Unit 8 celebrations

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MATCHING
Work in two groups in 3 minutes.
Look at the six pictures, and six names of celebrations in the box.
Match the name with the correct picture.

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I/ Getting started: match the names of the celebrations with the pictures

b. Lunar New Year

d. Birthday

f. Wedding

a. Easter

c. Christmas

e. Mid-Fall Festival

1

3

6

4

2

5


- Matching

1
a. Easter

6
b. Lunar new Year

3
d. Birthday

4
c. Christmas

2
f. Wedding

5
e. Mid-Fall Festival


UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

II. LISTEN AND READ

b. Lunar new Year

a. Easter


Thursday, March 5th 2009.

Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS
Listen and read / p.65

1- Vocabulary

. (to) occur = (to) happen

: X¶y ra

. (the) freedom : Sù tù do
. (the) slavery : Sù n« lÖ
. (the) Jewish : Ng­êi do th¸i, thuéc vÒ Do th¸i

. (a) parade :

Cuéc diÔu hµnh, ®¸m r­íc

. (to) decorate

: trang trÝ

Thursday, March 5th 2009.

Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Listen and read / p.65

2- Practice
- T/F statements prediction

a. Tet is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people.
b. Tet is a festival which occurs in early February or late March.
c. Passover is in late March and early April.
d. This festival is celebrated in Vietnam.
e. Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries.
f. It happens at around the same time as Tet.
Sentence
s

a
b
c
d
e
f

Guess

Answer

Correction

Thursday, March 5th 2009

Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS
Listen and read / p.65

2- Practice

- Reading and checking prediction

*/ Questions

*/Correction

a. Tet is the most important
celebration for Vietnamese
people.
b. Tet is a festival which occurs
in early February or late March.
c. Passover is in late March and
early April.
d. This festival is celebrated in
Vietnam.
e. Easter is a joyful festival
which is celebrated in many
countries.
f. It happens at around the
same time as Tet.

a-T
b - F. Tet is a festival which occurs in
early January or late February.
c-T
d- F . This festival is celebrated in Israel.
e -T
f- F. It happens at around the same
time as Passover.


Thursday, March 5th 2009
Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS

Listen and read / p.65

Compete the table
- Grids

Celebrations

Tet

Passover

Easter

When

Country

In late
January
or early
February

VietNam

In late
March
or early
April
Around
the
same
time as
Passover

Activities
Clean and decorate
homes, wear new
clothes and enjoy
special food

Israel

Celebrates freedom
from slavery

In many
countries

People crowd the
streets to watch
colorful parades

Food
Sticky rice
Cake

Special
meal
called
Seder

Chocolate,
sugar eggs


PRODUCTION
Which celebrations do we talk about?
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1. On this holiday, children often wear their new clothes and receive
THE money”
TET HOLIDAYS
- THE

LUNAR
NEW
“lucky
from their relatives.
People
give best
wishesYEAR
to one
another.
2. On this holiday, people come to church and have special meals
THE
CHRISTMAS
with turkey and
pudding.
In the evening,HOLIDAY
an old man wearing a red
suit, called “Santa Claus” give presents to the children.
3. We celebrate a lot of activities for women on this holiday. It
occurs on
MarchWOMEN’S
of the year.
THE
DAY ( March 8th )


HOMEWORK
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Read the passage more and more.
Learn the new vocabulary by heart and
make the sentences with them.
Prepare the next part of unit 8 –
Speak.


Good BYE AND GOOD LUCK