unit 8 AV 9

Week: 25 Preparing date 8/3/07
Period: 50 Teaching date 10/3/07
Unit 8: celebrations
Getting started & listen & read
A/ Objectives: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to know & talk about
some celebrations in the world for details.
B/ Language contents:
* Vocab: about some celebrations in the world.
* Grammar: relative clauses, adverb clauses of concession
-Techniques: chatting, eliciting, questions & answers, pair/group work
- Teaching aids: pictures & sub- boards.
- Time: 45 minutes
C/ Procedures:
T & sts' activities: content:
* Warm up: Chatting (5')
- T asks ss some questions
- Sts answer them
- T: elicit the new lesson “ March
8th is called Woman’s Day 
celebration
* presentation (5')
-Let ss think of the name of the
celebrations on over the world
they’ve know.
- T: write them on the board.
- T: ask : What do people do on
Teacher’s Day?
- T has ss look at the pictures &
read the names of the celebrations
- T asks ss to match the words
with the icons

- public key & corrections
- T asks ss
+ Do you like Tet holiday ?
+ What do you often do on Tet?
2/ T introduces the new lesson:
You’re going to study a text about
the celebrations.
- Sts listen to the text, closing the
books and find out which
celebrations in the text are .
* Warm up: Chatting
+ What’s the date of today? (10/3)
+ What did you do on March 8
th
?
( help my Mom, give my Mom flowers,
presents….)
* What do you know about the popular
celebrations all over the world ?
Christmas
Lunar New Year May Day
Valentine
Day
Wedding
Easter
Women ‘s Day Teacher ‘s Day
1/ Getting started : Work with a partner.
Match the icons with the names of the
celebrations they represent.
* Matching:

1/ Easter
2/ wedding 3/ birthday
4/ Christmas 5/ Mid-Fall Festival
6/ Lunar New Year
2/ Listen & read
* Vocab.:
- occur (v): x¶y ra
- decorate (v): trang trÝ
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celebrations
- public answer & corrections
- Sts listen to the tape of the
lesson, following the text
- Sts find out the words , phrases
about events, activities, things,
dishes… relating each
celebration, write them on the
table
- Ss read the words
- T explains the new structures
* Practice (20')
- T asks ss to read the text to
complete the word map
- public answers & corrections
- Sts talk about three celebrations
in the text
* Consolidation (10')
- Sts talk to each other about the
other celebrations they know.
-T: give the homework

-Ss: copy down
- freedom (n): sù tù do
- slavery (n): sù n« lÖ
- jewish : ngêi Do th¸i, thuéc vÒ Do th¸i
- parade (n): cuéc diÔu hµnh, ®¸m ríc
*… Tet is a festival which occurs in late
January …
+ … Family members who live apart try to
be together at Tet.
* Now complete the table
Cele
brati
on
When Activities Food Count
ry
Tet In late
January
or early
February
Cleaning
and
decoratin
g homes,
and
enjoying
special
food
Sticky
rice
cakes

Viet
Nam
Pass
over
Late
March or
early
April
(Not
available
)
Specia
l meal
called
the
Seder
Israel
East
er
Around
the same
time as
Passover
People
crowd
the
streets to
watch
colorful
parades

Chocol
ate or
sugar
eggs
In
many
count
ries
* Homework:(5 ')
- Write about one celebration that you
like best.
- Prepare the section: speak ( giving &
responding to compliments )
D/ Remarks :
Week:26 Preparing date:11/3/07
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Period:51 Teaching date: 12/3/07
Unit 8: (cont) celebrations - speak
A/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to give and respond to
compliments
B/ Language contents:
* Vocab: some adjectives using in compliments
* Grammar: relative clauses & adverb clauses of concession
-Techniques: revision, eliciting, questions & answers, pair/group work
- Teaching aids: pictures & sub- boards.
- Time : 45 minutes
C/ Procedures:
T & sts' activities content:
*Warm up
- Name of the celebrations

all over the world you’ve
know
- What do they do on the
birthday?
-Ss: answer
- T: What do you use to
talk on this day?
-T: lead in to the new
lesson.
2/pre- speaking (10')
- T : elicit some vocab
-T: read
-Ss: repeat + copy down
-T: check
+ Do you have any active
friends?
+ Have you ever done
charity?
* T: set the scene
- T explains the task of the
exercise
- T uses some real
situations & the structures
in the table to explain how
to give & respond to
compliments
* Practice speaking (20')
--> 1
st
exercise:

Play a game: Who is faster
* Speaking
* Note:
+ active (adj):
+ activist (n): nguêi ho¹t ®éng, tÝch cùc
+ nominate (v): ghi danh, mÖnh danh, chän
+ charity (n): lßng tõ thiÖn, héi tõ thiÖn
( kindness in giving help to the poor )

This is how to give and respond to
compliments:
Give a compliment
Well done.
That ‘s a great / an excellent …
Let me congratulate you on …
Respond to a complement
Thanks.
It ‘s nice of you to say so.
That ‘s very kind of you.

Read the following situations with a partner,
then give and respond to appropriate
compliments
a/ Trang has just won the first prize in the
English speaking contest.
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celebratio
ns
- T has sts read the
situations in the first

exercise on page 66, work
in pairs, play the role of A
and B, using the
information in the box
- public pairs & corrections
* post- speaking (10')
-->2
nd
exercise:
- T divides the class into 4
teams
-Sts work in groups to think
of situations in which they
can give compliments
- public groups &
corrections
- giving good marks for the
teams which give good
situations and make up
suitable dialogues
What does Mai say to pay Trang a compliment ?
And what does Trang respond ?
EX: Mai: Well done, Trang.
Trang: Thanks.
b/ Mother: Well done, Huyen.
Huyen: Thanks, Mom.
c/ Friends: Congratulations on your nomination,
Tuan.
Tuan: It’s nice of you to say so.
d/ You: That’s an excellent drawing, Hoa.

Hoa: That’s very kind of you to say so.
--> Now think of situations in which you can
compliment your friends and get responses from
him/ her/ them, then make up dialogues with
your partner.
* Suggested answers:
a/ Tam has just passed the graduation
examination.
Friends: Congratulations !
Tam: Thanks a lot.
b/ Hoa made an excellent report on saving
energy.
Teacher: That’s an excellent report, Hoa.
Hoa: It’s very kind of you to say so.
c/ Lan got high mark for Maths.
You: Well done.
Lan: It’s very nice of you to say so.
d/ Ba has just won the school swimming
championship.
Friends: Congratulations on your great efforts,
Ba.
Ba: Thank you very much.
* Homework:(5 ')
- Write some situations with the compliments,
the response to the compliments into their
notebooks.
- Prepare section listen (fill the missing words by
listening to the song “ Auld Lang Syne”)
D/ Remarks :
Week: 26 Preparing date:16/3/07

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Period: 52 Teaching date: 17/3/07
Unit 8: (cont) celebrations - listen
A/ Objective: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to fill the missing words
by listening to the song “Auld Lang Syne”
B/ Language contents:
* Vocab: Auld Lang Syne, acquaintance
-Techniques: chatting, eliciting, questions & answers, pair/group work
- Teaching aids: cassette & sub- boards.
- Time: 45 minutes
C/ Procedures:
T & sts' activities: content:
* Warm up:
Listen to the song Auld Lang
Syne for fun (5’)
* pre-listening (5')
- T introduces the song & asks
ss
+ Auld Lang Syne is one of the
best known songs in English-
speaking countries.
+ Have you ever heard this
song before ?
- T teaches ss some new words
- T sets the task : Guess the
missing words
- T writes ss' guesses on the
board
* while-listening (15')
- T gets ss to listen to the song

& check their predictions
- Sts give feedback
- 2
nd
& 3
rd
listening, ss fill the
missing words
- public keys & corrections
* Warm up:
Listen to the song Auld Lang Syne
* Listen: Listen to the song Auld Lang Syne
and fill in the missing words
* Note:
- Auld Lang Syne is one of the best known
songs in English-speaking countries.
- Auld Lang Syne (n): the times gone past,
the good old days.
- In Scots: Auld = old; lang = long; syne =
since
- acquaintance (n): ngêi quen biÕt
* Guessing: Guess the words in the blanks
--> KEY:
a/ days
b/ take
c/ mind
d/ hand
e/ kindness
* TAPE TRANSCRIPT:
Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and days of auld lang syne ?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
and never brought to mind ?
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