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UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
Lesson 1: Getting started + Listen and Read
Period 50
Week 25
Date of preparation:
I. Objectives: After the lesson,Ss 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:
1. Vocabulary : sticky rice cake,occur,live apart,Israel,Jewish,Passover,slavery,joyful,parade,….
2. Structure :
• Relative clause
• Adverbs clauses of concession
III. Teaching Aids: textbook,chalks,posters,pictures,objects about festivals,…….
IV. Procedure:
Teacher-Students’ activities Contents
A. Warm-up
T: ask
Ss: work in groups and make
a list of famous celebrations
in Viet Nam and worldwide
T: ask
Ss: match
T: give the correct answers
Ss: write
T: ask
Ss: answer
Network
Christmas
Easter
Mother’s Day
Father’s Day

Thanksgiving Day
Halloween
Valentine’s Day
…………………………………
Lunar New Year
Mid-Fall Festival
Wedding
Birthday
Teacher’s Day
May Day
………………………….
Now you match the icons with the names of the celebrations they
represent
1. Easter 4. birthday
2. wedding 5. Christmas
3. birthday 6. Mid-Fall Festival
In which country,do people celebrate………….?
When ( At what time of the year ) do people celebrate it?
What do they do?
Celebrations
B. Teaching new lesson
Activity 1
T: write some words and
phrases
Ss: write
T: divide class into small
groups
Ss: rearrange the letters to
make good words. Group with
the most correct words in the

shortest time will be the
winner
Activity 2
T: ask
Ss: read the passage on page
65 about celebrations in Viet
Nam and in other countries.
T: ask
Ss: compare their table with a
partner
T: give the correct answers
Ss: write
Activity 3
T: ask
Ss: work in groups and
invidividual
T: give the suggested answer
Ss: consult
C. Consolidation
T: remind
Ss: listen and remember
D. Homework
T:give the exercise
Ss: write
……..
Sticky rice cake (n): traditional Chung cake
Occur (v): happen.take place
Live apart (v): far away
Israel: (translate)
Jewish (a):

Passover (n): Jewish spring festival commemorating deliverance of
Isrealites from bondage in Egypt
Slavery (a): condition or work of slave
Joyful (a): cheerful
Parade (v,n): march with display
Jumbled words
Now you complete the table with five headings:celebration,when,
activities,food,country.
Celebration When? Activities Food Country
Tet In late January
or early
February
Cleaning and
decorating
homes,and
enjoying
special food
Sticky rice Cake Viet
Nam
Passover Late March or
early April
(not available) Special meal
called the Seder
Israel
Easter Around the
same time as
Passover
People crowd
the streets to
watch colorful

parades
Chocolate or
sugar eggs
In many
countries
Mini – presentation
Base on the information in the table to make a mini presentation about
the celebrations
Good morning,everybody. It’s pleasure to be here today to tell you about
one of the biggest celebrations in Viet Nam. It is Lunar New Year
festival or Tet. This is the most imfortant family gatherings which falls in
late January or early February…….
Summarize the main points
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
Lesson 2: SPEAK
Period 51
Week 26
Date of preparation:
I. Objectives: After the lesson,Ss will be able to give and respond to a compliment for common
situations.
II. Language Contents:
1. Vocabulary: contest,take part in,charity program/activities,activist,nominate,……
2. Structure
• Relative clause
• Adverbs clauses of concession
III. Teaching Aids: textbook,chalks,posters,pictures,objects about festivals,…….
IV. Procedure:
Teacher-Students’ activities Contents
A. Warm-up
T: ask

Ss: answer
B. Teaching new lesson
I. Pre-speaking
T: write vocabularies
Ss: write
T: divide class into groups
and write all the words on the
board
Ss: stand in a distance from
the board to say the
Vietnamese meaning and go
to the board and slap on the
word which has that meaning.
T: introduce the structures to
give and respond to a
compliment
Ss: listen and write
T: demonstrate by the first
situation in the book
Ss: consult
II. While-speaking
T: ask
Ss: work in pairs
T: call on some pairs
Ss: practice the dialogue
before class
T: feedback and give the
suggeated answers
Question and Answer
When do people give compliment to others?

Do you usually give a compliment?
On which occasion? To whom?
Do you know how to repond to it?
Contest ( English speaking contest ) (n): competition
Charity program/activities (n): voluntary actions given to people in need
or distress.
Acvitist (n): person who actively take part in social work
Nominate (v): appoint
Slap the board
Give a compliment Respond to a compliment
Well done
That’s a great / an excellent…..
Let me congratulate you on
Thanks
It’s nice of you to say so.
That’s very kind of you.
Trang has just won the first prize in the English speaking contest.
Example:
Mai: Well done,Trang.
Trang: Thanks.
Now you read the situations in the book and then give and respond to
appropriate compliments
b) On her mother’s birthday,Huyen made a beautiful cake to celebrate.
III. Post-speaking
T: ask
Ss: work with another partner
T: give the suggested
situatons
Ss: consult
T: call on some pairs

Ss: read the dialogue
T: feedback and give the
suggested answers
Ss: consult
C. Cosolidation
T: remind
Ss: listen and remember
D. Homework
T: give the exercise
Ss: write
Mother: Well done,Huyen.
Huyen: Thanks,Mom.
c) Tuan is an active student. He has taken part in different charity
activities in his town. Tuan has been nominated as the most effective
activist in the town charity program.
Friends: Congratulations on your nomination,Tuan.
Tuan: It’s nice of you to say so.
d) Hoa brings to class a new picture she has painted.
You: That’s excellent drawing,Hoa.
Hoa: That’s very nice of you to say so.
Now you think of the situations in which you can compliment your
friends and respond from him / her / them,then make up dialogues with
your partner
passing the final / entrance exam,graduating from university,winning the
first prize in a singing contest,having finished making a birthday card,
……..
Nam: Well done,Ba.
Ba: Thank you a lot.
***
Lan: Let me congratulate you on your graduation.

Mai: That’s very kind of you.
***
Thanh: Congratulation! That’s an excellent performance!
Trung: It’s nice of you to say so.
***
Son: Well done! It’s a great cake.
Linh: Thanks.
Summarize the main points
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UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
Lesson 3: LISTEN
Period 52
Week 26
Date of preparation:
I. Objectives: After the lesson,Ss will be able to 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:
1. Vocabulary: acquaintance,bring to mind,kindness,trustly,……
2. Structure
• Relative clause
• Adverbs clauses of concession
III. Teaching Aids: textbook,chalks,posters,cassette,tape,…….
IV. Procedure:
Teacher-Students’ activities Contents
A. Warm-up+Check-up
T: ask
Ss: play game in groups
T: gather ideas by calling on
some Ss to say about that
B. Teaching new lesson

I. Pre-listening
T: introduce
Ss: listen
T: write some words
Ss: write
T: ask
Ss: work in independently
II. While-listening
T: ask
Ss: read the song and guess the
missing words
T: take the tape
Ss: listen and do
T: ask
Brainstorming
Now you make the list of things people in western countries do on New
Year’s Eve.
Things done on New Year’s Eve:
Holding parties
Dancing
Drinking
Exchanging best wishes
Giving presents
Singing
Making resolutions ( setting goals for new year )
…………………
Set the scene
On New Year’s Eve,many countries in western countries hold parties
which last until late into the night. It is 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 tme 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
is one of the best known songs in English-speaking counties. Auld
Lang Syne means The times gone past; the good old days. In Scots
Auld = old; lang = long; syne = since
Acquaintance (n): person who knows slightly
Bring ti mind (v): remember
Kindness (n): being kind to others
Trusty (a): trustworthy,believable
Matching
1. acquaintance a. trustworthy
2. bring to mind b. person you know
3. kindness c. remember
4. trusty d. being kind to others
Answers:
1.b 2.c 3.d 4.a
Scots English
Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
Old Long Since
Should old acquaintances be
forgotten and never remembered
Should old acquaintances be