Unit #: Title

Unit 4 Festivals and Customs

Lesson 5 Celebrating Chinese New Year

Bible Verse: 诗篇 65:11 你以恩典为年岁的冠冕，你的路径都滴下脂油。
Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance.

Objectives

• Students will be able to...

Talk about similarities and differences in the way two festivals are celebrated

Express agreement, excitement, or approval 

Explain the source or origin of something

Understand the Chinese lunar calendar and the animal zodiac

Understand major Chinese festivals and celebrations 

Understand festival foods and their symbolic meanings

Learn origins and legends of Chinese Festivals

Classroom Activities

1. Devotional/Prayer...
2. Bell work: Find out which country's flag in Chinese
3. Pray together for the nations
4. Padlet Christmas break one sentence 
5. New Year Resolution (top 3 on teacher's list or modify)
6. Group of four, supplementary reading IC 4 lesson 11 text Q & A

Homework

• Complete...

1. Class work: IC4-11 Q & A on Google Doc sent to Google Classroom due today

2. L5 text 1 Q&A on Google Classroom due 1/10

3. Reader 7 due 1/10, 10 PM

4. IC 4 L11 Quizlet due 1/14