Unit 13. Festivals

Welcome to visit our class
Teacher: Le Thi Duyen
Warm up
Bull-fighting Festival
Flower Festival
Lim Festival
Sailing Festival
Rice-cooking Festival
Mid-autumn Festival
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 5: Write
Class: 8D
1. How many people in this picture?
2. What are they doing?
3. How many contest in this festival?
->7 people
->They are preparing for the Rice-cooking Festival.
->Three (water-fetching, fire-making and rice-cooking)
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
water - fetching
run
water
traditional
bamboo
Six
separate
added
The Rice-cooking Festival
By Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh
1. Fill in the gaps in this report.
II. Complete the sentences.
1. The/ was festival/ held/ 15th/ on/ August/ yard/ my/ of/ in/ school.
The Mid-autumn Festival
3. were/ activities/ There/ many/ as/ singing/ wearing/ on/ roads/ the/ masks/ parading/ such/ and.
2. lasted/ 2/ It/ about/ hours.
-> It lasted about 2 hours.
-> The festival was held on 15th August in my school yard.
-> There were many activities such as singing, wearing masks, and parading on the roads.
4. Students/ interested/ a/ cake/ were/ in/ special/ called/ “Moon cake”.
-> Students were interested in a special cake called “Moon cake”.
5. traditional/ games/ We/ played/ until/ mid- night.
7. The/ was/ and/ festival/ wonderful/ of/ loved/ us/ all/ it.
6. think/ this/ I/ was/ festival/ special/ for/ children.
-> I think this festival was special for children.
-> We played traditional games until mid- night.
-> The festival was wonderful and all of us loved it.
III. Retell the report. Use the sentences above.
The Mid-autumn Festival
The festival was held on 15th August in my school yard. It lasted about 2 hours. There were many activities such as: singing, wearing masks, parading on the roads. Students were interested in a special cake called “Moon cake”. We played traditional games until mid-night. I think this festival was special for children. The festival was wonderful and all of us loved it.
Answer the questions
What is your favourite festival?
Tet
Christmas
Halloween
-> My favourite festival is
go out with friend, or family
2. What do you usually do in this festival?
sing a song
parade on the roads
- Write a report on a festival you joined.
- Prepare the new lesson:
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 6: Language Focus
(Review passive form, compound words and reported speech)