Unit 13. Festivals

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS !
CHECKING OLD LESSON
1. Write the structure of passive form:
*The simple present tense
*The simple past tense
2. Change into passive form:
a/I do my homework every day
b/They took my sister to the zoo yesterday
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012



Unit 13: FESTIVALS

LESSON 4:READ



Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 4 : Read
* Vocabulary :
-Christmas tree (n)
-Christmas card (n)
-Christmas Carols (n)
-Santa Claus (n)
-Patron saint (n)
-Decorate (V)
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
Trang trí
-Jolly (a)
Vui nhộn, vui vẻ
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)

Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 4 : Read

Grammar:
*Passive form of the simple past tense (review)
Structure:
A: S + V(C2/ED) + O

P: S + was/were + V(pp) + by O
Ex: I sent a letter to the USA yesterday
-> A letter was sent to the USA (by me) yesterday


Pre-reading.
*True / False statements prediction.
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Period 84: Lesson 4 - Read
1.People decorated Christmas tree in the early 1500s
2.The Christmas tree came from England.
3.The Christmas card was first designed by an Russian man in the mid – nineteenth century.
4. 800 years ago Christmas songs were performed.
5.Santa Claus first appeared in Riga in 1823.
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Period 84: Lesson 4 - Read
II. While-reading.
II. While-reading.
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Period 84: Lesson 4 - Read
*Correct true/false statements
1.People decorated Christmas tree in the early 1500.
2.The Christmas tree came from England.
3.The Christmas card was first designed by an Russian man in the mid – nineteenth century.
4.800 years ago Christmas songs were performed
5.Santa Claus first appeared in 1823.
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The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
LUCKY NUMBERS
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lucky number
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than a century ago
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

Learn by heart “Vocabulary and Grammar”
- Write a short paragraph to talk about Christmas festival.
Do exercises 7, 8/P115 (WB)
Prepare Unit 13: Lesson 5 – Write (communal, councilor)
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Period 84: Lesson 4 - Read
Homework
Thank you for your attention !