Unit 6 The young pioneers club

English 9
Unit 8 - Celebrations
lessson 1:
Getting started + listen and read


I.Warm-up ( Brainstorming )
Celebrations you
know

* Possible answers:
Birthday, Tet (Lunar New Year), Christmas, Valentine
Day, Women’s Day, Teacher’s Day, Wedding, May
Day, Passover, Easter, Mid Autumn Festival…


II. Pre-reading
1.Getting started
2.Vocabulary

(to) occur: X¶y ra
(to) decorate: Trang trÝ
Freedom (u.n): Sự tự do
Slavery (u.n): Sự nô lệ, chế độ nô lƯ
(be) jewish : Thc vỊ Do Th¸i, Ngêi Do Th¸i
(a) parade: Cuộc diễu hành, đám rớc


* Checking vocab
Slap the board
Xảy

ra

Cu
ộc

diễ
u

Tran
gt
Sự n

hàn
h

rí

ô lệ

Sự
tự
Ng
ời

Do

do

Th á

i


3.Gap-filling
* Tet: The Lunar New Year (1)……is the most
important celebration for (2)…..people. Tet is a
festival occurs in late (3)…..or early February.
* Passover: (4)…..is in late March or early (5)…..
On this (6)....., people celebrate freedom from
slavery.
• Easter: On (7)…..Day, young children (8)…..
chocolate or sugar eggs as long as they are good.
Students' answers:
1.
2.
5.
6.

3.
7.

4.
8.


III. While-reading
1.Checking answers:
Students read and check the anwers:
Answers:
1. holiday

4. Passover
7. Easter

2. Vietnamese
5. April
8. receive

3. January
6. festival


2.Complete the table
Celebration When? Activities

Tet

Passover
Easter

Food

Cleaning and
decorating
homes,
wearing new
clothes and
enjoying
special food

Sticky rice

cakes

In late
March or
early April

Eating
special meal

Speacial
meal called
seder

Around
the same
time as
Passover

Watching
colorful
parades

In late
January or
early
February

Country

Vietnam

Chocolate,
sugar, eggs

Israel
In many
countries


IV. Post-reading
Put the given words in their right orders to make meaningful
and/ Vietnam
anwers. / in / celebrated / Tet?
1. questions
is / When

 is / in / January / early / late / February / It / or
celebrated.
2. People / do / What / on Tet / do?
 clean / decorate / homes / they / and / their.
3. they / new clothes / Do / wear?
=> they / Yes / , / do.
4. Vietnamese people / do / What / eat / on Tet?
=> usually / sticky rice cakes / eat / They.


Answer
1. When is Tet celebrated in vietnam?
 It is celebrated in late January or early
February.

2. What do people do on Tet?
 They clean and decorate their homes.
3. Do they wear new clothes?
 Yes, they do.
4. What do Vietnamese people eat on Tet?
=> They usually eat sticky rice cakes.


V. Homework

- Look at the table again, use the cues and
make questions and answers about
"Passover" and "Easter" ( 4 questions and
answers for each. )

The lesson ends
Thank you and goodbye !


The lesson ends

Good health, good luck, good
learning and goodbye !