UNIT 8 CELEBRATION Grade 9
Week 25
Period 49
Lesson 1 GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ p 65-66
Objectives: listening and reading for specific information about famous celebrations around the world
Materials: pictures, posters, textbooks, cassette…
Procedure
Timing
CONTENTS
Teacher’s and Sts’activities

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Suggested Answers
. Christmas
. Valentine’s Day
. Easter
. Mother’s Day
. Father’s Day
. Thanksgiving Day
. Lunar New Year
. Mid-fall festival
. Teacher’s Day
In which country, do people celebrate ….?
When? (At that time of the year) do people celebrate it?
What do they do?
Today you are going to learn some celebrations of some countries in the world?

a sticky rice cake to occur = to happen = to take place to live apart Israel
Jewish slavery (unc)
joyful = cheerful to parade
a parade
to celebrate – celebrated a celebration
Although

bánh chưng
xảy ra
sống ở xa
nước Do Thái
người Do Thái
chế dộ nô lệ
vui
đi diễu hành
diễu hành
làm lễ kỷ niệm
lễ kỷ niệm
mặc dù

Ex: Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people.
Which mà
Ex: Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
Who mà
Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
This is the passage about celebration in Vietnam and other countries.
Which celebrations are mentioned?




Answer Key
1. Tet
When: in late January or early February
Activities: cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food
Food: Vietnam
Country: Vietnam
2. Passover
When: late march or early April
Activities:
Food: special meal called the Seder
Country: Israel
3. Easter
When: around the same time as Passover
Activities: people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Food: chocolate or sugar eggs
Country: in many countries



1. When is Easter celebrated? What food do good children receive/
2. Lucky number
3. When does Lunar New Year occur?
4. What do people do before and during Tet?
5. Lucky number
6. When is Passover celebrated? Where?
7. In what countries is Mid-Fall festival celebrated? What do children often do?
8. Lucky number
Answer Key
1. Easter is celebrated on a Sunday in march or April. Good children receive chocolate or sugar eggs.
2.
3. Lunar New Year occurs in late January or early February.
4. Before Tet, people clean and decorate their houses, prepare a lot of food and go shopping for new clothing. During Tet, people visit their friends and relatives in their best clothes.
5.
6. Passover is celebrated in late March or early April in Israel.
7. Mid-Fall festival is celebrated in some countries like Vietnam, China,…
Children take lanterns of different shapes to parks and watch lion or dragon dances along the streets.
8.

Learn by heart vocabulary.
Read the text again
Prepare Unit 8 Lesson 2 SPEAK
Vocabulary: a contest, to take part in, a charity program, an artist, to nominate, acquaintance
I. Warmer
Networks
. Sts work in 2 groups + make a list of famous celebrations in Vietnam
. Which group has the longer list is the winner












Introduction of the topic

II. Pre-stage
Pre-teach vocabulary
- picture
- synonym
- explanation
- translation
- explanation
- translation
- explanation
-synonym
- picture











Setting the scene

Pre-question
. Sts discuss in groups
III. While-stage
Complete the table
. Sts read the passage + complete the table with five headings
. Sts compare their table with their partners
. T gives feedback + check their answers









Listen + Read
. Sts listen to the passage + underlined new words just taught
IV. Post-stage
Questions +Answers