UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS - Lesson 1 pdf

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

Lesson 1 : Getting started Listen and read
A/ Aims and Objectives :
 By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to get further information about
celebrations in the world , then practice reading comprehension skill for
details to complete a table .
B / Teaching aids :
 Textbook , posters , pictures , objects about festivals …
C / Procedure
Teacher’s activities Students’
activities
Content on the board
I / Warm up :
 Matching ( Getting
started )
- Ask Ss to tell some celebrations
/ festivals in Vietnam or some
English speaking countries in
Vietnamese .
- Tell Ss to work with a partner .
Match the icons with the names



Work in pairs

- Sticky rice cake (n) :
traditional Chung cake .
1. Easter 2. Wedding 3.
Birthday 4. Christmas
5. Mid-Autumn Festival
6. Lunar new year .



of the celebration they represent .

- Call the number of each picture
and Ask Ss to tell the appropriate
picture.
- Give correct answers :
II / Pre- reading :
Introduce the topic of the
passage reading and some new
words to Ss .
Pre- teach vocabulary :




Checking technique :
 What and where
Guiding questions :
a. How many celebrations are
mentioned in the text ?
b. What are they ?

- Ask Ss to work in groups to


Listen and copy
down .


Listen and
repeat chorally ,
individually

Copy down

Play game


Work in group











1- Vocabulary
- Passover (n) : le qua hai

- Israel (n) (translate ) -
>Jewish (a) -> Jewish
people
- Occur (v) = happen / take
place
- Live apart (v) = Far way
- Slavery = condition or
work of slave
- Joyful (a) : cheerful




predict the answers .
- Call on some Ss to read their
predictions and write them on
the board .
III / While - Reading
 1. Checking predictions
- Turn on the tape 2 times and
ask Ss to check their predictions
.
- Call on some Ss to read their
answers and ask them to open
their books to check again .
- Give feedback :
 2. Quickly explained
grammar :
- Ask Ss to find out the sentences
with Which / Who.

- Have them copy .
 3. Grid :
- Have Ss read the passage about
celebrations in Vietnam and
Listen and
check their
predictions






Find out the
sentences with
Who / Which


Copy down .


Work
individually .

Work in pairs




2- Reading

a. Three celebrations are
mentioned in the text .
b. They are lunar New Year
, Passover and Easter .




3- Grammar
+ Tet is a festival which
occurs in late January or
early February .
+ Families members who
lives apart try to be together
at Tet .
+ Easter is a joyful festival
other countries .
- Ask Ss to compare their table
with a friend .
- Feedback and give necessary
corrections .
IV / Post - reading :
 Discussion
- Ask Ss to practice asking and
answering the questions .
V / Homework :

1. Learn by heart all the new
words and copy the completed
Grid in their notebooks .

2. Prepare the next lesson .


Listen and copy
.
which is celebrated in many
countries .
 Who / which :
relative pronoun

4- Discussion

1. When does Tet occur
?
2. What do our people
do at Tet ?
3. What special food do
they eat ?
4. Which country
celebrate Tet ?

Celeb
ration
When Acti vites Food Coutry
Tet
In late January
or early
February
Cleaning and decorating
homes, and enjoying

special food
Sticky rice cake

Viet
nam


Passover

Late March or
early April

( Not available )
Special meal
called the Seder

Israel

Easter

Around the same
time as Passover

People crowd the streets
to watch colorful parades


Chocolate or
sugar eggs .

In many
countries