Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 unit 8: Celebrations

Giáo án Tiếng anh lớp 9.
Period 49
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
I. Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
-

Get further information about celebrations in the world.
Practice reading comprehension skill for details to complete a table

II. Language contents:
Vocabulary: sticky rice cake, occur, live apart, Israel, Jewish,
Passover, slavery, joyful, parade
Language skills: Practice reading and listening skill
III. Teaching aids
textbook, tape, cassettes, posters
IV. Procedure
1. Checking up:
Use the connectives to combine each pair of the sentences
1. He is very tired. He has to finish his homework (but)
2. The room is very small. It's quite comfortable (although)
2. New lesson
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities


1. Warm up
T: Celebrations

Ask Ss to work in groups and make a list of famous
celebrations in Vietnam and world wide.
In the time allowed, group with the longest list will be
the winner.
Christmas
Valentine
Easter
T: Ask Ss further questions about facts of the above
celebrations
Eg: In which country do people celebrate..?
What do they do?

Mother's day
Thanksgiving day
Halloween
…..
Lunar New Year
Mid- fall Festival
Teacher's day

2. Presentation
T: Teach vocabulary

May Day
Wedding
I. Getting started

T: Asks Ss to work with a partner. Match the icons
with the names of the celebration they present

1. Easter
2. Wedding

- Correct the Answers

3. Birthday

3. Practice

4. Christmas

T: Have Ss listen and read the passage about
celebrations in Vietnam and in other countries and ask
them to complete the table with five heading

5. Mid – fall
6. Lunar New Year

1.New words


- Sticky rice cake (n): traditional chung cake
- Occur (v): happen, take place
- Live apart (v): far away
- Gives some new words, explains and asks Sts to read

- Israel: níc Israel
- Jewish (adj)

- T: Asks Ss to work in group . Read the passage in

the book and then give the answers

- Passover (n):
- Slavery (adj): condition or work of slave.
- Joyful (adj): cheerful
- Parade (n,v): march with display
2. Complete the table

- Helps Sts to complete

Celebr
ation

- Calls some Sts to write down their answers
Tet

- Corrects the mistake and give answers
Passov
er

 Discussion
- Ask Ss to practice asking and answering the
questions .

Easter

When?

Activities

Food

Country

In late
January
or early
Februar
y

Clean and
decoratin
g homes, Stick
and
y rice
enjoying cake
special
food

Vietnam

Late
march or
early
April

(not
available)

Speci

al
meal
calle
d the
Sede
r

Around
the same
time as
Passover

People
crowd the
streets
watch
colorful
parade

Choc
olate
In many
or
countries
sugar
eggs

Israel

3. Discussion
1.
2.
3.
4.
4. Consolidation
- Summarize the main points
5. Homework
- Revise the lesson
- Prepare " SPEAK"

When does Tet occur ?
What do our people do at Tet ?
What special food do they eat ?
Which country celebrate Tet ?


Period 50
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
SPEAK + LISTEN
I. Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Give and respond to a compliment for common situations
- Complete a song by filling the missing words and update themselves with the information about one of the
best known songs in English – speaking countries.

II. Language contents:
Vocabulary: contest, take part in, charity program/ activities, activist, nominate.
acquaintance, bring to mind, kindness, trusty

Language skills: Practice speaking and listening skill
III. Teaching aids
textbook, tape, cassettes, posters
IV. Procedure
1. Checking up:
2. New lesson
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

1. Warm up
T: Call on a Ss to answer to questions

1.New words:

- Do you usually give a compliment? On which
occasion? To whom?

Contest (English speaking contest) (n)

2. Pre – speaking
T: Teach vocabulary

Competition (n): cuéc thi
Take part in (v): participate: tham gia


T: Let Ss to play the game “slap the board”

Charity activities (n):

T: Introduce the structure to give and respond to a
compliment

Activist (n):
Nominate (v):

T: Demonstrate by the first situation in the book “Trang
has just won the first prize in the English

Acquaintance (n):

speaking contest”

Bring to mind (v): remember

3. While – speaking

Kindness (n):

T: Ask Ss to work in pairs. Read the situations in the
book and then give and respond to appropriate
compliment

Trusty (a):
2. Compliments

Ss: Work in pairs and give responds

T: Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue before

class.
4. Post – speaking

Give a compliment

Respond a compliment

Well done

Thanks

That’s a great/an
excellent…..
Let me congratulate
you on

It is nice if you to say so
That’s very kind if you

T: Tell Ss to work with another partner: think of the
situations in which you can compliments your friends
and respond from his/her or them, then make up
dialogues with your partner.

• Example
Mai: well done, Trang

T: May give suggestions such as:

3. Practice

+ Passing the final/ entrance exam
+ Graduating from university

• Suggested answers:
b, Mother: well done, Huyen

+ Winning the first prize in a singing contest

Huyen: Thanks, Mom

+ Having finished making a birthday card

c, Friends: congratulations on your nomination,
Tuan.

T: Call on some pairs to practice the dialogue in front of
class

Tuan: It’s nice of you to say so

- Feedback and give suggested answers.

d, You: That’s excellent drawing, Hoa

5. Listening

Hoa: That’s very nice of you to say so.

Trang: Thanks

•

Suggested answers:


T: Set the scene “On new year’s Eve, many people in
western countries hold parties which last until late into
the night. It’s traditional to greet the new year at
midnight and celebrate the first minutes of the year in
the company of friends and family people may dance,
sing and drink a toast to the year ahead. After the
celebrations, it is time to make new year resolutions and
these are a list of decisions about how to live in the
coming year. Horns are blown at midnight, and people
hug and kiss to begin the new year with much love and
happiness. Auld Lang Syne, with words by Robert
Burns, is often sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Auld lang syne is one of the best known song in English
speaking countries. Auld lang syne means the times
gone past; the good old days. In scot Auld = old; lang =
long; syne = since.
T: Play the tape several times if necessary
T: Tell Ss to compare the answers with a friend
- Call on some Ss to read/sing the song aloud in front of
class

1. Trang: Well done, Bao
Bao: Thank you a lot
2. Hung: Let me congratulation on your

graduation
Huong: That’s very kind of you.

4. Listening
*answers
a. day
b. Take
c. Mind
d. Hand
e. Kindness
f.
• Suggested answers
- Go out in the streets
- See fireworks display
- Hold year- end party
- Wait for lucky money

- Give feedback and give correct answers
T: Ask Ss to work in group and discuss:
“What do you and your family usually does on New
Year’s Eve (lunar New Year)?

8. Drill
T: Summarize the main points and structures to give a compliment and respond to a compliment
9. Homework
- Summarize the main points
- Learn by heart all new words
- Prepare “ Read”

Period 51
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
READ
I. Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get to know about more one of the important celebrations in
Australia and the USA: Father's Day through the reading about opinions, feelings and memories of children
about their father

II. Language contents:
Vocabulary: Lose heart, groom, hug, considerate,
priority, sense of humor, distinguish, terrific, proud of .
Language skills: Practice Reading skill
III. Teaching aids
textbook, Hand outs with further information about Father's Day
IV. Procedure
1. Checking up:
T: Call on some Ss to read the song
" Auld Lang Syne" again.
2. New lesson
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

1. Warm up
Table completion
Divide Ss into small groups. Each group is given a piece
of card containing 10 important celebrations in Vietnam
and their dates. The card is in two columns: Celebration
and date.

Group with the complete table in the shortest time will

- Have to complete the table by filling either the
date or celebration.


be the winer
Celebration
1.

Date
1.1

2. Valentine’s day
3.

8.3

4. April fool ’s day
5.

30.4

6. May day

Celebration

Date

1. Lunar New year

1.1*

2. Valentine’s day

14.2

3. International Women’s day

8.3

4. April fool ’s day

1.4

5. Victory day

30.4

6. May day

1.5

7.

15.8

7. Mid fall festival

15.8*

8.

20.11

8. Teacher’s day

20.11

9. People’s army founding
anniversary

22.12

10.

24. 12

9. People’s army founding anniversary
10.

24. 12

2. Pre – reading
T: Introduces new vocabulary
T: Ask Ss to make sentences with the new words given
- Write down new words and read after the teacher
*Setting the scene
On Father’s Day in Australia and in the USA, children
show their love to to their fathers by giving their father

presents, cards...
Prediction
Have Ss work in 2 groups
Get them to close the book and think of the adjectives
that children use to talk about their fathers.
3. While – reading
Get Ss to open the books on page 68, read the opinions
and check their predictions
-Call on Ss to give answers
-Give feddback.
T: Sets the scene "Father's Day in the time when the
children show their feelings, respect, and great love to
their fathers. The followings are

1.New words
Lose heart (v):
Groom (n):
Hug (v):
Considerate (a):
Priority (n):
Sense of humor (n):
Distinguish (v):
Terrific (a):
Proud of (a):
2. Prediction
strong

great

opinions, feelings and memories of children about their
fathers"
T: Divides class into three groups. Each group read one
passage answer questions about it.
T: Call on representative from each group to read the
answers aloud
- Make any necessary corrections

generous
considerate
handsome
humorous

healthy
the best
terrific

3. Comprehension questions

- Give correct answers

• Answers
+ Rita (Australia)

T: Ask Ss one additional question

a. To her father

"What image of a father can you draw from the 3
passages?”

- He teaches her how to love, cry and laugh

T: Calls on some Ss to read the passages aloud

+ Jane (USA)

T: Tells Ss to work in groups of 3 to 4 and discuss about
their fathers

b. He is possibly dead. These ideas may tell about
that:"… how much you are missed, ….. I now
have children, Dad…?
- Yes, she is married with some children on her
weeding day, her father stood and gave her a hug.

Suggested question are:

+ Bob (Australia)

Can you tell me about your father?

- He is considerate, generous and humorous

How old is he?

c. His scene of humor makes him different from
others
Yes, he is

4. Post – Reading

What does he do?
What does he look like?
What do you like best about him?
What are your feelings and opinions aloud him?
Which memories do you have about your father that you
remember until now?

5. Drill

d. a father can be a teacher, a care taker and a
friend.
4. Discussion


- Asks Sts to read the poem again
6. Homework
- Summarize the main points
- do exercise in post – reading and learn by heart new words
- Prepare " WRITE"


Period 52
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Write
I. Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a letter to a friend to share their ideas about particular
issue (there should be a day for mother or father in Vietnam)

II.Language contents:
Vocabulary: essential, enhance, tradition, support, outdoor, national wide
Language skills: Practice writing skill
III. Teaching aids
textbook, teaching plant
IV. Procedure
1. Checking up:
Exercise book and write new words
2. New lesson
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

1. Warm up
Classification
Provide a number of words and ask Ss to
work in groups to classify them under three
headings: who, which and when.
New year’s Eve, gift, song, people, friend,
Australian, tourist, mother’s day. National
day, season, cake, keyboard, mid – autumn
festival ...

Who

Which

When

People

Gift

New year’s eve

Friend

Songs

Mother’s day

Australian

Cake

National day

Tourist

keyboard

Mid-autumn festival


2. Pre - Writing
T: Introduce the new words
- Write down all new words

1. New words

Essential (a):
Enhance (v):

- Listen and brainstorm
Ordering
-Ask Ss to keep their books closed, show the
outline on the board.
-Get Ss to put the parts in the correct order.
-Call on Ss to give answers
-Give feddback.
*Ask Ss to give details about
+ When to celebrate, in what
season, or what mont? Why?
+ How to celebrate: having
parties, sending cards...
+ What sepcial gift to give?
+ What special food to offer?

Tradition (n):
Support (v):
Nationwide (n):
2.Odering
+ When to celebrate, in what season, or what month? Why?
+ How to celebrate: having parties, sending cards...
+ What sepcial gift to give?
+ What special food to offer?
*Answers:
Paragraph 1: (3)
Paragraph 2: (1)
Paragraph 3: (2)

3. Writing

•

T: Set the scene" In Vietnam people do not
celebrate mother's day or father's Day. You
think It is necessary to have a day to
celebrate for your mom and another for your
dad. Write to a friend to share this idea. Now
work with a friend to brainstorm the seasons
for celebrating, when and how to celebrate
these days.

Answers
In my opinion, it is import to have a day to celebrate
for our parents
The first reason for this is that, on these occasion,
children will have a special day to express their feelings,
memories and great love for their parents. We have an
opportunity to enhance family traditions. Besides, members
of families can have a chance to get together, to know one
another and to help one another.

I think first Sunday of April is the most suitable day to
T: Gather some ideas and tell Ss to open the celebrate because Sunday is a day off so everybody is free
book
from work or study. Moreover, April is in late spring or early

3. While – Writing

summer, and then weather is generally fine at this time of the
year, many activities can happen outdoor

T: Ask Ss to follow the outline and work
independently to write a letter to a friend as
It is not necessary to have parties but it’s good idea to
instructed
have a family gathering when members have lunch or dinner
together. Children should give their parents flowers, send
- Ask Ss to compare their writing with a them cards, or bring them a special cake. Children also
friend
should serve their parents the food that they like best
- Call on some Ss to read their writing aloud

In conclusion, I believe the idea will be supported and
- Comment and give suggested answers if the day will be celebrated nationwide because everybody
loves their parents and wants their parents to be happy.
necessary.
4. Post – writing

- Read the writing aloud

" Peer correction"
T: Ask Ss to work with a friend, exchange
their writings and correct for each other.
Ss are asked to recognize their friend's
mistakes in the writing and offer the
suggested corrections

T: Pick up some typical writing to correct in
front of class
5. Drill
- Summarize the main points
6. Homework
- Learn by heart all new words and outline to write a letter
- Prepare " Language focus"


Period 53
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
-

Recognize and distinguish relative clauses
Know how to use them in various situations

II.Language contents:
Grammar: + Relative clauses
+ Adverb clauses of concession
Language skills: Practice writing skill
III. Teaching aids
textbook, teaching plant, handouts on additional exercises
IV. Procedure
1. Checking up:
Supply the correct word from
a. There are many …….. throughout the year (celebrate)

b. He wants to ……... his room (decorate
c. Tet is a ……….. festival of Vietnamese people (joy)
2. New lesson
Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

1. Warm up
Relative clause completion

1. New year’s Eve is the night when….

Ask Ss to work in groups

2. April fools’ Day is a day when …


Say the first clause of complex sentence.

- Crowded holiday resorts are not very pleasant.

Call at random on members of the groups to -> Holiday resorts which are crowded are not very
complete the sentences.
pleasant.
Students with no reaction (no answers) in less then 5
seconds will be the loser
- Work in groups
Can use their own ideas but they have to make sense
Sentences need to be completed:
2. Presentation 1

T: Tell Ss how to identify a relative clause compare:
"The word crowded in the first sentence is an
adjective, which are crowded" is a clause (it has a
finite verb: are). The clause is doing exactly the
same work as the adjective: it is describing the
holiday resorts. So we can call it an adverbial clause,
or (more usually) a relative clause because it
"relative" to the noun in this case by means of the
word "which" relative clause can describe persons,
things and events. The appropriate relative pronouns
are "who", "which" and "when"

1. Join the sentences. Use relative clauses
Ss: Do exercise and compare the answers with a
Example:
Tet is a festival. Tet occurs in late January or early
February.
-> Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or
early February.
* Answers
a. Auld Lang Syne is a song which is song on New
year's Eve.

There are 2 kinds of relative clause in written
language
b. This watch is a gift which was given to me by my
aunt on my 14th birthday.
Relative clause without comas are called "defining"
or "identifying clauses" they provide essential c. My friend Tom, who sings western songs
information about the subject or object

d. We often go to the town cultural house, which
Eg: what kind of book with be popular?
always open on public holidays.
The book which contains pictures

e. We like reading books which tell about different
people and their cultures

Relative clause with comas are called "now –
defining clauses" they provide additional f. On my mom's birthday my dad gave her roes,
information, which are be omitted/ removed
which were very sweet and beautiful
Eg: the book, which contains pictures, will be g. Judy likes the fall moon festival, which is
popular.


3. Practice 1

celebrated in mid fall, very much.

T: Tell Ss to do exercise 1. Join the sentences. Use h. Tomorrow I'll go to the air port to meet my friends,
relative clauses
who come to stay with us during Christmas.
2. Describe each of the people in the pictures
Eg:
- I am the boy who is wearing a while T - Short
friend
T: Make necessary corrects and give correct answers

- My aunt Judy is the woman who is holding Jack

* Suggested answers
- Mom is the woman who is sitting in a armchair
receiving a gift from the little girl.
- Dad is the man who is standing behind my sister
- Linda is he girl who is wearing a pink dress/ giving
a gift to mom.
- Grandmother is the woman who is wearing a violet
blouse/ giving a gift to the baby
- Uncle John is the man who is wearing a pink
jumper.
- Jack is the little boy who is sitting on his mother's
Lap:
3. Join the sentences
- Though, although, even though (mÆc dï, dï)+
clause

3. Practice 2:

-> These express the opposite ideas

T: Ask Ss to study the picture in the book and use Eg: Thu Ha is not satisfied with her preparations for
the relative clauses to describe each of the people in Tet even though she has decorated her house and
the pictures. Follow the example in the book.
made plenty of cakes
• Answers:
b. Although we don't have a mother's Day in
Ss: Look at the example and do exercise in
Vietnam, Dad and I have special gift and parties for
individual

- Compare the answers with a partner

my Mom very year on the 8th of March.

T: Call on some Ss to read their answers

c. we went to Hanoi to watch the parade on the
National Day last year even though we live in Nam
Dinh

- Give suggested answer

d. Many tourists enjoy festivals in Vietnamese culture
very much.
e. Event though in Australia Christmas season is in
summer, Australian enjoy Christmas as much as
people in European countries do.
f. Although Jim came to the show late due to the
traffic jam, he could see the main part of the show.
4. Complete the sentences. Use the
4. Presentation 3

correct tense of the verbs and the

T: Explain the meaning of "though, although, even
though + clause, and the examples.
information
• Answers:
a. although Mrs. Thoa was tired, she helped Tuan

with his homework.

4. Practice 3

b. Even though Liz has an examination tomorrow,
she is still watching TV now.

T: Have Ss done exercise 3. join the sentences, use c. It rained yesterday although the weather bureau
predicted the weather would be fine
the words in the brackets
Ss: work in pairs

d. Ba ate a lot of food although he wasn't hungry.

- Compare the sentences with a friend

e. Even though the keyboard wasn't working well,
Mary tried to finish letter.

T: Call on some Ss to read their answers in front of
the class
- Feedback and give correct answers. Notice that
there is not "but" in the complex sentences with
"though, though, even though"
4. Practice 4


T: Tell Ss to do exercise 4. look at the picture and
complete
the sentences by using "Thought,

although, even though" use the correct tense of the
verbs and the information
T: Let Ss check the answer for each other
- Feedback and give correct answer
4. Practice 5
- Helps Sts to complete exercise 4
- Asks Ss to work in groups

- Let Ss check the answer for each other
- Feedback and give correct answer

- Calls Ss to write down the answers on the board
- Remarks and corrects the mistakes
5. Drill
- Repeat the relative clause and Adverb clauses of concession
- Join the sentences. Use relative clauses
a. She is a nurse. She took care of me.
b. Is this the book? You want me to read it?
6. Homework
- Summarize the main points
- Prepare "UNIT 9 – getting started + listen and read"