Unit 8 - Grade 9

CELEBRATIONSChristmas Birthday Lunar New Year Teacher’s Day Mother’s Day Father’s Day Mid-Fall Festival Valentine Wedding May Day Easter Thanksgiving Day... Tet is a festival which occur

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Thursday, February 25 th , 2010

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CELEBRATIONS

Christmas

Birthday

Lunar New Year

Teacher’s Day

Mother’s Day

Father’s Day

Mid-Fall Festival Valentine

Wedding May Day Easter

Thanksgiving Day

UNIT 8:

CELEBRATIONS

GETTING STARTED

– LISTEN AND READ

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

1 Getting started

WEDDING

BIRTHDAY

CHRISTMAS

MID-FALL FESTIVAL

LUNAR NEW YEAR

LISTEN AND READ NEW WORDS:

* Lunar New Year (n) :

- sticky rice cake (n) :

- occur (v) :

- live apart (v) :

* Passover (n) :

+ Jewish (n) :

+ Israel (n) :

+ Slavery (n) :

+ slave (n) :

* Easter (n) :

(Easter Sunday)

- Joyful (adj) :

- Colorful parade (n) :

Tet

traditional chung / tet cake happen, take place

live far away

A Jewish spring festival người Do Thái

A state or a country in South - West Asia Condition or work of slave

Người nô lệ

A special festival celebrated on Sunday from Christians

cheerful march with many flags and banners display

GRAMMAR NOTES

1 Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February

Relative pronoun Relative clause

noun of thing

2 Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.

Noun of person

(Danh từ chỉ người)

Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people, Tet is a festival which occurs in late January

or early February It is a time for families to clean and decorate their homes, and enjoy special food such as sticky rice cakes Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet

Passover is in late March or early April This festival is celebrated in Israel and by all Jewish people On this festival, people celebrate freedom from slavery Passover is also an ancient

spring Festival On the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder

Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries It happens at around the same time as Passover On Easter Day (Easter Sunday), young children receive chocolate or sugar eggs – as long as they are good In many countries, people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades

Unit 8 : CELEBRATIONS

2 Listen and Read

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What activities are there on Easter

Day ?

Back

- In late March or early April.

When do Passover & Easter happen?

Back

Celebrations Tet Passover Easter

When ?

Activities

Food

Country

In late January or early February

Cleaning and decorating

homes, and enjoying

special food

Sticky rice cakes

Viet Nam

Late March

or early April

(Not available)

Seder Israel

Late March

or early April

People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades

Chocolate or sugar eggs

In many countries

- Take the main idea of the lesson

- Do exercise 2 on page 52 (w.b) - Matching

* Prepare : See before “Speak” on page 66