English 8 Unit 13 Read

Week : 27
Period : 80
Unit : 13 FESTIVALS
Lesson : 3 READ
P :
T :
I. Aim:
- To help students read for details about Christmas
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson , Ss will get some knowledge about Christmas.
III. Teaching Aids : posters , pictures .
III. Work arrangements : group work , pair work .
V. Procedure:
1. Warmer ( chatting )
Teacher uses a christmas card and asks students some questions about picture .
Students listen and answer them .
T : What is this ?
Ss : ( a chritmas card )
T : When do you usually get it ?
Ss : ( on Christmas day )
T : What can you see and listen on Christmas day ?
Ss : (I can see the Christmas tree , the Christmas card , Santa Claus and I can
listen Christmas carols )
* Now let’s begin the new lesson , the content of the text talks about Christmas .
2.Pre- reading:
a, Pre- teach vocabulary
The Christmas tree : ( picture ) : Cây nô ên
(To) decorate ( to make something look more attractive by putting things on it :
trang trí
(To) spread – spread – spread :
to cover a larger and larger area ( explanation ) lan truyền

The Christmas card : ( picture ) : Thiệp nô ên
Christmas carol: ( picture and explanation ) : Bài hát lễ nô ên
Santa Claus : ( picture ) : Ông già nô ên
Patron saint : (translation ): Thánh bảo hộ
* T . uses the steps for presenting vocabulary .
- elicit a new word .
- model ( 2 or 3 times )
- repeat in chorally ( individually ) 3 students repeat .
- write word on the board
- checking meaning .
- checking pronunciation and stress .
- copy all the words .
* Rub out and remember
- ask them to close their books
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- Rub out the new words one at a time .
- Each time you rub one word in English , point to the VN translation ask Ss to
repeat again it
- When all the English words are rubbed out , go through the VN list and ask Ss to
repeat them
- Write the English words again .
* True or False statements prediction :
- stick the poster of T / F statements on the board .
- set the scene : These statements are about Christmas , read them and guess which
statements are true , which are false .
- Get students to work in individually and then ask students to compare with
partners .
- Give Ss 3 minutes to guess .
* T / F statements :
a. The Christmas Eve was decorated in the early 1800s in the Latvian city of Riga

b. An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends on
Christmas day
c. The character of the Santa Claus in a poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red
suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve .
d. The Christmas carols became popular again about 180 years ago .
- Teacher writes the result of students’ guessing on the blackboard
3. While reading :
- Ask students to open their books .
- Read the dialogue and check their prediction .
- Ask them to correct the false statements .
- Give feedback
* Answer key :
a. F. 1800s 1500s
b. T
c. T
d. T
-To understand the meaning of some words in the text . Now let’s begin “mtching ”
* Matching :
Teacher asks students to match the words in column A with the meaning in column
B
Column A Column B
1. Christmas Eve a. Sự mô tả
2. ( to ) design b. đêm Giáng Sinh
3. ( to ) perform c. thiết kế
4. poem d.thực hiện
5. Jolly e. bài thơ
6. description f.vui nhộn
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- Give model
- Give students three minutes to match the words in column A with the meaning

in column B .
- Call students go to the blackboard to match .
- Correct , then ask Ss to repeat them in chorally
* Answer key :
1. b 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. f 6. a
* Grid
Christmas Specials Place of origin Date
1 Riga 6
2 4 mid- 19
th
century
Christmas Carol 5 7
3 USA 8
- Stick the grid on the board and have Ss copy it .
- Ask Ss to read the paragraph again and complete the grid .
- call on some Ss to fill in the gaps in the grid on the board .
- Give Ss 3 minutes to complete it .
- Give feedback and correct
- Have Ss copy the grid .
* Keys:
Christmas Specials Place of origin Date
( The Christmas tree) Riga ( early 1500s)
( The Christmas Card
)
( England ) mid- 19
th
century
Christmas Carol ( No information ) ( 800 years ago )
( Santa Claus ) USA (1823)
* To understand the content of the text more clearly , now let’s continue the next

part : Answer the questions .
* Comprehension questions :
Before answering the questions , Teacher asks Ss to read the text again and find
the answers . Teacher gives Ss 5 minutes to complete them .
- Have a game “ Lucky Numbers ”
- Divide the class into two teams .
- Write 8 numbers on the board from 1 to 8
- Tell Ss each number is for a question but there are 3 lucky numbers . if Ss
choose a lucky number , they don’t have to answer it but they get 2 points and
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they can get another number . if they choose a question , they have to answer it
if they answer right , they also get 2 points . if which team has more point is
winner .

1.How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
- The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s
2. Lucky number
3.Why did the English man have someone design a card ?
- Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
4.When were Christmas songs first performed ?
- Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago
5. Lucky number
6.Who wrote the poem A Visit form Saint Nicholas ?
- An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A visit from Saint
Nicholas .
7. Lucky number
8. What is Santa Claus based on ?
- Santas Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem .
T: get Ss to write their answers in their note-books
4. Post-reading:

* Gap fill
- Give Ss 4 minutes to read the text again
- Ask Ss to fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text
- Call on some Ss to go to the board and write their answers .
- for each sentence , Ss should be asked why they decided to choose that word
- Give the content of the text .
The Christmas tree was ……1…… and put in the market place in the Latvian city
of Riga in the ……2… 1500s .
In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman wanted to ……3……….
Christmas greetings to his friends , so he ……4… someone design a a card
Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs ……5…… for people in towns and
villages .
In 1823 , the patron saint of children , Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called
A Visit From Nicholas . Santa Claus is based on the ……6………. of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .
* Answer key :
1. decorated , 2. early , 3. send , 4. had , 5. performed , 6. description
5. Home work.
- Write-it-up : Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs.
- Let Ss do the exercises in the workbook
- Be ready lesson 4 “ Write 1 , 2 “
6.Experiences :
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