UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - Lesson 1 pdf

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS 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

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

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

Teacher’s activities Students’

activities

Content on the board

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

Work in pairs

- Sticky rice cake (n) : traditional Chung cake

1 Easter 2 Wedding 3 Birthday 4 Christmas

5 Mid-Autumn Festival

6 Lunar new year

of the celebration they represent

- Call the number of each picture

and Ask Ss to tell the appropriate

picture

- Give correct answers :

II / Pre- reading :

Introduce the topic of the

passage reading and some new

words to Ss

Pre- teach vocabulary :

Checking technique :

 What and where

Guiding questions :

a How many celebrations are

mentioned in the text ?

b What are they ?

- Ask Ss to work in groups to

Listen and copy down

Listen and repeat chorally , individually

Copy down

Play game

Work in group

1- Vocabulary

- 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

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 predictions

- Call on some Ss to read their

answers and ask them to open

their books to check again

- Give feedback :

 2 Quickly explained

grammar :

- Ask Ss to find out the sentences

with Which / Who

- Have them copy

 3 Grid :

- Have Ss read the passage about

celebrations in Vietnam and

Listen and check their predictions

Find out the sentences with Who / Which

Copy down

Work individually

Work in pairs

2- Reading

a Three celebrations are mentioned in the text

b They are lunar New Year , Passover and Easter

3- Grammar

+ 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

other countries

- Ask Ss to compare their table

with a friend

- Feedback and give necessary

corrections

IV / Post - reading :

 Discussion

- 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

which is celebrated in many countries

 Who / which : relative pronoun

4- 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 ?

Celeb

ration

Tet

In late January

or early February

Cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food

Sticky rice cake

Viet nam

Late March or

early April ( Not available )

Special meal called the Seder

Israel

Easter

Around the same

time as Passover

People crowd the streets

to watch colorful parades

Chocolate or sugar eggs

In many countries