Unit 09. Festivals Around the World. Lesson 1. Getting started

Did the teacher expect Nick to choose a Vietnamese festival?. Why does Mi think her festival is unusual.. Did the teacher expect Nick to choose a Vietnamese festival3. Why does Mi think

Wedn esday , February 17th 2016.

Name the festivals you know

1a Answer the following questions.

1 Did the teacher expect Nick to choose a Vietnamese festival? Why/ Why not?

2 What do people do to celebrate Diwali?

3 Which festival is held in a small town?

4 Why does Mi think her festival is unusual?

5 What should the students do after this discussion with the teacher?

1 Did the teacher expect Nick to choose a Vietnamese festival?

Why/ Why not?

2 What do people do to celebrate Diwali?

3 Which festival is held in a small town?

4 Why does Mi think her festival is unusual?

5 What should the students do after this discussion with the

teacher?

No, she didn’t because she said “Oh, really?”to show her surprise.

They light candles and display fireworks

La Tomatina is.

Because they go to the desert, make a camp and have a party to celebrate the festival.

They should write up reports and hand them in to the teacher.

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1b Write True (T) or false (F)

Nick chose the festival because he would like to see elephants racing.

The “Festival of Lights” is another name for

Diwali

People throw tomatoes at each other for one

day at La Tomatina.

Burning Man is held in the desert.

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Water festival

Halloween

Easter Christmas

Rock in Rio

Tet Ghost Day

Cannes film festival

2 Check your answers.

superstitious music/arts

seasonal

Christmas

Easter

Cannes Film Festival

Rock in Rio

Water Festival Tet

Ghost Day Halloween

3 Match the festivals below with the reasons they are held.

- I think Rock in Rio and the Cannes Film Festival

are music or arts festivals

- I agree.

-Which do you think are seasonal festivals?

Rock in Rio Cannes Film Festival

seasonal

4 Compare your answers with a partner.

-I think Christmas and Easter How about you? -I think Halloween and Ghost Day.

Easter Christmas

music or arts

Halloween and Ghost Day

Battle of the Oranges -

Ivrea, Italy

Carnival of Venice , Italy

Harbin Ice & Snow Festival, China

Boryeong Mud Festival -

South Korea

Holi - India

Pingxi Lantern Festival - Taiwan

New Year's Eve - Sydney Harbor, Australia

International Balloon Fiesta - USA

1 Learn vocabulary by heart

2 Redo 1, 2,3 ,5 (p.27) in your notebooks.

3 Practice the dialogue more.

4 Prepare Unit 9: A close look 1(p.28).

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