Lesson 4

ChristmasChristmas Period 2

Focus on Focus on Vocabulary and WritingVocabulary and Writing

In today’s class, you are going In today’s class, you are going toto

• Review the words related to Christmas

• Practice collocations with some verbs.

• Learn the Spring Festival words.

• Write about your childhood memories of the Spring Festival

• Review the words related to Christmas

• Practice collocations with some verbs.

• Learn the Spring Festival words.

• Write about your childhood memories of the Spring Festival

balloons

carols

Father Christma

s

decorations

Christmas

pudding

presents

stockings

turkey

Christmas trees

b

c

d

f

pd

ps

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ct

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Christmas Cardscalendar paper hats

snowmen snowball fights

cc cd ph

sm sf

CollocationsCollocations

• _________carol service

• _________ snowmen

• _________snowball fights

• _________ the Christmas tree

attendattend

makemake

havehave

put upput up

• _________ Christmas balloons

• _________ paper hats

• _________ tea with a Christmas

cake

• _________ cards

CollocationsCollocationsblow upblow up

put onput on

havehave

playplay

Words that go together

havehave

teaa (snowball) fight

a party

luncha rest

a holiday

a lessona shower

Words that go together

dodo

your homeworkthe washing-up

the shopping

the cookingthe cleaning

me a favor

my hairexercises

Words that go together

playplay

the piano (any instrument)

cards

chess

badminton (any sport)

a CD

computer games

a tunea role

On Christmas eve, my grandparents arrived. We (1)______ a snowman in the garden and later we (2)________ the decorations .I(3)_________ lots of balloons.

mademadeputput upup

blew upblew up

Ex6:Complete the sentences with these verbs in the correct form.

blow up, go to, put up, have (2), make, put on

On Christmas morning, I(4)______some warm clothes and (5)______a snowball fight with my cousins and then we (6)________ church. After that, we (7)_____lunch and (8)______Christmas carols.

blow up, go to, put up, have (2), make, put on

put onput onhadhad

went towent tohadhad

sangsang

• In which festival, do Chinese people do the similar things as western people do at Christmas?

The Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival

Read a passage and find more Read a passage and find more about the Spring Festivalabout the Spring Festival

Read a passage and find more Read a passage and find more about the Spring Festivalabout the Spring Festival

Discuss:

• What do Chinese people usually do to celebrate Spring Festival?

My Memories My Memories of the Spring Festivalof the Spring Festival

My Memories My Memories of the Spring Festivalof the Spring Festival

1: Make notes

2: linking

3: Useful vocabulary

1: Make notes

2: linking

3: Useful vocabulary

People:People: family? relatives? friends?family? relatives? friends?

(Who celebrated the Spring Festival with you?)(Who celebrated the Spring Festival with you?)

Preparations:Preparations: decorations? Invitationsdecorations? Invitations?? (What did you do to prepare for the festival?)(What did you do to prepare for the festival?)

Presents:Presents: what? who for? make/buy?what? who for? make/buy?(What presents did get or give?)(What presents did get or give?)

Food:Food: meals? special food/drink?meals? special food/drink?(What kind of food did you eat?)(What kind of food did you eat?)

Activities:Activities: music? dancing? a longmusic? dancing? a long walk?walk?(What kinds activities did you do to celebrate the Festival?)(What kinds activities did you do to celebrate the Festival?)

Your feelings:Your feelings: happy? sad?happy? sad? (How did you feel about the Spring Festival?)(How did you feel about the Spring Festival?)

Linking (sequence)• The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the first day of

the first lunar month. the first lunar month. Before the New Year Before the New Year comescomes,, we completely clean ... AlsoAlso,,…

• On On Spring Festival EveSpring Festival Eve ,…ThenThen, in the in the afternoonafternoon,…After the dinner,After the dinner, …BeforeBefore we went to bed,…

• Waking up on New YearWaking up on New Year,, everybody dresses up. FirstFirst,… ,… ThenThen … … AlsoAlso,…,…

Useful Vocabulary• do spring cleaning • put up/paste Spring Festival couplets • do Spring Festival shopping • New Year’s Eve• set off fireworks/firecrackers • have family reunion dinner• make dumplings• red packets/gift money • stay up late • pay New Year’s call/visit

Write your memories of Write your memories of The Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival

Write your memories of Write your memories of The Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival

•Writing a passage

•Revising your own writing

•Peer-editing

•Writing a passage

•Revising your own writing

•Peer-editing

ItemsItems Evaluation Evaluation

Structure Excellent Good So-so

linking Excellent Good So-so

Idea Excellent Good So-so

Tense Excellent Good So-so

Handwriting Excellent Good So-so

Underline good sentences

Correct mistakes

Evaluation

do Spring Festival shopping

We put up Spring Festival couplets, paper-cuts or

the character “fu” to create the atmosphere

• have reunion dinner • dumplings

The meal is more luxurious than usual. The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness.

set off fireworks

/firecrackers

get red packets/gift money

the Spring Festival

party (broadcast

)

dragon lantern dancing ,

lion dancing

lantern festivals

temple fairs