unit 12

Clement Clarke Moore, an American profession wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas.. Santa Clause is based on the.[r]

Lam Thao secondary SCHOOL, luong

tai, bac ninh

Teacher: Vu Thi Nguyet

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS

Lesson 4: Read

1 Vocabulary:

Christmas tree (n): cây thông noel

decorate (v): trang hoàng

design (v): thiết kế

a saint (n): vị thánh

custom (n): phong tục

- Christmas tree : cây thông noel

- decorate : trang hoàng

- design: thiết kế

- a saint : vị thánh

- custom: phong tục

* Vocabulary

*What and Where:

design

custom

decorate

2 True/ false predictions:

Guess

Answer

1.The Christmas tree came to the USA over a century ago

2 The Englishman wanted to send his greetings on cards to his friends on Christmas

3 Christmas songs were first performed

180 years ago

4 Clement Clarke Moore, an American profession wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas

5 Santa Clause is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in Clement Clarke Moore’s poem

True

F T F T T

two centuries ago

800 years ago.

False

3 Answer the questions.

*Lucky Number

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

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

→ More than two centuries ago.

b Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?

→ Because he wanted to send

Christmas greeting to his friends

c When were Christmas songs first performed?

→ 800 years ago

d Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?

→ An America professor, Clement Clarke Moore

e What is Santa Claus based on?

→ On the description of Saint

Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem

4 Grid:

Christmas

specials Place or Origin Date

Riga

mid-19th century

Christmas carols

USA

Christmas tree

Christmas cards

Santa Claus

England

early 1500s

800 years ago 1823

5 Homework:

-Learn vocabulary by heart.

-Write the answers and complete the table in exercise book.

- Prepare Unit 13 part “Writing”