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

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Period 69
Lesson1: Getting Started(p.26-27)
Festivals around the world.
UNIT 9
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?
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?
No, she didn’t because she said “Oh, really?”to show her surprise.
They light candles and display fireworks.
La Tomatina is.
Because they go to the desert, make a camp and have a party to celebrate the festival.
They should write up reports and hand them in to the teacher.
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1b. Write True (T) or false (F).
Nick chose the festival because he would like to see elephants racing.
The “Festival of Lights” is another name for Diwali.
People throw tomatoes at each other for one day at La Tomatina.
Burning Man is held in the desert.
T
T
hour
Water festival
Halloween
Easter
Christmas
Rock in Rio
Tet
Ghost Day
Cannes film festival
2. Check your answers.
religious
superstitious
music/arts
seasonal
Christmas
Easter
Cannes Film Festival
Rock in Rio
Water Festival
Tet
Ghost Day
Halloween
3. Match the festivals below with the reasons they are held.
- I think Rock in Rio and the Cannes Film Festival are music or arts festivals.
- I agree.
-Which do you think are seasonal festivals?
Rock in Rio
Cannes Film Festival
seasonal
4. Compare your answers with a partner.
-I think Christmas and Easter. How about you?
-I think Halloween and Ghost Day.
Easter
Christmas
music or arts
Halloween and Ghost Day
Battle of the Oranges - Ivrea, Italy
Carnival of Venice , Italy
Harbin Ice & Snow Festival, China
Boryeong Mud Festival - South Korea
Holi - India
Pingxi Lantern Festival - Taiwan
New Year`s Eve - Sydney Harbor, Australia
International Balloon Fiesta - USA
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).

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