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—Suzhou Zhenhua Middle School Chen Ying

What festivals can you see in this video?

Spring Festival（ Chinese New Year ）

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Dragon Boat Festival

rice dumplings

Children’s Children’s DayDay

Mid-Autumn Festival

moon cakes

Thanksgiving Day

turkey

Halloween

How does Hobo celebrate

?

dress up as a ghost

dress up as the Monkey King

Let's learn more about

Let's listen and answer the questions.1. Who writes the letter?

2. How do children feel on Halloween?

3. What game do children play on Halloween?Wendy does.

They have a lot of fun.

They play "trick or treat".

Paragraph 1

Wendy’s favourite festival is . Halloween

Let's read paragraph 2 aloud( 大声 ) and try to find out how many activities there are in this paragraph.

Paragraph 2

paint faces

wear masksdress up

make pumpkin lanterns

Let's read paragraph 3-4 aloud and try to summarise( 归纳 ) the main idea( 中心思想 ) of each paragraph.

Tips for reading:The topic sentence( 中心句） is usually at the beginning or the end of a paragraph.

paragraph 3

paragraph 4

play a game

have a party in the evening

visit play a game with

shout

knock on

play a trick on

give…as a treat

the people inside

“trick or treat”

Let's tell our partners how to play the game!

Pair work

People in the USA celebrate Halloween in October. T

Halloween is not much fun for children.

F

People make lanterns out of oranges.

F

pumpkins

Children play "trick or treat" with their parents on Halloween. Fthe people

inside

People have a party on the morning of 31 October. F

evening

People enjoy nice food and drinks on Halloween. T

HalloweenWear_____ orpaint their____ Make

___________

Have a _____in the evening

Play __________

_____ up

Have a summary (page59 B1)

Dress

masks faces

pumpkin lanterns

“trick or treat”

party

Date: 31_____

(Paragraph 2-4)

October

Activities:

Which activity Which activity are you most interestedare you most interestedin? in? WhyWhy

DiscussionDiscussion

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

How do people celebrate these festivals?

Suppose there's a "Festival Week" in our school. Let's make posters of the festivals !

When is the festival? How do people celebrate it?Why do you like it? ...Try to make your posters attractive( 吸引人的 )

1. Read and recite the letter2. Write about your favourite festival3. Finish your poster