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    This document provides a teacher's guide for a lesson about the history and traditions of Chinese New Year. It includes preview questions, images to view, facts to choose, details about celebrations in San Francisco and symbolism of traditions. Comprehension questions follow about key terms, vocabulary, and using "ever since" in sentences. The lesson teaches students about the lunar calendar, zodiac animals, customs of cleaning and wearing red for good luck.

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    TEACHER’S GUIDE Fluentize, LLC. Copyright 2023. For use only with license.

    Bet You Didn’t Know | Chinese New Year History (B2)

    Preview
    Part 1. Discussion about Chinese New Year. Answers will vary.
    Part 2. Images.
    (1) dragon (4) cleaning a house
    (2) lantern (5) a family wearing red
    (3) dumplings
    Part 3. Choose the correct answers for the facts.
    (1) Lunar (2) Gregorian (3) zodiac (4) Rush (5) solstice

    Viewing Activity
    Part 1. Numbers: (1) 1/6 (2) 15 (3) 14th
    Part 2. Short answers:
    (1) The biggest Chinese New Year’s celebration that takes place outside of China takes is
    in San Francisco. After the Gold Rush, there was an influx of Chinese immigrants who
    settled there and ever since then, San Francisco has held a massive parade to celebrate
    Chinese New Year.
    (2) The two animals that are important to Chinese New Year are dragons and rabbits. The
    festival of lanterns is a celebration that takes place on the 15th day of the Chinese
    New Year when people display paper lanterns in the shape of rabbits, which symbolize a
    Chinese goddess named Chang E, who is said to have a brought rabbit with her when she
    jumped on the moon. Dragons are also important because the Chinese are said to have
    descended from the mythical creatures.
    (3) The symbolic activities that the Chinese do to prepare for the new year are clean out
    their homes, settle disagreements, get a new haircut or new clothes, or pay off debts. All
    are meant to start the new year fresh.
    Part 3. Symbolism of the objects, actions, traditions.
    (1) The Chinese eat dumplings, which symbolize good luck and long noodles.
    (2) The Chinese eat long noodles, which symbolize living a long life.
    (3) The Chinese wear the color red because it’s believed to be a symbol of good luck.
    (4) The Chinese avoid wearing black should be avoided because it symbolizes death.

    Post-Viewing 1
    Part 1. Discussion questions. Answers will vary.
    Part 2. Verb forms (base verbs, infinitives, or present participle forms).
    (1) get / to start (2) to bring (3) cut (4) to wear / wearing

    Part 3. Noun phrases.
    (1) winter solstic / Gregorian calendar (2) Chinese zodiac (3) Gold Rush

    TEACHER’S GUIDE Fluentize, LLC. Copyright 2022. For use only with license.
    Bet You Didn’t Know | Chinese New Year History (B2)

    Post-Viewing 2
    Part 1. Sentences with ever since... + [past simple] + [present perfect]. Answers will vary.
    Teacher’s answers:
    (1) fell / has hurt
    (2) met / haven’t been
    (3) went / has had
    (4) came / have changed
    (5) began / have fled
    (6) got / haven’t eaten

    Post-Viewing 3
    Traditions/Symoblism Task. Answers will vary. Share ideas for the traditions they came up with.
    Correct students’ mistakes during the discussion of their quirky traditions.

    Quiz & Review


    Part 1. How each term refers to the Chinese New Year. Refer to Post-Viewing 1, Part 3.
    Part 2. Questions. Refer to Viewing Activity.
    Part 3. Vocabulary.
    (1) in order to
    (2) is said to
    (3) never cut
    (4) Be sure to / avoid wearing
    Part 4. Sentence using ever since.
    Ever since the Gold Rush brought an influx of Chinese workers, San Francisco has
    held a massive parade to celebrate Chinese New Year,

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