Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Lesson : SPEAKING Period : 46

OBJECTIVES :
By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to talk to each other about some popular holidays or celebrations in eithr VN or in the world.
MATERIALS : textbook, pictures, posters, hand – out, etc.
PROCEDURE :

Time
Contents
T’s and sts’ activities


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WARMER : BRAINSTORMING












@ Questions:
When are these days on the Western calendar?
Why do people celebrate these holidays?
What do they do on these occasions?
Lead in the new lesson.

PRE – SPEAKING
Set the scene: You are going to read a conversation between Mai and Anna who are talking about Tet holiday in Vietnam.Practise the conversation.
Mai: Do you kow that Tet holiday is coming soon?
Anna: What is Tet?
Mai: It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of spring. It’s also the start of the lunar new year?
Anna: When is it exactly?
Mai: Well, this year it’s on the 9th of February.
Anna: What do you usually do at Tet?
Mai: Well, we eat a lot of special foods, we dress up and visit friends and relatives, and we also play some traditional games.
Anna: Oh, that sounds really interesting.

# Useful language:

When is it exactly?
What do people often do at …..?
Oh, that sounds really interesting.
WHILE – SPEAKING
@ Match the pictures in textbook, page 93 with their suitable name of holidays, purposes of celebrating and activities on these occasions.



Holiday/ Celebration
Its main purpose
Its activities

1. Thanksgiving ( third Thurday in November)
a. People express their love to each other.
A. They give chocolates, flowers or gifts to the people they love.

2. Valentine’s Day (14th February)
b. People celebrate the largest full moon in the year.
B. Children wear masks, parade in the street, have parties with special cakes and lots of fruits, etc.

3. Mid – Autumn Festival (15th day of the 8th lunar month)
c. People celebrate the harvest.
C. family members get together. They prepare a large meal with roast turkey.



@ Answer keys:
Picture 1 – Mid Autumn Festival – b – B
Picture 2 – Thanksgiving – c – C
Picture 3 – Valentine’s Day – a – A
Task 3: Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the holidays above, using the dialogue in task 1 as the model.
Suggested dialogue:
A: Do you know when is Valentine’s Day, B?
B: It’s on 14th February.
A: Why do people celebrate it?
B: People celebrate this holiday to express their love to each other.
A: Then what do they often on this occasion?
B: Well, they often give chocolates, flowers or gifts to the people they love.
A: Oh, that sounds really interesting.
POST - SPEAKING
@ Substitue the underlined parts by the information from the table above.
HOMEWORK
Choose one of the 3 holidays above to write a short paragraph about it.
Prepare part C: LISTENING



T: writes the topic on the board.
Ss: are divided into 2 big groups
T: giveS instructions.
Ss: the members of each group one by one go to the board to write down their answer.

T: checks and answer some general Qs.




T: sets the scene and asks ss to practise the dialogue
Open – pair
Close – pair
T: run through the meaning
Ss: take notes












T: asks ss do the matching activity (T may run through the meaning of some difficult words.
Ss: work in pair
Ss: use the given information to make the same dialogue as the one in task 1.





























SUBSTITUTION


T: recommends ss.