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Lesson 3 Memories of Christmas
Unit 3 Celebrations
Do you remember three Chinese traditional festival that we have learnt in Lesson 1 in this unit?
Warming up
Do you know what “Spring Festival” in western countries is?
Lead in
Lead in
What can you think of when I refer to Christmas?
Let’s say
What do people in the west do to celebrate Christmas?
Why is Christmas celebrated?
Let’s talk
What do people in the West do to celebrate Christmas? Use the pictures and phrases to help you.
to make Christmas pudding to put up a Christmas tree
to decorate the house to give/open gifts
to sing Christmas songs to hang a stocking
Do you have sweet memories of Christmas?
Let’s say
Read the story and find out why it was such a memorable Christmas to her.
Reading
Underline the memorable events the writer remembered about Granny.
I remember the wind because Granny’s grey hair was a mess when she arrived.
She spent most of her time on the brown sofa by the fire.
Sometimes she was quiet. Granny was very weak
Her hand was slightly shaky.
Granny took a seat by the fire.
Granny stayed inside by the fire.
Granny made an effort to help me. Granny was happy and loved me deeply.
Granny had the patience to sing my favorite song over and over again.
She seemed happy.
I remember Granny sitting on my bed and singing softly until I fell asleep.
Granny gave me a music box with a ballet dancer inside.
I remember catching her eye through the window.
Granny laughed so much that her paper hat fell off.
Underline the memorable events the writer remembered about Granny.
1st Reading
Skim the passage to find the timeline of the passage.
November December Christmas Eve Christmas Day
A few weeks after that Christmas
Talk about what happened to granny based on timeline
November: moved in, wrote a letter to father Christmas
December: made sugar biscuits, sang Christmas songs
Christmas Eve: sang Chris