Integrated skills Happy Chinese New Year Happy Halloween

Integrated skills Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Halloween! • make pumpkin lanterns • dress up • wear masks / paint faces • play 'trick or treat' • have a party What do people often do at Halloween?

What are they? They look like beautiful flowers They make the sky at night more beautiful. fireworks let off fireworks

Task 1 Something related to Chinese New Year 红包 red packets 鞭炮 firecrackers 饺子dumplings 剪纸paper-cuts 春联 Spring Festival couplets

Task 2 Discussion How do people in China celebrate Chinese New Year ? put up couplets put up the Chinese lanterns get red packets let off firecrackers/ fireworks visit relatives and friends

lion dance (狮子舞) watch dragon dance (龙 舞)

On Chinese New Year’s Eve eat Chinese food get together and have a big dinner

enjoy a music and dance show watch the Spring Festival gala on TV

We watch fireworks at night.

Task 3 Chinese New Year celebrations in New York l. Lion dance l. Chinese dinner l. Fireworks l. Music and dance Date: Saturday, February 9 Place: Chinatown, New York Find out more on New York Radio

A B C D E

When will they have the party? On Saturday, February 9 th

What can they eat at the party? A Chinese dinner

What do people do to celebrate the Chinese new year? To have a Chinese New Year Party

What can they watch on that day? A lion dance, fireworks and a music and dance show.

Where will they have the party? In Chinatown, New York

Task 4 Read, listen and complete the table. Activity Time Place Lion dance 1 p. m. _______ Peel Street ____ Chinese dinner 5 p. m. _______ Peel Street ____ Fireworks 8 p. m. _______ Mott Street ____ Music and dance 9 p. m _______ Mott _______ Street

February 6 Task 5 complete the postcard Dear Millie, be on holiday 在度假 New York Happy new year! I am on holiday in (1) _____. to do 表目的 The Chinese people here always have a party the Chinese New Year to celebrate(2) ___________. There are lots of interesting things at the party. The(3) _____ lion dance starts first. People take a lot of photos. 通常我在暑假里度假。 外出吃晚饭 dinner Then people can have a nice. Usually (4) Chinese _______. I ______ At _____ go out to have dinner summer. night, watch the (5)_____. that, there is fireworks in. After /go they out for dinner music and dance show. a (6) ________ What do you do to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing? All the best, Wendy

February 6 Dear Millie, Happy new year! I am on holiday in New York _____. The Chinese people here always Chinese New Year have a party to celebrate the ________. There are lots of interesting things at the dance party. The lion ______ starts first. People take a lot of photos. Then people can have a dinner nice Chinese ________. At night, they watch fireworks the ______. After that, there is a Music and dance _________ show. What do you do to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing? All the best, Wendy Millie Flat 603 118 Garden Road Beijing 100000 China

Task 6 Translation 1. 庆祝新年 celebrate Chinese New Year 2. 在纽约度假 be on holiday in New York 3. 看舞狮 watch the lion dance 4. 吃一顿美味的的中式大餐 have a nice Chinese dinner 5. 在唐人街看烟花 watch the fireworks in Chinatown 6. 你们做什么来庆祝新年？ What do you do to celebrate Chinese New Year?

Task 7 Try to retell the passage 2. celebrate the Chinese 1. on holiday, New York New Year 4. then, have a nice Chinese dinner 5. night, watch the fireworks. 3. The lion dance starts first, take photos 6. a music and dance show

Task 8 Speak up Millie is talking to her mother about the “Festival Week” at her school. Have a nice day!

Listen and answer the questions 1. Why does Millie seem happy? Because there is a 'Festival week' at school. 2. What do they do? They have shows about different festivals around the world. 3. Where do they have the shows? At the school hall.

Listen and fill in the blanks Mum: You s______ eem very happy, Millie: Yes, Mum. We have a “F_______ estival Week” at school. Mum: Really? What do you do? Millie: We have s______ hows about d____ iffetent festivals a______ round the w_____. orld It’s i_____. nteresting Mum: Great! W_____ here do you have the shows? Millie: At the school hall. Mum: Good. Have a nice day!

Task 9 A: You seem happy. B: A: Really? What do you do? B: A: Great! Where do ---? B: A: Good. Have a nice day! a sports festival a Halloween party

Let’s do some exercises. 1 2 3

Post-task 1 B 1. ---_____ do children celebrate Halloween? ---They play a game called “trick or treat”. C B A. What B. how C. where D. when 2. The little boy seems quite _____, he can’t find his way home A. happy B. happily C. unhappy D. unhappily 3. At Chinese New Year, everyone likes to ___ the lion dance. A. look B. watch C. look at D 4. He’s ___ in Japan now. A. in a holiday D. read B. for holiday C. to holiday D. on holiday C 5. I will meet him __ the morning __October A. on, in B. in, of C. on, of D. in, in 2 nd.

Task 2 选择合适的短语, 并用其适当形式填空. Chinese food lion dance at night be on holiday 1. At the Chinese New Year, we have a lot of_______. Chinese food 2. ---Why don’t you go to work today? --- Because we are ______. on holiday 3. Does she like watching the _______? lion dance 4. I don’t watch TV in the morning. I usually watch TV_____. at night

Task 3: Millie’s article • Millie also wirtes an article about Chinese New Year. But she has made some mistakes. Please help her to correct them.

Chinese New Year Every year people are celebrate the Spring Festival in China. Usually it’s on in January or February. Before it comes, everyone buy many buys things and they often make a special kind called of food call dumplings. Parents always buy new clothes to children and give them any red packets. for some On In Chinese New Year’s Eve, all the family member scome back. They have dinner together. After they enjoy the meal, they often watches TV or play cards. They all have good time. have a good time

1. Make a postcard for Chinese New Year. 2. Write a letter to Wendy, talk about the Chinese New year.