Unit13; Read, language focus - Thuong Nong

Christmas Carol is based on the description of Saint Nicholas.. Christmas Carols were first performed about 800 years ago.. An Englishman wanted to express his Christmas greetings by

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Unit

13:

FESTIVAL S

P80 th Lesson 4:

GAME: QUICK EYES

Write the names of the festivals you have seen.

I NEW WORDS

Thánh ca

1 carol:

lan r ng ộ

2 spread (v, n):

trang hoàng

3 decorate (v):

vui nh n ộ

4 jolly (adj):

~ Father Christmas:

ông già Nôen

5 Santa Claus:

6 Patron saint: Thánh b o h ả ộ

1 decorate (v)

2 Christmas carol

3 spread (v)

4 patron saint

5 Santa Claus

6 jolly (adj)

A lan rộng

B Ông già Nôen

C trang hoàng

D vui nhộn

E Thánh ca

F thánh bảo hộ

MATCHING

II READ.

4 Christmas Carol is based on the description of Saint

Nicholas

3 Christmas Carols were first performed about 800 years

ago

2 An Englishman wanted to express his Christmas greetings

by using a card

1 The Christmas tree came to the USA in 1500s

F

T

F

T

1800S

Santa Claus

Are the statements True (T) or False (F)?

II READ.

Christmas is an important festival

in many countries around the word.

The Christmas Tree

One Christmas Eve in the early 1500s,

some people decorated a tree and put it

in the market place in the Latvian city of

Riga This custom spread throughout

Europe, and finally to America the 1800s

The Christmas Card

In the mid-nineteenth century, an

Englishman wanted to send Christmas

greetings to his friends, so he had

someone design a card Forty years

later, cards were a part of the Christmas tradition

II READ.

Christmas Carols

Eight hundred years ago, Christmas

songs were performed for people in

towns and villages These songs were

stories put to music and most people

enjoyed them The leaders of the Church, however, did not They said the songs

were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.

Santa Claus

In 1823, the patron saint of children,

Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called

A Visit From Saint Nicholas The

character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children

presents on Christmas Eve The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke

Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA Santa Claus is based

on the description of Saint Nicholas in

this poem.

Complete the table

Christmas Specials

Place of origin

Date

1

century

3

4

The Christmas

The Christmas

800 years

ago

(no information)

USA

Christmas Carols

Riga

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

How long ago did the Christmas

tree come to the USA ?

More than a century ago.

Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

More than a century ago.

When were Christmas songs first

performed ?

800 years ago.

An American professor named

Clement Clarke Moore.

Who wrote the poem A Visit from

Saint Nicholas ? What is Santa Claus based on ?

On the description of Saint Nicholas

in Professor Moore’s poem.

II Language focus

1 Passive form (Câu bị động)

To be + past participle (PP)

2 Write the past participle of verbs given

Decorate

Make Perform Write Hold Award

made performed written held awarded decorated

Verbs Past participle

Complete the sentences Use the passive forms of the verbs in the box Decide whether the time is past, present or future.

3 Ex 1 (page 128)

Put - make - perform - write

hold - award - decorate

* Verbs given

a) Christmas songs ……… for people

in towns and villages eight hundred years ago

b) On Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, a tree

……….…… and ……….…In the market place

in the Latvian city of Riga.

c) In the rice – cooking festival, a fire ………

in the traditional way.

d) An English speaking contest ………

at Nguyen Hue School next month.

e) The first prize ……… …to the Mekong Team just after the final match yesterday

f) The Christmas carol “ Silent Night, Holy Night” … ……… … In Austrlia by Franz Gruber in the 19 th century.

put was decorated

were performed

is made will be held was awarded

was written

Use the information in the grid

to write the brief paragraphs

1 It has been said he was the patron

saint of children, a fat jolly man who

wore a red suit and gave children

presents on Christmas Eve

MATCHING

2 The custom of decorating it and

putting it in a common place, spread

throughout Europe to America

3 They were stories put to music and

enjoyed by most people First the

leaders of the Church did not like them

but later they became popular

4 An Englishman had someone design it

to send Christmas greetings to his

B

C

D A