Unit 8 - P 47

I- Warm up: Give the names of the celebrations or festivals through the given images 2... I- Warm up: Give the names of the celebrations or festivals through the given images 2 Christmas

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47th Period

I- Warm up: Give the names of the celebrations or festivals through the given images

2

I- Warm up: Give the names of the celebrations or festivals through the given images

2

Christmas

II- New lesson

1 Task 1

1.a : Match questions in A with suitable answers in B

A

1 What is Tet ?

2 When is it exactly ?

3 What do you usually

do at Tet ?

A, Well, we eat a lot of special foods, we dress up and visit friends and relatives, and we also play some traditional games.

B, It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of Spring It’s also the start of the lunar new year

C Well, this year it’s on the 9th of February

1.b Mai is talking with Ann, her new English friend, about Tet holiday Work in role play to complete the dialogue using given information in part a

Mai : Do you know that Tet holiday is next month ?

Ann :

Mai : It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of Spring It’s also the start of lunar new year.

Ann : When is it exactly ?

Mai : Well,

Ann:

Mai : Well, we eat a lot of special foods, we dress up and visit friends and relatives, and we also play some traditional games.

Ann : Oh, that sounds really interesting.

What is Tet ?

this year it’s on the 9 th of February What do you usually do at tet

(1) ?

, (2)

(3) ?

4

3 2

2 Task 2 : Find the festivals / celebrations

Holiday /

Celebration purpose Its main Its activities Date Picture

Thanksgiving

People celebrate the harvest

Family members get together They prepare a large meal with roast turkey

Third Thursday

in November

Holiday /

Celebration purpose Its main Its activities Date Picture

Mid

-Autumn

Festival

15th day of the 8th lunar month

People celebrate the largest full moon in the year

Children wear masks,parade

in the street,have parties with special cakes and lots of fruits, etc

Holiday /

Celebration purpose Its main Its activities Date Picture

People express their love to each other

They give chocolates, flowers or gifts to the people they love

Valentine’s

day

(14th

February)

Holiday /

Celebration purpose Its main Its activities Date Picture

Women’s day

People express their love and

honors to their mothers,

wives, and girl friends…

People often give cards, gifts and flowers to show how they love and appreciate

their mothers,wives, and girl friends…

March 8th

Celebration Its­main­purpose Its­activities

1 Thanksgiving

(third­Thursday­

in­November)

2 Valentine’s

Day (14 th ­Feb) ­­­ a People express their love to each other

3 Mid -Autumn

Festival

(15 th ­day­of­the­

8 th ­lunar­month)

b People celebrate the largest

full moon in the year

c People celebrate the

harvest

A They give chocolates, flowers or gifts to the people they love

B Children wear masks,parade in

the street,have parties with special cakes and lot of fruits, etc

C Family members get together

They prepare a large meal with roast turkey

3 Task 3 : Work in pairs Ask and answer about the holidays above.

4 Further practice :

Celebration Its main purpose Its activities

1.Christmas day

( December 25th) People celebrate the birth of Jesus

Christ

They buy Christmas trees (pine trees ),

decorate their houses, send cards, give gifts, etc.

4 Further practice

III Homework

Write your close friend a letter to tell him / her about activities you and people of your family do to

prepare for Tet holiday.

Speaking lesson map:

I.Warm up : Give the names of the celebrations/ festivals through the given images

(lide 3,4)

II New lesson:

1- Task 1.

1.a : Matching (slide 5)

1.b : Role play (slide 6)

2- Task 2 Find the festivals / celebrations (slide 7,8,9,10,11,)

3- Task3 Work in pairs, practise speaking (slide 12)

4- further practice (slide 13, 14, 15)

III Homework :

Write a letter to a close friend (slide 16)