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Unit 13 festivals
Lesson 4 Write
A. The objectives
- Content: Rice cooking festival, past simple tense
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to revise the vocab and tructures
about the rice-cooking festival. They’ll use the language to write a report on a
festival they’ve joined recently
B. Materials: Pictures, OHP, transparencies, posters
Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: Ss have rarely taken part in festival so they’ve known
little about them and it’s difficult for them to report back
C. Procedure
I. Warmer
Running dictation
Ask ss to work in groups of 8
Ss write on the transparencies,
show them on the OHP
Check the origin
II. Checking the old lesson
Group 1: There’s a river about one
…
Group 2: The fire is made ….
Group 3: Six people from each
team …
III. New lesson
Pre-writing
I. Write
1. Fill the information in the report
1. rice-cooking
2. one/ a
3. water-fetching
4. run
5. water
6. traditional
7. bamboo
8. six
9. separate
10. added
The roce-cooking festival
In the communal house yard
One day
There were three competitions
In the water-fetching, …
Gap-fill exercise
Ask ss to work individually to
complete the report on the ricecooking festival
Pair and compare
T gets some ss to read the
completed report aloud
Checking the understanding
What’s the name of the festival?
Where was the festival held?
How long did the festival last?
Were there any competitions?
How was/ were the activity/
activities organized?
How many people took part in
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each activity?
What did you think about the
festival?
The festival was wonderful
While-writing
What festival is celebrated in Mid
Fall do you know?
Eliciting the activities, …
Ask ss to work in groups of four to
write report on the Round Moon
festival
Ss write on the transparencies
T gets FB on the OHP
This report shows how the Mid
Autumn festival was held.
This festival was specially
organized for children.
It was held in the yard of the
culture House in the village. The
festival lasted one day and the
main festival was in the evening
when the moon is at its fullest.
During the festival children took
part in various activities like:
singing, dragon dancing, wearing
masks, parading on the roads and
banging the drums.
The festival was really exciting.
Post-writing
Ask ss to look at the pictures and
elicit the names and activities of
the festivals
Have ss choose a festival and write
a report on the festival they took
part in/ liked.
IV. Consolidation
Past simple tense to report a
festival
V. Homework
Study vocab by heart
Read the report on the rice-cooking
festival again, write dictation and
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translation
Write similar reports on other
festivals
Prepare new lesson
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