Unit 13. Festivals

Which festival is it?
CHRISTMAS
What specials are often there on Christmas?
Tell something you know about Christmas?
ENGLISH 8
UNIT 13
CHRISTMAS
(P.124+125)
LESSON 3: READING
1. Pre - teach Vocabulary:
- Christmas tree /ˈkrisməs tri:/[n]:
cây thông Noel
- Christmas card /ˈkrisməs ka:d/[n]:
thiếp mừng Giáng sinh
- Christmas Carol /ˈkrisməs ˈkærəl/[n]:
bài hát mừng/thánh ca Giáng sinh
(= Christmas song)
- Santa Claus /,sæntəˈklɒ:z/[n]:
Ông già Noel
- (Patron) saint /ˈpeitrən seint/[n]:
Thánh đỡ đầu
- decorate /ˈdekəreit/[v]:
trang hoàng, trang trí
- perform /pəˈfɒ:m/[v]:
biểu biễn, trình diễn
- base on /beis ɒn/[v]:
dựa vào, dựa theo
B. …. a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve; based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem written by Clement Clarke Moore.
A. … the stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. They were first performed for people in towns and villages 800 years ago.
D. An English man had someone design it to send greetings to his friends in the mid-19th century.
C. A tree was decorated and put in a market place; spread throughout Europe, and to America in the 1800s.
1. The Christmas tree
2. The Christmas card
3. Christmas Carols
4. Santa Claus
* Scan & Match.
2. While - reading:
Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the word.
* Read and complete the table.
The USA
early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
[no information]
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
The Christmas Tree
Riga
Questions:
a. The Christmas tree came to the USA ………. ago.
A- 100 years
3. Post - reading:
B- 200 years
C- more than 200 years
b. An Englishman had someone design a card because he wanted to send……………….
A- Christmas songs to his friends.
B- Christmas greetings to his friends.
C- Christmas invitations to his friends.
Questions:
c. Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago. T/F?
d. The poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas was written by
Clement Clarke Moore. T/F?
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
4. Post - reading:
=> T
=> T
=> Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas.
HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart the vocabulary.
- Practice again the dialogue.
Prepare U13.L4: Write (P. 127.
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