Anh van 8 - Unit13- Festivals

Unit 13 : FESTIVALS Form 8  Read : Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the world... Name these pictures The Christmas Tree The Christmas Card...  Christmas Ca

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Unit 13 : FESTIVALS

Form 8

 Read : Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the world.

Name these pictures

 The Christmas Tree

The Christmas Card

 Christmas Carols

Santa Claus

Vocabulary :

Spread through(v)

Have sb do sth.(v)

Have sth.done (v)

Unsuitable(adj)

Popular again (adj)

Jolly (adj)

Design(v)

Base on (v)

Description(n)

1.He had his father………his watch 2.This muder film is………for children 3.His argument is…… fact.

4.The news…….everywhere.

Task 1: what do people prepare for

Christmas ?

 Decorate Christmas trees

 Design Christmas cards

 Prepare presents

 Practice Christmas songs

Task2:

Complete the table

 Christmas specials Place of origin Date

 The Christmas tree Riga Early 1500s

 The Christmas cards England Mid19thcentury

 Christmas carols / 800years ago

 Santa Claus USA 1823

Task 3:Answer the questions

1 How long ago did Christmas tree come to the USA ?

More than a century ago

2 Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends

3 When were Christmas songs first performed?

800years ago

4 Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?

An America professor Clement Clarke Moore

5 What is Santa Claus based on?

On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s

poem

Game : Guessing word

 1 What do children often get on

Christmas day?

Present

 2 What do people eat on Christmas day?

 3 What do people hang on Christmas

tree?

Ornament

Write a paragraph about what your family prepare for Christmas ( 5-7 Lines ).