Unit 13. Festivals

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Teacher : Nguyen Le Hong Vinh
a. Flower –arranging festival.
d. Sailing festival.
b. Lim festival.
e. Bull-fighting festival.
c. Hung’s temple festival.
f. Mid-Autumn festival.
a. Flower –arranging festival.
d. Sailing festival.
f. Mid-Autumn festival.
b. Lim festival.
e. Bull-fighting festival.
c. Hung’s temple festival.
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Monday, March 26th , 2012
UNIT: 13
FESTIVALS
Lesson 5:
WRITE
Review the words:
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- activity:
- festival:
- member:
- competition:
- contest:
- fire-making:
- rice-cooking:
- prize:
- wonderful:
hoạt động
lễ hội
thành viên
cuộc thi, cuộc tranh tài
cuộc thi
nhóm lửa
nấu cơm
phần thưởng, giải thưởng
tuyệt vời
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+ What are they doing ?
+ What is the name of the festival ?
+ Have you ever taken part in that festival?
They are cooking.
The rice- cooking festival.
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Using the information in the dialogue Listen and Read on page 121 to fill in the gaps in this report.
Fill in the gaps:
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The Rice-cooking Festival
by Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh

This report shows how the (1)......................... festival was held.
The festival was held in the communal house yard about (2)........................ kilometer away from a river. There were three competitions: (3) ............................., fire-making and rice-cooking. The festival took one day.
In the water-fetching contest one person from each team had to (4) .................... to the river to get the (5) ......................
In the fire-making contest two team members had to make a fire in the (6) ........................ way. They tried to rub pieces of (7) ................... together to make the fire.
(8) .............. people from each team took part in the rice-cooking contest. They had to (9) .................. the rice from the husk and then cook the rice.
After the three contests, all the points were (10) ................... and the Thon Trieu group won the grand prize. The festival was wonderful.
rice - cooking
one / a
water - fetching
run
water
traditional
bamboo
Six
separate
added
Unit13: FESTIVALS
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a. What is the name of the festival?

b. Where was the festival held?

c. How long did the festival last?

d. How many activities were there ? Were there any competitions ?

e. How were the activities organized ?

f. How many people took part in each activity?

g. What did you think about the festival?


Questions:
The school/ Christmas/ Mid-Autumn festival
The festival was held in the yard/ at the stadium/ at home/ …
It lasted one day/ two days/…
There were two/ three activities/…
singing and shouting, wearing masks …. People/ the children were interested in a special cake “Moon cakes”
There are many people/ children took part in/ played traditional games
The festival was wonderful/ interesting/…
The Mid- Autumn Festival
The festival was held on 15th of August in the school yard. The festival lasted 3 hours. There were many activities such as: singing and shouting, wearing masks, parading on the roads and banging the drums.
The children were interested in a special cake “Moon cakes”. Children went on playing traditional games until mid-night.
This festival is a very special occasion for Vietnamese people, especially for children to play and enjoy on a variety of activities . The festival was wonderful.
Suggestion report
Writing a similar report about Mid-Autumn Festival. The answers to the questions below can help you.
Homework:
- Writing a similar report on a festival you joined’ve recently.
(Camping festival, Mid-Autumn festival,...)
- Preparing for lesson 6: Language focus 3,4
+ Reviewing the Passive form.
+ Reviewing about Reported speech.