tGIÁO ÁN MÔN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

DESIGNED BY : TRUONG DUY HIEP


Warm-up

Teachers’ Day
Tet Holiday

Celebr
-ations

Christmas

Mid-Autumn Festival


making Banh
Chung

eating special
Tet foods

decorating the going to the flower
house
market

going to the
pagoda

watching
fireworks

receiving
“lucky money”

visiting relatives &
friends


Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

Part A: Reading


I. New words :
1. fireworks
2. grand
:

(n) : pháo hoa
(adj) = big, important (adj)
: to, hoành tráng

3. agrarian
(n) : thuộc về nông dân
4. lucky money (n) : tiền lì xì
5. excitement (n) ≠ boredom (n)
s
: sự hào hứng
6. banner
7. decorate

(n) : biểu ngữ, băng rôn
(v) : trang trí


I. New words :
1. fireworks
2. grand

(n) [ 'faiəw3:ks]
(adj) [ grænd ]

3. agrarian
(n)
4. lucky money (n)
5. excitement (n)
6. banner
(n)
7. decorate
(v)

[ ə'greəriən ]
[ 'lʌki 'mʌni]
[ ik'saitmənt ]
[ 'bænə ]
[ 'dekəreit ]


Checking vocabulary: Match the words or phrases in column
A with their equivalent meanings in Vietnamese in column B.

A
1. grand

B
A. Sự hào hứng

2. agrarian

B. Băng rôn, khẩu hiệu

3. banner

C. Trang trí

6
5
4
3
2
1

4.lucky money

D. To lớn, hoành tráng

5. decorate

E. Thuộc về nông dân

6. excitement

F. Tiền lì xì


II. Exercises: Read the text and do the tasks that follow.
Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main
holiday. It is the grandest and most important occasion
in the year which falls sometime between 19th January
and 20th February on the Western calendar. Tet marks
the beginning of spring and , for agrarian people, the
start of a new year.
Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be
spread over months, but nowadays the holiday is much
shorter. A great deal of excitement still builds up well
before Tet, however. Streets are decorated with
coloured lights and red banners. Shop are full of goods.
People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating
their houses and cooking traditional foods.


Activity1 ( task 2 ): Decide whether the statements are
true (T) or false (F).
T
F
th
1.Tet is always on 20 February on the Western

calendar.


It falls sometime between 19th Jan and 20th Feb
on the western calendar. (L2,3, P1)
2. According to the text, for people anywhere in the world,
the beginning of spring is the start of a new year.



 for agrarian people (L4 , P1)

3. Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays.
( Tet’s preparations … is much shorter ) (L1-2, P2)
4. Before Tet, people are busy cooking traditional foods.
( People are busy buying … cooking traditional
foods. ) (L4-5, P2)





Activity 2 ( task 3 ) : Game : THE BIG WHEEL

Points

+ Work in groups ( there are 2 groups )
+ Each pair in each team can ask and answer
one question correctly. Your team can get
the point on the wheel.
+ The group with higher points are the winners.

1
2
3
4
5
6
Points

50

Team 1

70

Team 2


14
13
15
12
11
10
2
4
7
6
1
3
5

9
8
Time’s
over
Time

4.What do people often do to
prepare for Tet?
 They often buy gifts, clean and
decorate their houses and cook
traditional foods.


3. What do streets look like
before Tet?
 They are decorated with
coloured lights and red
banners.

14
13
15
12
11
10
2
4
7
6
1

3
5
9
8
Time’s
over
Time


Lucky number


2. How long did Tet
preparations and
celebrations last in the
past?

14
13
15
12
11
10
2
4
7
6
1
3
5

9
8
Time’s
over

 They lasted for months in the
past.

Time


14
13
15
12
11
10
2
4
7
6
1
3
5
9
8
Time’s
over
Time

1.When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?
 It’s sometime between 19th
January and 20th February on the
Western calendar.


Activity 3: Fill in the chart with the missing information

Lunar new year
Time

Between
19th
………
Jan
………
and
………
20th
………
Feb

……….
..(1)…

purposes

Tet
marks
the

beginning
of
spring

agrari
-an
people

……
the
……
start
……
of
a
……...
new
..........
year
(2)

Before Tet

Streets
are
………
decora
………
-ted
………

with
………
colour………
ed
………
lights
………
& red
………
banner
………
s
…(3)…

Shops
are
………
full of
………
goods
………
………
………
………
………
…(4)…

people
……
buy

……
gilfs
……
……
……
……
……
(5)

clean
&
decorate
their
house
-s

……
Cook
……
traditi……
onal
……
foods
……
……
……
…(6)


HOMEWORK

- Learn all the new words by heart.
- Copy activity 2 & 3 in your
notebooks.
- Prepare for reading lesson. ( para 3
&4)


Thank you for joining us !

Best wishes!




1.When is Tet holiday in
Vietnam?



It’s sometime between 19th January and
20th February on the Western calendar.


2.How long did Tet
preparations and
celebrations last in the past?



They lasted for months in the past.

3.What do streets look like
before Tet?

 They

are decorated with coloured lights
and red banners.


4.What do people often do
to prepare for Tet?



They often buy gifts, clean and decorate
their houses and cook traditional foods.