By Niu Jilian

Mid-Autumn Day Objectives

Cultural objective: get to know the Chinese culture on the date, the legend, the tradition rituals, the food etc.

Language objective: get to know how to say Mid-Autumn Day, how to express the simple wish for the Mid-Autumn Day

Activities: 1. story-based activities. 2. classwork and projects. 3. competition-based activities. 4. others

story-based activities.

Mid-Autumn Day: story-based activities Steps:

1. group the students by 5.

2.distribute some pages of the story for the students to read.

3.ask them to arrange the story in order.

4.ask a representative to retell the story.

5. see a video about the story and check their order.

Mid-Autumn Day story---based activities

Mid-Autumn Day story---based activities

Mid-Autumn Day story---based activities

Mid-Autumn Day: story---based activities Video

Mid-Autumn Day.mp4

classwork and projects.

The following activities are based on the general idea of Mid-Autumn Day

Mid-Autumn Day: classwork and project plan A

Steps:

1. teach students how to write “月”。

2. write “月” on the plate.

3. color the plate yellow.

4. make a hole in the middle and hang it like a moon.

Mid-Autumn Day: classwork and project plan A

Samples:

Mid-Autumn Day: classwork and project plan B

Steps:

1. distribute the index cards to the students.

2. make the card to send to their teachers and their friends.

It has to include the sentence “中秋节快乐” and at least 3 things about Mid-Autumn Day such as the exact day in lunar calendar, the food, Chang’e or Wugang etc. They can draw pictures or write Pinyin or chinese characters depending on their age and grade.

Mid-Autumn Day: classwork and project plan B

Samples:

Mid-Autumn Day: classwork and project plan C

Steps:

Write calligraphy of “月圆人圆事事圆”and hang it .

competition-based activities.

Mid-Autumn Day: competition-based activities

Steps:

1. learn about the Mid-Autumn Day.

2. questions on the Mid-Autumn Day connected with the competition.

3. jeopardy game (you can divide the students by the four most important features of the festival)

Tasting mooncakes

Mid-Autumn Day: others plan A Mooncake tasting

Notes: not appropriate for the little kids because of the allergies.

not appropriate for large piece of that, the American kids don’t have the same taste as ours.

it costs money.

Mid-Autumn Day:others

Mid-Autumn Day: others plan B Poem and song learning.

Lear the poem and song of : “静夜思”

Jingyesi.mp4

Mid-Autumn Day: others plan C Coloring

This is more proper for the younger kids after the tale of the legend.

Besides the colors you can ask them to put mooncake or a rabbit in the empty place.

Mid-Autumn Day: others plan C Coloring page

Mid-Autumn Day Assessment:

Retell the story

Rearrange the story

Classwork display

Score on competition