E8-U13-L3

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Giáo án Anh 8
Preparing date:/ 18 / 3 / 2009
Teaching date: 20/ 03 / 2009
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS.
LESSON 3: READ.
Period: 80.
A. Objectives:
I.Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to get some
knowledge about Christmas.
II. Skills: reading.
III.Teaching- aids: Lesson plan, pictures and poster.
B.Procedures:
I. Class-organization: check-attendance (1m)
II .Checking-up: New words .(5ms)
III.New- lesson:
Time Teacher's activities Ss' activities
10ms + Warm - up:
-Let Ss sing a song.
- T presents the new lesson.
A. Pre - reading:
1. Pre - teach vocabulary:
-T elicits words from Ss.
-to spread / spread / spread : lan
truyền.= to cover a larger and larger.
-Christmas carol : bài hát mừng lễ
giáng sinh.
-patron saint: vị thánh bảo trợ.
-Jolly (adj) = happy = cheerful
-to decorate: to make s.th look more

attractive by putting something on it.
-T reads first and then ask Ss to read.
2. Matching:
-Stick the pictures on the board
( Christmas tree / card / carol / Santa
Claus ).
-Put the statements on the poster or on
the board, ask Ss to read them and do
the matching.
1.It has been said he was the patron
saint of children, a fat jolly man who
wore a red suit and gave children
presents on Christmas Eve.
2. The custom of decorating it and
pitting it in a common place, spread
throughout Europe to America.
3. They were stories put to music and
enjoyed by most people. First the
leaders of the Church did not like
Ss listen to the song and guess the
name of the song.
Ss copy down the words.
Ss read in chorus and then individual.
Ss match.
a. Christmas carol.
b. Christmas carol.
c. Christmas cards
d. Santa Claus.
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them but later they became popular.
4. An English man had someone
design it to send Christmas greetings
to his friends. Now it is a part of the
Christmas tradition.
B. While - reading:
1. Complete the table:
-Having Ss read the text and check
the matching.
-Asking Ss to read the paragraph
again and complete the grid.
- T goes around and corrects
2. Comprehension questions:
a. How long ago did the Christmas
tree come to the USA?
b. Why did the English man have
some design a card?
c. When were Christmas songs first
performed?
d. Who wrote the poem A visit from
Saint Nicolas?
e. What is Santa Claus based on?

C. Post - reading:
-Asking Ss to summarise.
+ Possible answers:
1.c 2. d 3. a 4.b
Reading the text silently.

+Grid:
Christmas
specials
Place of
origin
Date
The
christmas
tree
Riga Early
1500s
The
christmas
card
England Mid - 19th
century.
Christmas
carol
No
informatio
n
800 years
ago
Santa
Claus
USA 1828
Ss read the text again and answer the
questions:
a. More than a century ago.
b. He wanted to send Christmas

greetings to his friends.
c. 800 years ago.
d. Clement Clarke Moore wrote a
poem " A visit from……
e. Santa Claus is based on the
description of Saint Nicolas in this
poem.
IV. Consolidation: (2ms)
-T asks Ss to read the summary before class
V. Homework: -Learning new words by heart and prepare "read"
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