Unit 8 CELEBRATION LESSON 1

Objectives: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to know some popular celebrations in the world.. Skills: reading, speaking.[r]

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED AND LISTEN AND READ

Aims: To give the students words about celebrations

Objectives: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to know some popular celebrations in

the world

Skills: reading, speaking

Teaching aids: poster, pictures, cues, book.

Languages:

 Grammar:

 Vocabulary: throughout, occur, sticky rice cake, live apart, freedom, slavery, joyful,

parade

4’

I WARMER: Matching

Match the names of the celebrations to the pictures.

Key:

a Easter

b Wedding

c Birthday

d Christmas

e Mid-fall festival

f Lunar New Year

- Controls the game - Play game

15’ II PRE-READING:

1 Pre-teach vocabulary :

- throughout /r'aut/ (prep): trong suốt, xuyên

suốt

- to occur /'k(r)/ (v)= to appear /'pi/ (v):

xuất hiện

- to decorate /'dekreit/ (v): trang trí

- a sticky rice cake /'stiki rais keik/ (n): bánh tét

- to live apart /liv 'pt/ (v): sống xa nhà, xa

nhau

- freedom /'frdm/ (n): sự tự do

- slavery /'sleivri/ (n): sự nô lệ, chế độ nô lệ

- ancient /'eintnt/ (adj) = very old: xưa, cũ, cổ

- joyful /'ifl/ (adj) = happy /'hpi/ (adj): vui

sướng, vui vẻ

- parade /p'reid/ (n): buổi duyệt binh

 Bingo :

2 Set the scene:

We are going to read about some famous

- Follows the steps for presenting vocabulary

- Gives the common idea of the lesson

- Sticks the poster on the board and run

- Listen and observe what the teacher does

- Listen

- Take notes

- Guess

Period: 52

Week: 26

Date:

- List out some festival in the world you know.

3 True or False :

a There are many festivals through the year

b Tet isn’t the most popular festival in Viet Nam

c Tet is the time people unite and decorate their

houses

d Passover is the important festival in Israel

e In the past, Passover wasn’t a spring festival

f Many countries celebrate Easter

g On Easter Day young children receive

chocolate cakes

a b c d e f g

15’

III WHILE- READING:

1 Read to check T/F : Key:

a b c d e f g

T F T T F T F

2 Grid : (page 66) Celebration When? Activities Food country

Tet

Gives time to read

- Explains how to do

- Read to check

- Read and fill in the table

10’

IV POST- READING:

Group-work:

Answer the questions:

a What is the most important celebration in

Vietnam?

b When does the Tet occur?

c What is the special food that most of Vietnamese

people have on Tet holiday?

d Who celebrate the Passover?

e What is the Passover in the past?

f What can children receive on Easter day?

- Gives more time for them to read and answer the questions

- Read the text carefully and answer the questions

1’

V HOMEWORK:

- Learn the lesson carefully

- Finish the grid in your book and write the

answers for the questions above

- Gives home assignment - Take notes.

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