Period: 84
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ
I. Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss know about traditional festivals in Viet Nam.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: Related to “Festivals”
- Grammar: compound words.
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about traditional festivals.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plan, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)

Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content

- T sticks some pictures on the board and has Ss to look at the pictures and answer the question.
- Ss look at the pictures and answer the question.
 What are the pictures about?





2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
- T leads in the new lesson.
- T has Ss work in pairs. (Ask and answer about where these people should go on their visits to Viet Nam.
- T calls one S to make example.
- Ss work in pairs.
- T calls some pairs to talk before the class.
- T checks and corrects any mistakes if necessary.
I. Getting started.
Work with a partner. Where should these people go on their visits to Viet Nam? Why?
* Ss will introduce some places in VN to others.
Ex 1:
T: Tom likes swimming and sunbathing.
- Where should he go?
S: He should go to Vung Tau or Nha Trang.
T: Why?
S: Because there are beautiful beaches in Vung Tau and Nha Trang.
Possible answers :
2/ David should go to Hue.
3/ Huckleberry should go to Sapa.
4/ Oliver should go to Bat Trang, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan provinces.
5/ Robinson should go to Ho Chi Minh city or Ha Noi.

- T plays the smart pen.
- Ss listen to the smart pen and try to find the answer.
- T presents some new words.
- Ss practice reading new words, pay attention to teacher and recognize the meanings of new words.
- Ss copy down new words.
- T checks vocabulary. “Rub out and remember”.


- T has Ss listen to the smart pen again and find the answers for the questions :
- T plays the smart pen.
- Ss listen and try to find the answers.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.

- T checks and corrects
- T has Ss pick out the way to form compound words.
- T checks and corrects the mistakes.
- Ss copy down the correct answer.
II. Listen and read.
* Ss know some traditional competitions in VN.
*Vocabulary :
- competition (n)
- fetch (v)
- yell (v)
- urge (v)
- teamate (n)
- participate (v)
- separate (v)
- husk (n)
- council (n)
- award (v)
Questions :
1. How many competitions are there in a rice-cooking festival?
2. What are they?
Answers :
1. There are three competitions in a rice-cooking festival. 2. They are water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking.
* Grammar: - Compound words :
N-V-ing

 - Passive form: The fire is made in traditional way.

- T has Ss practice the dialogue with a partner.
-Ss work in pairs: play the roles of Liz and Ba.
- T calls some pairs to talk before the class.
- T checks and corrects Ss’ pronunciation if necessary.
1. Practice the dialogue with a partner.

- T explains the way to do exercise 2.
- Ss pay attention to teacher’s explanation and do exercise individually.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and corrects any mistakes if necessary.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.




2. True or false? Check ( ) the boxes. Then corrects the false sentences and write them in your exercise book.
* Answer key:
a. F -> Only one team member takes part in the water-fetching contest.
b. F -> One person has to collect one water bottle.
c. T
d. F -> Pieces of bamboo are used to make the fire.
e. F -> In the final contest