+ Listening: Listen and complete the missing words of an English song (Auld Lang Syne) - Vocabulary: Related to celebration.. - Grammar: Giving and responding to a compliment.[r]
Trang 1Period: 51
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
I Objectives
1 Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a Knowledge:
- By the end of this lesson, Ss know about the famous celebrations around the world, practice reading comprehension skill for details to complete a table
- Vocabulary: Related to celebration.
- Grammar: Relative clauses.
b Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c Attitude: Ss will be able to educate about celebration.
2 Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II Preparation
1 Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3
2 Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III Students’ activities
1 Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and students’ activities Content
- T asks Ss to make a list of famous celebrations
they know.
- T calls two teams, each team has 3 members
(each member must write down names of
celebrations as many as possible The team has
more correct words will win.)
- T introduces the topic of the new lesson:
Celebrations.
( Brainstorming )
2 Knowledge formation activities (36’)
- T introduces the requirement of part 1
- T has Ss look at the icons and then match the
icons with the names of the celebrations they
represent (Ss work in pairs)
- T calls some Ss to give the answers on the board
- T checks and corrects the answers
- Ss copy down the correct answers
1 Getting started.
Work with a partner Match the icons with the names of the celebration they represent.
Answer keys :
1 Easter
2 Wedding
3 Birthday
4 Christmas
5 Mid-Fall Festival
6 Lunar New Year
- T gives Ss guiding questions
- T plays the tape
- Ss listen to the tape once, then answer the
questions
- T explains new words
- Ss guess the meanings of new words
- Ss practice reading new words
- T corrects Ss’ pronunciation if necessary
- T explains new structure
2 Listen and Read
*Pre-Listening and reading.
What celebrations are mentioned in the passage?
*Vocabulary :
- sticky rice cake (n)
- occur (v)
- live apart (v)
- Israel (n)
- Passover (n)
- slavery (a)
- joyful (a)
- parade (n)
Christmas
Famous celebrations
Easter New Year
Birthday
Trang 2- Ss take notes.
- T plays the tape again
- Ss look at their books and listen to the tape
- T explains the requirement
- Ss read the text again and complete the table
- Ss compare the answers in pairs
- T calls some Ss to give the answers
- Ss give the answers before the class
- T checks and corrects if necessary
- Ss copy down the correct answers
* New structures:
- Tet is a festival which occur in the late January
or early February
- Families members who live apart try to be
together at Tet
*While-Listening and Reading Complete the table
Tet
in late January or early February
cleaning and decorating homes and enjoying special food
sticky rice cakes Viet nam
Passover late March or
early April
(not available) special meal called the
Seder
Israel
Easter
arround the same time as Passover
people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
chocolate or sugar eggs
in many countries
T asks, Ss answer the questions *Post-Listening and Reading.
- Tell something about your last Tet holiday?
3 Consolidation (4’)
T asks, Ss answer the questions :
a When does Tet / Passover / Easter occur ?
b What activities do people often do on Tet / Passover / Easter ?
c What kind of food do people eat on Tet / Passover / Easter ?
d Name more celebrations you know ?
IV Experience:
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Period: 52
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS SPEAK + LISTEN
I Objectives
1 Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a Knowledge:
- By the end of this lesson, Ss improve their speaking and listening skills:
+ Speaking: Give and respond to a compliment for common situations
+ Listening: Listen and complete the missing words of an English song (Auld Lang Syne)
- Vocabulary: Related to celebration.
- Grammar: Giving and responding to a compliment.
b Skills: Speaking, listening, less reading and writing.
c Attitude: Ss will be educated about celebrations.
2 Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II Preparation
1 Teacher: lesson plane, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3
2 Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
Trang 3III Students’ activities
1 Warm up (5’)
- T asks, Ss answer the questions - When do people give a compliment to others?
- Do you usually give a compliment?
- On which occasion?
- To whom?
- Do you know to respond to it?
2 Knowledge formation activities (32’)
- T explains how to give and respond to a
compliment
- Ss pay attention to teacher’ explanation and
take notes
- T explains the requirement, the situations and
new words
- Ss pay attention to teacher’ explanation and
take notes
- T calls two Ss read the example a
3 Speak.
* Structures
Give a compliment Respond to a
compliment
That’s a great/an excellent …
It’s nice of you to say so
Let me congratulate you on…
That’s very kind of you
Read the following situations with a partner: Then give and respond to appropriate
compliments
Vocabulary :
- contest (n)
- activist (n)
- charity (a)
- nominate (v)
- take part in (v)
- Ss make dialogues with pictures b, c, d in
pairs
- T calls some pairs to give the dialogues before
the class
- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation
if necessary
- T explains the requirement and give some
suggestions if Ss can’t think up the situation
- Ss work in pairs : give and respond to
compliments
- T calls some pairs to give the dialogues before
the class
- T checks and corrects students’ pronunciation
if necessary
* The keys :
b Well done, Huyen / Thanks, Mom
c Let’s congratulate you on your nomination, Tuan / It’s nice of you to say so
d That’s excellent drawing, Hoa / That’s very kind of you to say so
Now think up situations in which you can compliment your friends and get respones fro him/her/them, then make up dialogues with partner.
* Suggestions:
- passing the exam
- Wearing a new shirt/ dress
- Winning the first prize in a speech/ in a singing contest
* The keys
- Well done, Nam / It’s very nice of you to say so
- This shirt looks good on you./ thank you
- You speech was very excellent./ Thank you
- That was a very good performance./ That’s very kind of you
Do you think compliment is important and necessary in our life?
Trang 4- T asks, Ss answer the questions.
- Ss answer the questions
- T helps Ss know something about the song
“Auld Lang Syne”
- T helps Ss understand the meanings of new
words by doing the exercise Matching
- T checks and corrects students’ answers
- T explains the requirement of the listening
- Ss read the song once and guess the missing
words
- Ss listen to the song three times
- T calls some Ss to give the answers
- T checks and corrects students’ answers
- Ss compare the correct answers with their
guessing and copy down the correct answers
- T help Ss practice singing the song
4 Listen.
Have you ever heard the song “Auld Lang Syne”?
“Auld lang Syne is one of the best known songs in English-speaking countries ”
Auld lang Syne = the time gone past = the goog old days.
In Scots : Auld = old, Lang = Long, Syne = since.
* Vocabulary:
- acquaintance (n)
- kindness (n)
- trusty (a)
- bring to mind (v) Matching :
1 acquaintance a trustworthy
2 bring to mind b person you know
3 kindness c remember
4 trusty d being kind to others
* The keys: 1.b / 2.c / 3.d / 4.a
Listen to the song of Auld lang Syne and fill in the missing words.
Keys :
a.days b take c mind d hand
e kindness
3 Consolidations (4’)
- T emphasizes the way to give and respond to a compliment
- T calls some Ss to sing the song “Auld Lang Syne”
4 Its operations (4’)
- T asks, Ss answer the questions What do you and your family usually do on New
Year’s Eve ?
IV Experience:
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