1. Unit 7
Let’s Celebrate!

2. Unit 7 Topic: Parties, festivals and holidays
Functions: Accepting and refusing invitations
Vocabulary: Types of parties, describing festivals
Lessons:
Lesson A—Party time!
Lesson B—Festivals and holidays

3. Objectives After this unit, you should be able to…
Know different types of parties;
Describe the major festivals like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Spring festivals, etc;
Extend, accept and refuse invitations;
Talk about parties;

4. Quiz: how many types of parties do you know?
Lesson A Party time!
Quiz: how many types of parties do you know?
Types of parties on Page 110:
baby shower
bachelor party
block party
housewarming party
barbecue
family reunion
slumber party
surprise party
wedding ceremony
marriage anniversary
Imagine what people do at the parties?

5. What do people do at the parties?
At a baby shower, female friends of the would-be mother will give gifts of baby items to her, such as nursing bottle, diaper, bassinet, etc.
At a slumber party, boys or girls play games, eat snacks and stay up very late.
At a housewarming party, friends of the host or hostess who just moved to a new house will be invited to come and see the house, and usually they will take some gifts like a set of china, a painting or some other items with them.
A surprise party is usually organized for someone’s birthday by his or her friends, when the party is kept a secret from him/herself.

6. Lesson A Party time! Pair work on Page 111:
A: Would you like to go to a baby shower?
B: Sure, it sounds like fun. I like buying baby clothes and gifts for babies.
A: Have you ever been to a bachelor party?
B: No, I haven’t. My cousin got married two years ago but I didn’t go to his bachelor party.

7. Talk about parties you attended: 1) When? 2) Who? 3) What? 4) How?
A catering company
Talk about parties you attended:
1) When? 2) Who? 3) What? 4) How?
Introduction to a catering company:
A catering company is one that provides food services, esp. for parties. It prepares and serves food, and helps clean up after the party is finished.
caterer
cater to…

8. A catering company
Listen to Track 2-7-1, Track and do exercises A and B.
Imagine you are working for a catering company and you are required to write an ad to promote the business. What will you write about?

9. It’s a pool party.
Useful expressions for extending, accepting and refusing invitations on Page 112:
Extending invitations
Do you want to go for …with me?
How would you like to have …with me?
Would you like to play … this Friday?
Would you be interested in … on Saturday?
We’re going for a picnic. How about joining us?
Accepting invitations
Sure.
I’d love to.
That sounds great.
Refusing invitations
I’m sorry, but I can’t.
I’d love to, but I’m busy.
Unfortunately, I can’t.

10. It’s a pool party.
Listen to Track and practice the conversation;
Pair work: write a list of what you do in your spare time and exchange with your partner. You should invite your partner or be invited by your partner to do the things together.

11. Study Exercise A and B on Page 84
Party planning
Study Exercise A and B on Page 84
Class activity:
1. Divide students into several groups and give them different party types;
2. Ask them to decide on the issues: food, place, time, people to be invited, party theme, etc;
3. Conversations recorded during the party planning;
4. Extend invitations to other groups in turn;
5. Groups invited should fill in the invitations;
6. Talk with group members to decide which one is accepted.

12. Talking about parties
Listen to Track and talk about your favorite parties.
Homework: name as many festivals and holidays as possible, including date, special feature or ways to observe, etc. Answer questions on Page 91.

14. Types of festivals and holidays
Chritmas
Boxing Day
Easter
April Fool’s Day
Halloween
Thanksgiving Day
Spring festival
Lantern festival
Qingming festival
Dragon Boat festival
Double Seventh festival
Mid-Autumn festival
Double Ninth festival
National Day
Labor Day
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day
Children’s Day

15. Lesson B Festivals and holidays
Vocabulary:
soapsuds, slippery, otoshidama, gaucho, heritage
Cultural backgrounds:
Watch the video Part 1 and do exercises A and B on Page 121.

16. Aloha everyone!
Watch the video Part 2 and do exercises on Page ;
Pair work on Page 125: talk about the holidays (homework time!)