Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations
Goals Check Notebooks Know the difference between: Holiday Festival Celebration Learn about several American holidays and talk about Chinese holidays. Create your own holiday
Vocabulary Holiday (节日) Festival Celebration (庆典) Celebrate American and British definition Festival Celebration (庆典) Celebrate
American Holidays New Year’s Day- January 1st Valentine’s Day- February 14th President’s Day- 3rd Monday in February St. Patrick’s Day-March 17th Earth Day-April 22nd Mother’s Day- 2nd Sunday in May Mr. Bi’s Birthday-May 15th Memorial Day-Last Monday in May Father’s Day-Third Sunday in June
Independence Day-July 4th American Holidays Independence Day-July 4th August- No important holiday's. Usually the end of summer and beginning of school. Labor Day- First Monday in September Halloween- October 31st Thanksgiving- Fourth Thursday November Christmas-December 25th New Year's Eve- December 31st
Chinese Holidays Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) Lantern Festival Tomb Sweeping Festival Dragon Boat Festival Ghost Festival (Gui Jie) Labor Day National Holiday Mid-Autumn Festival Holidays by region? Peach Blossom Festival, Water Festival, etc.
Pair Work-Questions In what way are American holidays different from Chinese holidays? How are they similar? Make a list or just talk about it. Think about: Seasons What kind of people are you celebrating What kind of things do you do during the holiday.
Break 5 minutes
Group Work-Make Your Holiday What is something (An event/something special to you) you think should be celebrated but is not already being celebrated? Can be serious or funny. (Free Hugs! Everyone gets a cat!) Who can/should celebrate it? Is it for a specific type of person? (Chinese holidays/Women’s Day/St. Patrick’s Day) When do you celebrate it? Why is that day and time of the year special? How long do celebrate for? 1 day? 1 week? What exactly do you do to celebrate? Be specific! (Eat, drink, go places, etc.) Where is the best place to celebrate?
Homework Write about which American holiday you would like to celebrate the most. 5 reasons (sentences!!!) why. Tell me how it's similar and different from a Chinese holiday.