Unit 7:
Unit 7:
Period: 41
Period: 41
Lesson 1: A. A student’s work (A2, 3)
Lesson 1: A. A student’s work (A2, 3)
Pre – teach vocab:
Pre – teach vocab:
Easter (n)
Easter (n)
Thanksgiving (n)
Thanksgiving (n)
Christmas (n)
Christmas (n)
celebrate (v) – celebration (n)
celebrate (v) – celebration (n)
4
4
th
th
of July = Independence day
of July = Independence day
Fill in the blanks:
Fill in the blanks:
1) _____ is celebrated on Sunday in March or April
1) _____ is celebrated on Sunday in March or April
when Christians think about Christ coming back to life.
when Christians think about Christ coming back to life.
2) At ________, people put special trees in their home
2) At ________, people put special trees in their home
and decorate them with colored lights and other
and decorate them with colored lights and other
pretty things.
pretty things.
3) _______ is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
3) _______ is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
November.
November.
4) People celebrated the ________ by having meeting
4) People celebrated the ________ by having meeting
with flowers and flags and watching fireworks.
with flowers and flags and watching fireworks.
KEY
KEY
1.
1.
Easter
Easter
is celebrated on Sunday in March or
is celebrated on Sunday in March or
April when Christians think about Christ
April when Christians think about Christ
coming back to life.
coming back to life.
2.
2.
At
At
Chris mast
Chris mast
, people put special trees in
, people put special trees in
their home and decorate them with colored
their home and decorate them with colored
lights and other pretty things.
lights and other pretty things.
3.
3.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
is celebrated on the fourth
is celebrated on the fourth
Thursday of November.
Thursday of November.
4.
4.
People celebrated the
People celebrated the
4th of July
4th of July
by having
by having
meeting with flowers and flags and watching
meeting with flowers and flags and watching
fireworks.
fireworks.
GUESS TRUE/ FALSE
GUESS TRUE/ FALSE
1)Tim’s letter is about American students.
1)Tim’s letter is about American students.
2)Their shortest vacation is in the summer.
2)Their shortest vacation is in the summer.
3)
3)
Easter, 4
Easter, 4
th
th
of July, Thanksgiving and
of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas are the most important vacations in
Christmas are the most important vacations in
Viet
Viet
Nam.
Nam.
4) They usually spend time with their families on
4) They usually spend time with their families on
these vacations.
these vacations.
Read the letter in silence
Read the letter in silence
Choose True / False, if False
Choose True / False, if False
correct
correct
1)Tim’s letter is about American students.
1)Tim’s letter is about American students.
2)Their shortest vacation is in the summer.
2)Their shortest vacation is in the summer.
3)
3)
Easter, 4
Easter, 4
th
th
of July, Thanksgiving and
of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas are the most important vacations in
Christmas are the most important vacations in
Viet Nam.
Viet Nam.
4) They usually spend time with their families on
4) They usually spend time with their families on
these vacations.
these vacations.
Choose True / False, if False
Choose True / False, if False
correct:
correct:
1)
1)
True
True
Tim’s letter is about American students.
Tim’s letter is about American students.
2)
2)
False
False
Their
Their
longest
longest
vacation is in the summer.
vacation is in the summer.
3)
3)
False
False
Easter, 4
Easter, 4
th
th
of July, Thanksgiving and
of July, Thanksgiving and
Christmas are the most important
Christmas are the most important
vacations in
vacations in
America.
America.
4)
4)
True
True
They usually spend time with their
They usually spend time with their
families on these vacations.
families on these vacations.
Ask and answer the questions
Ask and answer the questions
on page 74
on page 74
:
:
1.
1.
Which American vacation is the
Which American vacation is the
longest?
longest?
2.
2.
What does Tim do during his
What does Tim do during his
vacation?
vacation?
3.
3.
Do Vietnamese students have more or
Do Vietnamese students have more or
fewer vacation than American ones?
fewer vacation than American ones?
Game: Lucky start
Game: Lucky start
*Look at the pictures and guess
*Look at the pictures and guess
the name of the pictures:
the name of the pictures:
*Listen to the tape and write the
*Listen to the tape and write the
names of the holidays
names of the holidays
.
.
*KEY
*KEY
a)
a)
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
b)
b)
Independence Day
Independence Day
c)
c)
New Year’s Eve (Day)
New Year’s Eve (Day)
d)
d)
Christmas
Christmas
Answer:
Answer:
How about Vietnam? Can you tell some
How about Vietnam? Can you tell some
names of the most vacations in Vietnam?
names of the most vacations in Vietnam?
What do people do on each vacation?
What do people do on each vacation?
HOMEWORK:
HOMEWORK:
Read the letter again and then write all the
Read the letter again and then write all the
answer into your notebooks.
answer into your notebooks.
Complete the table:
Complete the table:
Names of holiday
Names of holiday
What they do on each holiday
What they do on each holiday
1
1
2
2
3
3
_ People make new clothes, decorate
_ People make new clothes, decorate
their house with flowers, fruit, cakes…
their house with flowers, fruit, cakes…
and visit their grandparents, friends…
and visit their grandparents, friends…
_ Men can give flowers and gifts for
_ Men can give flowers and gifts for
their mothers, wives or girl friends.
their mothers, wives or girl friends.
_ People give flowers or gifts for their
_ People give flowers or gifts for their
teachers.
teachers.
Eg
Eg
: My next birthday is on December
: My next birthday is on December
10
10
th
th
. I will
. I will
celebrate
celebrate
a small birthday
a small birthday
party.
party.
back
It is in late March or early April. It has
It is in late March or early April. It has
Easter Bunny and Easter eggs.
Easter Bunny and Easter eggs.
back
4
4
th
th
of July = Independence day
of July = Independence day
back
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
November.
November.
back
It is celebrated on 25th December when
It is celebrated on 25th December when
when Christians remember the birth of
when Christians remember the birth of
Christ.
Christ.
back
Vietnamese students have fewer vacations
Vietnamese students have fewer vacations
than American students.
than American students.
back
During his vacation, Tim spends time with his
During his vacation, Tim spends time with his
family.
family.
back
Summer vacation is the longest in America.
Summer vacation is the longest in America.
back