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Welcome to my class!
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At what festival is the music played ?
In what countries is it celebrated?
Welcome to my class!
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In what season does Christmas fall?
What is your favorite season? What seasonal
festivals fall in your favorite season?
fall to occur/ take place at a certain time eg
My birthday falls on a Sunday this year.
In winter.
Christmas is a seasonal festival !
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Module 1 Unit 3Celebration
?Chinese Seasonal Festivals

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Pre-reading
What festivals will you think of when you look
at the pictures ?
C. Dragon Boat Festival
B. Lantern Festival
A. Mid-Autumn Festival
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• Questions
• When is the Mid-autumn Festival celebrated?
• 2. What do people do and eat on this day ?
• 3. Why is this festival important ?

Skimming
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What has changed about the moon cakes?
bean paste
coffee
chocolate
fruit
ice-cream
salted egg yolk
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• Questions
• When is the Mid-autumn Festival celebrated?
• 2. What do people do and eat on this day ?
• 3. Why is this festival important ?

Skimming
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The moon, grown full now over the sea,
brightening the whole of heaven.
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Careful Reading
1. Read the other two passages
carefully and write down at least 4 questions
about them. Girls please read Passage B. Boys
please read Passage C.
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Careful Reading
2. Read the last passage carefully. Girls please
read passage C. Boys please read Passage B.
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Competition
Close your books and try to answer the
questions. The one who can give a correct answer
will win a score for your team!

• Ask your classmate to repeat the question if
  necessary.
• Answer the questions as soon as possible.
• (within 5 seconds.)

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Parties are held. Moon cakes are eaten.
September or October
the fifth day of the fifth month of lunar
calendar.
Dragon boat races are held . Zongzi is eaten.
Lanterns are usually lit / Sweet dumplings
the 15th day of the first lunar month in winter.
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Do you know ?
Post Reading
How can we describe a festival?
We should say
What it is called.
When it is celebrated.
How it is celebrated.
What is eaten.
What music is usually played.
What people do to celebrate it.
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Spring Festival
1th day of 1th month of lunar calendar
Houses are decorated with
paper- cutting
Firecrackers are played.
Spring Festival couplets
Jiaozi / Dumplings are served
Families/ Friends get together
Greetings / Presents are
firecrackers
firecrackers
lion dance
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Discussion
Work in groups of four, make a description of
Spring Festival. Then choose one of the students
to report.
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Traditional Festivals in China
Qinming Festival
Solstic Festival
Double Ninth Festival
Double Seventh Festival
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Homework
1. Read the text again. Write an article about
one of the Chinese seasonal festival.
2. Finish Exes in P79 No.35.
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Homework
1. Read the text Christmas . Compare
Christmas with Spring Festival. Write a report
about the differences and similarities between
them.
2. Finish Exes in P79 No.35.
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Competition
Close your books and try to answer the
questions. The one who can give a correct answer
will win a score for your team!

• Ask your classmate to repeat the question if
  necessary.
• Answer the questions as soon as possible.

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Skimming
Read Passage A quickly and answer the
questions below.
1.When is the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated? 2.
What do people do and eat on this day? 3. Why is
the festival important ? 4. What does the moon
look like that day?
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Post Reading
Describe a Chinese festival
You should say What it is. When it is
celebrated.How it is celebrated.What are the
stories about it. What people usually do on that
day.What you like and what you dislike about it.
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match
festivals
pictures

• Mid-Autumn Festival A
• Dragon Boat Festival B
• Lantern Festival C

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Skimming
Write a short description of Spring Festival.
The following words may help you fall
celebrate lunar decorate lion dance
fireworks relatives
Post Reading
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Skimming

• Mid-Autumn Festival
• Dragon Boat Festival
• Lantern Festival

Read the texts quickly. Match the pictures
with the festivals.
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festival
date/ month
special food
special activi-ties
special meaning
moon cakes
viewing the moon
the 8th month of the lunar year
It is a special occasion for family.
Zongzi
holding dragon boat race
It marks the beginning of the hottest season of
the year.
falls
sweet dump-lings
watch-ing lanterns

It marks the end of the New Year celebrations.
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Intensive Reading
Read the texts carefully. Fill in the
table with the information you read from the
texts.
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A special Occasion for family reunion.
Parties are held. Moon cakes are eaten
On 15th September or October
Dragon Boat races are held . Zongzi are eaten.
The fifth day of the fifth month of lunar
calendar.
hottest season of the year
Lanterns are usually lit / Sweet dumplings
the end of the Chinese New Year celebration
On 15th of the first lunar month in winter..
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A special Occasion for family reunion.
On 15th September or October
Viewing moon. Parties are held. Moon cakes are
eaten
The fifth day of the fifth month of lunar
calendar.
Dragon Boat races are held . Zongzi are eaten.
The beginning Of the hottest season of the
year
It marks the end of the Chinese New Year
celebration
On 15th of the first lunar month in winter..
Lanterns are usually lit / Sweet dumplings
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Parties are held. Moon cakes are eaten
On 15th September or October
Dragon Boat races are held . Zongzi are eaten.
The fifth day of the fifth month of lunar
calendar.
Lanterns are usually lit / Sweet dumplings
On 15th of the first lunar month in winter..
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Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- 1st Day of 1st month
Lunar Calendar
- Jiaozi Dumplings are served
- Family reunion
- play firecrackers
- Houses decorated
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paper- cutting
firecrackers
Spring Festival
Spring Festival couplets
lion dance
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Qing Ming Festival

• Around April 5th
• Western Calendar

• Tomb sweeping
• In memory of
• passed away ancestors

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Double Seventh Festival
Chinese Valentines Day
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-chrysanthemum -mountain climbing -Autumn outing
Double Ninth Festival
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Winter Solstice Festival
December 22 or 23
- marks the coldest day of the year - eating
sweet dumplings
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be in different shape and size
be decorated with
battery
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Lantern Festival
- 15th of 1st Month (Lunar Calendar)

• Dragon Dance, Lion Dance,
• etc. at day Time
• Guessing riddles on lanterns

- Eating YuanXiao (Dumpling Balls)
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Dragon Boat Festival
5th Day of 5th Month Lunar Calendar

Dragon boat races have a history of more than
2000 years since the death of Qu Yuan in the
year 278 BC.

Zongzi is a kind of sticky rice wrapped in bamboo
leaves.