Primary 4 Festivals in Hong Kong

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Primary 4Festivals in Hong Kong
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Textbook New On Target! Book 4C Module Hong
Kong and its neighbours Unit Festivals in Hong
Kong Learning Objectives 1. Students are able
to read and write about events at Chinese New
Year. 2. Students are able to talk about other
Chinese festivals (Dragon Boat Festival and
Mid-autumn Festival) and the weather during these
festivals. 3. Students are able to search for
other festivals on the internet. 4. Students are
able to do a survey of the favourtie festivals in
class. 5.Students are able to design and write
about a new festival.
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• Language items
• It is February and it is cold and rainy.
• Soon it will be the Dragon Boat Festival.
• People watch Dragon Boat races.
• Which festival do you like best?
• Chinese New Year is my favourite festival.
• Time allocation
• 1st 2nd lesson
• - Students read about events at Chinese New Year.
  Teacher asks questions about the text.
• - Talk about other festivals and the weather at
  the time of a year.

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• 3rd 4th lesson
• - Go online and find out other festivals
  (festival name, month, weather, place, activity,
  food)
• - Oral presentation
• http//www.hkedcity.net/english/english-centre/pro
  ject-learning/archive/
• 5th 6th lesson
• - Talk about preferences students do a survey of
  favourite festivals.
• - In groups of two, design and write about a new
  festival.
• Name of the festival
• Date of the festival
• Whats the weather like?
• What do people do?
• Where do they go?
• What do they eat?

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• Resources textbooks and web resources.
• Use of IT http//www.hkedcity.net/english/englis
  h-centre/project-learning/archive/
• Products Oral presentation and creative writing.