Unit 3-11-Reading

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Thursday, October 15 th , 2009

Teacher Nguyen Thi Xuyen

I Warm up: (work individually) Game

1 Chirstmas; 2 Graduation; 3 Thanksgiving; 4 Mother’s day; 5

Father’s day; 6 Wedding; 7 Valentine’s day; 8 Birthday

* Matching the celebration with the correct images below.

6 Wedding

1 Chirstmas

I Warm up: (work individually) Game

1 Chirstmas; 2 Graduation; 3 Thanksgiving; 4 Mother’s day; 5

Father’s day; 6 Wedding; 7 Valentine’s day; 8 Birthday

* Matching the celebration with the correct images below.

3 Thanksgiving

I Warm up: (work individually) Game

1 Chirstmas; 2 Graduation; 3 Thanksgiving; 4 Mother’s day; 5

Father’s day; 6 Wedding; 7 Valentine’s day; 8 Birthday

* Matching the celebration with the correct images below.

7 Valentine’s day

I Warm up: (work individually) Game

1 Chirstmas; 2 Graduation; 3 Thanksgiving; 4 Mother’s day; 5

Father’s day; 6 Wedding; 7 Valentine’s day; 8 Birthday

* Matching the celebration with the correct images below.

2 Graduation

I Warm up: (work individually) Game

1 Chirstmas; 2 Graduation; 3 Thanksgiving; 4 Mother’s day; 5

Father’s day; 6 Wedding; 7 Valentine’s day; 8 Birthday

* Matching the celebration with the correct images below.

8 Birthday

I Warm up: (work individually) Game

1 Chirstmas; 2 Graduation; 3 Thanksgiving; 4 Mother’s day; 5

Father’s day; 6 Wedding; 7 Valentine’s day; 8 Birthday

* Matching the celebration with the correct images below.

Unit 3:

Class 11B 3

Thursday, October 15 th , 2009

Look at the pictures and answer the questions (work individually)

II Pre-reading

1 What’s the relationship between the people in the pictures?

 They are members in a family They are members in a family.

Look at the pictures and answer the questions (work individually)

II Pre-reading

2 What are they celebrating?

 They are celebrating a birthday party and a

wedding anniversary.

Look at the pictures and answer the questions (work individually)

II Pre-reading

3 How do they look?

 They are happy.

- candle (n): [‘kændl] Cây nến

- blow out (V): [ bloʊ aʊt ] Thổi

They are blowing out the candles

- celebrate (v): ['selibreit] Làm lễ kỷ niệm

They are celebrating a birthday party.

- anniversary (n): [,æni'və:səri]

This is a wedding anniversary.

Ngày kỷ niệm

mark the milestone (v):

The wedding marked

Sự kiện quan trọngĐánh dấu sự kiện quan trọng

- milestone (n): ['mailstoun]

- silver anniversary = the 25th anniversary of

a wedding: Lễ kỷ niệm đám cưới bạc

Lễ kỷ niệm đám cưới vàng

- golden anniversary = the 50th

anniversary of a wedding:

Cây nến

- blow out (V): [ bləʊ aʊt ] Thổi

Làm lễ kỷ niệm Ngày kỷ niệm

mark the milestone

Sự kiện quan trọng Đánh dấu sự kiện quan trọng

Jumbled words

III While-reading Reading

Activity 1: Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both Put a stick (V) in the right box (work in pairs).

Birthday party

Wedding anniversary party Both

1 People sing a song

2 People receive cards and

gifts from friends and relatives

3 People remember their wedding day

4 People blow out candles, one for each year

5 People joke about their age

6 People go out to dinner

7 People eat cake

1 Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party.

2 Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party.

4 Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their

anniversaries.

5 Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married.

6 People call the 5 th wedding anniversary the “golden anniversary”.

7 Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.

Activity 2 : In each of the following sentences, there is

ONE word which is not true according to the reading passage Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one

correct one (Work in groups).

3 Lisa opens birthday cards and books from her family and friends.

Activity 2: In each of the following sentences, there is one word which is not true according to the reading passage Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one (Work in groups).

LUCKY NUMBER

GAME

1 Lisa’s family and her friends are at her eighth birthday party.

1

eighth

eighth seventh

5 Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married months

7 Rose and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary silver

You are so lucky!

IV Post-reading

1 Where do you prefer to

celebrate your birthday,

at home or in the

restaurant? Why?

2 What is the “silver

anniversary”?

3 Are you going to

3 Are you going to

celebrate your wedding

anniversaries in the

future? Why (not)?

4 What is the “golden

anniversary”?

a/ It is the 25 th anniversary of a wedding.

b/ At home, because it’s warmer or quieter than

in the restaurant.

c/ Yes, I do Because they mark the milestones

of a happy and lasting relationship between us.

d/ It is the 50 th anniversary of a wedding.

e/ At restaurant, because it makes us more

romantic than at home.

f/ No, I don’t Because Vietnamese don’t often

celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Match each question in box A with the suitable answers in box B.

1/

b,e

2/

a 3/

c, f

V HOMEWORK

- Learn Vocabulary by heart.

- Read the text again at home.

- Prepare for new lesson: Speaking

Teacher: Nguyen Thi Xuyen