P.3 2nd term Unit 1 1

Tsz Wan Shan Catholic Primary School

2013-2014 2nd

Term

English Study Notes (1.Celebrating Valentine’s Day)

Class: 3( ) Name: _________________________________( )

A. Song Valentine ( Tune: Edelweiss)

Valentine, Valentine,

every morning you meet me.

Smile and hug, bright and kind.

You look happy to meet me.

Beautiful flowers may bloom and grow,

bloom and grow forever.

Valentine, Valentine,

bless my Valentine always.

B. Target Vocabulary

Seasons

1. spring 2. summer 3. autumn 4. winter

Festivals / Special days

5. Valentine’s Day

6. Mother’s Day

7. Father’s Day

8. Chinese New

Year

9. Dragon Boat

Festival

10. Mid-Autumn

Festival

11. Christmas

12. Christmas Eve

13. Halloween 14. Easter

15. Ching Ming

Festival

16. Chung Yeung

Festival

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Activities to Celebrate the Festivals 17. send / write cards to relatives

18. buy chocolate for friends

19. buy flowers

20. decorate my

home

21. tidy my flat

22. watch fireworks

23. visit friends and

relatives

24. watch a lion /

a dragon dance

25. watch a parade 26. get red packets /

lucky money/

lai sees

27. eat rice cake /

turnip cake

28. watch dragon

boat races

29. eat rice

dumplings

30. play with

lanterns

31. eat mooncake

32. look at the

moon

33. decorate the

Christmas tree

34. sing Christmas

songs / carols

35. eat turkey

36. look at

Christmas lights

C. Target Structures

1a. When’s Valentine’s Day?

Valentine’s Day is on 14th

February. / It’s on 14th

February.

b. When’s Halloween?

Halloween is on 31st

October. / It’s on 31st

October.

c. When’s Christmas?

Christmas is in December. / It’s in December.

d. When’s Easter?

Easter is in spring. / It’s in spring.

e. When’s Mother’s Day?

Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May. / It’s on the second Sunday of May.

f. When’s Boxing Day?

Boxing Day is on 26th

December. / It’s on 26th

December.

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2a. What do people do at Dragon Boat Festival?

They watch dragon boat races and eat rice dumplings at Dragon Boat Festival.

b. What do people do at Chinese New Year?

They eat rice cake at Chinese New Year.

c. What do people do at Chinese New Year?

They give red packets at Chinese New Year.

d. What do you do on Christmas Eve?

I decorate the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve.

e. What do you do on the first day of Chinese New Year?

I watch a parade on the first day of Chinese New Year.

f. What do May and Peter do at Mid-Autumn Festival?

They play with lanterns at Mid-Autumn Festival.

g. What does Tommy do on Mother’s Day?

He buys some flowers for his mother on Mother’s Day.

3. What do people do before Chinese New Year?

They decorate their homes before Chinese New Year.

They buy some flowers in flower markets before Chinese New Year.

They buy some red couplets before Chinese New Year.

D. Grammar

1. Preposition ‘in’, ‘at’ , ‘on’ In

Months, year, seasons: (e.g.) Christmas is in December. I was born in 1980. It is hot in summer.

At Festivals: (e.g.) People like eating moon cakes at Mid-Autumn Festival.

John goes trick or treat at Halloween. Mary gives presents to her friends at Christmas.

On a. Day or date:

(e.g.) I go swimming on Saturday. My birthday is on 24

th January.

I have an English lesson on Day 1. b. Festivals:

(e.g.) I give a card to my mother on Mother’s Day. Mary gives some flowers to her mum on Valentine’s Day.

I buy a present for my sister on Christmas Eve. Tim goes to Tsim Sha Tsui to look at Christmas lights on Christmas Day.

2. What, Where, When, Why, How, Which, Who, How much, How many, How long

a. Tom : How long was the Christmas holiday? Peter: Ten days.

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b. May : Why do you go to the flower fair? Sally: I go there to buy mandarins.

3. Future tense a. I will visit my grandparents tomorrow.

b. Mandy will sing Christmas carols in the coming Christmas. c. Tom and Peter will have reunion dinner next week. d. Mary will buy some chocolate for her friend next Sunday. e. Sam will watch a parade next Wednesday afternoon.

E. Others

Months

1. January 2. February 3. March 4. April

5. May 6. June 7. July 8. August

9. September 10. October 11. November 12. December

Activities to Celebrate the Festivals

13. put up red

couplets

14. go to flower

market buy peach

blossom

15. buy mandarins

16. eat melon seeds

17. have family

reunion dinner

18. light firecrackers 19. buy Christmas

present

20. eat gingerbread

21. dress as Santa

Claus

22. exchange gifts /

presents

23. eat Christmas

pudding

24. go trick or treat

25. wear different

costumes

26. paint Easter eggs

27. go egg hunting

28. eat chocolate

eggs

29. sweep the graves

/ burn joss sticks

30. go hiking 31. eat starfruit 32. eat pomelo