Unit 13 Festivals -Tiếng anh 8

UNIT 13 FESTIVALS
( Total : 6 periods )
I. Aims :
Helping students :
-To ask for explanations.
- To give an account of something.
-To write a paragraph about what was done.
II. Language contents:
1. Grammar:
1. Passive form: Be + past participle.
2. Compound words.
3. Reported speech.
2. Vocabulary :
Nouns Verbs Verbs Adjectives
Carol competition award fetch jolly
Council husk participate separate
Patron saint pomegranate urge yell
Teammate judge rub spread
Tradition patron saint
III. Skills:
Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
IV .Unit allocation
Lesson 1
Getting started
Listen and read
- Ask for explanations of events.
Lesson 2
Speak - Practicing in talking about preparations for the special
event.
Lesson 3
Listen - Listening for details about the preparation for Tet.

Lesson 4
Read - Reading for detail about Christmas.
Lesson 5
Writing - Practice writing a postcard.
Lesson 6
Language focus - Passive form: Be + past participle.
- Compound words.
- Reported speech.

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Week: 28
th
Preparing Day: 18/3/2013
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Teaching Day: 22/3/2013
THE TEN-MINUTE TEST
I. Complete the following sentences:
1. Ba/ take a shower/ seven o’clock/ last ninght.
2. We / swim / at that time.
3. I / do / homework / nine o’clock / yesterday morning.
4. My father/ sit/ park / six o’clock/ last Sunday
5. When/ she/ visit / grandma / , / she / have dinner
6. Lan/ sleep/ when / I/ come.
7. He / arrive / school / While / it/ rain
*ANSWER KEY AND POINTS:
1 sentence – 1 point
1. Ba was taking a shower at seven o’clock last ninght.
2. We were swimming at that time.
3. I was doing my homework at nine o’clock yesterday morning.

4. My father was sitting in the park at six o’clock Sunday.
5. When she visited her grandma, she was having dinner.
6. Lan was sleeping when I came.
7. He arrived at school while it was raining.
RESULT
Khoái
lôùp
Toån
g soá
Ñieåm >= 5 Ñieåm 8 - 10 Ñieåm < 5 Ñieåm 0 - 3
SL % SL % SL % SL %
8A2
20
8A3
24
Period: 84
th

UNIT 13 FESTIVALS
Lesson 1 GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
I. Objectives:
1. Educational aims : Should know about some festivals in Vietnam such as “rice –
cooking festival” “Fire – making contest” “Water – fetching contest”
2. Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, students can:
 Ask for explanations of events
 talk about some festivals in Vietnam.
 develop their reading skill.
II. Language contents :
1. Vocabulary :
Nouns :festival , competition, teammate, bamboo, husk , judge , council .

Adjectives: ancient , upse, traditiona
Verbs: explain , yell , urge , rub , participate , separate,
2. Grammar: - Reported speech,.
- Compound adjective.
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III. Techniques: - eliciting, describing, questioning & answering, true/false sentences role
play.
IV. Teaching aids: - pictures for presentation, cassette.
III. Procedures :
Teacher’s activities
1. Warm up:
-Imagine we have 5 fiends coming to Vietnam from
different countries. Each person has a hobby.
- Work in groups answers the questions.
Ex: Tom likes swimming and sunbathing.
A: In your opinion, where should Tom go?
B: I think he should go to Do Son beach. It very beautiful
beach and it’s not very far from Hanoi.
A: That’s good idea!
- Ask Ss some questions about the places
- Have Ss work in pairs
2. Presentation:
-Have Ss listen to the dialogue.
- Have Ss read the dialogue again and give out some new
words
-Explain new words.
New words:
* festival (n)
* ancient (n), invite (v), explain (v), competition
(n),team(n),

upset (v), yell (v),urge (v), teammate (n), traditional (adj),
rub (v),
bamboo (n), participate (v), separate (v),husk (n), judge,
council(n).
-Guides Ss how to read new words.
-Have Ss read the dialogue and ask some questions. Who
are they in the picture? / What are they doing?
- Let Ss listen to the tape.
3. Practice:
- Have Ss work in n groups complete the table below.
Contest What they do
Water - fetching
Fire – making
Rice – cooking Separate the husk and then cook the rice.
- Get feedback.
- Role play the dialogue again then answer some question T
or F. then correct the F sentences.
a./ False. Only one team member takes part in the water –
Students’ activities
-Listen.
-Role-play
-Read and check
-Work in pairs
-Individuals
- Groups work.
- Pairs work and individuals.
- Answers the questions.
- Complete the table.
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fetching contests.

b./ False. One person has to collect one bottle.
c./ True.
d./ False. Pieces of bamboo are used to make fire.
e./ False. In the final contest. The judges taste the rice.
f./ True.
4. Production :
* Make correction
5. Homework :
-Do exercises in Workbook.
-Prepare the part : Speak & listen
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Week: 29
th
Preparing Day: 23/03/2013
Period: 85
th
Teaching Day: 26/03/2013
UNIT 13 FESTIVALS
Lesson 2 SPEAK
I. Objectives:
1. Education aim:

2. Teaching aim: By the end of the lesson, students can:
 practice talking about preparations for Tet.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: pomegranate,
2. Grammar: (none)
3. Structures: (none)
III. Techniques: eliciting, describing, questioning & answering, role play.
IV. Teaching aids: pictures.
V. Procedures :
Teacher’s activities
1. Warm up:
*Playing games: Activities classification
- Say about activities to prepare for Tet
- Correct
2. Pre-Speaking :
- Give some questions then ask Ss discuss then
answer.
* What do you always do before Tet ?
* What is the most important to prepare for Tet?
- Introduce new words.
-pomegranate(n)
-Have the Ss rearrange the sentences in the correct
order to make a complete dialogue.
- Call some pairs role play the dialogue again.
* Answer: A-F-C-H-D-J-B-G-E-I
3. While -Speaking:
- Make up your own dialogue. Talk about your
preparations for another festival.
* a village festival
a school festival

a spring festival
a flower festival
a harvest festival.
A: You see all the students in our schol are actively
prepare for our school festival. What have you had
Students’ activities
-Work in pairs
Clean / decorate the house/ hang pictures,
balloon remove old wallpapers…
Buy cakes, jams
-Discuss then answer.
-Individuals
- Copy
-Rearrange the dialogue.
-Make the dialogue.
- Answers the questions.
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in mind for this important event?
B: Sure. It is very important because it’s the 40
th

founding anniversary of our school.
A: I think we should decorate our classroomfirst.
B: That’s right. We will clean all the windows, cover
the teacher’s table with the plastic towel.
A: Good idea. And the table should be decorated
with some fresh flowers.
B: Besides, all the members in our class get
everything ready for the Camp Fire to be organized
in the right before the main celebration.

A: oK. I will tell them in today’s meeting. Now I
have to go to buy some flowers. Bye for now
B: See you soon
4. Post – Speaking:
- Have Ss practise by pairs work make the open
dialogue
- Get feedback.
4. H omework :
Do exercises in Workbook
Learn by heart new words and structures
Prepare Unit 13 Read
- Pairs work.
- Listen.
- Groups work.
- Complete the table of what Mr, Mrs
& Liz do
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Week: 29
th
Preparing Day: 23/03/2013
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Period: 86
th
Teaching Day: 27/03/2013
UNIT 13 FESTIVALS

Lesson 3 LISTEN
I. Objectives:
1. Education aim:
2. Teaching aim: By the end of the lesson, students can:
develop their listening skills.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: peach blossom, marigolds, spring roll, watermelon, seed
2. Grammar: (none)
3. Structures: (none)
III. Techniques: eliciting, describing, role play.
IV. Teaching aids: poster , cassette.
V. Procedures :
Teachers
1.Warm up :
- Asks sts to make a dialogue, talk about their preparations
for Tet.
2. Pre-Listening :
- Ask Ss some questions
What kind of food do we have to prepare for Tet?
(Chung cake, candies, dried watermelon seeds, jam.)
What kind of fruits do we have to prepare for Tet?
( Banana, grapefruits, .)
What kind of flowers do we need to buy for Tet ?
(peach blossoms: hoa ủaứo, apricot blossoms: hoa mai,
marigold: cuực vaùn thoù, )
Introduce the new words : Chung cake, candies, dried
watermelon seeds, jam, spring roll,
- Have Ss read the new words.
3. While-Listening :
-Have sts predict the answer

-Have Ss listen to the conversation about he Robinsons
family are making preparing for Tet and fill in the gaps.
- Let Ss compare with their partners.
- Ask questions and get feedback
- Give the correct answer.
* Answer keys.
a) Mr. Robinson flower market
b) traditional
c) dried watermelon seeds.
d)make
Students activities
-Work in pairs

- Answers the questions.
- copy
-Read the new words
- Guess the answer
- Fill in the gaps
- Compare with their partners.
-Check their answers
-Guess the answer
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- Have Ss listen to the conversation again and complete
the note.
* Complete the notes.
Thing to do.
Mr. Robinson: Go to the flower market to buy peach
blossom and a bunch of marigold.
Liz: Go to the market to buy candies and a packet of
dried watermelon seeds.

Mrs. Robinson: Go to Mrs. Nga’s to learn how to
make spring rolls.
*The content of listening:
Mrs Robinson: I want you to go to the flowers market for
me, please.
Mr Robinson: What do I have to buy?
Mrs: Some peach blossoms and a bunch of flowers.
Mr: What sort of flowers?
Mrs: Marigold, because they are traditional at Tet.
Mr: Anything else?
Mrs: No, but I need Liz to do a few things.
Liz: What is that, Mom ?
Mrs: Are you busy?
Liz: No, Do you need something?
Mrs: Yes, go to the market and pick up some candies and
one packet of dried watermelon seeds, please.
Mr: Okay. What are you going to do?
Mrs: I’m going to Mrs Lan’s. She’s going toshow me how
to make spring roll.
4. Post-Listening :
-Listen to the tape again and check their answer again.
4. H omework :
Do exercises in Workbook
Learn by heart new words and structures
Prepare Unit 13 Read
- Listen
-Complete the table of what Mr, Mrs
& Liz do
-Give the answer
-Listen to the tape again and check

their answer again.
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Week: 29
th
Preparing Day: 26/03/2013
Period: 87
th
Teaching Day: 29/03/2013
UNIT 13 FESTIVALS
Lesson 4 READ
I. Objectives :
1. Educational aims : Should know about some biggest festivals in western countries
such as “Noel festival”
2. Teaching aims :Ss will be able to get information from the noel festival in the world.
II. Language contents :
1. Vocabulary :Christmas tree, Christmas card, Christmas Carol, Santa Clause…
2. Grammar : Reported speech.
III Techniques: picture description , eliciting, Q&A, multiple choice.
IV. Teaching aids: Pictures and cassette
V. Procedures :
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Teacher’s activities
1.*Warm up:

Guessing game.
* This is the biggest festival in the western countries.
* People often decorate a tree and exchange best
wishes by giving cards to each other.
* It’s on December 25.
2. Pre-Reading :
- Using pictures and handout.
- Checking and correcting. Play the tape
-Have student read silently the text and find new words.
-Elicit words from the Ss.
* Explain some new words.
+ Christmas tree, Christmas card, Christmas Carol,
Santa Clause
- Have Ss read the text by chorus or individual.
3. While-Reading :
-Have Ss read the text and complete the table about the
history and origins of some Christmas special.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to compare their answers.
- Teacher correct the mistakes
Christmas
special
Place of origin Date
Riga
Mid-19
th
century
Christmas carols
USA
- Have Ss read the text by individual. Then answer
some questions

4. Post-Reading :
- Read the text again and discussing about Noel festival.
- Ask Ss to work in pairs .
5. Homework :
-Do exercises : (Workbook)
-Lean new words and structures by heart.
- Prepare the next lesson. (Writing)
Students’ activities
- Guess. “Christmas”
-Groups work.
-Read silently.
-Give out the new words.
.Read the text again and notice how
to pronunciation new words.
-Work in groups
- Work in pairs
- Answer some questions.
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Week: 30
th
Preparing Day: 30/03/2013
Period: 88
th
Teaching Day: 02/04/2013

UNIT 13 FESTIVALS
Lesson 5 WRITE
I. Objectives:
1. Education aim:
2. Teaching aim: By the end of the lesson, students can:
 Write a report on a festival they have joined.
 Develop their writing skill.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary:
2. Grammar: review
III. Techniques: eliciting, describing, questioning & answering, role play.
IV. Teaching aids: pictures, …
V. Procedures:
Teacher's activities Students' activities
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1. Warm – up.
- Have students look at the photocopied pictures.
- Ask questions
1. How many people are there in the picture?
2. What are they doing?
3. Name all things in the picture?
- Ask students to give the answers.
1. There are two people in the picture.
2. They are participating in the rice-cooking
competition.
3. rice, basket, pans, bamboo sticks, paper fans,
chopsticks, flags.
Pre – writing.
- Ask students to work in pairs to use the information in
the dialogue on the page 121 to fill in the gaps in the

report on the page 127.
- Ask students to give feedback
1. rice-cooking 2. one / a 3. water-fetching
4. run 5. water 6. traditional
7. bamboo 8. six 9. separate
10. added.
- Have students read the complete report aloud.
2. While – writing.
- Ask students to read the report again to answer the
questions.
- Have students give feedback
1. It is the rice-cooking festival.
2. It was held in the communal house yard about one
kilometer away from the river.
3. It lasted one day.
4. There were three activities. Yes, there were.
5. They were organized well.
6. Six people took part in each activity.
7. I think it was wonderful
3. Post – writing.
- Have students write similar report on a festival they
joined recently (based on the given questions).
Model:
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.

Look at it to remember the words
in 20 seconds then write down
Write in 2 groups
Work in 2 groups to play the
game
Ask and answer the questions
Use the information in the
dialogue on P 121 to fill the gap
? Work in pairs
Write a similar report on a
festival you have joined recently
Look at the questions on P 127
Share with their friend
Find out the mistakes
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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, children ate a very special cake called Moon
Cakes. They are filled with lotus seeds, orange peel,
ground beans, and sometime eggs 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.

- Ask students to display their products on the board and
correct mistakes if possible.
4. Homework
-Do the exercise
-Prepare: LANGUAGE FOCUS
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Week: 30
th
Preparing Day: 29/03/2013
Period: 89
st
Teaching Day: 3/04/2013
UNIT 13 FESTIVALS
Lesson 6 LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
1. Education aim:
2. Teaching aim: By the end of the lesson, students can:
 Use the passive voice in present, past, and future tenses.
 Practice reporting what was said.
II. Language contents:
1. Vocabulary: (none)
2. Grammar: Passive voice
Compound word
Reported Speech
III. Techniques: eliciting, describing, questioning & answering, role play.
IV. Teaching aids: pictures, cassette.
V. Procedures:
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Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
1/Warm up :*Play game “Words
Classification”
-Have SS write nouns, adjectives and verbs
(write the form of the present , past and
present perfect tense )
2/Act 1: Passive forms
-Have SS say again the structures of the
passive form.
• Present / past simple.
S + to be + Vpp. . .
• Special cases
.S + will, can, could, may, must,. . .+ be +
Vpp . . -Have SS do exercises 1. Complete
the sentences. Use the passive forms of the
verbs in the box. Decide whether the time is
past, present or future.
-Let them cross-check the answers with their
partners.
-Call some SS to give the answers in front of
the class.
-Make correction.
• Keys
a) were performed d) will be held
b) was decorated e)was awarded
c) is made f) was written
3/Act 2: Complete the conversation. Use the
verbs in the box.
- Introduce new grammar: The passive form
of the present perfect tense.

S + have / has + been + Vpp . . .+(by+0)
-Give a sentence then ask ss to change it into
the passive
. Active : People have built this hotel
recently.
-Have SS complete the conversation. Use the
verbs in the box.
-Let them cross-check the answers with their
partners.
-Call some SS to give the answers in front of
the class.
-Make correction.
-Play game
(Group works)
Present Past P-ed2
Verbs
Nouns
Adjectives
-Say them again.
-SS pay attention to the structure.
-Individually – groups.
-Cross-check
- Give the answers in front of the class.
- SS pay attention to the structure.
- Change the sentence into the passive
Passive : This hotel has been built
recently.
-Group works.
- Cross-check
- Give the answers in front of the class.

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* Keys.
1) Jumbled 2) broken 3) broke
4) scattered 5) pulled
4. Act 3: Rewrite the sentences, using a
compound word.
-SS say again the way to use Compound noun
= noun + V-ing
-Guide SS to do .
-Let them cross-check the answers with their
partners.
-Call some SS to write correct sentences on
the board.
-Others say the again in front of the class.
-Make correction.
* Keys
a) It’s a fire-making contest.
b) It’s a bull-fighting festival .
c) It’s a car-making industry .
d) It’s a flower-arranging contest .
e)It’s a rice-exporting country.
f)It’s a clothes-washing machine.
-Introduce new words.
bull-fighting festival, car-making industry,
flower-arranging contest, rice-exporting
country, clothes-washing machine.
5/Act 4 : Rewrite these sentences, using
Reported Speech.
* Example
a) “I’m a plumber.”

 He said he was a plumber
Guide SS to do exercise 4.
-Call some SS to write them on the board.
-Others say them in front of the class.
-Make correction.
* Keys
b) He said he could fix the faucets.
c) He said the pipes were broken.
d) He said new pipes were very expensive.
a) He said I had to pay him then.
6. Homework
-Do the exercise
-Prepare:
Unit 14 – Getting started
-SS pay attention to the way to use
Compound noun.
* Example(Work in individually).
. It is the contest in which participants have
to cook rice.=> It’s a rice-cooking contest.
- Cross-check
-Write them on the board.
- Say the again in front of the class.
-Listen and repeat.
(chorally –individually)
-SS pay attention to the structure.
-Write them on the board
-Say them in front of the class.
-Say them again.
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- Listen ad read.

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