unit3-grade10

I/ Warm-up: Sing aloud the following song in front of the class... *Answer the following question:1.. Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding

I/ Warm-up: Sing aloud the following song

in front of the class

*Answer the following question:

1 When do you often sing that song?

2 What can you see at a birthday party?

4 What are these party?

25

50

wedding

wedding anniversary

2 1

3

Unit 3: A PARTY

7 candles II/ Pre-reading

II/ Pre-reading

- candle (n)

- blow out:

3 cards

II/ Pre-reading

- candle (n)

- card (n)

- blow out:

2 presents = 2 gifts

II/ Pre-reading

- candle (n)

- card (n)

- present (v) = gift

- blow out:

II/ Pre-reading

- candle (n)

- blow out:

- card (n)

- present (v) = gift

- joke (v)

- anniversary (n)

+ golden anniversary

+ silver anniversary

= just for laugh

= date of an event in a previous

year

Task 1: Work in pairs Decide which of the

activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary

party or at both Put a tick () in the right box:

III/ While-reading

Activities

birthday party anniversary wedding

party

1 sing a song

2 eat cake

3 receive cards and gifts

4 joke about their age

5 remember their wedding

day

6 go out to dinner

7 blow out the candles, one

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Task 2: Work in groups Read the passage

and answer the following questions:

1 How old is Lisa? What does she receive at

her birthday party?

2 Why do many Americans don’t want to talk

about their age?

3 When did Luis and Rosa get married?

4 How do married couples in the United States

celebrate their wedding anniversary?

5 What do people call the 25th and the 50th

anniversary?

Suggested answer:

1 Lisa is 7 years old She receives cards

and presents from her family and friends

(toys and clothes)

2 Because they do not want to get any older

5 People call the 25th the “ silver anniversary”

4 Husbands and wives give flowers or gifts to

each other They often have a quiet dinner at home or at a restaurant

3 Luis and Rosa got married fifty years ago

IV/ Post-reading

Work in pairs Answer the following questions

1 Where do you prefer to celebrate your

birthday, at home or in a restaurant? Why?

2 Do your parents celebrate their wedding

anniversaries?

3 Are you going to celebrate your wedding anniversaries in the future? Why (not)?