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3. Answer the following questions.
a. What is the meaning of Awal Muharram?
b. Why does Vanessa’s family invite her uncle and aunt for the New Year
countdown?
c. There are similarities and differences between Chinese New Year and
Indian New Year celebrations. Complete the double bubble map below.

Chinese Indian
New Year New Year

4. Give an appropriate word from the brochure to match the meaning.

Meaning Word
a. movement of people from one place to another

b. to clean a room or house thoroughly
c. a custom that does not allow people to do a particular thing

Moving Beyond the Text Jot Thoughts
21st
Century
Do you think that traditional practices for these celebrations will still exist in Skills
50 years’ time? Discuss.

WORD STUDY (Similes)

Create similes from these words. Illustrate your similes in the circles creatively.

a new year s clean as s good as
s new as

6 s quiet as s red as s grand as