UNIT 3: A PARTY A-READING

New wordsanniversary n celebration n milestone n lasting a the date on which an event occurred in some previous years a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy eve

Thursday, September 22 nd , 2011

Look at the pictures and give the pictures’

name

CHRISTMAS PARTY

WEDDING PARTY

BIRTHDAY PARTY

GRADUATION PARTY

Unit 3: A PARTY

A READING

New words

anniversary (n)

celebration (n)

milestone (n)

lasting (a)

the date on which an event occurred in some previous years

a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy events

an important event or stage in one s life’ continuing a long time

blow out (v p)

4 Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important

for Vietnamese people

Use the given words to fill in the blanks in the following sentences

lasting

1 She candles on her birthday cake and makes a wish.

milestone blows out joke anniversary celebration

blows out

5 I never about religion.

3 The wedding is a in one’s life.

2 The book left a impression on me.lasting

milestone

anniversary

joke

6 A special gift was given to my parents on their wedding

.

celebration

Look at the pictures and answer the questions

1 What is the relationship between the

people in the pictures?

2 What are they celebrating?

1 The people in both pictures belong to a family

a birthday party and the people in

picture 2 are celebrating the 50th

wedding anniversaries

Task 1: Work in pairs to decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both

BIRTHDAY PARTY

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

PARTY

2 People eat cake.

1 People sing a song.

4 People joke about their age.

5 People remember their wedding

day.

6 People go out to dinner.

7 People blow out candles, one for

each year.

3 People receive cards and gifts

from friends and relatives.

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Task 2: Works in pairs to identify the wrong word in each sentence and then correct it

1 Lisa’s family and her friends are at her birthday party.

2 Everyone cake and ice cream at the birthday party.

3 Lisa opens birthday cards and from her family and friends.

5 Fifty ago, Rosa and Luis got married.

6 People call the wedding anniversary the “Golden

anniversary”.

7 Rose and Luis are happy to be together for their anniversary.

4 Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their

seventh makes

eighth

eats

books presents

5 th

golden silver months years

PREPARE YOUR BIRTHDAY

PARTY

at 7:00 p.m on September 25 th , 2011

at home/at a restaurant/in a park/ at a cafe/…

15 - 20

birthday cake,candies,snacks,fruit,biscuits,ice

singing,dancing,playing games, taking photos,…

Time to start the

party

Place to

celebrate the

party Number of guests

Foods and drinks

Interesting

activities

_ Learn new words by heart

_ Make a list of activities that take place at a birthday party and a wedding anniversary

THANK FOR YOUR ATTENTION