UNIT 8

If they can answer after the 1st picture, they get 40 points; 2nd → 30 , 3rd → 20, After 3 holidays/celebrations, the group with the highest point wins the game  Point to the picture ab

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

A READING

 Objectives: By the end of the lesson, SS will be able to:

- Develop reading micro-skills such as scanning for specific ideas

and guessing meaning in context.

- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic.

 Teaching aids: Textbook, handouts, and interactive board

 Method: Communicative approach

 Procedure:

I Check up:

- Ask SS to complete the 3 blanks to revise the

conditional sentences and reported speech

III Warm up: Brainstorm

 Set 4 groups

 Ask SS to work in groups to guess the

holidays

 Give instruction: for each holiday, I’ll show

4 pictures, one by one If you can guess what

it is after the 1st pic., you’ll win 40 points;

after the 2nd one → 30; after the 3rd one →

30; and the last 10

 Ask SS if it is clear or not

 Show the pictures for SS to guess

 Show 4 pictures one by one and ask SS what

holiday they think of If they can answer

after the 1st picture, they get 40 points; 2nd →

30 , 3rd → 20, After 3 holidays/celebrations,

the group with the highest point wins the

game

 Point to the picture about Tet and ask

questions:

+ Do you like Tet holiday?

+ What do you often do at Tet?

Introducing the text: today we’re going to

read a passage about Tet Before that I’d

like you to go through some new vocabulary.

Pre -teaching vocabulary

1 If it rains, we’ll stay at home

2 What would you have done if we hadn’t come last night?

3 Jen told me she would buy that dress if she was taller

1 Chirtmas

2 Teachers’ Day

3 Tet holiday Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.

I often eat Banh Tet / visit my granparents…

grand (a) lagre

show the word and give its synonym

Lunar # Western calendar

Show a piece of paper from the calendar and

explain to SS the bigger number is on the

Western calendar while the smaller is Lunar

calendar

agrarian (a)

agrarian people (n) farmers

show a picture of people working on the farm

and ask where they are

explain that agrarian means farming and

agrarian people are farmers

apricot blossom, peach blossom, kumquat tree,

and candied fruit (n)

show pictures and elicit the words

positive comment (n)

play a clip and ask SS to give their opinion on

it

draw a connection that funny, relaxing are

good comments

Tell SS that if they don’t like sth, there is no

need to insult someone

pray (for)

Show a picture of a woman praying and

explain the meaning

Ask SS what they usually pray for

T reads and SS repeat

While you read:

Setting the scene

You are going to listen about Tet holiday in

Vietnam While you are reading, follow the

passage

Ask SS to read the passage themselves in

silence

Task 1: true or false

1) grand (adj) large

3) agrarian /əˈɡreəriən/ (adj) → agrarian people (n) farmers

4) apricot blossom /'eiprikɔt 'blɔsəm/ (n) 5) peach blossom /pi:t∫ 'blɔsəm/ (n) 6) kumquat tree / 'kʌmkwɔt tri:/ (n) 7) candied fruit /'kændid fru:t/ (n) Mut 8) positive comment /'pɔzətiv 'kɔment/ (n) something you say or write which gives a good opinion on sth

9) pray (for) (v) to hope very much that something will happen

 Give instructions: read the statements and

decide whether they are true of false

 Revise scanning skill by asking those

questions:

 What do you read first, the statements or the

passage? Read the statements first

 Do you need to read the whole passage? Just

find the key words

 Set the task in 2 minutes

 Ask SS to compare the answers in their

group Then each group raise up their card to

show the answer

 Call on a ST to give explanation

 For each correct answer, a group will get 10

ps If they can explan their choice, they’ll get

another 10 ps

Task 2

 Ask SS to work in groups They’re going

answer some questions about the passage

There are 8 multiple choice questions

Behind them there is a picture of a

celebration If they have a correct answer,

they will get 10 ps and a part of the picture

will be opened They raise their flashcards to

show their answer

 Elicit the key words from SS

 Each group has only one chance to answer

the celebration

VI After you read:

SS work in groups and draw a plan for their

next Tet holiday

When all groups have finished, T calls on some

SS to report their ideas to the class

VII Consolidation and Homework:

- T summarizes the main points and ask SS to

prepare the next part - Speaking

Task 1:

1 F (for agrarian people)

2 T

3 F (to children)

4 T

Task 2:

Sometime betweeen 19th Jan and 20th Feb

celebrations last in the past?

Over months 3) What are streets decorated with before Tet? Streets are decorated with colored lights and red banners

4) What do people often do to prepare for Tet? Buy gifts, clean the house…

Sticky rice, green beans, and fatty pork

Candied fruit 7) What isn’t a popular activity on the days of Tet?

Decorate the house 8) Why do people try to be nice and polite to each other at Tet?

To have good luck

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