Unit 13. Festivals

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TAY SON SECONDARY SCHOOL –GRADE 8 – CLASS 8a6
THE BIG WHEEL
8 February, 2017
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JINGLE BELL
What is the name of the song ?
This is the biggest festival in the West . It begin on December 25th.
CHRISTMAS
Who is he?
Santa Clause
WE WISH YOU
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
What is the name of the song ?
Unit 13 : FESTIVALS
Lesson 4: READ
Tay Son Secondary School
CLASS 8A6
4. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve.
The Christmas Tree
The Christmas Card
The Christmas Carols
Santa Claus
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas carols(n)
Decorated (v)
A fat jolly man (n)
Perform(v)
Patron saint (n)
NEW WORDS

1.Christmas tree (n): cây thông giáng sinh
2.Christmas card (n): thiệp giáng sinh
3.Christmas carols (n): bài thánh ca giáng sinh
4.Decorated (v) : trang trí
5.A fat jolly man (n) người đàn ông mập mạp
6.Perform (v) : biểu diễn
7.Patron saint (n) : thánh bảo hộ
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
The Christmas Card
The Christmas Carols
Santa Claus
True or False



4. Santa Clause is based on Saint Nicholas’s description in the poem.
2. The Christmas Card was designed in the 20th century.
1. The Christmas tree first appeared in Riga
3. The Christmas Carols were popular ten years ago.
True or False



4. Santa Claus is based on Saint Nichola’s description in the poem.
2. The Christmas Card was designed in the twenty century.
1. The Christmas tree first appeared in Riga
3. The Christmas Carols were popular ten years.
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2. The Christmas Card was designed in the mid nineteenth century.
3. The Christmas Carols were popular eight hundred years ago.
4. Santa Clause is based on Saint Nichola’s description in the poem.
1. The Christmas tree first appeared in Riga
The early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
( no information)
800 years ago
Santa claus
1823
The Christmas tree
QUESTION :
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
When was Christmas songs first performed?
Who wrote the poem a visit from Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Clause based on?
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LUCKY NUMBER
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Question 1:
How long ago did the Christmas tree
come to the USA?
=> The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.
Question 2:
=> Because he wanted to send Christmas
greetings to his friends.
Why did the Englishman have someone
design a card ?
Question 3:
=> Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago.
When were Christmas songs first performed ?
d. Who wrote the poem
“A visit from Saint Nicholas” ?
-> An American professor Clement Clarke Moore.
Question 4:
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
=> On the description of Saint Nicholas in
Professor Moore’s poem.
Question 5:
YOU ARE LUCKY
YOU ARE LUCKY
1:The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800
2:Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago.
3: Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
4:An American professor Clement Clarke Moore.
5:On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem.
ANSWER:
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CHRISTMAS
Four special things at Christmas
Christmas tree
Christmas card
Christmas carols
Santa Claus
RETELL THE MINDMAP
Saint Nicholas in a poem called:
Santa Claus
Gave children presents
Red suit
A fat jolly man
Christmas carols
800 years ago
Performed in towns and villages
180 years ago became popular
Christmas card
Mid - nineteenth century
Englishman
Christmas greetings
Design a card
40 years later
Christmas tree
In the early 1500s
Custom spread throughout:
In the 1800s
Europe
America
Homewrok

Learn by heart new words and the song
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