Objectives: build up the sense of what to learn.

Have a brief introduction of the vocabulary and language

skills in this lesson.

6% Writing Listening and Speaking 14%

Write about a photo essay 1.Describe the family photo

2.Compare author’s purpose

42%
38% Vocabulary and Language
Reading
1.Identify nouns
1.Read and analyze the photo essay
2.Learn the grammar rules of plural
Families in Many Cultures
nouns
2.Practice to organize ideas with a
thinking map

1
 Objectives: use the key words to describe families.
1. Discuss the photo, ask and answer questions to
gain more information about this family.
2. Model to use the sentence frames. Use the words
in the word bank. Then, encourage students to use

• Name the family members in this

them.

picture.
• What does this family do? How do the
family members feel?
• Describe your family with the
sentence frames and words below.
• My _____ is in my family.
My family _____ together.
My family is _____.

Word Bank
meal, home, care, celebrate, help, play,
busy, noisy, happy, clean

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 Objectives: identify and practice with nouns.
1. Discuss the picture, explain what a noun is.
2. Find out the nouns on the paper to practice.

father
mother

son

daughter

Mom helps cut the cake. Grandma gets a slice.

A noun names a person, place, or thing. 3

 Objectives: discuss the cover page, make a prediction.
1. Talk about the cover page of the photo book. Point out the title.
2. Guide students to make a prediction before reading. Use the
given sentence frame.

Details
What is the title of the
story? What can you
see on the cover?

Genre
A photo essay is
nonfiction. It tells
about people and
places.
A Family Celebrates Predictions
Chinese New Year What do you want to
by Anna Goy learn?
I want to learn _____.

3

Mom and Dad cook a big
This is my family.
meal.
Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Encourage students to read the photo essay.
2. Ask and answer the given questions to get more information
from the passage.
Details
Name each family
member.
What does each family
member do?
Key Words
Use the three key
words to make new
sentences.
Connections
Mention something
about your favorite
The kids help decorate meal. What do you use
to decorate your family
their home. home?
5
 Objectives: read, comprehend and analyze the story.
1. Encourage students to read the photo essay.
2. Ask and answer the given questions to get more information
from the passage.
Key Words
Check the definition.
Mention something
about a parade you’ve
watched.

Details
What do people do on
the street?
How does everyone
feel?

A long line of people marching Connections

down the street. How do you celebrate
Then they watch a parade. Happy New Year! Chinese New Year?
This is my family.
• Read with Fluency 1. Who are they?
• Details 2. What are they doing?
5
 Objectives: retell the story and make conclusions about what we’ve
learned from the story.
1. Guide students to fill in the thinking map.
2. Help and encourage students to retell the story. Then, give a
conclusion about what they’ve learned. Use the given sentence
frame.
3. Make connections. Have students talk about their own family.

cook decorate
a meal home

A Family
Celebrates
Chinese New
Year

watch a
parade celebrate

I learn that families _____.

4
 Objectives: recognize more types of nouns.
1. Explain what a noun is.
2. Use the words to teach and apply. Encourage students to make
their choice, tell whether the noun stands for a person, place or
thing.

A noun names one person, place, or thing.

box home

dish teacher peach

3
 Objectives: practice grammar. Find out the nouns in each sentence.
Look at the pictures and read the sentences. Point out the nouns in
each sentence.

MyMy sister
winplays the
We baby
are at brother
Ihome. ahas is violin
big eyes.
trophy
Dad Heon
at school.
blowing thehis
is in
up astage.
bedroom.
balloon.
4
 Objectives: sort the nouns.
1. Click the background to show a word at a time. Have students
read the word. Then say which group the word belongs to.
2. Click the background to sort the words.
Grammar
Person Place Thing

sister home trophy

Dad school violin

02:00

3
 Objectives: explain what a plural noun is.
1. Explain what a plural noun is. Read the words, focus on the
emphasized letters.
2. Explain the grammar rules.

A plural noun names more than one.

boxes
homes

Grammar Rules
Add s to most nouns to show more than one.
Add es to nouns that end in ss, x, ch, and sh to show more than one.

3
 Objectives: practice to use the grammar rules.
1. Help and encourage students to transform the nouns into plural
nouns.
2. Type the ending letters for each plural noun.

Grammar Rules
Add s to most nouns to show more than one.
Add es to nouns that end in ss, x, ch, and sh to show more than one.

dish _ _ two glass _ _ of water peach _ _

3
 Objectives: recognize nouns in sentences.
1. Help students to read the sentences.
2. Show the nouns. Encourage students to identify
plural nouns.

Read the passage. Find the nouns. Tell if it is a singular noun or a plural noun.

Families of all sizes live around the world.

Families celebrate birthdays.
What is your family like?

Mom and Dad cook a big meal.

The kids help decorate their home.
2
 Objectives: compare author’s purpose.
1. Discuss the photos. Read the sentences.
2. Explain and compare author’s purpose.

Families celebrate birthdays. The kids help decorate their home.

to share information to tell about a family celebration

3
 Objectives: describe what we’ve learned from the photo essay.
1. Remind students that these photos show what families do
together.
2. Use the thinking map to organize ideas. Talk about things that
families around the world do.
3. Type words or phrases to fill in the thinking map. Model to use
the sentence frame. Then, encourage students to use it.

Families
laugh cook
Around the
World

I learned about families

celebrate decorate which _____ together.

4
 Objectives: explain the homework.
Explain the homework to students. Remind
students to shoot and post their writing.

• Online exercise

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