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5 Pray: to speak to God, especially to give thanks or ask
for help(cdu nguyén)
6 Excitement: the state of feeling excited (niém vui thich,
su no nic, nhon nhip)
+ Read the first statement more carefully Underline the
key words to understand the main point For example, in
statement 1, Ss can underline Tet, 20” February, Western
calendar
+ Search for the section of the text which deals with the
idea or fact
+ Once finding the relevant section, read it carefully If the
statement is similar to the information in the text, then
select "True" If the statement is the opposite to the
information in the text, then select "False"
+ Continue with the rest of the statements
— T asks Ss to work individually to do the task and discuss
their answers with their peers
— T calls on some Ss to give their answers and asks them
to explain their choices
— T gives the correct answers:
© F (it falls between 19" January and 20" February)
F (it's just for agrarian people)
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cannot, T gets them to read the questions carefully and
gives them some tips to do the task:
+ First, skim the six questions to understand them As Ss
do this they:
e underline the key words For instance, in question 1 Ss
can underline when, Tet, Vietnam
e decide what information they need to find in the text
e look for questions words like "why" which indicates Ss
should read for specific thing like a reason
+ Go back to the first question and locate the information
for the question by finding the key words in the passage
and mark the place
+ Read the part carefully to find the answer Ss can use
their own words
+ Continue with the rest of the questions
— T asks Ss to work individually to do the task, then
discuss their answers with their peers
— T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board
and ask them to explain their choices
— T gives the correct answers:
e It sometime between 19” January and 20" February
(line 2-3, paragraph 1)
e Tet's preparations and celebrations used to be spread
over months (line 1-2, paragraph 2)
e They are decorated with coloured lights and red
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banners (line 3—4, paragraph 2)
e They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and
cook traditional foods (line 4-5, paragraph 2)
se It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork
(line 5-6, paragraph 3)
e Mut is candied fruit (line 6-7, paragraph 3)
e Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging
wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games (last
paragraph)
AFTER YOU READ 10° | — Tasks Ss to work in groups to tell each other about their Group work last Tet holiday T asks Ss what verb tense (past simple) & whole they should use class
— T goes around to help Ss when necessary
— When all groups have finished, T calls on some Ss to
report their ideas to the class
— T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her
own comments
WRAPPING UP 2' |— T summarises the main points Whole class
— T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and do
the extra exercise as homework
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l Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
Talk about the celebrations of Tet and other festivals' activities
8! WARM - UP Group work Competition game — Word Search
— T divides the class into small groups of 3—4 students
Then T distributes the following handout for Ss to do in
their own groups Ss have to match the pictures on the left
with the words on the nght Which group finishes first
and has all the correct answers will be the winner
Teewe 6 bee dees caak
Eict+ec fe Ste mron chứng nerd tier
angel
Santa
a candy cane
stocking gingerbread reindeer
holly ios gift
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— T asks the whole class to read the dialogue silently and
asks them what points are mentioned in the dialogue
— T checks with the whole class and makes clear that: in
the dialogue the two friends talk about Tet holiday, its
time and activities
— Ss then practice the dialogue in pairs T encourages Ss
to remember the dialogue so that they can act it out more
naturally
— T goes around to observe
— When Ss have finished, T calls on some pairs to act out
the dialogue and gives comments
TASK 2 Whole cl
14 Q "xa ole class Instruction: You are going match the holidays with its & pair work
description and activities
— Before Ss do the task, T asks them to look at the three
pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each
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holiday Ss may be asked to give the Vietnamese
equivalent to each holiday
— T checks with the whole class and gives out the correct
answer:
+ Picture 1: Mid-Autumn festival (Tét Trung Thu)
+ Picture 2: Thanksgiving (Lé Ta on)
+ Picture 3: Valentine's Day (Ngay 1é tinh yéu)
— T may ask Ss to list the activities people usually do in
these holidays and write them quickly on the board so
that Ss can compare these with the information they will
deal with later
— Now Ss turn to the next page and do the task in pairs
They match the holiday with its main purpose and
activities
— T calls on some Ss to give the answer and asks other Ss
to feedback T may also ask Ss to compare their answers
with the information written on the board earlier
13' | Instruction: You are going to ask and answer about the | Whole class
holidays in Task 2, using the dialogue in Task I as the| g pair work
model
— T gets Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about the
holidays in Task 2 T asks Ss to add any information
about the holiday they know to make the dialogue more
interesting For example, they can tell about the origin of
the holiday
— T goes around to observe and offer help T may give Ss
some background knowledge (see the cultural notes) of
the holidays or provide Ss with some vocabulary items
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arrangement
— T calls on some pairs to act out the conversation and
asks other Ss to comment T corrects some typical errors
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual
one—day holiday to give thanks for the things one has at the
end of the harvest season In the United States,
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
November In the United States, certain kinds of food are
traditionally served at Thanksgiving meals First and
foremost, turkey is usually the featured item on any
Thanksgiving feast table (so much so that Thanksgiving is
sometimes referred to as "Turkey Day") Stuffing, mashed
potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn,
other fall vegetables, yams and pumpkin pie are commonly
associated with Thanksgiving dinner All of these primary
dishes are actually native to the Americas and were
introduced as a new food source to the Europeans when
they arrived
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to
commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony
after a harsh winter In that year Governor William
Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving The colonists
celebrated it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which
they invited the local Wampanoag Indians
Days of thanksgiving were celebrated throughout the
colonies after fall harvests All thirteen colonies did not,
however, celebrate Thanksgiving at the same time until
October 1777 George Washington was the first president to
declare the holiday, in 1789
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2 Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day is a holiday on
February 14 It is the traditional day on which lovers
express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards
or candy It is very common to present flowers on
Valentine's Day
The history of Valentine's Day — and its patron saint — is
shrouded in mystery One legend contends that Valentine
was a priest who served during the third century in Rome
When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made
better soldiers than those with wives and families, he
outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential
soldiers Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree,
defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for
young lovers in secret When Valentine's actions were
discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed
for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman
prisons where they were often beaten and tortured
According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first
‘valentine’ greeting himself While in prison, it is believed
that Valentine fell in love with a young girl —- who may
have been his jailor's daughter —- who visited him during
his confinement Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote
her a letter, which he signed ‘From your Valentine,’ an
expression that is still in use today Although the truth
behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly
emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most
importantly, romantic figure It's no surprise that by the
Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints
in England and France
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2' — T summarizes the main points of the lesson WRAPPING Whole class
— T asks Ss to do the EXTRA EXERCISE as homework
Easter Bunny
The Easter bunny has its origin in pre-Christian
fertility lore The Hare and the Rabbit were the
most fertile animals (1) and they served as KNOW
symbols of the new life during the Spring season
The bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have (2) IT
origins in Germany, where it was first mentioned
in German writings in the 1500s The (3) edible ONE
Easter bunnies were (4) in Germany during the MAKE
early 1800s and were made of pastry and sugar
The Easter bunny was introduced to (5) AMERICA folklore by the German settlers who arrived in the
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(6) of the "Oschter Haws" was considered ARRIVE
"childhood's (7) pleasure" next to a visit from GREAT
Christ-Kindel on Christmas Eve The children
believed that if they were good the "“Oschter Haws"
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
Develop the listening micro-skill of intensive listening for specific
7 | Competition game — Guessing game Whole class
— The aim of the activity is to revise the vocabulary & group
related to festivals and celebrations that Ss have learnt work
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arrangement
— T divides Ss into 2 groups: A and B
— T tells Ss the rule of the game: One member from each
group will go and stand in the front of the class with their
back facing the board T will write a word / phrase which
was learnt from the previous lesson on the board Other
Ss from each group have to explain the word without
mentioning it or translating it into Vietnamese so that
their representative can guess the word The student with
the quickest and correct answer will get 1 point for their
group Ss take turn to be the representative After some
turns, the group with more points will be the winner
— The words / phrase T may write on the board are:
Thanksgiving, Mid-Autumn festival, grand, pray,
agrarian, lucky money
10!
Guessing BEFORE YOU LISTEN
— T introduces the listening passage: Today you are
going to listen to two people talking about how the New
Year is celebrated in Japan Before you listen, do the task
on page 94
— T asks Ss work in pairs to guess which of the activities
on page 94 the Japanese often do on their New Year's
Day
— T calls on some Ss to give their answers and write
them on the boards T also asks Ss to add any other
activities that they think the Japanese do at the New
Year
Pre-teaching vocabulary
— Before eliciting / Pre-teaching the new words, T helps
Ss to pronounce the words given in the book T may read
aloud first or play the tape and ask Ss to repeat in chorus
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— T elicits / teaches some of these words or / and those
taken from the listening passage:
Shrine: a place where people come to worship because it
is connected with a holy person or event (dén tho)
Longevity: long life (tudi tho)
Pine trees: cay thong
Constancy: the quality of staying the same and not
changing (sự bên lòng, không thay đôi, trường tôn)
To represent: to be a symbol of sth (biéu trung cho,
tượng trưng cho)
— T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and
gives corrective feedback
WHILE YOU LISTEN 10° | yasKk Individual Instruction: You are going to listen to two people work, group work &
talking about how the New Year is celebrated in Japan
Listen and tick (“) the things you hear
— Before Ss listen and do the task, T asks them to read
through the statements Then T instructs them to use
some strategies to do the task:
+ First, read through the statements to understand them
and underline key words For example, the key words in
the first statement are: put on, special, clothes
+ Listen to the tape and pay attention to the key words
+ Tick the things they hear in the appropriate boxes
— T plays the tape once for Ss to do the task
— T asks for Ss' answers and writes them on the board
— T plays the tape the second time for Ss to check their
answers
— T asks Ss to work in groups of 4 to compare their
answers whole class
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