giáo án Unit 8-reading

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Period: 44 Date of planning: 18/11/2010
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
READING
AIMS: Helping students practise reading skills.
Helping students can get more knowledge about Lunar New Year (or Tet holiday) in Vietnam.
METHOD: Communicative approach.
AIDS: Textbooks, posters, pictures, handouts, real things.
PROCEDURE:
Time Content T’s activities Sts’ activities
8’
3’
7’
4’
I. Check up: Put the verbs into the correct form. (poster)
1. If he (eat) _________ all that, he will be ill.
2. I shouldn’t drink that wine if I (be) _________ you.
II. Warm up :
- What are these?
- When do you see them?
- What do you receive inside red envelopes?
III. New lesson:
A. Pre-reading :
1. Activity 1: Look at the picture and discuss the
questions. (Textbook/ p.90)
1. What time of the year is it?
2. What are the people in the picture doing?
3. Are they family?
4. Are they happy?
5. What else do you see in the picture?
2. Activity 2: Tell your partner which of these activities

you enjoy doing most at Tet.
B. While-reading:
1. Task 1: Find what the following words mean in the
text.
- grand: to lớn
- agrarian: (thuộc) nông nghiệp
- banner: băng rôn
- pray: cầu nguyện
- T calls 1 st to go
the board and give
the structure of
conditional
sentences.
- T evaluates
- T gives sts some
reds envelopes and
asks sts some
questions
- T introduces: “To
know more things
about Tet holiday,
today we learn Unit
8: Celebrations –
READING”.
- T shows the
picture on the
screen and asks sts
some questions
- T goes around the
class to help if

necessary
(explanations of
words: decorate,
fireworks,
pagoda…)
- T asks sts to read
the text and do
Task 1
- T asks sts to work
in groups of 4 and
do Task 1 on the
- 1 st gives the
structure of
conditional
sentences and does
exercise.
- Sts listen and
answer
- Sts answer

Pair work
- Some sts present
in front of the class
- Sts read the text
and do Task 1
Group work
- Sts work in groups
of 4 on the poster
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10’
6’
- sugared apples: mứt táo
- excitement: sự nô nức, nhộn nhịp
2. Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or
false (F).(handouts)
a. Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and the
South of Vietnam
b. Tet is always on 20
th
February on the Western calendar.
c. People try to be nice and polite to each other because
they want to have good luck on New Year’s Day
d. According to the text, for people anywhere in the
world, the beginning of spring is the start of a new year
e. Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays
f. According to the text, “ Lucky Money” is given to
everyone at Tet
3. Task 3: Game: Lucky numbers
1
2 3
4 5 6
7
8
9
* Questions:
1. Lucky number
2. What do streets look like before Tet?

3. When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
4. What is mut?
5. How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in
the past?
6. What is banh chung made from?
7. What are some popular activities at Tet?
8. Lucky number
9. What do people often do to prepare for Tet?
* Answers:
2. Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red
banners.
3. It’s sometime between 19 January and 20 February on
the Western calendar.
4. It’s candied fruit.
5. For months.
6. It’s made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork.
7. Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging
wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games, etc.
9. They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and
cook traditional foods.
C. Post-reading: (For good and excellent students)
Tell each other about your last Tet holiday, focusing on
the following main points:
poster
- Which group
gives earlier and
right answer, T can
give good mark
- T asks sts to close
their books and

read all statements
to make sure they
understand all.
- T asks sts to close
their books
- T changes the
orders of the
questions in the
textbook.
- T gives points and
which group has
more points will be
winner.
- T hands out
posters to groups
Individual work
- Sts close their
books and read all
statements to make
sure they
understand all.
- Sts decide whether
they are true or
false
- Some sts give
their answer and
correct false
sentences.
Group work
- Sts play the game

Lucky numbers.
- The class is
divided into 2
groups.
- Each group in turn
chooses a number.
- If they answer the
question right, they
will get 1 point.
- If it is a lucky
number, they will
get 2 points.
Group work
- Sts work in groups
of 6
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- how you prepared for Tet
- how you decorated your house
- who you visited
- what special foods you ate
- what activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet
IV. Homework:
- Learn vocabulary and answers
- Prepare Speaking.
in order to present
in front of the class
later

- T can go around
the class to give
offers of help if
necessary or
observe.
- T gives goods
marks to the best
after correction
EVALUATION:
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