Unit 09. Festivals Around the World. Lesson 1. Getting started

Wednesday, February 17th 2016.


Name the festivals you know .



1a. Answer the following questions.
1. Did the teacher expect Nick to choose a Vietnamese
festival? Why/ Why not?
2. What do people do to celebrate Diwali?
3. Which festival is held in a small town?
4. Why does Mi think her festival is unusual?
5. What should the students do after this discussion
with the teacher?


Keys.

1. Did the teacher expect Nick to choose a Vietnamese festival?
Why/ Why not?

No, she didn’t because she said “Oh, really?”to
show her surprise.
2. What do people do to celebrate Diwali?

They light candles and display fireworks.
3. Which festival is held in a small town?

La Tomatina is.

4. Why does Mi think her festival is unusual?

Because they go to the desert, make a camp and have a
party to celebrate the festival.
5. What should the students do after this discussion with the
teacher?

They should write up reports and hand them in to the
teacher.


1b. Write True (T) or false (F).
T Nick chose the festival because he would like to see
elephants racing.
T The “Festival of Lights” is another name for
Diwali.
F

People throw tomatoes at each other for one
day at La Tomatina.
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T

Burning Man is held in the desert.


2. Check your answers.

Water festival

Cannes film festival
Halloween

Ghost Day

Tet

Easter
Rock in Rio

Christmas


3. Match the festivals below with the reasons
they are held.
Christmas
Easter

Tet
Water Festival

religious

seasonal

music/arts

superstitious

Rock in Rio

Ghost Day

Cannes Film Festival

Halloween


4. Compare your answers with a partner.
- I think Rock in Rio and the Cannes Film Festival
are music or arts festivals.

- I agree.
-Which do you think are seasonal festivals?
-I think Christmas and Easter
Easter. How about you?

-I think Halloween and Ghost Day.
Day


Carnival of Venice , Italy

Battle of the Oranges Ivrea, Italy

Holi - India

Boryeong Mud Festival -

Harbin Ice & Snow Festival, China

International Balloon Fiesta - USA

New Year's Eve - Sydney
Harbor, Australia

Pingxi Lantern Festival - Taiwan


HOMEWORK:
1. Learn vocabulary by heart .
2. Redo 1, 2,3 ,5 (p.27) in your notebooks.
3. Practice the dialogue more.
4. Prepare Unit 9: A close look 1(p.28).