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A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘firecracker’?
Match Me
Match each word to its correct meaning:
3 explosion
4 lantern
1 origins
2 festivities
B the beginning or start
C pretty lights you can carry or hang
A a loud bang when something blows up
D fun celebrations
Check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each New Year’s custom with how it is usedto celebrate Chinese New Year:
1 firework displays
A to light the way for the New Year
Check
2 family dinner
B to celebrate the defeat of Nian
Click if correct
3 cleaning the house
C to sweep away any bad luck from last year
4 colourful parades
D to enjoy music, dancing and dragons in the streets
5 lighting lanterns
E to begin the festivities and celebrate the previous year
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best describes the book, A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals:
Tick one
A It teaches about festivals in the United Kingdom.
B It explains special events and traditions from all around the world.
Check
C It helps readers to cook meals from different countries.
Click if correct
D It shows children how to play sports from different places.
Speaking Spotlight
Newsreader
Explore
Newsreader
Formal language
Speak clearly
Vary your voice
Practise
Look at the camera
Calm & composed
Finish strong
Be confident
Report about a celebration or festival which was studied in this unit.
Common Exception Words
Explore
only
every
after
last
sure
people
water
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
town council
stemmed from
haul
water cannons
signal
pulp
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
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Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each sentence is true or false:
True
False
La Tomatina takes place in Spain.
The festival is held every Wednesday.
The festival starts when a loud bell is rung.
People are only allowed to throw squished tomatoes.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) What do you think the town does after the tomato fight finishes?
Accept any reference to cleaning up the tomato mess:
- They clean the streets.
- They wash away the tomatoes.
RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
3) Number the sentences from 1 to 4 to show the order they happen during the festival.
The streets get covered in tomato juice.
People throw tomatoes at each other.
Trucks bring tomatoes to the town.
Water cannons are fired.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
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Ready Steady Read Together
A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘firecracker’?
Match Me
Match each word to its correct meaning:
3 explosion
4 lantern
1 origins
2 festivities
B the beginning or start
C pretty lights you can carry or hang
A a loud bang when something blows up
D fun celebrations
Check
Click if correct
Link Me
Link each New Year’s custom with how it is usedto celebrate Chinese New Year:
1 firework displays
A to light the way for the New Year
Check
2 family dinner
B to celebrate the defeat of Nian
Click if correct
3 cleaning the house
C to sweep away any bad luck from last year
4 colourful parades
D to enjoy music, dancing and dragons in the streets
5 lighting lanterns
E to begin the festivities and celebrate the previous year
Tick Me
Tick the sentence which best describes the book, A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals:
Tick one
A It teaches about festivals in the United Kingdom.
B It explains special events and traditions from all around the world.
Check
C It helps readers to cook meals from different countries.
Click if correct
D It shows children how to play sports from different places.
Speaking Spotlight
Newsreader
Explore
Newsreader
Formal language
Speak clearly
Vary your voice
Practise
Look at the camera
Calm & composed
Finish strong
Be confident
Report about a celebration or festival which was studied in this unit.
Common Exception Words
Explore
only
every
after
last
sure
people
water
Explore
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
town council
stemmed from
haul
water cannons
signal
pulp
From: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Adapted from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each sentence is true or false:
True
False
La Tomatina takes place in Spain.
The festival is held every Wednesday.
The festival starts when a loud bell is rung.
People are only allowed to throw squished tomatoes.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) What do you think the town does after the tomato fight finishes?
Accept any reference to cleaning up the tomato mess:
RevealAnswer
Practise & Apply
3) Number the sentences from 1 to 4 to show the order they happen during the festival.
The streets get covered in tomato juice.
People throw tomatoes at each other.
Trucks bring tomatoes to the town.
Water cannons are fired.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
discover new authors.
Reveal
Try books from writers you've never heard of to expand your horizons.
If you like this book, you might like...
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced and adadpted for accessibility from: A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.