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Form: II - F
Topic: Chinese New Year
Objects:
- To learn about Chinese culture.
- To practice language for speculating.
- To practice giving advice and recommendations.
-  To develop intercultural awareness.

"Better to light one small candle than  to curse  the darkness."
Chinese Proverb

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Today we are:
- Review the history of celebrating New Year around the world.
- Learn Chinese New Year traditions.
- Discuss Chinese New Year superstitions. Review the Modal verbs for advice and recommendations.
- Do the project.

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1. Warming - up: "Brainstorming"
Now I know that....
- The New Year moves round the world as the new year begins. It's because of the division of the world into Time Zones.
- For a long time there was no agreed calendar . Different countries gradually adopted 1st January as the New Year according to.... Gregorian Calendar.
- There are still some different New Year traditions in the world.

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大籽 - 白月光與硃砂痣【動態歌詞】「白月光在照耀 你才想起她的好」♪

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2. What can you say about China?
- it is in the East of Asia;
- it's capital is Beijing;
- it's official name is People's Republic of China (PRC);
- it is the third country of the world in area;
- it is one of the most populous countries in the world (1.4 billion people).

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3. Find out some information about Chinese New Year in Wikipedia.

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Chinese New Year
Lunar New Year
Spring Festival
According to the ancient Chinese tradition, in 2021 they celebrate 4719 year and it is a year of Metal Ox (according to the Chinese Zodiac).

Vocabulary:
lantern
lion dance
dragon
mandarin
red envelope
peach tree
Metal Ox
lucky money
superstition
firecracker
fortune cookies
noodles
egg rolls
re - union dinner
chopsticks
oranges
scroll
Zodiac circle

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Chinese New Year - Vocabulary - English Portal

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4. Check yourself! Match a word and a picture:

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5. Watch a video. How do Chinese people celebrate Lunar New Year?

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Lunar New Year for Kids | Educational Video

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6. Let's talk!
(First, people get their hair and buy new clothes - that means a beginning of a new life. Then, they clean their houses. It is obligatory to sweep all the dust out of the house. After that all the family cook their feast dinner. In the evening all members of the family sit around of the big round table. All of them use their chopsticks to eat. They share food. They eat noodles for  long life, lettice - for wealthiness, duck - for happiness. Then people visit their friends and relatives. They bring them oranges - a symbol of luckiness. They give red envelops with money to children. Finally, people go to a parade. A tradition of Lion Dance starts the parade. At the end of it, a Dragon puppet appears. It is necessary more then 50 people to held the Dragon. It should be said, that the appearance of The Dragon means that a New Lunar Year is beginnig.)

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7. Do the project!

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Word Art 1 word cloud art created by Elenarogovec31

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8. Congratulations from the East! (wishes and congratulations in Chinese language; eating Fortune cookies).

"Keep a green tree in your Heart and perhaps a singing bird will come." -
Chinese Proverb

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9.Speaking. Information Office. Use:
I think you should/ought to .... .
I don't think you should/ ought to .... .
(I think you should visit a parade and watch a Lion Dance. I think you ought to walk there. I don't think you should bring scissors as a present.)

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Happy New Year 2021! Happy Chinese New Year of the Ox!

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10. Your Home task (Google Classroom).
- Learn new words.
- Learn a topic " How do people celebrate Lunar New Year?"