UNIT 7: LESSON 2 A.2- A.3

I think you have fewer vacations than American students.. Our most important vacations are Easter, 4th of July, Thanks giving and Christmas.. We usually spend time with our families on t

Welcome teachers to our class

THI TRAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

V A C A T I O N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Unit 7: THE WORLD OF WORK

A A student’s work

Period 41:

Lesson 2 : A2 - A3

Wednesday , November 26th , 2008

June 1 Dear Hoa,

Hi! How are you? I’m fine Thanks for your letter I like hearing about how students live in Viet Nam I find

it really interesting.

I think you have fewer vacations than American students Is that true? Our longest vacation is in the summer Do you have a long summer vacation, too?

We don’t have a Tet holiday, but we celebrate the New Year on January 1 st Our most important vacations are Easter, 4th of July, Thanks giving and Christmas We usually spend time with our families on these vacations.

What other vacations do you have? What do you like doing during your vacations? Please write soon and tell me.

Your friend, Tim

A.2 A letter from America.

Hoa

Who is she?

Hoa has a letter from her American pen-pal, Tim

He tells her about What is this ?American vacations

New words:

- Independence Day (n) : Ngày Quốc khánh

- 4th of July (n) :

- New year's Day (n) :

- Easter (n) :

- Thanksgiving (n) :

- Tet holiday ( n ) :

- spend (v) :

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- Christmas (n) :

Ngày Quốc khánh nước Mỹ Ngày Tết DL (Năm mới)

Lễ Phục sinh

Lễ Tạ ơn

Tết Nguyên đán trải qua, dùng

Lễ Giáng sinh

Label the pictures:

Christmas

Independence Day

Easter

Thanksgiving Teacher’s Day

Tet holiday

Comparison:

fewer ……than… (ít …… hơn) more ……than… (nhiều …… hơn)

Model sentences:

We have fewer vacations than American students She has more subjects than her sister

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1 American students have the longest vacation in

the

2 American students don’t have a Tet holiday

3 Their most important vacations are

4 American students usually spend time with

their families on vacations.

5 Vietnamese students have vacations than

American students.

True / False True / False predictions :

T F T F

F

summer

New Year’s Day

Easter, 4 th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

more

fewer

winter.

Answer the questions:

a Which vacation is the longest in America ?

- Summer vacation is the longest in America

b What does Tim do during his vacation?

c Do Vietnamese students have more or fewer vacations than American ones ?

- Tim usually spends time with his family during his vacation

- Vietnamese students have fewer vacations than American ones

New words:

• public holiday (n) :

• turkey (n) :

• fireworks (n) :

• gift (n) :

A.3 Listen and write the name of the public holidays:

ngày lễ thịt gà tây pháo hoa món quà

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A.3 Listen and write the name of the public holidays:

a)

c)

Independence Day

b)

d)

Fill in the grid :

Vacations Vietnamese students American students

Summer vacation

Tet holiday

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Independence Day

Easter

New Year’s Day

√

√

√ ( Lunar January 1 st )

x

x

√ (September 2 nd )

x

√ (January 1 st )

x

√

√

√ (July 4 th )

√

√ (January 1 st )

√ (check) / X (cross)

Let’s talk about Vietnamese students’ vacations.

Our longest vacation is in the ……… We have a Teacher’s Day but we don’t have ……… ,

……… , ……… Our most important vacations are 2nd of September and ……… On Tet holiday,

we always spend time with our……… We often visit our ……… on this vacation

summer

Thanksgiving

Tet holiday

family grandparents and relatives

HOMEWORK :

in Viet Nam.

workbook.

Lesson 3 : A.4

THANK YOU FOR

YOUR

ATTENDANCE

GOOD BYE ! SEE YOU AGAIN

Vào ngày cuối tuần, cuối Tháng Ba

hoặc đầu Tháng Tư (sau tiết Xuân Phân ).

Là ngày lễ quan trọng của Thiên chúa giáo, chào mừng sự sống lại của Chúa

Jesus.

Được tổ chức ở Hoa Kỳ vào ngày Thứ Năm của tuần thứ tư ( Tháng 11 )

Đó là một ngày lễ trong đó mọi thành viên của gia đình ăn một bữa ăn truyền thống gồm

có thịt gà tây, gà nhồi, bánh nhân bí, bánh mì bắp, rau luộc…

Rơi vào tối 24 và ngày 25 của Tháng 12

Là ngày lễ quan trọng của Thiên chúa giáo Mọi người vui mừng chào đón sự ra đời của

Chúa Jesus.

June 1st Dear Hoa,

Hi! How are you? I’m fine Thanks for your letter I like hearing about how students live in Viet Nam I find it really interesting.

I think you have fewer vacations than American students Is that true? Our longest vacation is in the summer Do you have a long summer vacation, too? We don’t have a Tet holiday, but we

vacations are Easter, 4th of July, Thanks giving and Christmas We usually spend time with our families on these vacations.

What other vacations do you have? What do you like doing

during your vacations? Please write soon and tell me.

Read the letter :