Week : 24
Date of teaching:2/2/2015
Period: 72 Unit 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
Lesson 1: Getting started – The Festival Project
I. Objectives.
By the end of the lesson, Ss can use the lexical items related to the topic “ Festivals around the world” and read for specific information about an unusual festival.
II. Teaching aids:
- Projector, cassette players, disc…
III. Procedure
A. Class organization.
- Greetings.
- Checking attendance:
B. New lesson.
Time
Contents
T’s activities
Ss’ activities


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1. Warm up.
- Play games: Solve the crossword below.
- Review the previous unit before Ss open their books by asking them to solve a crossword puzzle.

T shows keys on the projector.

2. Activities.
New words
fascinating (adj) hấp dẫn
amazing (adj) đáng ngạc nhiên
religious (adj) thuộc tôn giáo
firework (n) pháo hoa
make a camp (v) cắm trại


1. Getting started
a. Answer the following questions.
1. No, she didn’t because she said “ Oh really?” to show her surprise.
2. People light candles and display/ let off fireworks.
3. It’s La Tomatina
4. Because to celebrate the festival people go to the desert, make a camp, and have a party.
5. They should write up reports and hand them in to the teacher.
b. Tick (v) T (true) or F (false).
1. T 2. T
3. F 4. T
2. Write the festivals in the box under the pictures. Then listen and repeat.
1. Water festival
2. Cannes Film Festival
3. Ghost Day
4. Tet
5. Rock in Rio
6. Christmas
7. Halloween
8. Easter
3. Match the festivals below with the reasons they are held.
Key:
Religious: Halloween, Ghost Day
Music /Arts Rock in Rio, Cannes Film Festival
Seasonal: Tet, Water Festival
Religious: Christmas, Easter




4. Compare your answers with a partner.
Example:
A: I think Rock in Rio and the Cannes Film Festival are music or arts festivals.
B: I agree.
A: Which do you think are seasonal festival?
B: I think Christmas and Easter. How about you?
A: I think Halloween and Ghost day.
5. Can you add more festivals to the groups in 3?





3. Homework
-Learn new words and phrases
-Prepare A closer look 1.


-Divide the class into two teams A and B.
-Read out the clues one by one







T uses some techniques to present some new words.
-Check the understanding by making sentences with the new words.
-Ask Ss to guess the content of the lesson. After Ss guess, let them open their books and read the conversation
-Ask them to listen to the tapescript

1-a: Ask Ss work independently. Allow them to share answers before discussing as a class. T then checks their answer..










b- Ss read the conversation again to do this exercise. Ask for Ss’ answers as well as the explanation for their choices.

2. Tell Ss that in the box are some festivals. Ss do this activity in pairs.
T plays the recording for Ss to listen, check and repeat their answers. Make sure that Ss pronounce correctly the name of the festivals.

3. Explain to Ss that festivals are held for different reasons.
Ask Ss if they know the meaning of these words.
Seasonal (adj) relate to or happening a during a period in the year.
Religious (adj) connected with religion or with a particular religion.
Superstitious (aj) based on the belief that particular events happen in a way that cannot be explained by reason or science.

4. Ss work with classmate and compare their answers. T reminds them to follow the model conversation in the box.









-Divide Ss into groups of five. In four minutes, SS write down as many festivals