Unit 13. Activities

Welcome to my class
English 8
Unit 13: Festivals


Teacher: Chu Thi Thuy Ha



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WELCOME TO OUR LESSON
Monday, March 24th 2008
“Do you like listening English songs?Please listen to me and then answer the questions.”
1.What is it about?
2.When is the Christmas day?
3. Who often bring the children presents on Christmas Eve?
4. What do people often eat on Christmas ?
Unit 13: Festival
Lesson 3 : Read
Vocabulary
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Patron saint (n)
Decorate (V)
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
Trang trí
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 3: Read
I. New words:
- decorate (v):
trang trí, trang hoàng
- patron saint (n):
thánh bảo hộ
- jolly (adj):
vui vẻ, vui nhộn
- Christmas Carols (n):
bài thánh ca
- spread (v) :
trải rộng, lan truyền
Copy
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)
Match each word to its correct meaning:
C. Vui tính
D. Thánh ca
F.Trải rộng , truyền bá
B. Ông già noen
A. Thánh bảo hộ
4. Santa Claus (n)
5. Patron saint (n)
2.Christmas carol (n)
1.(to) spread
3. Jolly (adj)
1. decorate(v):
e. trang trí, trang hoàng
2. patron saint (n) :
h. thánh bảo hộ
3. jolly (adj) :
d. thiết kế
4. Christmas Carols (n) :
g. bài thánh ca
5. spread(v) :
f. trải rộng, lan truyền
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 3: Read
I. New words:
6. custom (n)
7. design(v):
8. description (n):
a. hình mẫu, sự miêu tả
b. phong tục, tập quán
c. vui vẻ, vui nhộn
Matching
Matching
1- The patron saint of children ,a
fat jolly man who wore a red
suit and give children presents
on Christmas Eve

2-The trees were decorated and
put in the common place.

3-They were stories put to music
and enjoyed by most people.

4-People send together by it.
A
B
C
D
1. It has been said he was the patron saint of children, a fat jolly man who wore a ed suit and gave children presents on Chrismas Eve.
2.The custom of decorating it and putting 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 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 Christmas trandition..
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He is also known as father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick...He is kindly, round – bellied, marry...in a red suit trimmed with white fur, with a long white beard. On Christmas Eve, he rides in his flying sleigh lifted by reindeer from house to house to give presents to children.
A beautiful decorated evergreen tree with colored lights . It is known Christmas Symbol.
It has played an important part in winter celebrations for many countries
Whether to greet the advent of the festival season, or for wishing each other well in Christmas, the evergreen Christmas Carols like “We wish you a merry Christmas” or “Jingle bells”. They have never failed to enliven our spirits.
An English man had someone design it to send Christmas greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
Matching
1- The patron saint of children ,a
fat jolly man who wore a red
suit and give children presents
on Christmas Eve

2-The trees were decorated and
put in the common place.

3-They were stories put to music
and enjoyed by most people.

4-People send together by it.
A
B
C
D
The Christmas Tree
One Christmas Eve in the early 1500s , some people decorated a tree and put it
in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga .This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to America in the 1800s

The Christmas Card
In the mid-nineteenth century , an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends , so he had someone design a card. Forty years later , cards were a part of the Christmas tradition


Christmas Carols
Eight hundred years ago , Christmas
songs were performed for people in towns
and villages.
These songs were
Stories put to music
And most people
enjoyed them. The leaders
of the Church , however,
did not. They said
the songs were unsuitable,
but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.
Santa Claus
In 1823 , the patron saint of children , Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit From Saint Nicholas . The character
in the poem was a fat jolly man
who wore a red suit
and gave children
presents on Christmas Eve, The poem , which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
2. Grid
The Christmas Tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
800 years ago
No information
Santa Claus
1823
* Comprehention questions:
a, How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
b, Why did the Englishman have someone 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 ?
3. Questions:
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
c. When were Christmas songs first performed?
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
LUCKY NUMBERS
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lucky number
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than a century ago
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
He wanted to send
Christmas greeting to
his friends
When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
lucky number
Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
Lucky number
lucky number
lucky number
Thank you all !
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