Unit 8 Celebrations Period 50 Lesson 1 : Getting started Listen and read A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to get further information about celeb
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Period 50 Lesson 1 : Getting started
Listen and read
A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to get further
information about celebrations in the world , then practice reading
comprehension skill for details to complete a table
B / Teaching aids : Textbook , posters , pictures , objects about festivals …
C / Procedure
7 min I / Warm up : Matching ( Getting started )
- Ask Ss to tell some celebrations / festivals in Vietnam or
some English speaking countries in Vietnamese
- Tell Ss to work with a partner Match the icons with the
names of the celebration they represent
- Call the number of each picture and Ask Ss to tell the
appropriate picture
- Give correct answers :
1 Easter 2 Wedding 3 Birthday 4 Christmas
Work in pairs
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18 min
5 Mid-Autumn Festival 6 Lunar new year
II / Pre- reading : Introduce the topic of the passage
reading and some new words to Ss
1 Pre- teach vocabulary :
- Sticky rice cake (n) : traditional Chung cake
- Passover (n) : le qua hai
- Israel (n) (translate ) ->Jewish (a) -> Jewish people
- Occur (v) = happen / take place
- Live apart (v) = Far way
- Slavery = condition or work of slave
- Joyful (a) : cheerful
* Checking technique : What and where
2 Guiding questions :
a How many celebrations are mentioned in the text ?
b What are they ?
- Ask Ss to work in groups to predict the answers
- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write them
on the board
III / While - Reading
1 Checking predictions
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask Ss to check their
Listen and copy down
Listen and repeat chorally , individually
Copy down
Play game
Work in group
Listen and check their
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- Call on some Ss to read their answers and ask them to
open their books to check again
- Give feedback :
a Three celebrations are mentioned in the text
b They are lunar New Year , Passover and Easter
2 Quickly explained grammar :
- Ask Ss to find out the sentences with Which / Who
+ Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early
February
+ Families members who lives apart try to be together at
Tet
+ Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many
countries
Who / which : relative pronoun
- Have them copy
3 Grid :
- Have Ss read the passage about celebrations in Vietnam
and other countries
- Ask Ss to compare their table with a friend
- Feedback and give necessary corrections
predictions
Find out the sentences with Who / Which
Copy down
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3 min
Celeb-
ration
When ?
Activities
Food
Country
Tet
In late January or early February
Cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special
food
Sticky rice cake
Viet
nam
Passover
Late March or early April
( Not available )
Work individually
Work in pairs
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Israel
Easter
Around the same time as Passover
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Chocolate or sugar eggs
In many countries
IV / Post - reading : Discussion
1 When does Tet occur ?
2 What do our people do at Tet ?
3 What special food do they eat ?
4 Which country celebrate Tet ?
- Ask Ss to practice asking and answering the questions
V / Homework :
1 Learn by heart all the new words and copy the
completed Grid in their notebooks
2 Prepare the next lesson
Listen and copy