1. Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations

2. Goals Check Notebooks Know the difference between:
Holiday
Festival
Celebration
Learn about several American holidays and talk about Chinese holidays.
Create your own holiday

3. Vocabulary Holiday (节日) Festival Celebration (庆典) Celebrate
American and British definition
Festival
Celebration (庆典)
Celebrate

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Break
5 minutes

9. 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?

10. 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.