After the western New year this is the most celebrated new year holiday. China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam and many more celebrate this. Below is a great lesson that can be used with kids anywhere in the world.
Receptive skills: Listening, reading
Productive skills: Speaking, writing
Materials: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk), Wishing tree, flashcards (dog, dragon, moon, new year, zodiac, wishing tree), Ice tea (different flavours), cups, Kahoot: https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/58cacd66-4759-484e-8619-ed62690b3bfb, predictions.
Age and level: Pre-Intermediate Juniors or teens.
Class:
1 Eliciting: Tell students to look at the flashcards on the board and guess the festival. Unveil clues if they are struggling.
2 Chinese tea party: Provide miniature cups for each student, with different types of ice tea in (Use Chinese teas like Oolong, Oolong milk tea, Green tea etc. Attached to each cup should be a piece of information (if you have fewer students you can provide more than one piece of information) Students have to mingle to find other peoples answers and match words and definitions to the flashcards and questions on the board.
3 Storytime: Now its time to tell the story of the Zodiac. This Ted animation is a great video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk). Tell students to listen and write down the story (You can make it easier by assigning students to groups and giving each student a different word class). Let students listen a few times.
4 Students work together to retell the story.
5 Error correction if needed
6 Students now look up their animal and see what is predicted for the coming year. Students must answer some questions using will to check understanding.
7 Error correction if needed.
8 Tell students about the wishing tree and elicit understanding of 'wish'.
9 Kahoot: Students use the 'wish' kahoot.
10 Students talk about their wishes for the coming year.
11 Error correction if needed.
12 Students write wishes for the new year and add them to the wishing tree.
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