Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11
UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS
READING
I . Objectives
By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to :
- Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas and guessing
meaning in context .
- Use the information they have read to discuss the topic
II . Materials
Textbook , handouts
III . Anticipated problems
Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic , so should be ready to
help them .
IV . Procedure
Time

T’S ACTIVITIES

STS’
ACTIVITIES

6‘

WARM –UP
Competition game – Network
- T prepares a handout with a crossword puzzle of some
festivals and celebrations in Vietnam and the world .

Group work

- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students . Then
T gives each group a handout to do their own groups .
Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers
will be the winner .
- A variant of this activity : T draws or prepares two big
copies of the crossword and hangs them on the board . T
calls two pairs of Ss to go to the board and ask them to do
the crossword as quickly as possible . The pair with the
quickest and most correct answers will be the winner
ACROSS
1. The purpose of this

DOWN
2 . This festival is the most

Vietnameses fesrival

important celebration of

is to celberate the

the year and makes the

largest full moon in

beginning of spring

the year
3 . It si the day when
Christians celebrate the

birth of Christ
5 .In this festival ,men
give their mohers wives ,
girlfriends ... flowers and
gifts
7 . It is day in each year
which is the same dates
as the one on which you

4 . It is a holiday
celebrated on the night of
October 31 , usually
costumes and going doorto –door collecting candy .
6 . It is a Sunday in March
or April when Chirstians
remember the death of
Christ and his return to life


were born .
8 . a public holiday in the
US (on the fourth
Thursday in Novenmber )
and in Canada (on the
second Monday in
October ) orginally to
give thanks to God for
the harvest and for health
- T introduces the topic of the Unit
10’

BEFORE YOU READ
Discussing Tet holiday
- T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 90
and discuss the three questions in pairs .
- T goes around to offer help
- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and eclicts
commemts from other Ss . T gives feedback if necessary .
Suggested answers :
1 . It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can
see the apricot blossom and a kumquat tree full of ripe fruits
2 . The people in the picture may be a family . The
grandmother is giving her nieceand nephew some lucky
money . The girl , the boy and their parents may be wishing

Pair work &
whole class


their grandparents good health and happiness .
3 . In the picture we can aslo see a five – fruit tray on the
ancestral altar(mân ngũ quả trên bàn thờ tổ tiên )and a dish
of fruits , a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the
table .
- now Ss work in pairs to tell which of the activities in the
book they enjoy doing most at Tet . Ss may also list other
activities they like doing at Tet . T reminds Ss to give
reasons for their answers .
- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and other Ss
comment .

Pre – teaching Vocabulary
Note : T should only teach the words which do not appear in
Task 1 .
Lunar New Year : Tết âm lịch
To fall between ... and ...:rơi vào khoảng thời gian từ ... đến
To spread : kéo dài
To be full of : having or containing a large number or
amount of sth : đầy nhiều
Candied fruit :mứt
Posttive comments : những lời nói tốt đẹp


- If there is some time left , T may ask some Ss to make
sentebces with the above words to check their
understanding
6’

WHILE YOU READ
Setting the scene
You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in
Vietnam . While you are reading , do the tasks in the
textbook
TASK 1
Instruction : Find the meanings of the words . You can also
use your dictionary .
- T writes these words on the board :
Grand , banner , sugared apples , agrarian , pray ,
excitement
- Then T instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at
the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings .

- Ss guess the meaning of the words based on the contexts
in the sentences . For example , to guess the meaning of
grand (line 1 , first paragraph ) Ss may base their guessing
on other words such as main holiday , important . To guess
the meaning of pray (line 6 , last paragraph ) they pay
attention to pagoda , happy year ...
- T checks that Ss undertanding by asking them to provide

Whole class ,
individual
work & pair
work


the Vietnamese equivalents to the words . If Ss find it
difficult to guess the meaning of any word , T should elitict
and give suggestions
Suggested answers :
1 . grand : impressive and larger : trọng đại , hoành tráng
2 . Banner : a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is
carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show
support for sth : biểu ngữ , băng rôn
3 . sugered apples : táo dầm đường
4 . Agrarian : connected with farming and the use of land
for farming : thuộc về nông nghiệp
5 . Pray : to speak to God .especially to gove thanks or ask
for help : cầu nguyện
6 . Excitement : the state of feeling excited : niềm vui thích ,
sự nô nức nhộn nhịp
TASK 2

Instruction : You are to read the passage and decide whether
the statements are True (T) or Fasle (F)
5’

- T instructs Ss to use some strategies to do task :
+ first , quickly read through the statements to get an idea
about the topic
+ Read the first statement more careffly . Underline the key


words to understand the main point . for expamle , in
statement 1 , Ss can underline Tet , 20th February , Western
calendar .
+ Search for the section of the text which deals with the idea
or fact.
+ Once finding the relevant section , read it careffly . If the
statements is smililar to the imformation in the text , then
select “True ” . If the statement is the opposite to the
imformation in the text , then seclect “Fasle ”
+ Continue with the rest to the statements
- T asks Ss to work invidually to do the task and discuss
their answers with their peers .
- T calls one some Ss to give their answers and asks them to
explain their choices .
- T gives the correct answers :
1 . F (it falls between 19th January and 20th February )
2 . F (it’s just for agraian people )
3.T
4 . F (according to the passage , lucky money tends to be
given to children )

5.T


6 .T
TASK 3
6’

Instruction : You are requored to answer the seven
questions in the book .
- T checks if Ss can answer the comprehension questions in
TASK 3 wtithout to read the passage again . If Ss cannot , t
gets them read the questions careffly and gives them some
tips to do the task :
+ First , skim the six questions to undertand them . As Ss do
this they :
* underline the key words . For instance , in questions 1 Ss
can underline when , Tet , vietnam
* decide what information they need to find in the text
* look for questions words like “why ” which indicates Ss
should read for specific thing like a reason .
+ Go back to the first question and locateds the information
for the question by finding the key words in the passage and
mark the place .
+ Read the part carefully to find the answer . Ss can use
their own words .
+ Continue with the rest of the questions
- T asks Ss to word individually to do the task , then discuss


their answers with their peers

- T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and
ask them to expain their choise
- T gives the correct answers
1 . It sometime between 19th January and 20th February (line
2-3 , paragraph 1 )
2 tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be speard over
months (line 1-2 ,paragraph 2 )
3 . They are decirated with coloured lights and red banners
(line 3-4 .paragraph 2)
4 . They buy gifts , clean and decorate their houses and cook
traditional foods (line 4-5 ,paragraph 2 )
5 . It is made from sticky rice ,green beans and fatty pork
(line 5-6 .paragraph 3)
6 . must is candied fruit (line 6-7 ,paragraph 3)
7 . Visiting friends and other family members , exchangeing
whises , going to the padoda , playing games ...(last
paragraph )
10’

AFTER YOU READ
- T asks Ss to work in groups tp tell each other about their
last Tet holiday .T asks Ss what verb tense (past simple )
they should use .

Group work
& whole
class


- T goes around to help Ss when necessary .

- When all groups have finished , T calls on some Ss to
report their ideas to the class .
- T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her
own commets
2‘

WRAPPING UP
- T summarises the main point
- T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and do the
extra exercise as homework

Whole class


UNIT 8 : CELEBRATIONS
B -SPEAKING
I . Objectives
By the end of the lesson , ss will be able to :
Talk about the celebrations of Tet and other festival’s activites
Materials
Textbook , handouts
III.Anticipated problems
Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic , so should be ready to
provide help
IV . PROCEDURE

Time

T’S ACTIVITIES

STS’
ACTIVITIES

8’

WARM – UP
Competition game – Word Search
- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students . Then
T distributes the following handout for Ss do in their own
groups . Ss have to match pictures on the left with the words
on the right . which group finishes first and has all the
correct answers will be the winner

Group work


8’

TASK 1
Instruction : You are going to practice the dialogue on page

Whhole class
& pair work

93 in pairs .
- T asks the whole class to read the dialogue silently and
asks them what points are mentioed in the dialogue
- T checks with the whole class and makes clear that : in the
dialogue the two friends talk about Tet holiday , It’s time
and activities .

- Ss then practice the dialogue in pairs . T encourages Ss to
remember the dialogue so that they can act it uot more
naturally .
- T goes around to onsere
Whole class
- When Ss have finished , T calls on some pairs to act out
14’

the dialogue and goves commnets
TASK 2
Instruction : You are going match the holidays with its
description and activities
- Before Ss do the task , T asks them to look at the three
pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each holiday .
Ss may be asked to give the Vietnamese equivalent to each
holiday .
- T checks with the whole class and gives out correct

& pair work


answer :
+ Picture 1 : mid – Autunm festival : tết trung thu
+ Picture 2 : Thanksgiving : Lễ tạ ơn
+ Picture 3 : Valentine’s Day : ngày lễ tình yêu
- T may ask Ss to list the activities people usually do in
these jolidays and write quicky on the board so that Ss can
compare these with the information they will dael with later
- Now Ss turn to the next page and do the task in pairs . they
match the holiday with its main purpose and activities .

- T calls on some Ss to give the answer and ashs other Ss to
feedback . T may aslo ask Ss to cmpare their answers with
the information written on the board earlier .
Answers :
1.cC
2.aA
3.bB
TASK 3
13’
Instruction : You are going to ask and answer about the
holidays in Task 2 , using the dialogue in Task 1 as the
model .
- T gets Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about the


holidays in Task 2 . T asks Ss to add any information about
the holiday thye know to make the dialogue more
intersting . For example , they can tell about the origin of
the holiday...
- T goes around to observe and offter help . T may give Ss
some background knowlegge (see the cultural notes ) of the
holidays or provide Ss with some vocabulary items .
- T calls on some pairs to act out the conversation and asks
other Ss to comment . T corrects some typical errors in the
end .
Cultural notes :
1 . Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving or thankgiving Day , is an annual one –
day holiday to give thanks for the things one has at the
end of the harvest season . In the united States ,

thanksgiving is celebrated on the fouth Thursday of
November . In the United States , certain kinds of food are
traditionally , served at Thanksgiving meals . First and
foremost , turkey is ussully the fuatures item on any
Thanksgiving feast table (so much so that Thanksgiving is
sometimes referred to as “Turkey day ” . Stuffing ,
mashed potatoes with gravy , sweet potatoes , cranberry
sauce , corn , other fall vegetalbes , yams and pumpkin
pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner .
All of these primary dishes are actually native to the


Americas and werw introduced as a new food source to
the Europeans when they arrived .
The first American Tanhskgiving was celebrated in 1621 ,
to commemorate the harvest reaped by the plymouth
Colony affter a harsh winter . In that year Governor
William Braford proclaimed a day of tahksgiving . The
coloniists celebared it as a traditional English harvest feast
, to which they invited the local Wampanoag Indians .
Days of thanksgivig werw celebrated throughout the
coloies after fall harvests . All thirteen colonies did not
howere , celebrated Thanksgiving at the same time until
October 1777 . George Washington was the first president
to declare the holiday , in 1789
2 Valentine’s Day
Saint Valentine’s Day or Valentine’s day is a holiday on
February 14 . It is the traditional day on which lovers
express their lve for each other , sending Valentine’s cards
or candy , It is very common to present flowers on

Valentine’s Day .
The history of Valentine’s Day – and its patron siant – is
shroded in mystery. One legend contends that Valentine
was a priest who served during the third century in Rome.
When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made
better soldiers than those with wives and families, he
outlawed marriage for young men – his crop of potential


soldiers. Claudius and continued to perform marriage for
young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were
discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed
for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman
prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.
According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first
‘valentine’ greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed
that Valentine fell in love with a young girl – who may
have been his jailor’s daughter – who visited him during
his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he
wrote her a letter, which he signed ‘From your Valentine,’
an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth
behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories
certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic,
and, most, importantly, romantic figure. It’s no surprise
that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most
popular saints in England and France.
Wrapping

Whole class

- T summarises the main points of the lesson
- T asks Ss to do the extra exercise as home work.

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
LISTENING


I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to develop the listening micro-skill
of intensive listening for specific information.
II. Materials
Textbook, cassette tapes, handouts.
III. Anticipated problems
Ss may not have difficulty doing the first task, so T should be ready to give
them some strategies
IV. Procedure
Time

Steps

Work
arrangement

7’

WARM UP
Competition game - Guessing game
- The aim of the activity is to revise the vocabulary related
to festivals and celebrations that Ss have learnt.

- T divides Ss into 2 groups : A & B.
- T tells Ss the rule of the game: One member from each
group will go and stand in the front of the class with their
back facing the board. T will write a word/phrase which
was learnt from the previous lesson on the board. Other Ss
from each group have to explain the word without
mentioning it or translating it into Vietnamese so that their

Whole class
& group
work


representative can guess the word. The student with the
quickest and correct answer will get 1 point for their group.
Ss take turn to be the representative. After some turns, the
group with more points will be the winner.
- The words/phrase T may write on the board are:
Thanksgiving, Mid-autumn festival, grand, pray, agrarian,
lucky money...
10’

BEFORE YOU LISTEN
Guessing
- T introduces the listening passage: Today you are going to
listen to 2 people talking about how the New Year is
celebrated in Japan . Before you listen, do the task on page
94.
- T asks Ss work in pairs to guess which of the activities on
page 94 the Japanese often do on their New Year’s Day.

- T calls on some Ss to give their answers and write them
on the boards. T also asks Ss to add any other activities that
they think the Japanese do at the New Year’s Day.
Pre-teaching vocabulary
- Before eliciting/ Pre-teaching the new words, T helps Ss
to pronounce the words given in the book. T may read
aloud first or play the tape and ask Ss to repeat in chorus
and individually.

Whole class
& pair work


- T elicits/teaches some of these words or /and those taken
from the listening passage:
Shrine: a place where people come to worship because it is
connected with a holy person or event(đền thờ)
Longevity: long life(tuổi thọ)
Pine trees: (cây thông)
Constancy: (bền lòng, kiên định))
To represent: to be a symbol of sth (tượng trưng cho)
- T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and gives
corrective feedback.
10’

WHILE YOU LISTEN
TASK 1
Instruction: You are going to listen to 2 people talking
about how the New Year is celebrated in Japan. Listen and
tick the things you hear.

- Before Ss listen and do the task, T asks them to read
through the statements. Then T instructs them to use some
strategies to do the task:
+ First, read through the statements to understand them
and underline key words. For example, the key words in the
first statement are : put on, special, clothes
+ Listen to the tape and pay attention to the key words

Individual
work, group
work &
whole class


+ Tick the things they hear in the appropriate boxes.
- T plays the tape once for Ss to do the task.
- T asks for Ss’ answers and writes them on the board.
- T plays the tape the second time for Ss to check their
answers.
- T asks Ss to work in groups of 4 to compare their answers.
- T checks Ss’ answers by calling on some Ss. T may play
the tape one more time for Ss to catch the difficult phrases.
- T gives the correct answers:
+ They put on special clothes.
+ Housewives prepare special foods
+ They go to a shrine.
+ They drink rice wine.
+ They watch television.
+ They eat a special meal.
TASK 2

Instruction: You are going to listen to the tape again and
answer the Qs.
- Before Ss listen to the tape again to do the task, T may ask
them to try to answer the Qs with the things they remember


from the previous times of listening.
- T plays the tape again for Ss to do the task. T might also
want to remind Ss that while listening they need to focus on
the key words in each question.
- After playing the tape, T gets Ss to work in pairs and
check their answers.
- T calls on some Ss to give the answers and elicits
feedback from other Ss. If many Ss can’t complete the task,
T might want to let Ss to listen one more time and pause at
the answers for them to catch.
Suggested answers:
1. Because they want to get rid of the dirt of the old
year and welcome the new year.
2. From television or the radio.
3. Kimonos or special dress.
4. No, New Year is mostly celebrated among family
only.
Tapesript : ( in T’s book)
8’

AFTER YOU LISTEN
- T gets Ss to work in pairs to compare the aspects of the
Vietnamese New Year with those of the Japanese one.
- Before Ss take part in the activity, T elicits the transition

signals/phrases to talk about the similarities and differences

Whole class
and pair work


between 2 things. T may give Ss the following handout:
1. To show similarities:
Similarly, likewise, whereas, like
2.To show differences:
A different view is nevertheless
However in contrast
Alternatively but
On the contrary unlike
Conversely on the other hand
Yet differ from
- T goes around to offer help and collect Ss’ mistakes.
- T calls on some pairs to present their answers.
- T elicits feedback from the class and gives final
comments. T may also correct the mistakes he/she has
collected
2’

WRAPPING
- T summarises the main points of the lesson
- T asks Ss to learn by heart all new words and do the extra
exercise as homework.

Whole class

UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
WRITING

I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a description of a popular
celebration
II Materials
Textbook, handouts.
III. Anticipated problems
Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary to write about the topic, so T should be
ready to assist them.
IV. Procedure
Time

Steps

Work
arrangement

7’

WARM UP
Competition game – Christmas Cloze
- T divides the class into small groups of 3 – 4 Ss. Then T
distributes the following handouts for Ss to do in their own
groups. Ss have to fill each blank in the passage with one
suitable word from the box. Which group finishes first and
has all the correct answers will bw the winner.

Group work


Followed marks cards lights turkey merry followed
holiday sing baked family spirit peaceful presents
decorate

Christmas is an annual holiday that (1) the birth of Jesus
of Nazareth. Christmas Day falls on December 25. It is
preceded by Christmas Eve on December 24, and in some
countries it is (2) by Boxing Day on December 26, when
many people go shopping for sales. It is a (3) when
people get together with (4) . People give (5) to each
other or send (6) wishing each other a (7) Christmas. At
Christmas, people (8) carols to get into the Christmas
(9) . As well, people (10) Christmas trees and put up (11)
around the house. A common Christmas dinner is (12) .
There are also lots of (13) goodies for the kids. People
love Christmas because it is the time when they can share
(14) moments with their family.
Answers:
1. marks 2. followed 3. holiday 4. family 5. presents 6.
cards
7. merry 8. sing 9 . spirit 10 . decorate 11 . lights 12 .
turkey


13. baked
13 ‘

14 . peaceful

PREPARING SS WRITE
- T sets the scene : you are going to write a description of
one of the popular celebrations in Vietnam .
- T prepare Ss for the writing task , T uses the passage in
the Warm – up as a model .
- T gets Ss to read the passage again and discuss the main
points included in the passage in pairs . At the same times ,
Ss should write down which sentence(s) belong (s) to
which main point .
- After 5 minutes , T calls on two Ss to go to the board to
write their answers
T asks other Ss to comment on their friends’ ansswers and
gives his / her own feedback .
Suggested answers :
The description includes 6 main points :
+ Name of the festival (sentence 1)
+ purpose of the festival (sentence 1)
+ Time of the festival (sentence 2-3 )
+ Main activities of the festival / what people do in the
festival (sentence4-7 )

Whole class
& pair work