1. Unit 5 Let’s celebrate
Reading

2. festivals Halloween Thanksgiving Day Christmas Dragon Boat Festival
Lead in : lantern dress up,
Chinese
New Year
Mid-Autumn Festival

3. A letter from the USA

4. What’s the letter about?
Skimming (skim the letter and find answers quickly)
What’s the letter about?
It’s about Halloween.
Who writes to Millie?
Wendy.
When is the letter written?
On October 25

5. What do you want to know about Halloween?
Scanning (scan the letter and find which paragraph
can answer your questions)
What do you want to know about Halloween?

6. Close reading (read carefully and complete the table)
Halloween
Date
Activities
__ 31
People in the _____ celebrate it
_______up
Wear ______ or _____ faces
Make _______________
______ play a game with people inside. they _______ the doors and shout __________. Children can get _______ or play ______ on people.
Children have a _______ on the ________ of October 31.
Dress
masks
paint
pumpkin lanterns
Children
USA
Oct
knock on
a treat
trick or treat
a trick
party
evening

7. knock on people’s doors
Read aloud and finish Exercise B4 on page 60
Halloween
31 October
lots of fun
knock on people’s doors
inside
food and drinks
special day

8. What can we prepare for Halloween? And why?
Close-reading
What can we prepare for Halloween? And why?
Now we have learn much about Halloween, 准备图片?

9. Pair work (help Millie answer Thomas’s questions)
T: Hello, Millie. My mum told me Halloween. Can we celebrate it today?
M: ……
T: Oh, I see. What should I prepare?
M: …….
T: Why?
T: Can I eat pumpkins?
M: Of course not! ……
T: But what can I eat?
M: We can have …… to eat because we play a game called ……
T: I love this game! How can we play the game?
T: Great! If my mum don’t give me…, I can ……
M: Yes. Oh, Don’t forget …… in the evening! Please join us!
T: Wonderful! I hope……

10. What does Wendy think of Halloween? Why?
Special
What about you?

11. Write a letter to a person about your special day or favourite festival

12. ___________
Dear _______
Today, I want to write something about my ____________.
It is on _____________. I think it is special because ________________________________________________________.
I usually celebrate it with _________. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes
__________

13. 27 Oct
Dear Grace
Today, I want to write something about my special day .
It is on Feb I think it is special because it is a special western festival called Valentine’s Day and it’s also my son’s birthday.
I usually celebrate it with my family members. Luckily, my son’s birthday is almost in the winter holiday. So in the morning, we take Thomas to his favourite place and play happily. In the afternoon, grandma buys him beautiful clothes while grandpa prepares the dinner. In the evening. We have the birthday cake and sing birthday song together! How happy we are.
And I love this day! What about you? What is your special day?
Lots of love
Lois Liu

14. Homework
Finish this short letter after class. And share it with the people you love
Try to find more information about Halloween to answer the questions we can’t solve in class.
Read the letter and feel its special.