Unit 13 Festivals -Tiếng anh 8.

Lesson Plan _English 8- Unit 13 School year: 2014 - 2015
Planning date: 26 - 2 - 2015
Period 79. Unit 13: festivalS
Lesson 1: getting started + listen and read. P.121
I. Aims:
- To help students read for detail about traditional Festivals.
- To develop students’ skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to ask for explainations of events.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook, tape.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (5 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Getting started. P.121
- Students look at the information about the people and say where these people
should go on their visits to Viet Nam.
1. Tom likes swimming and sunbathing
2. David is interested in ancient cities.
3. Huckleberry likes mountain-climbing.
4. Oliver is keen on pottery.
5. Robinson is fond of crowded places
E.g:
- Tom liked swimming and sunbathing. Where should he go?
- Well he should go to Nha Trang. There are many beautiful beaches there.
- Yes, I think so.
Suggested answer:
- David should go to Hoi An.
- Huckleberry should go to Sa Pa.
- Oliver should go to Ha Noi and visit Bat Trang.
- Robinson should go to Ho Chi Minh City.

T. asks Ss some questions to elicit new lesson:
- Do you know any festivals in Viet Nam?
(a bull-fighting festival: LÔ chäi tr©u
a rice-cooking competitions)
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
(PRESEN
TATION
(12 minute)
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach
students new words.
- Checking understanding:
What and where
I. New words:
- (to) fetch: lÊy vÒ, mang vÒ
- (to) yell: la hÐt
- (to) urge: giôc, thóc giôc
- (to) rub: cä x¸t
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* Set the scene:
Ba invites his friend, Liz to the rice-
cooking festival, a traditional
contest in the North of Viet Nam.
Open prediction(Part 2-P122)
- Students predict where the
statements are true or false.
- (to) separate: làm cho rời ra

II. Prediction:
1. Two team members take part in
the water-fetching contests.
2. One person has to collect four
water bottles.
3. The fire is made without matches
or lighters.
4. Pieces of wood are used to make
fire.
5. In the final contest, the team
members taste the rice.
6. The grand prize is given to the
team with the most points.
PRACTICE
(18
minutes)
* Listen and read:
- Students listen to the tape as they
are looking at their books.
- Student practise reading the
dialogue in pair and check if their
predictions.
- Students correct the false
statements.
- Students read the dialogue again
and do the matching.
- Teacher elicits the model
sentences.
- Checking understanding:
+ What does this sentence mean in

Vietnamese?
+ What kind of speech is rice-
cooking festival?
(rice is a noun and cooking is a V-
ing)
IV. Listen and read:
1. Checking predictions:
* Key:
1. F (One person from each team
takes part in the water-fetching
contests.)
2. F (One person has to collect one
water bottle)
3. T
4. F (Pieces of bamboo are used to
make fire)
5. F (The judges taste the rice)
6. T
2. Matching: (with answer key)
fire-making
rice-cooking
the husk
the judges
be awarded
the council
leader
chủ tịch HĐ
vỏ trấu
nấu cơm
đốt lửa

ban giám khảo
đợc tặng / th-
ởng
3. Model sentences:
- Thank for inviting me to the rice-
cooking festival.
rice-cooking festival is a compound
word.
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- Teacher asks students to find
other compound words in the
dialogue.
* Practice:
- Teacher asks students to translate
these words into English:
+ Hội chọi trâu
+ ngành công nghiệp sản xuất ô tô
+ cuộc thị cắm hoa
+ nớc xuất khẩu gạo
+ máy giặt quần áo
* Practice:
+ a bull-fighting festival
+ a car-making industry
+ a flower-arranging contest
+ a rice-exporting country
+a clothes-washing machine
PRODUC
TION

(8 minutes)
* Write it up:
- Students base on the dialogue to
write about the rice-cooking
festival.
4. Write it up:
E.g:
There are three competitions in a
rice-cooking festival: the water-
fetching contest, the fire-making
and the rice-cooking contest.
In the water-fetching contest, one
person from each team has to run to
the river and get a water bottle to
return to the starting point.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
+ Vocabulary
+ Grammar: Ss know how to make compound Adjectives
+ Language: Ss can understand three competitions in the rice-cooking festival.
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words and read the dialogue again.
- Do exercise: 1, 3. P.76, 78 (WB)
- Prepare Speak + Listen
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Planning date: 27 - 2 - 2015
Period 80. Unit 13: festivalS
Lesson 2: speak + listen. P.123 - 124

I. Aims:
- To help students practise in talking about preparations and listening for details.
- To develop students’ skills.
II. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about
preparations for a special event.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook, tape, cassette.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1.Warm up: (4 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Brainstorming:
- Students write the things they often do to prepare for Tet holiday.
Suggested ideas:
- Decorate / clean / paint the house / the room / the yard.
- Buy cakes / candies / drinks / food / fruits.
- Cook / make cakes
- Write / send New Year cards to friends/ relatives.
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
SPEAKING
(12
minutes)
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to
teach students new words.
- Checking understanding:
Slap the board.
* Set the scene:
- Mrs Quyen is talking to Lan

I. New words:
- a peach blossom: cµnh hoa ®µo
- a marigold: hoa cóc vµng (v¹n thä)
- a dried watermelon seed: h¹t da hÊu kh«.
- spring roll: nem
- a pomegranate: qu¶ lùu
II. Ordering:
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PREPARATIONS
FOR TET
Clean / decorate the house
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about their preparations for
Tet.
Ordering:
- Students put the sentences
in the correct dialogue.
* Key:
Mrs Quyen: Have you tidied the
bedroom?
Lan: Yes, I have. Where are you going
Mum?
Mrs Q: To the market. I have to buy some
oranges and some pomegranates.
Lan: Could you correct my new ao dai at
the tailor round the corner?
Mrs Q: Sure, I will.
Lan: Thanks, Mom. Is there anything you
want me to do while you are out?

Mrs Q: Not really. But I want our house to
look nice at the festival.
Lan: Mom, I know what to do now. I’ll
clean all the glass windows.
Mrs Q: That’s very good. Bye-bye,
Sweetie.
Lan: Bye, Mom.
WHILE
SPEAKING
(12
minutes)
* Speak:
- Students choose one of the
festival and practise in pair,
talking about their
praparations for the festival
they choose.
(- Teacher can help students
in class 8C)
III. Speak:
E.g: The Village Festival
A: When is your village festival?
B: It’s on January 8 according to Lunar
Year.
A: What do you usually do to prepare for
your festival?
B: I usually clean my house and the yard.
I also help my mum to buy some food,
drinks, fruits, candies. What about you?
What do you usually do to prepare for

your village festival?
A: ………………………………………
POST
SPEAKING
(15
minutes)
* Set the scene:
- The Robinson family are
making preparations for Tet.
They want to buy things for
Tet.
* Listen. P. 124:
- Students listen and find out
what Mrs Robinson wants
her husband and Liz to do.
.* Write it up:
- Students write the things
IV. Listening. P.124:
* Key:
a) Mrs Robinson wants Mr Robinson to
go to the flower market.
b) Mrs Rbinson wants some marigolds
because they are traditional at Tet.
c) Mrs Robinson wants Liz to buy a
packet of dried watermelon seeds.
d) Mrs Robinson is asking Mrs Nga how
to make spring rolls.
V. Complete the notes
*Key:
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Mrs Robinson, Mr Robinson
and Liz have to do to prepare
for Tet.
Things to do
Mr Robinson: go to the flower market to
buy some peach blossoms and a bunch of
marigolds.
Mrs Robinson: go to Mrs Nga’s to learn
how to make spring rolls.
Liz: go to the market to buy candies and a
packet of dried watermelon seeds.
* Tapescript:
Mrs R: John, I want you to go to the flower market for me, please.
Mr R: What do I have to buy?
Mrs R: Some peach blossoms and a bunch of flowers.
Mr R: What sort of flowers?
Mrs R: Marigolds, because they are traditional at Tet.
Mr R: Anything else?
Mrs R: No, but I need Liz to do a few things.
Liz: What is that, Mom?
Mrs R: Are you busy?
Liz: No. Do you need something?
Mrs R: Yes. Go to the market and buy some candies and one packet of dried
watermelon seeds, please.
Liz: Okay. What are you going to do?
Mrs R: I m going to Mrs Nga s. She is going to show me how to make spring rolls’ ’
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.

+ Vocabulary.
+ Language: Ss can make preparations for their festivals
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do exercises: 4, 6. P.79, 80 (WB)
- Prepare Read.
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Planning date:9 - 3 - 2015
Period 81. Unit 13: festivalS
Lesson 3: read. P.124 - 126
I. Aims:
- To help students read for details about Christmas.
- To develop students’ skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get some knowledge about
Christmas.
III. Ways of working:- T-WC, team work, par work, individual work.
IV. Materials: - Textbook, pictures in the textbook , extra board
V. Anticiapted problems: Ss may not have much background knowledge about
Christmas.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (3 minutes)
* Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Chatting:Show Ss the photocopied pictures and ask some questions:
- On what occasion can you see these pictures?( On Christmas day)
- What do you do at Christmas?
- Do you celebrate Christmas?
- What do you know about Christmas?

2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
READING
(10
minutes)
* Preteach vocabulary:
- Teacher uses techniques to teach
students new words.
- Checking understanding: ROR
*T/F prediction:
- Ss read the statements on the
extra board and predict which
sentence is true and which is false.
I. New words:
- (to) spread: lan truyÒn
- (to) perform: biÓu diÔn
- jolly (adj): vui vÎ
- a professor: gi¸o s
- description: sù m« t¶
II. T/F prediction:
1.The Christmas tree came first from
USA.
2. Santa Claus is based on the
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description of Saint Nicholas in a
poem.
3. Christmas songs were first

performed 180 years ago.
4. The Christmas card appeared first
in USA in the mid-19
th
century.
WHILE
READING
(22
minutes)
* Read. P.124
- Students read the text and check
their prediction.
- Students match the English words
with its meaning
- Students read the text again and
complete the table. P.126
Students read the text again and
answer the comprehension
questions in pair.
- Teacher holds the game LUCKY
NUMBER.
Numbers 2, 6, 7 are lucky
nembers.
II. Read. P.124
1. Checking T/F:
1.F -> from Riga.………
2.T
3.F-> 800 years ago.………
4.F -> .in England in the mid-………
19

th
century.
2. Matching:
Christmas tree
Christmas Card
Christmas Carol
Santa Claus
Christmas Eve
§ªm Gi¸ng sinh
¤ng giµ N«-en
C©y Gi¸ng sinh
ThiÕp mõng Gi¸ng
sinh
bµi h¸t mõng Gi¸ng
sinh
3. Complete the table:
Christmas
Specials
Place of
origin
Date
The
Christmas
tree
Riga early 1500s
The
Christmas
Card
England mid-19
th

century
Christmas
Carols
(no
information)
800 years
ago
Santa Claus USA 1823
4. Comprehesion questions
Lucky numbers!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
* Answer key to the comprehension
questions:
1( a). More than a century ago.
3 (b). He wanted to send Christmas
greetings to his friends.
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4( c). 800 years ago.
6 (d). An american professor
Clement Clarke Moore.
7 (e). On the description of Saint
Nicholas in Professor Moore’s
poem.
POST
READING
(8
minutes)
* Write it up:

- Students base on the text and
complete the pagraph about
Christmas.
* Key:
(1) Christmas tree
(2) Christmas Card
(3) Christmas songs
(4) Santa Claus
(5) Christmas Eve
4. Write: Complete the sentences.
Christmas is an important festival in
many countries around the world. At
Christmas, people decorate the (1)
________ to welcome Christmas. (2)
The ________ is a part of the
Christmas tradition. People also sing
(3) __________ . The (4)
___________,
a fat jolly man wearing a red suit,
gives children presents on
(5)____________.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
+ Vocabulary.
+ Background knowledge about Christmas suc as the Christmas tree, the Christmas
card, Christmas Carols and Santa Claus.
4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Learn by heart all the new word and read the text again.
- Do exercise: 8. P.82
- Prepare Write.

Planing date: 9 - 3- 2015
Period 82: UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 4: Write. P. 126 – 127
I. Aims:
- To help students to write a report.
- To develop students’ skills.
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a report on a festival.
III. Ways of working: T-WC, pair work, individual work.
IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook.
V. Anticipated problems:
- The lesson may take time.
- Some Ss may find it difficult to write a report.
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VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (3 minutes) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Chatting: - Teacher uses the picture on page 126 to ask students some questions
+ What can you see in this picture?
+ What festival is it?
+ How may competitions are the in the Rice-cooking festivals?
+ Where does the water come from?
+ How do the team members make fire?
+ Which team won the contest?
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
PRE
WRITING
(8

minutes)
* Gap fill:
- Students use the information
in the dialogue on page121 to
complete the report.
I. Complete the report:
* Answer key:
The rice-cooking Festival
by Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh
This report shows how the rice-cooking
festival was held. The festival was held
in the communal house yard about a /
one kilometer away from a river. There
were three competitions: water-fetching,
fire- making and rice-cooking. The
festival took one day.
In the water- fetching contest one person
from each team had to run to the river to
get the water.
In the fire-making contest two team
members had to make a fire in the
traditional way. They tried to rub pieces
of bamboo together to make the fire.
Six people from each team took part in
the rice-cooking contest. They had to
separate the rice from the husk and then
cook the rice.
After the three contests, all the points
were added and the Thon Trieu group
won the grand prize. The festival was

wonderful.
WHILE
WRITING
(22
minutes)
*Chatting:
- Students talk in pair about the
festival they know. Use the
questions on page 127 to help
them.
II. Write a report on a festival:
1. Outline:
- The name of the festival: village
festival, spring festival, flower festival,
Mid-Autumn Festival.
- The place where the festival hold: the
communal house yard.
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- Students base on the outline
to write a report on a festival
they know.
- The time the festival lasted: a day, two
days , .…
- The activities of the festival / the
competition.
- The organization of the competitions.
- The people took part in the activities /
the competitions.

- Your feelings about the festival:
wonderful / terrible / boring …
2. Write a report on a festival:
* Suggested report:
This report shows how the Mid-Autumn
Festival was held in my neighborhood.
The Mid-Autumn Festival was held on the
15
th
of August (according to Lunar
Calendar). This Festival was specially
organized for children.
It was held in the yard of the Cultural House
in my village. The main festival lasted for
about three hours when the moon is at its
fullest. During the festival, children took
part in various activities like singing and
shouting, wearing masks, parading on the
roads and banging the drums.
Besides, the children ate a very special cake
called Moon Cakes. They are filled with
lotus seeds, orange peel, ground beans, and
sometimes egg and pork fat for flavor.
Children went on playing traditional games
until mid night.
I think this festival is a very special occasion
for Vietnamese people and especially for
children to play and enjoy on a variety of
activities. Moreover, children would
understand more about Vietnamese

traditions.
POST
WRITING
(10
minutes)
* Correction:
- Students read and correct
their friends’ writing.
- Teacher chooses some of the
students’ writing to correct.
3. Summary: (1 minute)
- Repeat the lesson.
+ Practice writing a report on a festival.
+ Know how to write a report.
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4. Homework: (1 minute)
- Do exercise 9/ P.83 (WB)
- Prepare Language focus.
Planning date: 10 - 3- 2015
Period 83: Un it 13: Festivals
Lesson 5: Language focus. P.128 130
I. Aims:
-To help students practice in reporting what was said and further practice in using
the passive form, the compound words.
- To develop students’ skills.
II. Objectives: - By the end of the lesson, students will be able to use the reported
speech, the passive form in communication.
III. Ways of working: - T-WC, pair work, individual work.

IV. Materials: Textbook, pictures in the textbook.
V. Anticipated problems: The lesson may take time.
VI. Teaching steps:
1. Warm up: (1 minute) * Teacher greets and checks the students’ attendance.
* Test 15’ (No4) (At the end of the lesson)
2. New lesson:
STAGES T & SS’ ACTIVITIES THE CONTENT ON BOARD
Practice
(28
minutes)
*Presentation
Grammar
- T elecits the model
sentences and explains
the grammar
I. Grammar:
1.Passive forms (cont)
a. Passive form with past simple tense
Form: S + was/ were + PII
Ex: They cleaned the room yesterday.
-> The room was cleaned yesterday.
b. Passive form with present perfect tense
Form: S + has/ have + been + PII
Ex: They have cleaned the room.
-> The room has been cleaned.
2.Reported speech(cont):
Ex: ‘I am very tired”, Peter said
-> Peter said (that) he was very tired.
“ I don’t feel sad”, Mary said to me.
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* Gap fill (LF 1)
- Students complete the
sentences. Use the
passive form.
* LF 2
- Students complete the
dialogue in pair.
-Ask Ss to do LF3 +
LF4 at home
-> Mary told me (that) she didn’t feel sad.
Form: Reported speech with statements
S + said + (that) + Cl
S + told me/her/him+ (that) + Cl
* Note:Một số thay đổi khi chuyển từ trực tiếp sang
gián tiếp:
- Thì của độngtừ: phải lùi một thì
- Trạng từ: tonight -> that night
today -> that day
this week/ month/year -> that week/…
now/ at the moment -> then/ at that time
tomorrow-> the following day
next week/month/year -> the following week/…
3. Comound adjectives
Ex: It is a contest in which participants have to cook
rice => It’s a rice- cooking contest.
Form: N + V-ing = Comound adjectives
Note: Luôn dùng dấu gạch ngang(-) giữa danh từ và
V-ing.

II. Exercises:
LF 1. P.128:
* Key:
a. were performed b. was decorated / put c. is made
d. will be held e. was awarded f. was written
LF 2. P.128
* Key:
1. jumbled2. broken3. broken 4. scattered 5. pulled
LF 3. P.130:
Rewrite the following sentences. Use the compound
words.(with answer key)
1. It is a contest in which participants have to make a
fire.
- It is a (fire- making) contest.
2. It is a festival in which people have their bulls fight
against each other.
- It is a (bull-fighting) festival.
3. The United State has a big industry that makes cars.
- The United State has a (car-making) industry.
4. Last week, Tran Hung Dao School held a contest in
which students arranged flowers as attractively as they
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could.
- It is a (flower-arranging) contest.
5. Viet Nam is a country which exports a lot of rice.
- Viet Nam is a (rice-exporting) country.
6. This is a machine which is used to wash clothes.
- It is a (clothes-washing) machine.

LF 4. P.130:
* Key:
b) He said he could fix the faucets.
c) He said the pipes were broken.
d) He said new pipes were very expensive.
e) He said I had to pay him then.
* Test 15 (No4)’
Full name:…………………………
Class: 8…
Test 15 (No4)’
I. Choose the suitable verb form in each sentence (5pts):
1. Their new house hasn’t been finished/ wasn’t finished yet.
2. The robbers were arrested/ have been arrested as soon as they left the house.
3. When were you told/ have you been told about the new rules?
4. The winning horse was riding/ was ridden by Pat Murphy.
5. The jar I like will be broken/ has been broken.
II. Put the following statements into reported speech ( 5pts):
1. ‘ I live in Australia,” Andrey said.
->……………………………………………………………………………………
2. “ I can swim very fast,” said Sandra.
->……………………………………………………………………………………
3. “ My best subjects are geography and history,” said my brother.
->……………………………………………………………………………………
4. “ I think she eats too much chocolate,” said Patrick.
->…………………………………………………………………………………
5. Liz said, “ My father is a a manager.”
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->……………………………………………………………………………………

3. Homework: (1 minute)
- Review unit 13.
- Prepare Listen and read (Unit 14)
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