English 8 unit 13 read

Tuesday March 16
Tuesday March 16
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, 2010
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UNIT: 13
FESTIVALS
FESTIVALS
Period: 80
Period: 80
READ
READ

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ
UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ
I. Vocabulary :
Christmas tree ( n ):
Cây Noel
(To ) decorate :
Trang trí
Christmas card : (n)
Thiệp Noel

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ
UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ
I. Vocabulary :
Christmas tree ( n ):
Cây Noel

(To ) decorate :
Trang trí
Christmas card : (n)
Thiệp Noel
(To) Spread Spread
Spread : Lan truyền
Santa Claus : (n)
Ông già Noel
= Patron saint : (n)
Thánh bảo hộ
Christmas Carol : (n) Bài hát về lễ Noel

Christmas Carol : ( n)
Santa Claus : (n)
Santa Claus : (n)
Christmas tree : (n)
Christmas tree : (n)
Christmas Carol : (n)
(to) decorate :
UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ
UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ
Rub out and remember
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
(to) decorate :

Christmas card :(n)
(To) Spread
Spread
Lan truyền
Spread :
Thánh bảo hộ
Patron saint : (n)
Ông già Noel
Cây Noel
Trang trí
Thiệp Noel
Bài hát về lễ Noel
4

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS : Period : 80 Read
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS : Period : 80 Read
II/ TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS
II/ TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS
GUESS
GUESS
CHECK
CHECK
1/ The Christmas Eve was decorated in
the early 1800s in the Latvian city of Riga .
2/ An Englishman wanted to send Christmas
greetings to his friends on Christmas day .
3/ 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 .

4/ The Christmas carols became popular
again about 180 years ago .
F
T
T
T
1500s

1. Christmas Eve (n)
2. (to) design
3. (to) perform
4. Poem (n)
5. Jolly (adj)
6. Description (n)
A. Sự mô tả
B. Đêm Giáng Sinh
C. Thiết kế
D. Trình diễn
E. Bài thơ
F. Vui nhộn
III. MATCHING
Column A
Column B

1
2
The Christmas
Card
The Christmas
tree

4
6
4
5
7
3
8
1823
USA
Santa Claus
800 years ago
No information
Christmas Carol
mid-19
th
century
England
early 1500s
Riga
DatePlace of origin
Christmas Specials
IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE

V. Answer the questions :
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
b.Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
c. When were Christmas songs first performed ?
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?

LUCKY NUMBERS
LUCKY NUMBERS
1 32
6
4
5
8
7
Group 1
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Group 2
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16

1

1. How long ago did the
1. How long ago did the
Christmas tree come to the
Christmas tree come to the
USA ?
USA ?




1. How long ago did the
1. How long ago did the
Christmas tree come to the
Christmas tree come to the
USA ?
USA ?




The Christmas tree came
The Christmas tree came
to the USA in the 1800s .
to the USA in the 1800s .

The Christmas tree came
The Christmas tree came
to the USA in the 1800s .
to the USA in the 1800s .

2
Lucky Number

Because he wanted to send
Because he wanted to send
Christmas greetings to his
Christmas greetings to his
friends.
friends.
3
3. Why did the Englishman have someone
design a card ?

4
4. When were Christmas
songs first performed ?
Christmas songs
were first performed
800 years ago .

5
Lucky Number
Lucky Number
Lucky Number

6. Who wrote the poem
6. Who wrote the poem
A
A
Visit From Saint Nicholas
Visit From Saint Nicholas

?
An American professor named
Clement Clarke Moore wrote
A Visit From Saint Nicholas .
6

LUCKY NUMBER
7
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER

8
8.What is Santa Claus based on ?
Santa Claus is based on the description
of Saint Nicholas in this poem .

V. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.
a. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?


Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his
friends.
a. When were Christmas songs first performed ?

Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago .
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?

An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore
wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?

Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .

VI. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from 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 card .
Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs were……5… …
for people in towns and villages .
In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas
appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas .
Santa Claus is based on the ……….6……. of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .
decorated
early
send

had
description
performed


UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS








Period:80
Period:80




READ
READ
I. VOCABULARY
VI. HOMEWORK
II. TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS
II. TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS
IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE
V. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
VI . FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE SUITABLE WORDS

FROM THE TEXT
- Learn the new words by heart
- Write a paragraph ( 5 - 7 sentences )
about your last Christmas
- Prepare Unit 13 : write
III. MATCHING


Christmas
Tree
Christmas
Card
Santa
Claus
Christmas
Carol