English 8 Unit 13 Read

Aim: - To help students read for details about Christmas II.. Warmer chatting Teacher uses a christmas card and asks students some questions about picture.. 2.Pre- reading: a, Pr

Week : 27

Period : 80

Unit : 13 FESTIVALS Lesson : 3 READ

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I Aim:

- To help students read for details about Christmas

II Objectives:

- By the end of the lesson , Ss will get some knowledge about Christmas

III Teaching Aids : posters , pictures

III Work arrangements : group work , pair work

V Procedure:

1 Warmer ( chatting )

Teacher uses a christmas card and asks students some questions about picture Students listen and answer them

T : What is this ?

Ss : ( a chritmas card )

T : When do you usually get it ?

Ss : ( on Christmas day )

T : What can you see and listen on Christmas day ?

Ss : (I can see the Christmas tree , the Christmas card , Santa Claus and I can listen Christmas carols )

* Now let’s begin the new lesson , the content of the text talks about Christmas

2.Pre- reading:

a, Pre- teach vocabulary

The Christmas tree : ( picture ) : Cây nô ên

(To) decorate ( to make something look more attractive by putting things on it : trang trí

(To) spread – spread – spread :

to cover a larger and larger area ( explanation ) lan truyền

The Christmas card : ( picture ) : Thiệp nô ên

Christmas carol: ( picture and explanation ) : Bài hát lễ nô ên

Santa Claus : ( picture ) : Ông già nô ên

Patron saint : (translation ): Thánh bảo hộ

* T uses the steps for presenting vocabulary

- elicit a new word

- model ( 2 or 3 times )

- repeat in chorally ( individually ) 3 students repeat

- write word on the board

- checking meaning

- checking pronunciation and stress

- copy all the words

* Rub out and remember

- ask them to close their books

- Rub out the new words one at a time

- Each time you rub one word in English , point to the VN translation ask Ss to repeat again it

- When all the English words are rubbed out , go through the VN list and ask Ss to repeat them

- Write the English words again

* True or False statements prediction :

- stick the poster of T / F statements on the board

- set the scene : These statements are about Christmas , read them and guess which statements are true , which are false

- Get students to work in individually and then ask students to compare with

partners

- Give Ss 3 minutes to guess

* T / F statements :

a The Christmas Eve was decorated in the early 1800s in the Latvian city of Riga

b An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends on

Christmas day

c The character of the Santa Claus in a poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve

d The Christmas carols became popular again about 180 years ago

- Teacher writes the result of students’ guessing on the blackboard

3 While reading :

- Ask students to open their books

- Read the dialogue and check their prediction

- Ask them to correct the false statements

- Give feedback

* Answer key :

a F 1800s 1500s

b T

c T

d T

-To understand the meaning of some words in the text Now let’s begin “mtching ”

* Matching :

Teacher asks students to match the words in column A with the meaning in column

B

Column A Column B

1 Christmas Eve a Sự mô tả

2 ( to ) design b đêm Giáng Sinh

3 ( to ) perform c thiết kế

4 poem d.thực hiện

5 Jolly e bài thơ

6 description f.vui nhộn

2

- Give model

- Give students three minutes to match the words in column A with the meaning

in column B

- Call students go to the blackboard to match

- Correct , then ask Ss to repeat them in chorally

* Answer key :

1 b 2 c 3 d 4 e 5 f 6 a

* Grid

Christmas Specials Place of origin Date

- Stick the grid on the board and have Ss copy it

- Ask Ss to read the paragraph again and complete the grid

- call on some Ss to fill in the gaps in the grid on the board

- Give Ss 3 minutes to complete it

- Give feedback and correct

- Have Ss copy the grid

* Keys:

( The Christmas Card

)

( England ) mid- 19 th century

Christmas Carol ( No information ) ( 800 years ago )

* To understand the content of the text more clearly , now let’s continue the next part : Answer the questions

* Comprehension questions :

Before answering the questions , Teacher asks Ss to read the text again and find the answers Teacher gives Ss 5 minutes to complete them

- Have a game “ Lucky Numbers ”

- Divide the class into two teams

- Write 8 numbers on the board from 1 to 8

- Tell Ss each number is for a question but there are 3 lucky numbers if Ss choose a lucky number , they don’t have to answer it but they get 2 points and

they can get another number if they choose a question , they have to answer it

if they answer right , they also get 2 points if which team has more point is winner

1.How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

- The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s

2 Lucky number

3.Why did the English man have someone design a card ?

- Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends

4.When were Christmas songs first performed ?

- Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago

5 Lucky number

6.Who wrote the poem A Visit form Saint Nicholas ?

- An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A visit from Saint Nicholas

7 Lucky number

8 What is Santa Claus based on ?

- Santas Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem

T: get Ss to write their answers in their note-books

4 Post-reading:

* Gap fill

- Give Ss 4 minutes to read the text again

- Ask Ss to fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text

- Call on some Ss to go to the board and write their answers

- for each sentence , Ss should be asked why they decided to choose that word

- Give the content of the text

The Christmas tree was ……1…… and put in the market place in the Latvian city

of Riga in the ……2… 1500s

In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman wanted to ……3………

Christmas greetings to his friends , so he ……4… someone design a a card

Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs ……5…… for people in towns and villages

In 1823 , the patron saint of children , Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called

A Visit From Nicholas Santa Claus is based on the ……6……… of Saint

Nicholas in this poem

* Answer key :

1 decorated , 2 early , 3 send , 4 had , 5 performed , 6 description

5 Home work.

- Write-it-up : Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs

- Let Ss do the exercises in the workbook

- Be ready lesson 4 “ Write 1 , 2 “

6.Experiences :

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