tGIÁO ÁN MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday. It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February on the Western calendar. Tet marks the beginning of spring and , for agrarian people, the start of a new year. Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months, but nowadays the holiday is much shorter. A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet, however. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners. Shop are full of goods. People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods.

DESIGNED BY : TRUONG DUY HIEP

Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

Part A: Reading

I New words :

1 ( n )

2 ( adj ) = big, important ( adj )

3 ( n ) : thuộc về nông dân

Checking vocabulary: Match the words or phrases in column

A with their equivalent meanings in Vietnamese in column B.

Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main

holiday It is the grandest and most important occasion

in the year which falls sometime between 19 th January and 20 th February on the Western calendar Tet marks the beginning of spring and , for agrarian people, the

start of a new year.

Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months, but nowadays the holiday is much shorter A great deal of excitement still builds up well before Tet, however Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners Shop are full of goods People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods.

II Exercises: Read the text and do the tasks that follow.

Activity1 ( task 2 ): Decide whether the statements are

true (T) or false (F).

1.Tet is always on 20 th February on the Western

calendar.

2 According to the text, for people anywhere in the world,

the beginning of spring is the start of a new year.

3 Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays.

 It falls sometime between 19 th Jan and 20 th Feb

on the western calendar

 for agrarian people

(L2,3, P1)

(L4 , P1)

( Tet’s preparations … is much shorter ) (L1-2, P2)

( People are busy buying … cooking traditional

foods ) (L4-5, P2)

Activity 2 ( task 3 ) : Game : THE BIG WHEEL

+ Work in groups ( there are 2 groups )

+ Each pair in each team can ask and answer one question correctly Your team can get

the point on the wheel

+ The group with higher points are the winners

Points

Team 1 Team 2

Points

1 2 3 4 5 6

50 70

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decorate their houses and cook

traditional foods.

4.What do people often do to

prepare for Tet?

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3 What do streets look like

before Tet?

coloured lights and red

banners

Lucky number

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1.When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?

 It’s sometime between 19th

January and 20th February on the

Western calendar.

Activity 3: Fill in the chart with the missing information

Lunar new year

Time purposes Before Tet

of spring

agrari -an

of a new year

are decora -ted with colour-

ed lights

& red banner s

are full of goods

buy gilfs Cooktraditi-

onal foods

- Learn all the new words by heart.

- Copy activity 2 & 3 in your

notebooks.

- Prepare for reading lesson ( para 3

& 4 )

Thank you for joining us !

Best wishes!

1.When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?

 It’s sometime between 19th January and

20th February on the Western calendar.

 They lasted for months in the past.

2.How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?

3.What do streets look like before Tet?

They are decorated with coloured lights

and red banners

 They often buy gifts, clean and decorate

their houses and cook traditional foods

4.What do people often do

to prepare for Tet?

making banh chung eating special Tet foods going to the pagoda receiving “lucky money”

decorating the house going to the flower market watching fireworks visiting relatives & friends

Look at the pictures and tell your partner which of these activities you enjoy doing

most at Tet? Are there any other things you like doing?

( Tet’s preparations … is much shorter ) (L1-2, P2)