Period: 55
UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS
LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- By the end of this lesson, Ss use the structures to make sentences correctly.
- Vocabulary: Related to celebration.
- Grammar: Relative clauses, adverb clauses of concession.
b. Skills: Speaking, writing, less reading and listening.
c. Attitude: Study hard.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Teaching aids
1. Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities

1. Warm up (5’) Net Works
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content

- T asks Ss to write the relative pronouns on the board.
- Ss write on the board.
* The relative pronouns:
Who, Whom, which ...


2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
- T explains the requirement and the example.
- T explains the way to join sentences using relative clauses with relative pronoun “which”.
- T has Ss read the sentences.
- Ss read the sentences and do the exercises.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and corrects the answers if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
1. Join the sentences. Use relative clauses.
* Ss know how to use the relative pronouns.
Ex: Tet is a festival. Tet occurs in late January or early February.
Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
Answer key :
a. Auld Lang Syne is a song which is sung on New Year’s Eve.
b. This watch is a gift which was given to me by my aunt on my 14th birthday.
c. My friend Tom, who sings Western folk songs very well, can compose songs.
d. We often go to the town cultural house, which always opens on public holidays.
e. I like reading books which tell about different people and their cultures.
f. On my mom’s birthday my dad gave her roses, which were very sweet and beautiful.
g. Judy liked the full-moon festival, which is celebrated in mid-fall, very much.
h. Tomorrow I’ll go to the airport to meet my friend, who comes to stay with us during the Christmas.

- T explains the requirement and the ex.
- T explains the way to join sentences using relative clauses with relative pronoun “who”.
2. Describe each of the people in the pictures. Use relative clauses.
* Ss use relatve pronouns to describe the people in the picture.
Ex: I am the boy who is wearing a white T-shirt.
My aunt Judy is the woman who is holding Jack.



- T has Ss look at the pictures.
- Ss look at the pictures and make sentences.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and corrects the answers if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
Answer keys :
- Mom is the woman who is sitting in an armchair / receiving a gift from the little girl.
- Dad is the man who is standing behind my sister.
- Linda is the little girl who is wearing a pink dress / giving a gift to Mom.
- Grandmother is the woman who is wearing a violet blouse / giving a gift to the baby.
- Uncle John is the man who is wearing a pink jumper.
- Jack is the little boy who is sitting on his mother’s lap.

- T explains the requirement and the example.
- T explains the way to join sentences using adverb clauses of concession.
- T has Ss read the sentences.
- Ss read the sentences and do the exercises.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and corrects the answers if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.

3. Join the sentences. Use the words in brackets. The first is done for you.
Ex:
a. Thu Ha is not satisfied with her preparations for Tet even though she has decorated her house and made plenty of cakes.
Answer keys:
b. Although we don’t have a Mother’s Day in Viet Nam, Dad and I have special gifts and parties for my mom every year on the 8th of March.
c. We went to Ha Noi to watch the parade on the National Day last year though we live in Nam Dinh.
d. Many tourists enjoy festivals in Viet Nam though they do not understand Vietnamese culture very much.
e. Even though in Australia