This amazing lesson is a great way to celebrate Chinese New Year in your classroom by sharing with your class the famous legend of the Emperor Jade and the race to choose the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. "Leyenda de Los Animales del Zodíaco Chino" is an ideal lesson for AP/Honors & Spanish II classes. Great step by step lesson plan. The legend includes the names of the twelve animals of the Zodiac and the ordinal numbers in Spanish . Great lesson to teach names of animals, ordinals numb