Unit 13 Festivals

Christmas Specials Place of origin Date The Christmas tree Riga Early1500s The Christmas Card England Mid-19century Christmas Carol No information 800 years ago Santa Claus USA 1823 -Ask[r]

Pre:5/3/ 2015

Tea:………

Period 81 : Unit 13: Festivals

Lesson 3: Read.

I Objectives :

-After the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about the festivals in the world: The Christmas festival:traditional customs of the Christmas Festival: The Christmas tree, the Christmas card, the Christmas Carols, and Santa Claus

-To drill Ss reading skill

II.Teaching aids

Materials: Textbook, workbook

Equipments:Tape - cassette, extra-board

III Teaching procedure.

1.Organization :

8A

8B

2.Oral test:

S1: do exercises 2 in the work book ( Page 76)? S2: write new words

3.New lesson :

A Warm up

-Ask ss to play the Guessing game:

1 st clue : This is the biggest festival in the western countries.

2 nd clue : People often decorate a tree and exchange the best wishes by

giving cards to others.

3 rd clue : It is on December 25.

-Ask Ss to work in pairs to dicuss the correct answer

-Give the correct answer

B Presentation

*Pre- reading

- Introduce the topic of the lesson and aks Ss to give some things they know about the Christmas

-Give some new words:

Christmas tree(n): cây thông Noel Christmas

cards(n):thiếp chúc mừng

Christmas Carols(n): Những bài thánh ca Santa Claus(n): ông già Noel Patron Saint(n); thánh đỡ đầu, thánh bảo hộ Design(v): thiết kế Spread(v): lan truyền, phân phát

jolly(a) : vui nhộn -Ask Ss to read the new words in chorus

Poem(n): bài thơ

- Check voc: Slap the board

- Ask Ss to predict *grid : p126

*While- reading

-Ask Ss to read the reading in silence

1- The patron saint of children , fat jolly man who wore a red suit and give children

presents on Christmas Eve

2-The trees were decorated and put in the common place

3-They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people

4-People send together by it and check their guessing about the history and the origins of some Christmas specials

Key: 1 B 2 A 3.D 4.C

- Work in pairs to dicuss the answers and the share the answers to the partners

Christmas Specials Place of origin Date

The Christmas Card England Mid-19century

Christmas Carol No information 800 years ago

-Ask Ss to read the reading again and then answer the questions in the text book -Call Ss to write the answers on the BB

-Read aloud the answers

a) More than a century ago

b) He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends

c) 800 years ago

d) An American professional Clement Clarke Moore

e) On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moores poem

-Check if necessary

-Explain the new words:

Have sb do smt : yêu cầu ai đó làm gì Unsuitable: Không phù hợp

Popular again: Phổ biến trở lại

Fat jolly man:Ngời đàn ông mập mạp, vui tính.

*Post –reading:

-Ask ss to give the history of the Christmas

4 Consolidation

-Ask Ss to retell the main content of the reading: Christmas

5 Home work.

-Ask ss to do exercises 2 + 3 + 4 in the work book

- Learn new words by heart

- Prepare: write