- Week: 26, 27, 28 - Form: 94, 7, 9
- Period: 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 - Date of teaching: 26 /02/2018-> 12/3/2018


UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

PERIOD 49: GETTING STARTED – LISTEN ( READ

I. OBJECTIVES
- Sts can know more about some popular celebrations in the world.
- Developing sts` listening and reading skills.
- Developing sts` love for country and the pride of traditional festivals in VN.

II- LANGUAGE CONTENTS:
1. Grammar: S.present tense; Relative clause with WHICH and WHO
2. Vocabulary: words relating to celebrations

III- METHOD AND TEACHING AIDS:
1. Method: Audio-lingual method, communicative approach
2. Teaching aids: tape and cassette, textbook, pictures, …

IV- TEACHING PROCEDURES:
1/Warm up: (brainstorming)
Let sts think of the names of the celebrations all over the world they know

Teacher’s day Women’s day Lunar New Year

Passover Birthday
CELEBRATIONS
Valentine Mid – Fall Festival

Wedding Easter Christmas

- Give feedback; Ask questions about these celebrations
Ex: What day is Passover?
What do people do in this celebration?
- Have sts look at the icons on page 65 and match them with the suitable names of the celebrations
Answer keys:
1- Easter, 2- wedding, 3- birthday, 4- Christmas, 5- Mid-Fall festival, 6- Lunar New Year

2/Pre-reading
- T. introduces the text and explains new words & structures.
* Vocabulary

- although / though / even though (conj.)
- celebrate (v) -> celebration (n)
- occur (v): happen/ take place
- decorate (v) -> decoration (n)
- free (a) - freedom (n)
- slavery (n)
 - Passover (n)
- Jewish (n)/ (a)
- parade (n)
- crowd (n, v) -> crowded (a)



* Structure: Relative clause with relative pronouns which, who
- Tet is a festival. The festival occurs in late January or early February.
-> Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
Relative clause

- Family members try to be together at Tet. Family members live apart.
-> Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
Relative clause

- Ask sts. to listen to the tape twice then tell the names of celebrations that are mentioned to.
3/ While reading
- Ask Sts. to read the text silently
- Have sts. work in pairs to complete the table (p66)

Celebration
When
Activities
Food
Country

Tet
in late January or early February
cleaning and decorating homes, wearing new clothes and enjoying special food
sticky rice cake
Vietnam

Passover
in late March or early April
eating special meal
special meal called Seder
Israel

Easter
around the time as Passover
watching colorful parades
chocolate, sugar eggs
in many countries


- Call on some sts. to give their answer, others go to blackboard to complete the table.
- Correct sts’ mistakes.

4/Post reading
- Ask sts. to look at the table above and introduce the celebrations: Tet, Passover, Easter to the whole class

Model:
Tet is the most important celebration in VN. It is in late January or early February. On this occasion, people clean and decorate their homes, they wear new clothes and family members enjoy together special food such as sticky rice cake. Everyone in VN feel happy on Tet holiday.

5/ Homework:
Ask sts to write about one celebration that they like best.

V. TEACHING EXPERIENCE:





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UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

PERIOD 50: SPEAK & LISTEN

I. OBJECTIVES:
- After studying the lesson, sts know how to give and respond to compliments.
- Developing sts’ speaking and listening skills.
- Giving sts a chance to listen to the song “Auld Lang Syne”
- Developing sts` love for singing.

II. LANGUAGE CONTENTS:
1. Grammar: expressions of giving and respond to compliments
2. Vocabulary: active (a), activist (n), charity (n), nominate (v)

III. METHOD AND TEACHING AIDS
1. Method: Audio-lingual method; Communicative approach
2. Teaching aids: text-