Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

a public holiday in the US on the fourth Thursday in Novenmber and in Canada on the second Monday in October orginally to give thanks to God for the harvest and for health - T introduc

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11

UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS

READING

I Objectives

By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to :

- Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas and guessing meaning in context

- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic

II Materials

Textbook , handouts

III Anticipated problems

Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic , so should be ready to help them

IV Procedure

ACTIVITIES

6 ‘ WARM –UP

Competition game – Network

- T prepares a handout with a crossword puzzle of some

festivals and celebrations in Vietnam and the world

Group work

- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students Then

T gives each group a handout to do their own groups Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner

- A variant of this activity : T draws or prepares two big copies of the crossword and hangs them on the board T calls two pairs of Ss to go to the board and ask them to do the crossword as quickly as possible The pair with the quickest and most correct answers will be the winner

3 It si the day when

Christians celebrate the

birth of Christ

5 In this festival ,men

give their mohers wives ,

girlfriends flowers and

gifts

7 It is day in each year

which is the same dates

as the one on which you

DOWN

2 This festival is the mostimportant celebration of the year and makes the beginning of spring

4 It is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31 , usually costumes and going door-

to –door collecting candy

6 It is a Sunday in March

or April when Chirstians remember the death of Christ and his return to life

were born

8 a public holiday in the

US (on the fourth

Thursday in Novenmber )

and in Canada (on the

second Monday in

October ) orginally to

give thanks to God for

the harvest and for health

- T introduces the topic of the Unit

10’ BEFORE YOU READ

Discussing Tet holiday

- T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 90

and discuss the three questions in pairs

- T goes around to offer help

- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and eclicts

commemts from other Ss T gives feedback if necessary

Suggested answers :

1 It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can

Pair work & whole class

see the apricot blossom and a kumquat tree full of ripe fruits

2 The people in the picture may be a family The

grandmother is giving her nieceand nephew some lucky money The girl , the boy and their parents may be wishing their grandparents good health and happiness

3 In the picture we can aslo see a five – fruit tray on the ancestral altar(mân ngũ quả trên bàn thờ tổ tiên )and a dish

of fruits , a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the table

- now Ss work in pairs to tell which of the activities in the book they enjoy doing most at Tet Ss may also list other activities they like doing at Tet T reminds Ss to give

reasons for their answers

- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and other Ss comment

Pre – teaching Vocabulary

Note : T should only teach the words which do not appear inTask 1

Lunar New Year : Tết âm lịch

To fall between and :rơi vào khoảng thời gian từ đến

To spread : kéo dài

To be full of : having or containing a large number or

amount of sth : đầy nhiều

Candied fruit :mứt

Posttive comments : những lời nói tốt đẹp

- If there is some time left , T may ask some Ss to make

sentebces with the above words to check their

understanding

6’ WHILE YOU READ

Setting the scene

You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in

Vietnam While you are reading , do the tasks in the

textbook

TASK 1

Instruction : Find the meanings of the words You can also

use your dictionary

- T writes these words on the board :

Grand , banner , sugared apples , agrarian , pray ,

excitement

- Then T instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at

the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings

- Ss guess the meaning of the words based on the contexts

in the sentences For example , to guess the meaning of

grand (line 1 , first paragraph ) Ss may base their guessing

Whole class ,individual work & pair work

on other words such as main holiday , important To guess the meaning of pray (line 6 , last paragraph ) they pay

attention to pagoda , happy year

- T checks that Ss undertanding by asking them to provide the Vietnamese equivalents to the words If Ss find it

difficult to guess the meaning of any word , T should elitict and give suggestions

Suggested answers :

1 grand : impressive and larger : trọng đại , hoành tráng

2 Banner : a long piece of cloth with a message on it that iscarried between two poles or hung in a public place to showsupport for sth : biểu ngữ , băng rôn

3 sugered apples : táo dầm đường

4 Agrarian : connected with farming and the use of land for farming : thuộc về nông nghiệp

5 Pray : to speak to God especially to gove thanks or ask for help : cầu nguyện

6 Excitement : the state of feeling excited : niềm vui thích ,

sự nô nức nhộn nhịp

TASK 2

Instruction : You are to read the passage and decide whetherthe statements are True (T) or Fasle (F)

- T instructs Ss to use some strategies to do task :

+ first , quickly read through the statements to get an idea about the topic

+ Read the first statement more careffly Underline the key words to understand the main point for expamle , in

statement 1 , Ss can underline Tet , 20th February , Western calendar

+ Search for the section of the text which deals with the idea

or fact

+ Once finding the relevant section , read it careffly If the statements is smililar to the imformation in the text , then select “True ” If the statement is the opposite to the

imformation in the text , then seclect “Fasle ”

+ Continue with the rest to the statements

- T asks Ss to work invidually to do the task and discuss their answers with their peers

- T calls one some Ss to give their answers and asks them toexplain their choices

- T gives the correct answers :

1 F (it falls between 19th January and 20th February )

2 F (it’s just for agraian people )

Instruction : You are requored to answer the seven

questions in the book

- T checks if Ss can answer the comprehension questions in TASK 3 wtithout to read the passage again If Ss cannot , t gets them read the questions careffly and gives them some tips to do the task :

+ First , skim the six questions to undertand them As Ss dothis they :

* underline the key words For instance , in questions 1 Ss can underline when , Tet , vietnam

* decide what information they need to find in the text

* look for questions words like “why ” which indicates Ss should read for specific thing like a reason

+ Go back to the first question and locateds the information for the question by finding the key words in the passage and

mark the place

+ Read the part carefully to find the answer Ss can use their own words

+ Continue with the rest of the questions

- T asks Ss to word individually to do the task , then discusstheir answers with their peers

- T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to expain their choise

- T gives the correct answers

1 It sometime between 19th January and 20th February (line 2-3 , paragraph 1 )

2 tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be speard over months (line 1-2 ,paragraph 2 )

3 They are decirated with coloured lights and red banners (line 3-4 paragraph 2)

4 They buy gifts , clean and decorate their houses and cooktraditional foods (line 4-5 ,paragraph 2 )

5 It is made from sticky rice ,green beans and fatty pork (line 5-6 paragraph 3)

6 must is candied fruit (line 6-7 ,paragraph 3)

7 Visiting friends and other family members , exchangeingwhises , going to the padoda , playing games (last

paragraph )

10’ AFTER YOU READ

- T asks Ss to work in groups tp tell each other about their

last Tet holiday T asks Ss what verb tense (past simple )

they should use

- T goes around to help Ss when necessary

- When all groups have finished , T calls on some Ss to

report their ideas to the class

- T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her

own commets

Group work

& whole class

2 ‘ WRAPPING UP

- T summarises the main point

- T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and do the

extra exercise as homework

Whole class

UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS

B -SPEAKING

I Objectives

By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to :

Talk about the celebrations of Tet and other festival’s activites

Competition game – Word Search

- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students Then

T distributes the following handout for Ss do in their own

groups Ss have to match pictures on the left with the words

on the right which group finishes first and has all the

correct answers will be the winner

Group work

- T asks the whole class to read the dialogue silently and

asks them what points are mentioed in the dialogue

- T checks with the whole class and makes clear that : in the

dialogue the two friends talk about Tet holiday , It’s time

and activities

- Ss then practice the dialogue in pairs T encourages Ss to

remember the dialogue so that they can act it uot more

naturally

- T goes around to onsere

- When Ss have finished , T calls on some pairs to act out

the dialogue and goves commnets

TASK 2

Instruction : You are going match the holidays with its

description and activities

- Before Ss do the task , T asks them to look at the three

pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each holiday

Ss may be asked to give the Vietnamese equivalent to each

13’

answer :

+ Picture 1 : mid – Autunm festival : tết trung thu

+ Picture 2 : Thanksgiving : Lễ tạ ơn

+ Picture 3 : Valentine’s Day : ngày lễ tình yêu

- T may ask Ss to list the activities people usually do in these jolidays and write quicky on the board so that Ss can compare these with the information they will dael with later

- Now Ss turn to the next page and do the task in pairs theymatch the holiday with its main purpose and activities

- T calls on some Ss to give the answer and ashs other Ss to feedback T may aslo ask Ss to cmpare their answers with the information written on the board earlier

- T gets Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about the

holidays in Task 2 T asks Ss to add any information about the holiday thye know to make the dialogue more

intersting For example , they can tell about the origin of the holiday

- T goes around to observe and offter help T may give Ss some background knowlegge (see the cultural notes ) of the holidays or provide Ss with some vocabulary items

- T calls on some pairs to act out the conversation and asks other Ss to comment T corrects some typical errors in the end

Cultural notes :

1 Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving or thankgiving Day , is an annual one –

day holiday to give thanks for the things one has at the end of the harvest season In the united States ,

thanksgiving is celebrated on the fouth Thursday of

November In the United States , certain kinds of food aretraditionally , served at Thanksgiving meals First and foremost , turkey is ussully the fuatures item on any

Thanksgiving feast table (so much so that Thanksgiving issometimes referred to as “Turkey day ” Stuffing ,

mashed potatoes with gravy , sweet potatoes , cranberry sauce , corn , other fall vegetalbes , yams and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner All of these primary dishes are actually native to the

Americas and werw introduced as a new food source to

the Europeans when they arrived

The first American Tanhskgiving was celebrated in 1621 ,

to commemorate the harvest reaped by the plymouth Colony affter a harsh winter In that year Governor

William Braford proclaimed a day of tahksgiving The coloniists celebared it as a traditional English harvest feast , to which they invited the local Wampanoag Indians Days of thanksgivig werw celebrated throughout the coloies after fall harvests All thirteen colonies did not howere , celebrated Thanksgiving at the same time until October 1777 George Washington was the first president

to declare the holiday , in 1789

2 Valentine’s Day

Saint Valentine’s Day or Valentine’s day is a holiday on

February 14 It is the traditional day on which lovers express their lve for each other , sending Valentine’s cards or candy , It is very common to present flowers on Valentine’s Day

The history of Valentine’s Day – and its patron siant – is shroded in mystery One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome.When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men – his crop of potential soldiers Claudius and continued to perform marriage for

young lovers in secret When Valentine’s actions were

discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed

for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman

prisons where they were often beaten and tortured

According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first

‘valentine’ greeting himself While in prison, it is

believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl –

who may have been his jailor’s daughter – who visited

him during his confinement Before his death, it is alleged

that he wrote her a letter, which he signed ‘From your

Valentine,’ an expression that is still in use today

Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky,

the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a

sympathetic, heroic, and, most, importantly, romantic

figure It’s no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine

was one of the most popular saints in England and France

Wrapping

- T summarises the main points of the lesson

- T asks Ss to do the extra exercise as home work

Whole class

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

LISTENING

I Objectives

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to develop the listening micro-skill

of intensive listening for specific information.

II Materials

Textbook, cassette tapes, handouts.

III Anticipated problems

Ss may not have difficulty doing the first task, so T should be ready to give them some strategies

IV Procedure

arrangement

Competition game - Guessing game

- The aim of the activity is to revise the vocabulary related

to festivals and celebrations that Ss have learnt

- T divides Ss into 2 groups : A & B

- T tells Ss the rule of the game: One member from each

group will go and stand in the front of the class with their

back facing the board T will write a word/phrase which

was learnt from the previous lesson on the board Other Ss

from each group have to explain the word without

mentioning it or translating it into Vietnamese so that their

Whole class

& group work

representative can guess the word The student with the

quickest and correct answer will get 1 point for their group

Ss take turn to be the representative After some turns, the

group with more points will be the winner

- The words/phrase T may write on the board are:

Thanksgiving, Mid-autumn festival, grand, pray, agrarian,

lucky money

Guessing

- T introduces the listening passage: Today you are going to

listen to 2 people talking about how the New Year is

celebrated in Japan Before you listen, do the task on page

94

- T asks Ss work in pairs to guess which of the activities on

page 94 the Japanese often do on their New Year’s Day

- T calls on some Ss to give their answers and write them

on the boards T also asks Ss to add any other activities that

they think the Japanese do at the New Year’s Day

Pre-teaching vocabulary

- Before eliciting/ Pre-teaching the new words, T helps Ss

to pronounce the words given in the book T may read

aloud first or play the tape and ask Ss to repeat in chorus

and individually

Whole class

& pair work

- T elicits/teaches some of these words or /and those taken

from the listening passage:

Shrine: a place where people come to worship because it is

connected with a holy person or event(đền thờ)

Longevity: long life(tuổi thọ)

Pine trees: (cây thông)

Constancy: (bền lòng, kiên định))

To represent: to be a symbol of sth (tượng trưng cho)

- T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and gives

corrective feedback

TASK 1Instruction: You are going to listen to 2 people talking

about how the New Year is celebrated in Japan Listen and

tick the things you hear

- Before Ss listen and do the task, T asks them to read

through the statements Then T instructs them to use some

strategies to do the task:

+ First, read through the statements to understand them

and underline key words For example, the key words in the

first statement are : put on, special, clothes

Individual work, group work & whole class