5 Festivals and special days

Chapter 5 Festivals and special days eat rice dumplings get red packets guess riddles go hiking play with lanterns wear a costume give flowers to my mother decorate the Christmas tree In China Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Festival Mid-Autumn Festivgl Double Ninth Festival Lantern Festival In western countries Christmas Halloween Mother's Day A Beeno is asking about some festivals and special days. Read. What do you do at Dragon Boat Festival? I eat rice dumplings. Do you enjoy eating rice dumplings? Yes, I do. B What do Tom and Jane enjoy doing at each festival and on each specialday? Act Beeno and the children.

LEARN to Read C What do people do at these festivals? Read and find out. Do you have a favourite festival? People around the world enioy different festivals. Thanksgiving In America, people celebrate Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of November. It is a day when they say thank you for all the good things they have. In 1620 some people from Europe came to live in America. These new settlers found life in America very difficult because they could not grow enough food. The Native Americans helped them and they had a good harvest the next year. The new settlers decided to hold a party to thank the Native Americans for their help. This was the first Thanksgiving Day. All over the country, families gather together for a big meal at Thanksgiving. Sometimes people have to travel from far away to be together. They enjoy eating delicious food like roast turkey and pumpkin pie on that day. Water Festival In Thailand, the Thai New Year is also called the Water Festival. It is from I3th to 15th Ap

Children's Day In Japan, people celebrate Children's Day on 5th May. On that day children do not have to go to school. Families with boys display a warrior doll at home and put up cloth banners that look like fish. They also eat special rice cakes filled with bean paste. Parents wish their children health and happiness. Children also thank their parents for looking after them. There is a Children's Day in China too. What special things do you usually do on that day? D Find words which mean the same as the underlined words. 1 People do special things to remember differentfestivals. 2 The first people to farm the land found life in America_very difficult. 3 The farmers had a party when they finished collectingthe plants they grew. 4 Everyone gets wet at the Water Festival becausethey put water on one another. 5 Children in Japan do not need to go to school onChildren's Day.

Pre-tack Activity E The children are talking about their favourite festivals. Act the children. Which is your favourite festival? My favourite festival is Lantern Festival. Why do you like Lantern Festival? Because I enjoy guessing riddles and eating sweet dumplings.

Did you eat sweet dumplings last year? Yes, I did. Which is your favourite festival? Tell your friend.