Unit 13. Festivals

CHANH AN SECONDARY SCHOOL
English 8
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 4: READ
Teacher: Nguyễn Thi Mộng Kiều
Match each word to its correct meaning:
C. bài thơ
D. phong tục
F. Trang trí
B. dựa vào
A. Cây thông noel
4. (to) base on
5. a Christmas tree
2. custom (n)
1. (to) decorate
3. a poem
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 4: Read
New words:
( a) Christmas tree :
(a) Christmas card :
(a) Christmas Carols :
(a) Santa Claus :
(a) Patron saint :
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh bảo hộ
Christmas tree
Christmas card
Christmas Carols
Santa Claus
Patron saint
a
a
b
c
d
e
Matching :Christmas Carols
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Christmas card
Christmas tree
Patron saint


Christmas Cards
Matching sentences and pictures
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
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
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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2
3
4
5
6
7
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lucky number
How long a go did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
in the 1800s.
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
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS


How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
in the 1800s.

Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

When were Christmas songs first performed ?
800 years ago .

d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem .

Fill in the gaps with the words giving : description, had, send
performed , early, decorated
The Christmas tree was …1 ……..….and put in the
market place in the Latvian city of Riga in the
…..2……….1500s.
In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman
wanted to ….3……...…Christmas greetings to his
friends , so he …..4.…….. Someone design a card .
Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs were……5…..…
for people in towns and villages .
In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas
appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas .
Santa Claus is based on the ……….6……. of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .
decorated
early
send
had
description
performed
Homework
Write answer the questions into your notebooks.
Prepare : Unit 13 : write
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 4 : Read
Thank you all !