Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 13: Festivals

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UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED - LISTEN AND READ
Period 78
A/ Aim: Reading for details about traditional festivals
B/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ps will be able to ask for explanations of events.
C/ Preparation
D/ Procedure
I. Warm up: Chatting
Write the names on the board
Tom, David, Huckleberry, Oliver, Robinson
Set the scene: These people are going to go their visit to Vietnam and they need advise on
where to go
1. Tom likes swimming & substring, where would he go? Why?
2. David is interested in ancient city→?
II. New lesson:
1) New words :
+ to fetch: to go to get sth & bring it back : đi lấy , mang về
+ to yell = to shout loudly : hét to , la to
+ to urge

:

thúc dục , nài nỉ (Trans)

+ to rub

:

xóa

(mime)

+ to participate = to take part in→participation (n)
+ to award : tặng , thưởng (situation).
He is the winner of the competition. They award him the prize→ to award sb sth = to award sth
to sb
2. Activity 1 :

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* Set the scene: Ba invites his friend to a traditional Festival in the North of Vietnam.
Do you know what kind of festival is it?
(It’s the rice-cooking festival)
- T asks Ps to guess what they are going to read by asking questions then write their answers on
the board
* Suggestions
+ How many competitions do people enter in the rice-cooking festival?
+ In water-fetching competition, what do people do? How about a fire-making
contest? A rice-cooking competition?
On the board

Rice-cooking festival
(Water-fetching)
cooking)
to fetch water

(Fire-making)

(Rice-

to make a fire

to cook rice

- T asks Ss to open their books, read the dialogue and listen the tape
- Ss act out the dialogue in pairs
Feedback→T corrects
3. Activity 2: True or false
- Ss read the dialogue then check (ü ) the boxes, using the information in the dialogue
Feedback→T corrects
- Ss correct the false statements
4 Activity 3: Answer some questions
a. Where does the water come from in the water-fetching contest?
b. Do they make a fir with matches or lighters?
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How do they make a fire?
c. What do they have to do before they cook rice?
d. How do they choose the winner?
5. Grammar:
+ Compound noun
Water-fetching, fire-making, rice-cooking
Form: noun + V-ing
+ Compound noun
Water fetching contest, fire-making contest
Form: noun + noun

III. Homework: Learn the lesson by heart

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UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 2: SPEAK & LISTEN
Period 79
A/ Aim: Practice in talking about preparations and listen for details.
B/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ps will be able to talk about their preparations for a special
event
C/ Preparation: Chart (mapped dialogue) , poster , tape recorder .
D. Procedure :
I. Warm up: Find things in common
- Ss think of 5 things they often prepare for Tet & write them down on a piece of paper. Divide the
class into 2 sizes.
Choose one student randomly in a side and ask him / her call his / her words while the Ps in
the other side check (ü) the words on their paper same as that student’s. The student who has the
most same answer will get 1 good mark.
•

Suggestions
+ Decorate / clean / paint the house / the room…..
+ By cakes / candies / drinks / food…..
+ Cook / make cakes
+ get / buy new dress
+ write / send New Year cards to friends / relatives

II. New lesson :

A. Speak
1) Pre-teach vocabulary
+ Pomegranate

: quả lựu

+ Peach blossoms

: hoa đào

+ Marigolds

: cúc vạn thọ

+ Dried watermelon seeds : hạt dưa
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+ Spring rolls
Checking: Jumbled words
2) Ordering
- Ss work in pairs
Feedback→T corrects
3) Mapped dialogue (books closed)
Mrs. Quyen
A. You / tidied / bedrooms?
1. Yes, where / going?
B. Market / have to / oranges /

2. Could / collect / new ao dai / tailor /

pomegranates.

canner?

C. Sure / will

3. Thanks / anything / want / me / do /
while / out?

D. Not really / but / want / house / look

4. Mum / I / what / do now will / clean /

nice / festival

glass windows

E. That / very good / bye.

5. Bye

B. Listen
1) Gap-fill prediction
* Set the scene: The Robinson family is making preparations for Tet. They want to
buy things to make it a traditional festival as VN people do.
- Ss guess the information to complete the sentences
* Feedback on the board
2) While-listen:

a) Ss listens to the tape 3 times
Feedback→ T corrects
b) Ss listens to the tape again then completes the box
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Things to do

Mr. Robinson: Go to the flower market to buy peach blossoms
& a bunch of marigold
Mrs. Robinson: Go to Mrs. Nga’s house to learn how to make
spring rolls
Liz:
Go to the market to buy candies & a packet
of chide watermelon seeds

III. Homework: Write your own dialogue about the flower festival in your exercise

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 3: READ
Period 80
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A/ Aim: Reading for details about Christmas.
B/ Objective: Ps will get some knowledge about Christmas.
C/ Preparation: Pictures, cardboards, poster.
I. Warm-up :

GUESSING GAME

- The first clue : This is the biggest festival in western countries .
- The second clue : People often decorate a tree and exchange best wishes by giving
cards to each other .
- The third clue : It is on December 25 .
" What date is this ? "
* Answer key : Christmas .
1) Pre-teach vocabulary
+ to spread-spread-spread: trải dài , lan rộng (explanation) (to cover a larger and
larger area)
+ Christmas carol:nững bài thánh ca Giáng sinh (Trans)
+ Patron saint : Thánh bảo hộ , Thánh đỡ đầu .(Trans)
+ jolly (adj) = happy and cheerful : vui nhộn
+ to decorate: (picture / definition) to make sth look more attractive by putting things
on it
Checking: Jumbled words
2) Matching (book closed)
- T sticks the pictures on the board (Christmas tree / card / carol and Santa Claus)
- T puts the statements on the board
- Ts read them and do the matching
1. It has been said that he was a patron saint of
children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and
gave children presents on Christmas Eve.
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2. The custom of

Christmas

Christmas
decorating it and put
card
carols

it in a common place,


spread throughout Europe to America. 3. They

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a part of the

were the leaders

Christmas tradition.

3. They were stories put to music and enjoyed by

4. An English man

most. First the leaders of the Churches did not

Santa Claus

like them but late they became popular.
4. An English man had someone desing it to
send Christmas greetings to his friends . Now it’s
Christmas tree
I. While reading

- Ss open their books then read the text and correct their answers
1) Grid
Christmas

Place of origin Date

specials
Christmas tree

Riga

Early 1500

Christmas card

England

Mid-19th

Christmas carol

No

century

Santa Claus

information

800 years ago

U.S.A
- Ss work in pairs & share with the partner

1823

* Feedback
- T corrects
2) Answer the questions:
(Team work)
One person from each team puts a question and the members of team answer.
- Ss can use their own questions besides the questions in the textbook
Which team has more correct answers is the winner
II. Post reading: Complete the sentences

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1) Christmas tree, Christmas card, Christmas carol and Santa Claus are Christmas
specials
2) The jolly man with red suit gives children presents is Santa Claus
3) Christmas is one of the important festivals in many countries around the world
4) When you want to sent your friends Christmas greetings, you should use Christmas
cards
IV. Homework: Write it up
Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS

Lesson 4: WRITE
Period 81
A/ Aim: To get Ps to practice in writing a report
B/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ps will be able to write a report on a festival they
have joined.
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C/ Preparation: Poster, picture
D/ Procedure
I. Warm up: (Picture)
+ What is this picture about?
+ How many contests are there in the rice-cooking festival? What are they?
+ How can they choose the winner team?
+ In the water-fetching contest, where dose the water come from?
+ Do they use wood to make fire?
+ What do they do before they cook the rice? (Separate the rice from the husk)
II. Gap-fill (Poster)
The Rice - cooking Festivals
( by Festivals Councilor Pham Phuong Linh )
This report shows how the (1) rice-cooking festival wa held .
The festival was held in the communal house yard about (2) one kilometer away from
the river . There were three competitions : (3) water-fetching , fire-making and ricecooking . The festival took one day .
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to (4) run to the river to
get the (5) water .
In fire-makingcontest two team members had to make a fire in the (6) traditional way
. They tried to rub pieces of (7) bamboo together to make fire .
(8) Six people from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest . Thay had to (9)
separate the rice from the husk and then cook rice .

After the three contests , all the points were (10) added and the Thon Trieu group
won the grangd prize . The festival was wonderful .
- T asks Ss to use the information in the dialogue they have learnt to fill in the gaps in the
report
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- Ss work in pairs , write on the papers and share with partners
+ Feedback on the board
- T corrects
III. Questions and answers ;
1. What is the name of the festival ?
2. Where was the festival held ?
3. How long did the festival last ?
4. How many activities were there ?
5. How were the activities organized ?
6. How many people take part in each activity ?
7. What did you think about the festival ?
- Ss look at the questions in textbooks then practice speaking first by answering them
- Ss write a similar report on a festival they’ve joined recently (The spring festival)
- T monitors & helps Ps with their work
+ Feedback on the board (3 pupils)
Posible answer :
This report shows how the Mid - Autumn festival was held in my neighborhood .
The Mid - Autumn festival ( Tet Trung Thu ) was held on the 15th 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 ans shouting , wearing masks , parading on the roads and

banging the drums .
Besides , children ate a very special cake called Moon Cakes ( Banh Trung Thu ) .
They are filled with lotus seeds , orage peel , ground beans and sometimes eggs and
pork fat for flavor .
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Children went on playing traditional games until mid - night .
I think this festival is a very special occation for Vietnamese people and especially for
children to play and enjoy on a variety of activities . Moreover , children would
understand more about Vietnamese traditions .
IV. Postwriting:
- T corrects
V. Homework: Write your report in your notebooks.

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Period 82
A/ Aim: To get Ps to practice in reporting what was said and further practice in using the
passive forms
B/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, Ps will be able to use reported speech & the passive
in the past, present & future tenses
C/ Preparation:
D/ Procedure
I. Warm up:

Pelmanism
Infinitive
Put

Past participle
Put
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Write

Written

Hold

Held

Make

Made

Break

Broken

II. Language focus1)
* Pre-teach vocabulary
+ dried mushrooms: nấm khô
+ ( to ) jumble: trộn lẫn , làm lộn xộn
+ bull (n) : bò đực (picture)
+ (to ) fight: đánh nhau , húc nhau (Translation)
+ to export ≠ to import : xuất khẩu # nhập khẩu

+ plumber : thợ sửa ống nước (picture)
+ faucet : vòi
Check: What & where
2) Language focus 1: Passive Form
a) Matching:
A

B

Tense

Form

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Present Simple

was/ were + P.P

Past Simple

have/ has + been + P.P

Future Simple

am / is / are + P.P

Present Perfect

will / shall + be + P.P

- Ss work in individual
* Feedback
b) Gap-fill
- Ss work in pairs then share with the partners
* Feedback - T corrects
3) Language focus 2:
The Passive form of the Present Perfect tense:
S + have / has + been + pp + ….. + by O
- Ss do the exercise in the textbook (pairs)
Set the scene: Hanh and her mother have just got home from the market when they
entered the kitchen, everything has been jumbled
-Ss work in pairs - Share → Feedback
- T corrects → Ps act out dialogue
4) Language focus 3:
- T elicits with the help of the picture - Ss look at the picture and answer:
+ What do participants do in the contest?
→ They have to cook rice
+ What do you call the contest?
→ It’s a rice-cooking contest.
+ What do you call this group of words?
→ It’s a compound word.
+ What’s the form?
→ Noun + V-ing

Noun + V-ing


EX:

+ a rice-cooking festival
+ a water-fetching contest
+ a fire-making competition

- Ss do the exercise in textbook (individual)
* Feedback - T corrects
5) Language focus 4:
Set the scene: Yesterday, Mrs. Thu, Lan’s grandma, needs a plumber, a man came to her
door and said “I’m a plumber”
- T writes the quoted speech on the board:
Noun + V-ing
He said

“I’m a plumber”
(Quoted speech)

- T asks Ps to report what the man said and write it on the board
He said

he was a plumber
(Reported speech)

Note: Pay attention to the changes in:
a) Tenses:
Quoted speech

Reported speech

S. present

S. past

Will

Would

Must

Had to

b) Pronouns: Depending on the subject of the main clause
c) Adverb of time or place:
This

That

Now

Then

Here

There

Today

That day

Tomorrow

The next day

Yesterday

The day before