English 8 - Unit 5 Study habits Lesson 4 - Write

We’re going to Hue tonight to celebrate the festival with my grandmother.. Write soon and tell me all your news... What does Hoa write about this news in her letterc. They are the headin

I Vocabulary

thú vị, thích thú

- enjoyable (adj) : /in´dʒɔiəbl/

- (to) celebrate : /'selibreit/ kỉ niệm

- Lunar New Year : Tết âm lịch

- Mid- Autumn Festival : Tết trung thu

4 Mid- Autumn Festival

2 enjoyable (adj)

1 (to) celebrate

3 Lunar New Year

thó vÞ, thÝch thó

Matching

b

d c a

A Body of the letter

B Heading- writer’s address and the date.

C Closing- Your friend/ Regards/ Love.

D Opening- Dear ……

II Write 1

1 Ordering

12 Tran Hung Dao St.

Ha Noi

February 10, 20…

Dear Tim,

Thanks for your letter I m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable ’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable

Christmas vacation.

We received our first semester report a few days ago I got good grades for Science, English and History, but my math result was poor My math

teacher asked me to spend more time on it I must study harder next

semester.

It is almost Tet That’s the Lunar New Year Festival in Viet Nam I think I told you about it in my last letter We’re going to Hue tonight to celebrate the festival with my grandmother I’ll send you a postcard from there.

Write soon and tell me all your news.

Regards,

Hoa

Checking Ordering

4- C Closing- Your friend/ Regards/ Love.

1- B Heading- writer’s address and the date 2- D Opening- Dear ……

3- A Body of the letter

2 Comprehension questions

a Who wrote the letter? To whom?

b How many sections are there in the letter? What are they?

c What is the main section of the letter?

d Who had an enjoyable Christmas vacation?

e What does Hoa write about this news in her letter?

f What information does Hoa want to give Tim?

a Who wrote the letter? To whom?

- Hoa wrote to Tim- her pen pal

b How many sections are there in the letter? What are they?

- There are four They are the heading, opening, body

of the letter and closing

- It is the body of the letter

d Who had an enjoyable Christmas vacation?

- Tim did.

e What does Hoa write about this news in her letter?

f What information does Hoa want to give Tim?

Playing a game

“We write a letter together”

20 Ba Trieu Street,

Ha Noi

February 5th , 2014

Dear Peter,

Thank you for your gift I’m very happy to hear that yo

u had a

nice holiday in Paris

I received my first semeste

r report last week I got goo d grade for

all subjects except English My English teacher asked

me to

improve it Can you show m

e how to study well? I hope I’ll be

better at this subject next s emester.

We’re going to celebrate th

e Lunar New Year Festiva l in two weeks It is called Tet in V ietnam Next week we’re g oing to Nghe

An, our home village and c elebrate the festival with m

y

grandparents I’ll send you a postcard from there.

Write soon to me and tell a

Love/ Your friend/ Regards/ Best ,

…

Writer’s address and the date.

Dear … ,

Thanks for … I ’ m pleased/ happy/ glad to hear…

I / We received my/ our … (things you did)

I ’ m/ We ’ re going to … (things you are going to do) Write soon and tell me all your news.

3 Format of the letter

• in a few weeks / Mid- Autumn Festival / moon festival

• Ha Long Bay / aunt and uncle / bus / this afternoon

• send you / postcard

III Write 2 : Now help Lan write a letter to her pen pal Donna in San Francisco Use the information in the box.

• Mother’s Day

• second semester report / last month

• good grades / Geography / physics / Math

• teacher / tell / improve English / History

• Mother’s Day

• second semester report / last month

• good grades / Geography / physics / Math

• teacher / tell / improve English / History

* Suggested answer

15 Le Loi Street,

Hanoi

July 10th, 2014

Dear Donna,

Thanks for your letter, I’m glad to hear you had a happy (an interesting/ enjoyable) Mother’s Day.

I/ We received my/our second semester report last month I got good grades for Geography, Physics and Math but my English and History results were poor

My teacher told me to improve English and History I think I will have to study harder next school year.

In a few weeks, we are going to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival That is an Autumn moon festival in Vietnam This afternoon I’m going to Ha Long Bay with

my aunt and uncle by bus (and I’m going to stay there with them until after the festival) I’ll send you a postcard from there

Write soon and tell me all your news

- birthday party.

- marks of written tests Number 1 / last week.

- good grades / Math …

- teacher / ask / improve / English …

- in two weeks / Teacher’s Day / teachers’ festival.

- class meeting/ give flowers/ take photos/ classmates.

- send / my best photo.

word cues below & basing on Write 1 & 2.

IV Homework

* Write again “Write 2” into your notebooks.

* Do all exercises in the Language Focus

word cues.

- birthday party.

- marks of written tests Number 1 / last week

- in two weeks / Teacher’s Day / teachers’ festival.

- class meeting/ give flowers/ take photos/ classmates.

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