English 8 unit 13 read

2/ An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends on Christmas day.. 3/ The character of the Santa Claus in a poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave ch

Tuesday March 16th , 2010

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ

I Vocabulary :

Christmas tree ( n ): Cây Noel

(To ) decorate : Trang trí

Christmas card : (n) Thiệp Noel

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ

I Vocabulary :

Christmas tree ( n ): Cây Noel

(To ) decorate : Trang trí

Christmas card : (n) Thiệp Noel

(To) Spread Spread Spread : Lan truyền Santa Claus : (n) Ông già Noel

= Patron saint : (n) Thánh bảo hộ

Christmas Carol : (n) Bài hát về lễ Noel

Christmas Carol : ( n) Santa Claus : (n) Santa Claus : (n)

Christmas tree : (n)

Christmas Carol : (n)

(to) decorate :

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ

Rub out and remember

Thánh bảo hộ Patron saint : (n)

Ông già Noel

Cây Noel Trang trí Thiệp Noel

Bài hát về lễ Noel 4

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS : Period : 80 Read

II/ TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS

GUESS CHECK

1/ The Christmas Eve was decorated in

the early 1800s in the Latvian city of Riga

2/ An Englishman wanted to send Christmas

greetings to his friends on Christmas day

3/ 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

4/ The Christmas carols became popular

again about 180 years ago

F T

T

T

1500s

Christmas Specials

IV COMPLETE THE TABLE

V Answer the questions :

a How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ? b.Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

c When were Christmas songs first performed ?

d Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?

e What is Santa Claus based on ?

LUCKY NUMBERS

6

4 5

8 7

1 How long ago did the

Christmas tree come to the USA ?

1 How long ago did the

Christmas tree come to the USA ?

The Christmas tree came

to the USA in the 1800s

The Christmas tree came

to the USA in the 1800s

Lucky Number

Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his

friends.

3

3 Why did the Englishman have someone

design a card ?

Lucky Number

6 Who wrote the poem

An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote

A Visit From Saint Nicholas .

6

LUCKY NUMBER

7

LUCKY NUMBER

LUCKY NUMBER

8.What is Santa Claus based on ?

Santa Claus is based on the description

of Saint Nicholas in this poem

V ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

a How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

 The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.

a Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

 Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his

friends

a When were Christmas songs first performed ?

 Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago

d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?

 An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore

wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas

e What is Santa Claus based on ?

 Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint

VI Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from 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 card

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

In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas

appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas

Santa Claus is based on the ……….6…… of Saint

Nicholas in this poem

decorated early

send

had

description

performed

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS

I VOCABULARY

VI HOMEWORK

II TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS

IV COMPLETE THE TABLE

V ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

VI FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE SUITABLE WORDS FROM THE TEXT

- Learn the new words by heart

- Write a paragraph ( 5 - 7 sentences )

about your last Christmas

III MATCHING

Christmas Carol