Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 13: Festivals

GIÁO ÁN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 8.
UNIT 13:

FESTIVALS

Lesson 1/77: Getting Started + Listen and Read.
A-Aims: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
• Be introduced the topic of the unit
• Practice in predicting the content of a text
•

Practice reading for specific information

• Be introduced and practice compound words.
*. Grammar: Compound adjective : N + V-ing.
*. Lexical item : Festival , rub , yell , husk , urge , competition , participate , judge.
*. Skill : Reading and listening.
*. Techniques : Practice in pairs.
*. Teaching aids: poster.
B-Contents.
* Warm up : Getting started
? Where should he go ? Why ?
? Should this person go to SonLa?
? Are there any festivals in DoSon?
I. Pre-teach vocabulary :
festival

(n):

(to) rub

:

xát, cọ xát

(mime)

(to) yell

:

hét to, la to (cổ vũ)

(synonym: (to) shout)

vỏ trêu

(explanation)

thúc dục

(trans)

(n):

cuộc tranh tài

(translation)

:

tham gia vào

husk
(to) urge
competition
(to) participate in

(n):
:

lễ hội

(examples)

(synonym: (to) take part in)


judge

(n):

giám khảo, trọng tài

*Checking vocabulary :

(translation)

What and Where

II. Pre-Reading :

- Ask ss to close their books.
- Tell the Ss that they are going to read about a rice-cooking festival, and this
festival has 3 competitions: water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking.
- Put 6 sentences on the board. Two sentences relate to each competition. Ss work
in pairs and predict if the sentences are about the water- fetching competition, the
fire-making competition or the rice-cooking competition.
+ Rubbing pieces of bamboo together (fire- making)
+ There’s a river about one kilometer away (water- fetching).
+ It’s made in traditional way (fire- making)
+ The most delicious one is the winner (rice- cooking).
+ Each runner must take a bottle (water- fetching).
+ The teams remove the husk (rice- cooking).
III. Listen and read:
1. Read and check predictions:
- Read the dialogue aloud once or play the tape. Then allow Ss to read it silently
for about 5 minutes.
- Ss correct their predictions.
*Answer keys: (…………)
2. True or False statements:
- Put the true or false sentences on the board.
- Ss read again and check the boxes.
- Ask some Ss to come to the board and write the corrected sentences.
- Chck and correct.
*Answer keys:


1. F . Two team members take part in the water-fetching contests.
(ONE team member) .
2. F. One person has to collect four water bottles. (ONE water bottle)
3. T. The fire is made without matches or lights.

4. F. Pieces of wood are used to make fire. (pieces of BAMBOO).
5. F. In the final contest, the team members taste the rice. (The JUDGES)
6. T. The grand prize is given to the team with the most points.
IV. Post-reading:
- Present compound adjectives: N + V-ing
Eg :

N

+

V-ing

->

Compound adjectives

car

making

car-making

rice

exporting

rice-exporting

flower

arranging

flower-arranging

.........
- Ask Ss to give some more examples.
- Ask Ss to role-play the dialogue.
V. Homework:
- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Do exercises in workbook.
- Make 5 compound adjectives.
- Prepare for next lesson: Speak + Listen.


UNIT 13 :

FESTIVALS

Lesson 2/78: Speaking + Listening
A- Aims:
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to talk about their preparetions for a
special event (Tet holiday ) and listen for details.
*. Lexical item : Pomegranate , peach plosssom , marigolds , dried watermelon ,
spring rolls.
*. Skill : Speaking and listening.
* Techniques: Practice in pairs.
*.Teaching aids: cassette, tape ...
*.Anticipated problem : Some Ss will get difficulty in speaking.
B- Contents :

*Warmer : T asks Ss some questions :
? What do you usually do before Tet ?
? What do you buy?
I. Pre teach vocabulary:
pomegranate

(n)

:

quả lựu

(visual)

peach blossom

(n)

:

hoa dào

(visual)

marigolds

(n)

:

hoa cúc

(realia)

dried watermelon seeds (n)

:

hạt da khô

(realia)

spring rolls

:

chả giò, nem cuốn

*Checking:

(n)

(realia)

Bingo

II. Presentation.
*SPEAKING:
1. Set the scene: Mrs Quyen is talking to Lan about the preparations for Tet.
2. Ordering the dialogue.

- Ask Ss to read the dialogue on page 123 and put the sentences in the correct
order.
- Call on some pairs to give their answers.
- Give feedback and correct.
*Answer key: 1.A 2.F

3.C

4.H

5.D

6.J

7.B

8.G 9.E

10.I

3. Practice speaking .
- T explains the request of the exercise.
- Choose one festival the Ss enjoy (example: a school festival).
- T provides vocabulary (if necessary ).
Examples : + decorate, clean, paint (the house/ the room/ the yard …...).
+ buy cakes/ candies/ drinks / foods / fruits ....
+ cook/ make cakes ...
+ get new dress

+ write/ send letters of invitation.
- Ask Ss to practice in pairs (open pairs ---> closed pairs).
- Delayed correction ---> give feedback.
*LISTENING:
1 Pre-listening:
a. Set the scene: "The Robinson family are making preparations for Tet. They want
to buy things to make it a traditional festival as Vietnamese people do."
What do you think they want to buy ?
b. Gap-fill prediction:
- Ask Ss to read the statemens on page 124.
- Get Ss to predict the words in the gaps .
- Write Ss’ predictions on the board.
2. While-listening:
- Play the tape (2 or 3 times)


- Ss listen to and fill in the gaps.
- Call ss to give their answers and check if Ss' guesses are right or not..
- Ss listen again and correct.
Answer key:
a. Mr Robinson/ Flower market.
b. traditonal
c. dried watermelon seeds.
d. make spring rolls.
* Grid:
- Ask Ss to copy the grid (page 124) in their notebooks and fill in the gaps with the
information taken from the statements above.
- Call on some Ss to give their answers.
*Answer keys:
THINGS TO DO

Mr Robinson : Go to the flower market to buy peach blossom 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.
IV. Homework:
- Learn by heart vocabulary .
- Write a similar dialogue as in speaking.
- Do exercises in workbook.
- Prepare for next lesson: Read


UNIT 13:

FESTIVALS

Lesson 3/79: Reading
A- Aims:
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to read for details about
Christmas and get some knowledge about it.
*. Lïical item : Spread , Christmas carol , jolly , design , Patron saint , poem.
*. Skill : Reading.
*. Techniques : Practice in pairs and group.
*.Teaching aids : pictures, cards, poster.
B- Contents:
*Warmer :
? Have you ever taken part in a Christmas?
? What did you see?/ Who did you see?
I. Pre-Reading:
1. Pre-teach vocabulary:
(to) spread

: lan rộng ra

(translation )

Christmas carol

(n): bài hát thánh ca, giáng sinh (example )

Jolly

(a :vui vẻ, háo hức

(to) design

(synonym: cheerful/ happy)

: thiết kế, tạo mẫu

Patron Saint

(n): thánh bảo hộ

a poem

(n) :

bài thơ

(translation )

(translation )
(example )

* Checking vocabulary: What and where
2. Matching :
a. It has been said he was the patron saint of children, a fat jolly man who wore a
red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve.
b. The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout
Europe to America.


c. They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. First the leaders of
the Church did not like them but later they became popular .
d. An Englishman had someone design it to send Christmas greetings to his
friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
A. Christmas Carol
B. Christmas Card
C. Santa Claus
D. Christmas tree
- Stick the pictures and statements on the board.
- Ask Ss to read them and do the matching.
II. While-Reading.
1. Check the matching
- Ss read the paragraph on page 124, 125 individually in about 5 minutes.
- Check Ss' matching. Correct.
*Answer key:

a-C

b-D

c-A

d-B

2. Grid:
- Draw the grid on the board. Ss copy it on the noterbook.
- Have Ss read the paragraph again and complete the grid.
- Call on some Ss to fill in the gaps in the grid on the board.
- Give feedback and correct. Ss copy the grid with full information.
*Answer keys:
Chistmas specials
The Christmas Tree
The Christmas Card
Christmas Carols
Santa Claus

Place of origin
Riga
England
(no information)
USA

Date
early 1500s
mid-19th century
800 years ago
1823

III. Post-Reading:

Comprehension questions

- Ask Ss to answer the questions on page 126.
- Tell Ss to compare their answer with their partners.
- Call on some Ss to give their answers.
- Give feedback and correct.
*Answer key :
a. More than 200 years ago.
b. He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
c. 800 years ago.
d. An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.
e. On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem.
IV. Homework:
- Learn vocabulary by heart.
- Write a short paragraph about the Christmas.
- Do exercises in workbook.
- Prepare for next lesson: Write.

UNIT 13:

FESTIVALS

Lesson 4/80: Write


A- Aims :
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to get more practice in writing a
report on a festival they have joined.

*. Skill : Writing.
*. Techniques : Practice in pairs and group.
*.Teaching aids : Poster
*.Anticipated problems: Weaker Ss can’t get difficulties in writing a report
completely.
B- Contents.
*Warmer: Kim’s game.
- Show the picture on page 126 ---> Ss observe it carefully.
- Ask Ss to look at the picture for about 20 seconds, put it away.
- Ask some questions:
a. How many people are there in the picture? What are they doing ?
b. Name all the things in the picture.
- Ss write down their answers on the board.
- Give feedback and correct.
*Answer key:
a. They are take part in the rice-cooking competition.
b. rice, basket, pans, bamboo sticks, paper fans, chopsticks, a flag.
I. Pre-writing: Open predictions
- Hang on the poster (ex 1- p.127 ) on the board.
- Ask Ss to fill in the gaps by using the information in the dialogue on page 121.
- Write down their answers.
- Give feedback and correct.
- Have Ss copy it down the answers on their noterbooks.
*Answer key:


1. rice-cooking festival

2. one/a

3. water-fetching

4. run

5. bottle of water

6. tradition

7. bamboo

8. six

9. separate

10. added
II. While-writing.
- Explain the request to Ss --> Ask Ss to give a festival to write.
- Divide class into groups of 6.
- Ask Ss to answer the questions from a -> g on page 127.
- Encourage Ss to give out many opinions.
- After answering the questions, guide Ss to combine the answers to make a
report by using conjunctions: after, before, finally ...etc.
- T goes around and monitors, help Ss with their work.
- Call on some Ss to read the reports and ask a student to write his/ her reports on
the board.
III. Post-Writing:

Write-it-up.

- Call representative of each group to write the report on the board.

- Call on some Ss to read the reports
- Correct the mistakes together.
- T gives a model report.
*Suggested report:
Tet is a national and family festival. It is an occasion for every Vietnamese to
have a good time while thinking about the last year and the next year. At Tet, spring
fairs are organized, steets and public buildings are well decorated and almost all
shops are crowded with people shopping for Tet. At home, everything is tidied,
special food is cooked, offerings of food, fresh water, flowers are made on the
family altar. First-footing is made when the first visitor comes and childfen are
given lucky money wrapped in a red tidy envelope. Tet is also a time for peace and


love. During Tet, children often behave brightly and friends, relatives and neighbors
give each other best wishes for the new year.
- Have Ss copy it down.
IV. Homework
- Finish writing on the notebook.
- Do exercises in workbook.
- Prepare for next lesson: Language Focus.

UNIT 13:
Lesson 5/ 81:

FESTIVALS

Language Focus


A- Aims:

By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to use reported speech and the passive
forms in the past, present and future simple tenses.
*. Grammar : Reported speech . Passive form of the present perfect tense.
*. Lexical item : Jumple , plumber , mushroom.
*. Skill : Speaking and writing.
*. Techniques : Practice in pairs and group.
*.Teaching aids: cards, poster, pictures.
B- Contents:
I. Presentation.
1. Warm-up:

Penlmanism

write

make

be

play

decorate

written

played

made

decorated

been

2. Pre-teach vocabulary:
(to) jumble

:

a plumber

(n) :

a mushroom (n) :

đảo lộn

(trans)

thợ sửa ống nước

(visual)

nấm

(realia)

3. Presentation language:
a. Reported speech :
- Lời nói gián tiếp là lời tường thuật lại ý của người nói.
- Nếu động từ của mệnh đề chính ở thì hiện tại đơn (SAY/ SAYS), thì hiện tại hoàn

thành (HAVE/ HAS SAID) hoặc thì tương lai đơn (WILL SAY) thì trong lời trích
dẫn ta chỉ đổi đại từ.
- Nếu động từ trong mệnh đề chính ở thì quá khứ đơn (SAID) thì trong lời trích
dẫn ta phải đổi thì, các từ hoặc cụm từ chỉ thời gian, vị trí, đại từ …
*Changes in reported speech:
• Person : I -> he/ she

we -> they

my -> his


(Pro)

me -> him/ her

us -> them

ours -> theirs

our -> their

mine ->his/ her

myself -> himself/ herself
ourselves -> themselves
• Place: here -> there
• Time:
now -> then

, to day -> that day.

tonight -> that night

, Yesterday -> The day before.

last (night/ ...) -> the (night/ ...) before
tomorrow -> the day after/ the following day
next (week/ …) -> the (week/ …) after/ the following (week/ …)
ago -> before.
• Demonstrative adjective (tính từ biểu thị)
this -> that

these -> those

• Tenses:
simple present -> simple past

simple future -> future in the past

simple past -> past perfect

present continuous -> past continuous

present perfect -> past perfect
*NOTE:
- may -> might
can -> could/ be able to
will/ shall -> would/ should/ be going to
must -> had to/ would have to

must not -> was/ were not to
- Ngôi thứ 2 (you) phụ thuộc tân ngữ và ngôi thứ 3 giữ nguyên.


- Ta vẫn dùng thì HT§ thay vì thì QK§ trong lời nói gián tiếp khi diễn ta 1 thói
quen hay 1 chân lý.
b. Passive form:
*Past simple tense
EX: A: Last year they build a stadium
P: A stadium was built last year
-> Form : S + was/ were + PII + … (+ by O).
* Present perfect tense: S + has/ have + been + PII + … (+ by O).
II. Practice .
1. Gap fill

(exercise 1- p.128)

- Ask Ss to discuss the exercise in groups of 6.
- Ss do exercise -> compare with the other.
- Give answer key:
a. were performed

b. was decorated /put

c. is made

d. will be held

e. was awarded

f .was written

2. Trasformation drill

(exercise 4 - p.130).

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 Mrs Thu had to pay him then.
3. Lucky numbers game:

(exercise 3- p.130)

a. a fire-making contest

b. a bull-fighting festival

c. car-making industry

d. a flower-arranging contest

e. a rice-exporting country

f. a clothes-wasshing machine

III. Production :
1. jumbled
IV. Homework:

Gap-fill (exercise 2 - p.129)
2. broken

3. broken

4. scattered

5. pulled.


- Learn the rule to change reported speech and passive forms by heart.
- Do all exercises.
- Prepare for next lesson: Unit 14 - Lesson 1.