talk about your Spring Festival
Do
clean the house
get new clothes
get Red Packets
eat spring rolls
watch Spring Festival Gala
watch fireworks
get together with families
paste spring couplets
have a big dinner
eat dumplings
eat fish
play with cousins
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Tick and talk
The Dragon Boat Festival is in May or June. There are dragon boat races in some places. People eat rice dumplings at this festival.
( ) 1. When is the Dragon Boat Festival?
A. May or June B. July C June
( ) 2. What do people do at this festival?
A. watch dragon boat races
B. remember Qu Yuan
C. Both A and B
( ) 3. What do people eat at this festival?
A. Dumplings B. Rice dumplings
Read and choose
B
A
A
The Dragon Boat Festival is in May or June. There are dragon boat races in some places. People eat rice dumplings at this festival.
Read and choose
dragon boat races
龙舟比赛
rice dumplings 粽子
Mr Liu
When is the the Mid-Autumn Festival?
What do people do at this festival?
What do people eat at this festival?
The Mid-Autumn Festival is in September or October.
They look at the moon at night with their families.
They eat moon cakes and fruit.
Read and answer
moon cakes
月饼
Talk about your Mid-Autumn Festival
At the Mid-Autumn Festival, I usually…
I sometimes read…
I eat..
send
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Jessie
Peter
Now I know the Double Ninth Festival is in October or November.
People also climb mountains.
Linda
Susan
They eat rice cakes at this festival.
It is a festival for old people. People visit their parents and grandparents.
comment
Read and fill in the blanks
rice cakes
米糕
Let’s read!
Let’s read!
The spring festival is in January or February.
People also call it Chinese new year.
At this festival, people get together with their families.
Some people eat dumplings.
Let’s read!
The Dragon Boat Festival is in May or June.
There are dragon boat races in some places.
People eat rice dumplings at this festival.
Let’s read!
The Mid –Autumn Festival is in September or October.
People look at the moon at night with their families.
They eat moon cakes and fruit.
Let’s read!
The Double Ninth Festival is in October or November.
It is a festival for old people.
People visit their parents and grandparents.
They also climb mountains and eat rice cakes at this festival.
I can judge!
( )1.The Spring Festival is in
January or February.
( )2. At Dragon Boat festival, people eat dumplings.
( )3. People look at the moon at night at Mid-Autumn Day.
( )4. The Double Ninth festival is for children.
T or F?
T
T
F
F
Step 2: Discuss and write
Step 1: Read the text
Step 3: Introduce the festival
Task time
The Dragon Boat Festival is in May or June .
We eat rice dumplings. We usually watch dragon boat races.
It’s great fun!
Make a poster
The Spring Festival is in …
We also call it …
At this festival, we usually …
We often …
We eat …
I feel ..
The Dragon Boat Festival is in …
There are …races.
Some people … the drum. Some …the boat. Some cheer the team.
We eat …
It’s…
The Mid-Autumn Festival is in …
We look at the … at night with families.
We read the …about Chang’e and Wu Gang.
We eat....
I feel …
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The Mid-Autumn Festival
This Double Ninth Festival is for … people.
We visit our parents and …
We climb …
We eat …
It’s a festival of respect!
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Traditional Chinese festivals,
Know them,
Love them,
And keep them!
Traditional Chinese festivals
Ticking time
I can read and understand the story.
I can talk about Chinese festivals.
I can learn by myself and work
with classmates.
I can make a poster.
Self-evaluation!
Homework
Introduce Chinese festivals to your family.
Make a poster and share it with your friends.
3. Read more about Chinese festivals.