UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

DIVISION OF PERIODS

Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and read.
Lesson 2: Speak- Listen
Lesson 3: Read
Lesson4: Write
Lesson 5: Language Focus

Teaching date: ......................
Period 14




I. Aim:
By the end of the lesson, students will know more about the popular celebrations in the world.
II. Language content:
Vocabulary: Revision
(v): occur, decorate
(n): freedom, slavery, Jewish, parade
2. Grammar: Phrasal verbs, connectives
III. Techniques: Rub out and Remember, Shark’s Attack, Brainstorming
Matching, Grids
IV. Teaching aids: cassette, pictures
V. Procedure:

Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
Content


T asks Students
Students answer.



- T asks students to copy down the words in their notebooks.
- T rubs out the new words one at a time. Each time you rub out a word in English, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask them to repeat chorally the English equivalent. When all the English words are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and get students to call out the English equivalent.
- T has students to rewrite the English words on the board.




- T gives feedback. Ask questions about those days.















- T has students look at the icons on page 65 and match them with the suitable name of the celebration.






- T has them work in pairs to complete the word map on page 66.




- T gives feedback















- T gets three students to look at the grids and introduce the celebrations. Tet – Passover – Easter to the whole class.


- T asks students to write about one celebration that they like best.


- T gives the homework. Ss take notes.

I. Warm - up
How many national holidays in Viet Nam?
New year day
Women’s day
Teacher ‘s day
………………………….
II. Pre - reading
1. Pre – Teach Vocabulary
- occur (v): xảy ra
(synonyms)
- decorate (v): Trang trí
(picture)
- freedom: Sự tự do
(translation)
- slavery (n): sự nô lệ
(picture)
- Jewish: Người Do Thái, thuộc về Do Thái
(translation)
- parade (n): Cuộc diễu hành, đám rước
(picture)

2. Brainstorming
- Let student think of the name the celebration all over the world they’ve known


+ What day is Passover / Lunar New Year?
+ What do they do on that day?
III. While reading
1. Matching
* Answer keys
1) Easter
2) Wedding
3) Birthday
4) Christmas
5) Mid – Autumn Festival
6) Lunar New Year
2. Grids
Cele
bration
When
Activities
-ties
Food
Country

Tet (Lunar New Year)
In late January or early February
Cleaning and decorating homes, wearing new clothes and enjoying special food
Sticky rice cake
Vietnam

Pass
over
In late March or early April
Eating special meal
Special meal called Seder
Israel

Easter
Around the same time as Passover
Watching colorful parades
Chocolate, sugar, eggs
In many countries


IV. Post reading
Students 1:
“Tet is the most important celebration in Vietnam. 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 Vietnam feels happy on Tet Holiday”
Student 2:
“Passover is the festival in Israel and all Jewish people celebrate it. Passover occurs in late March or early April. On special meal called the Seder, Passover celebrates freedom from slavery”
Student 3:
“Easter is celebrated in many countries. It happens in late March or early April. On Easter Day, people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades. They give children chocolates and sugar eggs if they are good.”

V. Homework
- Complete exercises.
- Prepare Unit 8: Lesson 2 Speak- Listen

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Teaching date: .............................................
Period 15



I. Aim:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to give and respond to compliments
II. Language