Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 unit 13: Festivals

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Division of lessons :
1.

Period 24: Getting started and Listen & read

2.

Period 25: Speak + Listen

3.

Period 26: Read

4.

Period 27: Write

5.

Period 28: Language focus.

Date : ………………
Period :24

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS

LESSON 1: LISTEN AND READ

I. Aim:

SS will be able to ask for explanations of events
II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary :
fetch (v)

yell (v)

urge (v)

rub (v)

participate in = take part in

award (v)
2. Grammar :
Compound words
III Techniques :
Chatting, What and where
IV. Teaching aids :
stereo, pictures, cards.
V. Procedures:
Teacher ‘s and SS’ activities
T writes the names on the board

Contents
1. Warm up:


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Chatting
Tom, David, Huckleberry, Oliver, Robinson
Tell Ss these people are going to go on their visits to 1. Tom likes swimming and sunbathing. Where
Vietnam and they need advice on where to go

should he go ? .... Why ?

Introduce the names, one by one

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 -> ?

T presents some new words

2. Presentation:

SS repeat and say the meaning

* New words:

Ss copy

Fetch (v) : to go to get (sth) and bring it back
Yell (v) : to shout loudly
Urge (v): make a person / an animal move more
quickly
Rub (v)
Participate in -> participation (n)

Award (v)
(He is the winner of the commpetition . They award
him the first prize )

T presents model sentence

Model sentence
There are three competitions : water-fetching, firemaking and rice- cooking

T checks voc

**What and where

T sets the scene : “ Ba invites his friend Liz to a
traditional festival in the North of Vietnam. Do you
know what kind of festival it is ?”
( It is the rice- cooking festival )
T asks Ss to guess what they are going to read by Suggestions
asking questions

How many competitions do people enter in a ricecooking festival ?
In water- fetching festival competition , what do
people do ?

Ss open their books, read the dialogue and listen to 3. Practice:
the tape

True or false

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Ask Ss to read the statements and check the boxes , Answer keys
using the information in the dialogue

a. F -> Only one team member takes......

Ss work in pairs and correct the false sentences

b. F -> one water bottle
c. T
d. F -> ..... of bamboo are used
e. F -> the judges taste
f. T
4. Production:

Deliver posters to SS

*** Focus 3

Ask Ss to do exercise on page 130 and write their Answer keys
answers on the posters

a. A fire- making contest

SS work in pairs / groups

b. a bull- fighting festival
c. a car- making industry
d. a flower-arranging contest

Correcting

e. a rice-exporting country
f. a clothes- washing machine
5. Homework:
-Learn new words , do exercises again
- Do exercise 3 in workbook
-Prepare Lesson 2 Speak + Listen

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Date: …………………..
Period:25

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS

LESSON 2: SPEAK AND LISTEN

I.Aim:

SS will be able to talk about their preparation for a special event
II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary :
Pomegranate (n) peach blossoms (n)
dried water melon seeds

Marigolds (n)

Spring rolls

2. Grammar : none
III. Techniques :
What and where, Grid
IV. Teaching aids :
chart , stereo, pictures, cards.
V. Procedures:
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
T asks Ss to think of 5 things they often 1. Warm up:
prepare for Tet

* Find things in common

SS write them on the board

Decorate the room/yard

T remarks and gives marks to Ss
Tet

Contents

Paint the house

Buy cakes

buy new dress

Send New Year cards to friends
T presents voc

2. Presentation:

Ss repeat

Speak 1
I. New words:


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Pomegranate(n) quả lựu
Peach bloosoms (n) quả đào
Marigolds (n) cúc vạn thọ
Dried watermelon seeds : hạt dưa
Spring rolls (n) : chả giò
Ss join the game

What and where

Ask Ss to read the dialogue on page 123 and II. Ordering

put the sentences in correct order
Ss work in pairs
Call some pairs to give their answers

Answer keys
A-> F
B-> G
C-> H
D-> J
E-> I

T puts the chart with the cues on the board

3. Practice:

Elicit the exchanges from Ss

Mapped dialogue

SS work in pairs
T calls some pairs to practice each exchange
before going on to another exchange

Mrs Quyen
Lan
A: You/ tidied/ bedroom 1. Yes/where/going/
?

2.Could/collect/new Ao Dai
B.market/have tailor/corner?

to/oranges

3.Thanks/anything/want/me/

/pomegranates

do/while

C. Sure/ will

out ?

D. not really/ but/ want 4.Mom/I/what/do
house/look nice/festival

Ask Ss one of the festival (page123) and make
up their own dialogues
Ss work in pairs
Then T calls on some pairs to demonstrate their
dialogues before class

E. That/very good. Bye
Speak 2
A village festival
A school festival
A spring festival
A harvest festival
A flower festival

now/will/clean glass windows
5.Bye


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T sets the scene” The Robinson family is

*Listen

making preparations for Tet. They want to

Gap-fill prediction

buy things to make it a traditional festival as
Vietnamese people do “
Ask Ss to open their books and read the
statements on page 124
Ss predict the words in the gaps

Answer keys

Play the tape (2 or 3 times )

a. Mr Robinson/ Flower market

Then correct

b.Traditional
c.Dried watermelon seeds

d.Make spring rolls
4.Production:

Ask Ss to copy the grid( Page124) and fill in Things to do
the gaps with the information taken from the
statements above

Mr Robinson

Go to the flower market to buy peach

Mrs Robinson

blossom and a bunch of marigolds
Go to Mrs Nga’s to learn how to make

Liz

spring rolls
Go to the market to buy candies

Call on some students to give their answers

And a packet of dried watermelon
seeds
5.Homework:
-Learn new words
- Do exercises in workbook
- prepare Lesson 3 Read
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Date : ………………………………..
Period: 26

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS

LESSON 3: READ
I. Aim: Ss will get some knowledge about Christmas
II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary : spread (v) Christmas carol (n)

patron saint (n) jolly (a)

2. Grammar : none
III. Techniques : Sing a song , Jumbled words, Matching
IV. Teaching aids : pictures, cardboards, poster, stereo
V. Procedure:


Teacher’s and Ss ‘ activities

Contents
1. Warm up (5’)

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Ask Ss to listen to the tape and sing along

EX: Silent night. I wish you a merry Christmas
2. Pre- reading (10’)
Pre-teach vocabulary

T presents new words

Spread (v) : To cover a larger and larger area

Ss repeat and copy

Spread / spread / spread
Christmas carol (n)
(Silent night is a Christmas carol )
Patron saint (n)
Jolly(a) : happy and cheerful
**** Jumbled words

T checks voc by holding class to play “ Jumbled

tansaaucls

yljol

words “
otraptsian

locra

pdsear

codraete

3. While- reading (15’)
Ask Ss to open their books and read the paragraphs Grid
Answer keys
on page 124/125
Draw the grid on the board and have Ss copy it
Ask SS to read the paragraph again and complete the

Christmas

grid

specials
The Christmas Riga

Early 1500s

tree
The Christmas England

Mid-19th

Cards
Christmas

century
800 years ago

Give feedback and correct

Places of origin Date

No information

Carol
Santa Claus
USA
4. Post- reading (10’)

1823

Answer keys
a. more than two centuries ago
b. Because he wants to send Christmas greetings to
Ask Ss to answer the questions

his friends

Ss work in pairs

c.800 years ago


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Date: …………………….
Period : 27

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS

LESSON 4: WRITE

I. Aim:
Ss practice in writing a report on a festival they have joined
II. Language contents :
1. Vovabulary : none
2. Grammar : none
III. Techniques :
Memory game , ask and answer , Gap fill

IV. Teaching aids :
Photocopied, picture (p126) , chart
V. Procedures:
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities

Contents
1.Warm up Marks

T shows the photocopied picture to Ss and ask them Memory game
to observe it carefully
Let Ss look at the picture for about 20’’ then put it 1/ How many people are there in the picture ? What
away

are they doing ?

T asks Ss to listen to the questions

2/Name all the things in the picture

SS answer

Answer keys

T puts the picture on the board again

1/ They are participating in the rice-cooking

Give feedback and correct

competition

2. rice , basket, pans, bamboo sticks, paper fans ,
chopsticks, a flag
2. Pre- writing:
*** Lucky numbers

Write 9 numbers on the board from 1 to 9

1.What do you call the festival where people have to

Tell Ss each number is for a question but 3 of them cook rice ?


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are lucky numbers

(the rice-cooking festival )

If Ss choose a lucky number, they don’t have to 2.How many competitions are there in the riceanswer any questions. Divide the class into 2 teams

cooking festival ? What are they ?
(water-fetching, fire- making and rice- cooking )
3. Lucky number
4.What do people use to fetch water ? (bottles)
5.Lucky number
6.Do they use pieces of wood to make fire?
( No, pieces of bamboo)
7.What do people have to do before they cook the rice
?(separate the rice from the husk)
8.Lucky number

9.How many people are there altogether in a team
taking part in the rice-cooking festival ?
(9 , one for water-fetching, two for fire-making and
six for rice-cooking)

T asks Ss to use the information in the dialogue on 3.While-writing:
page 121 to fill in the gaps in the report on page 127

Gap-fill

Ss work in pairs
T corrects and remarks
Answer key
1. rice-cooking

6.traditional

2.one/a

7.bamboo

3.water- fetching

8.six

4.run

9.separate

5.water

10.added

Ask Ss to write a similar report on a festival

4. Post-writing:

They’ve joined recently

Questions and answers

Ss look at the questions and practice speaking first by
answering the questions from a->g
T has Ss connect the sentences to make it a report
Monitor and help Ss with their work
Call on some Ss to read their reports aloud


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5. Homework:
-Write your report in your notebooks
-Do exercises in workbook and prepare Focus1,2,4

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Date : ……………………….
Period: 28

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS
LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
I.Aim:
Ss will be able to use reported speech and the passive in the past, present and future tense
II. Language contents
1. Vocabulary :
jumble (v)

scatter (v) jar(n) pull(v)

2. Grammar :
Passive form , reported speech
III. Techniques :
Matching, gap fill, transformation drill
IV. Teaching aids :
cardboards, chart, pictures
V. Procedures:
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
Contents
T prepares 11 cardboards, numbered from 1 to 11 on 1. Warm up: Marks
one side and the words on the other side

**** Pelmanism

Divide the class into 2 teams and ask each team to

choose 2 numbers, one in the first row . If the words

Put

Past participle
Put

in both cards match in sequence of an infinitive with

Write

Written

its past participle, this team will get a point

Hold

Held

Make

Made

Break

broken

Ask Ss to match the words in column A with the
forms in column B
Ss work in pairs

Call SS to give their answers

Infinitive

2. Language focus:
* Activity 1
Matching
The passive form


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T corrects
Have Ss copy

A
Tenses
1.Present simple

B
Form
a. was/were+ V(pp)

2.Past simple

b.

have/has

been

+

V(pp)
3.Future simple

c. Is/ am/are + V (past
participle)

4.Present perfect
Answer key

d.will/shall + be+V(pp)

1c 2a 3d 4b
Gap fill
Ask Ss to look at Focus 1 on page 28
Have Ss fill in the gaps with the right form of the Answer key
verbs in the box

a.were performed

Ss work in pairs

b.was decorated

Call on some Ss to write their answers( only the verb c.is made
forms)

d. will be held

T corrects

e. was awarded
f.was written
* Activity 2
* New words:
jumble(v)
scatter (v) to throw things everywhere on the ground
jar(n) (drawing,realia)
pull(v)

T presents new words

* Activity3:

Ss repeat and say the meaning

Gap- fill
Answer key
1. jumbled

Ask Ss to look at Focus 2 on page 128/129 and fill in 2. broken
the gaps with the right form of the verbs in the box

3. broken

Correcting

4. scattered

5. pull
* Activity4:


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1.
He said, “ I’m a plumber”
(quoted/ direct speech )
T sets the scene

Model sentence : Reported speech

Then write the quoted speech on the board

He said he was a plumber
1. Tenses

T explains and ask Ss to pay attantion to the changes

Direct speech
Present simple

Reported speech
Past simple

Will

Would

must
Had to
2. Pronouns( depending on the subject of the main
clause)
3.Adverbs of place and time
this-> that
now-> then
here-> there
today-> that day
tomorrow-> the next day
yesterday-> the day before
ago-> before
Ss copy
Ask Ss to look at Focus 4 on page 130 and do the
exercise

Transformation drill
Answer key
b.He said he could fix the faucets
c. He said the pipes were broken
d. He said new pipes were very expensive

Correcting

e.He said Msr Thu had to pay him then
Post
a. The children said , “ We are waiting for the school

SS rewrite the sentences , remember to keep the
meaning unchanged

bus” -> The children said...........
b. Nobody has used this machine for years
-> This machine......................................
c.The last time I played tennis was in 1990
-> I haven’t.........................................


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3. Homework :
-Learn by heart the words, grammar
-Do exercises and prepare Unit 14: Listen and read
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