Unit 5 Let’s celebrateUnit 5 Let’s celebrateUnit 5 Let’s celebrateUnit 5 Let’s celebrate

ReadingReading

Halloween

Thanksgiving Day

Chinese

New Year

Christmas

Dragon Boat

Festival

festivals

Mid-Autumn Festival

A letter from the USA

Skimming (skim the letter and find answers quickly)

What’s the letter about?

Who writes to Millie?

When is the letter written?

It’s about Halloween.

Wendy.

On October 25

What do you want to know about Halloween?

Scanning (scan the letter and find which paragraph can answer your questions)

Close reading (read carefully and complete the table)

Halloween

Date Activities

__ 31

People in the _____ celebrate it

_______up

Wear ______ or _____ faces

Make _______________

______ play a game with people

inside. they _______ the doors and

shout __________. Children can get

_______ or play ______ on people.

Children have a _______ on the ________ of October 31.

Oct USA

Dress

masks paint

pumpkin lanterns

knock on

trick or treat

Children

a treat

a trick

partyevening

Read aloud and finish Exercise B4 on page 60

Halloween 31 October

lots of fun knock on people’s doors

inside food and drinks

special day

Close-reading

What can we prepare for Halloween? And why?

Pair work (help Millie answer Thomas’s questions) T: Hello, Millie. My mum told me Halloween. Can we celebrate it today?

M: ……

T: Oh, I see. What should I prepare?

M: …….

T: Why?

M: ……

T: Can I eat pumpkins?

M: Of course not! ……

T: But what can I eat?

M: We can have …… to eat because we play a game called ……

T: I love this game! How can we play the game?

M: ……

T: Great! If my mum don’t give me…, I can ……

M: Yes. Oh, Don’t forget …… in the evening! Please join us!

T: Wonderful! I hope……

What about you?

What does Wendy think of Halloween?

Why?

Special

Special Day

Write a letter to a person about your special day or favourite festival

___________

Dear _______

Today, I want to write something about my ____________.

It is on _____________. I think it is special because

________________________________________________________.

I usually celebrate it with _________.

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Best wishes

__________

27 Oct

Dear Grace

Today, I want to write something about my special day .

It is on Feb 14. I think it is special because it is a special western festival called Valentine’s Day and it’s also my son’s birthday.

I usually celebrate it with my family members. Luckily, my son’s birthday is almost in the winter holiday. So in the morning, we take Thomas to his favourite place and play happily. In the afternoon, grandma buys him beautiful clothes while grandpa prepares the dinner. In the evening. We have the birthday cake and sing birthday song together! How happy we are.

And I love this day! What about you? What is your special day?

Lots of love

Lois Liu

Homework

1.Finish this short letter after class. And share it with the people you love

2.Try to find more information about Halloween to answer the questions we can’t solve in class.

3.Read the letter and feel its special.