Unit 13: Festival

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Friday, March 13
th
2009.
Period 78: Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 1: Getting started.
Listen and read.
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ask for explanations of
events.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: rice-cooking, water-fetching, fire-making, urge, yell,
husk.
- Grammar / Structure:
+ Passive form.
+ Compound words: rice-cooking…
*) Language skill:
*) Teaching aids: Text book, posters.
*) Teaching procedure:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
- Asks students to read the information
about 5 people (p.121) and gives advices;
Where should they go in Vietnam? Why?
- Gives feedback.
- Show the pictures (p.121) to lead in the
new lesson.
- Explains the meanings of the new words.
-Read new words and asks students to
follow.
- Sets the scene: Ba invites his friend, Liz
to a traditional festival in the North of
Vietnam. Do you know what kind of

festival it is?
? How many competitions do people enter
in a rice – cooking festival?
? In water – fetching competition, what do
people do? How about a fire-making
competition? A rice-cooking competition?
- Presents the dialogue to find answers.
- Elicits from students.
*) Getting started:
Do Son Sapa

Hue
HCM city
Ex: Tom like swimming and sunbathing.
 He should go to Do Son/ Sam Son/
Nha Trang/ Cua Lo beach…
I. Listen and read:
1. New words:
+ Rice – cooking (n): viÖc nÊu c¬m.
+ Fire – making (n): ViÖc nhãm löa
+ Water – fetching (n): viÖc ®i lÊy níc
+ urge (v): thóc giôc
+ yell (v): la, hÐt to
+ competition (n): cuéc tranh tµi
+ husk (n): vá trÊu.
- Read after teacher.
2. Presetation the dialogue:
- Listen
-> It’s the rice – cooking festival.
->(3).

Rice – cooking festival
Water - fetching rice - cooking
Fire - making
3. Model setences:
A Rice- cooking Festival
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- Has students to copy.
- Asks students to read the dialogue in
pairs.
- Corrects students’ mistakes.
- Asks students to read the statements
(2,p.122) and check the boxes, using the
information in the dialogue.
- Gets students to give their answers and
corrects false sentences.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
- Asks students to:
+ learn by heart newwords.
+ do exercises in the work book.
A
A
Water
–
Fire -
fetching
making
Competition

art N V - ing N
=>Form: N + V-ing.
*) Use: to form a compound adj
4. Practice the dialogue:
- Read the dialogue in pairs.
5. True or False:
- Do T/F 2 (p.122)
*) Anwer keys:
a. F -> Only one team member take
part in the water - fetching contest.
b. F -> One person has to collect one
water bottle.
c. T
d. F -> Pieces of bamboo are used to
make the fire.
e. F -> In the final contest, the judges
taste the rice.
f. T
IV. Homework:
- Write exercises.

Monday, March 15
th
2009
Period 79: Unit 13: (cont)
Lesson 2: Speak - Listen.
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about their
preparations for a special event
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary:

- Grammar / Structure:
*) Language skill:
*) Teaching aids: Text book, chart.
*) Teaching procedure:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
- Calls on 2 students to go to the
board and write new words in old
lesson.
- Gives feedback and corrects.
*) Revision:
- Go to the board and write.
I. Presentation:
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- Explains the meanings of the new
words.
- Read and gets students to follow.
- Sets the scene:
? What do we usually prepare for Tet
holiday?
Mrs.Quyen and her daughter are
talking about preparation for Tet
holiday. What are they preparing?
- Asks students to read the dialogue
(p123) and put the sentences in the
correct order.
- Gives feedback and corrects.
- Asks students to choose one of the
following festivals and make up their
own dialogues.

+ a village festival
+ a school festival
+ a harvest festival
…
? What do we prepare for school
festival?
- Models with some good students.
- Gives suggestion dialogue.
1. New words:
+ Pomegranate (n): qu¶ lùu
+ Peach blossoms (n): hoa ®µo.
+ Marigold (n): hoa cóc v¹n thä.
+ Dried watermelon seeds (n): h¹t da.
+ Spring rolls (n): giß.
- Read after teacher.
2. Ordering:
tidy house
go shopping
buy food
and drink
decorate
rooms
send cards/presents
- Listen
- Order the dialogue.
*) Answer keys:
A – F B – G
C – H E – I
D – J
II. Practice:

1. Speaking:
- Answer.
Decorate class room
Get new
dress clean school
buy food buy flowers
write/send invitation cards
EX:
T: What have you had in mind for our school
festival, Van?
S: Oh, Why not? It’s our anniversary of our
school next month. This year is 20
th
anniversary.
Don’t you remember?
T: Well, have you decided to do anything to our
class?
S: Yes, I have. I think we should decorate our
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Preparation
for Tet
holiday
Preparation
for school
festival
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- Asks students to listen to the tape 2
or 3 times and fill in the gaps.
- Gets some students answer.

- Corrects.
- Asks students to copy the grid in to
their note books and fill in with
information taken from the
statements above.
- Calls on some students to give their
answers.
- Lets students listen to the tape
again and corrects.
- Asks students to:
+ learn by heart new words.
+ do exercises
class room.
T: And we should clean up our class at first.
S: Okay. Do you think it’s better to decorate our
class with fresh flowers?
T: Good idea.
S: One more important thing: We should study
harder and observe the school rules and
regulations. That is we must not make any
mistakes to celebrate our school festival, OK?
T: OK. O problem.
2. Listening:
2.1. Gap – fill:
- Listen and gap
*) Answer keys:
a) Her husband/flower market.
b) Traditional
c) Dried watermelon seeds.
d) Make spring rolls.

2.2. Grid:
- Copy the grid
*)Answer keys:
Things to do
Mr. Robinson:
Liz:
Mrs. Robinson:
Go to the flower market to
buy peach blossoms and a
bunch of marigolds.
Go to the market to buy
candies and a packet of
dried watermelon seeds.
Go to Mrs. Nga house to
learn how to make spring
rolls.
III. Homework:
- Write exercises.


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Period 80: Unit 13: (cont)
Lesson 3: Read
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read the text about
Christmas festival to understand the general and detail.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: spread, Christmas Carol, Patront saint, jolly, decorate.
- Grammar / Structure: past simple tense.

*) Language skill: reading
*) Teaching aids: text book
*) Teaching procedure:
Teacher's
activities
Students' activities
- Shows some Christmas cards
to lead in new lesson.
? What is it?
? What relates to Christmas?
- Explains the meanings of the
new words.
- Reads and gets students to
follow.
- Asks students to read the text
about Christmas to answer the
questions.
- Lets students to reads the
text again and complete the
grid.
- Calls on some students to fill
in the grid on the board.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects mistakes.
*) Warm up: Brainstorming.
cake tree
I. Pre-reading:
1. New words:
+ spread (v):lan truyÒn
+ carol(n): bµi th¸nh ca

+ patront saint (n): th¸nh ®ì ®Çu
+ jolly (adj): vui vÎ, vui nhén
+ decorate (v): trang hoµng.
- Read after teacher.
2. Guiding questions:
a, When did the Christmas songs become popular
again?
-> 180 years ago
b, What is the name of Christmas old man?
-> Santa Claus.
II. While-reading:
1. Grid:
- Copy the grid and fill in.
*) Answer keys:
Christmas special Place of origin Date
The Christmas Tree Riga Early 1500s
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Most popular sports
in the USA
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- Asks students to work in
pairs to answer the questions
on p.126
- Calls on some students to
give their answers.
- Corrects.
- Asks students to design a
Chistmas Card.
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects students’ mistakes.

- Asks students to:
+ learn by heart new words
+ do exercises in the work
book.
The Christmas Card England Mid-19
th
century
Christmas Carol (no
information)
800 years
ago
Santa Claus USA 1823
2. Comprehension questions:
- Read and answer.
*) Answer keys:
a) More than a century ago.
b) Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to
his friends.
c) 800 years ago
d) An American professor named Clement Clark
Moore.
e) On the descroption of saint Nicolas in the
professor Moore’s poem.
III. Post-reading:
(picture) Merry Christmas
IV. Home work:
- Write exercises

Period 81: Unit 13: (cont)
Lesson 4: Write

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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to practice in writing a
report on a festival they have joined.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary:
- Grammar / Structure:
+ Passive form
+ Simple past
*) Language skill: writing
*) Teaching aids: test book
*) Teaching procedure:
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Teacher's activities Students' activities
- Sets the scene: Show the picture p.126
and asks:
? What’s this festival?
? How many people are there in the
picture? What are they doing?
? How many competitions are there in this
festival?
? Where is water got from?
? How is fire made?
? Which team is given the grand prize?
- Asks students to use information in the
dialogue (p.121) to fill in the gaps.
- Gives feedback and corrects.
- Gets students to answer the questions
(p.127)
- Lets students use these guides to write the
report about other festivals.

- Gets some students to present.
- Gies feedback.
- Corrects.
I. Pre-writing:
1. Gap fill:
- Look at and answer.
*) Answer keys:
1.Rice-cooking 6. traditional
2.one/a 7. bamboo
3. water-fetching 8. six
4. run 9. separate
5. water 10. added
2. Answer the questions:
A,Christmas,Tet, bull-fighting…
B,Church, stadium…
C,1 day, 2days…
II. While-writing:
- Write a report
III. Post-writing:
- Reads report
Period 82 Unit 13: (cont)
Lesson 5: Language focus
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*) Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand and use the
passive form, compound words and reported speech.
*) Language focus: - Vocabulary: Compound words
- Grammar / Structure: +passive form in :past, present and future.
+reported speech
*) Language skill: text book
*) Teaching aids:

*) Teaching procedure:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
- Calls on some students to go to the
board and give the past and
particuole form of the verbs on the
*) Warm up:
- Go to the board and do exercises.
Put – put -put
Write – wrote - written
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board.
- Corrects students’ mistakes.
- Asks students to repeat the way to
change active form into passive form.
- Gets students to give some tenses in
the lesson.
- Corrects mistakes.
- Asks students to do exercise on
p.128.
- Gives feedback and corrects.
- Asks students to look at LF2 on
p.128 and 129 and fill in the gaps
with the right form of the verbs in the
box.
- Gives feedback and corrects.
? Why did you choose that verb
form?
- Asks studentsts to look at LF3 and
rewrite the sentences by using

compound noun.
- Gives feedback and corrects.
- Asks students to do exercise 4
(p.130).
- Gives feedback.
- Corrects.
Hold – held - held
Make – made – made
Break – broke - broken
I. Language focus 1:
1. Presentation: Passive form
*)Past simple: S
(o)
+ was/were + V
p2
+ by O
*)Present simple: S
(o)
+ am/is/are + V
p2
+ by O
*)Present perfect: S
(o)
+have/has +been+V
p2
+by O
*)Future: S
(o)
+ will/shall + be + V
p2

+ by O
2. Practice:
- Do exercise
*) Answer keys:
A, were performed D, will be held
B, was decorated / put E, was awarded
C, os made F, was written
II. Language focus 2:
-Give the past participle of the verbs.
*) Answer keys:
1, jumbled 4, scattered
2, broken 5, pulled
3, broken
III. Language focus 3:
1.Presentation: Compound noun.
Form: N-Ving
Ving-N
EX: washing machine
2.Practice:
-Do exercise
*)Answer keys:
a) It is a fire-making contest.
b) It is a bull-fighting festival.
c) The United State has a big car-making
industry.
d) Last week, Tran Hung Dao school held a
flower-arraging contest.
e) Vietnam is a rice-exporting country.
f) This is a washing machine.
IV.Language focus 4:

1. Presentation:reported speech:
a, will -> would
Shall -> should
Have to/must -> had to
b, Adverbs of place and time:
This – That
Now – Then
Here – there
To day – that day
Ago – before
Tomorrow – the next day
Yesterday – the day before.
2. Practice:
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- Asks students to do exercises in
work book.
*) Answer keys:
a) He said he could fix the faucets.
b) He said the pipes were broken.
c) He said new pipes were expensive.
d) He said Mrs. Thu had to pay him then.
V. Home work:
- Write exercise.
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