中秋节

There is an important Chinese holiday ，中秋节 , the moon festival 。

Is 中秋节 an important 重要 Chinese holiday 节日 ?

Is 中秋节 an important 重要 or 不重要 Chinese 节日 ?

中秋节 is an 很重要 Chinese 节日。

Who?

Does Chinese …?

Chinese celebrates …?

Chinese celebrates 中秋节 by eating 月饼 (moon cake) 。

Does Chinese …?

Does Chinese eat 月饼 or fortune cookies to celebrate 中秋节？

What does Chinese …?

Why does Chinese …?

Which holiday does Chinese celebrate on August 15th of the Lunar Calendar by eating 月饼 ?

On Aug 15th of the Lunar Calendar, does Chinese …?

When …?

Chinese celebrates 中秋节 on Aug 15th of the Lunar Calendar or Solar Calendar?

Chinese celebrates 中秋节 on Aug 15th of the Lunar Calendar by eating what?

Chinese celebrates 中秋节 on Aug 15th of the Lunar Calendar by eating 月饼。

One of the legends behind it.

There was a lady name 嫦娥。

Who?

She has a husband name HouYi.

Who’s husband …?

嫦娥 and HouYi live in…… Heaven!

Who?

So, there was a lady name 嫦娥 , and she lives with her husband, HouYi, in Heaven.

嫦娥’ s husband was an archer.

Who …?

The Jade Emperor (the ruler of Heaven to Chinese) had 10 sons who became 10 suns, which is ruining the earth, how terrible!

The Jade Emperor wants 嫦娥’ s husband to solve this problem for him.

The Jade Emperor wants who ?

嫦娥’ s husband went to earth and shot down 9 suns, so that there would be only 1 sun/son left.

How many?

Who’s husband again?

Guess what?

The Jade Emperor was very upset!

The Jade Emperor sent 嫦娥 and her husband HouYi to the earth. But they want to go back to Heaven and be immortal again.

Who?

To be immortal, 嫦娥’ s husband went to ask a Queen Mother for a pill.

Queen Mother gave 嫦娥’ s husband a pill. WOOHOO!

A what?

BUT! ………..

BUT! oh no~ “Each person only need half of the pill to become immortal~ else…. heHEHEHEhahahaHAHAHA” says the Queen Mother.

How many?

Why the pill?

嫦娥’ s husband went home happily and hide the pill aside, so he could surprised 嫦娥 with the pill at night.

However…..

However, 嫦娥 saw the pill before the evening comes, 嫦娥 found the pill!

Who?

So… as you may figured, 嫦娥 did what?

Right, so 嫦娥 ate the entire pill. And due to her overdose, she was floating!

Who?

Where?

嫦娥 float all the way up to the 月亮。What would be different on the 15th day of each month?

How would be the sky at night different?

And how special is the moon on the 15th day?

On a cloudless night, what would we be able to see on the 15th day of each month?

On the 15th day of which month for the moon to be the roundest? Remember when the 中秋节 was ？

So, this was one of the legend about 中秋节 , the story of who?

嫦娥 !

Let’s retell the story!

There is an important Chinese holiday ， ___, the moon festival 。

Chinese celebrates 中秋节 by eating ___ (moon cake) 。

Chinese celebrates 中秋节 on _____ of the Lunar Calendar by eating 月饼。

One of the legends behind it.

There was a lady name ___ 。

She has a husband name HouYi.

嫦娥 and HouYi live in……_____!

So, there was a lady name _____, and she lives with her husband, HouYi, in _____.

____’s husband was an ____.

The Jade Emperor (the ruler of Heaven to Chinese) had ___ sons who became ___ suns, which is ruining the earth, how terrible!

The Jade Emperor wants ____’s husband to solve this problem for him.

___’s husband went to earth and shot down ___ suns, so that there would be only ___ sun/son left.

Guess what?

The Jade Emperor was very ____!

The Jade Emperor sent ___ and her husband HouYi to the ___. But they want to go back to Heaven and be immortal again.

To be immortal, ___’s husband went to ask a Queen Mother for a ____.

Queen Mother gave ___’s husband a pill. WOOHOO!

BUT! ………..

BUT! oh no~ “Each person only need ___ of the pill to become immortal~ else…. heHEHEHEhahahaHAHAHA” says the Queen Mother.

___’s husband went home happily and hide the pill aside, so he could surprised ___ with the pill at night.

However, ___ saw the pill before the evening comes, ___ found the pill!

So… as you may figured, 嫦娥 did what?

Right, so 嫦娥 ate the ___ pill. And due to her overdose, she was _____!

嫦娥 float all the way up to the __ 。

So, this was one of the legend about ___, the story of who?

嫦娥 !

Your turn!

1.Rewrite the story in your own words on the composition book.2.Look at another legend about the Moon Festival, write it in your own words on the composition book.