Unit 13. Festivals

Period :78
Lesson 1: - GETTING STARTED
- LISTEN AND READ
Created by : Y Khương Niê Kdăm
School year : 2009- 2010
Week 27
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Noi Tru Krong pac junior high school
Warm-up :
I / Getting started:
Questions: where should they go on their visits to VN ?
They need advices from you
Imagine that you have 5 friends coming to VN from different countries . Each person has a hobby.
1, Tom likes swimming and sunbathing
2, David is interested ancient cities.
3, Huckleberry likes mountain climbing.
4, Oliver is keen on pottery
5, Robinson is fond of crowded places.
1, Tom likes swimming and
sunbathing
He should go to Nha Trang
Or Vung Tau
2, David is interested in ancient cities.
He should go to Hoi An in Quang Nam province
Hoi an ancient city
Example:
Vung tau beach
Nha trang beach
3, Huckleberry likes mountain climbing.
 He should go to Sa Pa
4, Oliver is keen on pottery
 He should go to Bat Trang pottery village in Hanoi
5, Robinson is fond of crowded places.
 He should go to HCM City or HN
II/ Listen and read
We have discussed the tourist attractions in VN . One of the reasons that attracts tourist is the traditional festivals . Do you know one of them ?
Vietnamese
festivals
Elephant race Festival
Highlands Gong Festival
Rice – cooking festivals
Vietnamese rice festival
In today’s lesson we will learn these festivals
Introduction :
Who are they in the pictures?
What are they doing ?
Rice – cooking festivals
Rice - cooking festival
Water -fetching contest
Fire- making contest
Rice – cooking contest
Pre-teach vocabulary
-To fetch:
mang , xách , gánh
-To urge :
-To yell : To shout loudly:
La hét, cổ vũ
to make a person / an animal move more quickly: Thúc giục
- To rub :
Chà, cọ xát
-To award :
EX: He is the winner of the sport competition.
-They award him the prize
- Husk ( n):
Vỏ trấu
Tặng thưởng
- To participate:
To take part in :
 Participation (n)
Tham gia
Vocabulary
-To fetch:
mang , xách , gánh
-To urge :
-To yell : To shout loudly:
La hét, cổ vũ
to make a person / an animal move more quickly: Thúc giục
- To rub :
Chà, cọ xát
-To award :
- Husk ( n):
Vỏ trấu
Tặng thưởng
- To participate:
To take part in :
 Participation (n)
Tham gia
Liz: Thanks for inviting me to the rice- cooking festival, Ba. Can you explain what is happening ?
Ba: Sure , There are three competitions: Water fetching, fire- making and rice cooking.
Liz: Where does the water come from ?
Ba: There’s river about one kilometer away. One person from each team has to run to the river. There are four bottles of water on the river bank and return to the starting position.
Liz : That man seems upset . What did he just yell?
Ba: He urged his teammate to run faster.
Liz: What’s special about the fire- making contest ?
Ba: The fire is made in the traditional way. Two team members try to make a fire by rubbing pieces of bamboo together . The winners are the first ones to make a fire.
Liz: I’ m interested in the rice- cooking contest, too.
Ba: Six people from each team participate in this event. They have to separate the rice from the husk and the cook the rice.
Liz: How do they decide who wins the contest?
Ba : The judges try the finished products and the most delicious rice is the winner. Then all the points are added and the grand prize is awarded.
Liz: Is that what is happening now?
Ba: The council leader just said that he was pleased to award the prize to the Thon Trieu team
Dialogue:
True or false? Check (v) the box. Then correct the false sentences and write them in your exercise book
b, One person has to collect four water bottles
a, Two team members takes part in the water- fetching
contest.
c, The fire is made without matches or lighters.
d, Pieces of wood are used to make the fire .
e, In the final contest, the team members taste the rice .
f, The grand prize is give to the team with the most points.
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2, Practice:
2, Practice:
True or false? Check (v) the box. Then correct the false sentences and write them in your exercise book
b, One person has to collect four water bottles
a, Two team members takes part in the water- fetching contest.
c, The fire is made without matches or lighters.
d, Pieces of wood are used to make the fire .
e, In the final contest, the team members taste the rice .
f, The grand prize is give to the team with the most points.
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 Only one team member takes part in the water - fetching contest
 One person has to collect one water bottle
 Pieces of bamboo are used to make the fire .
In the final contest, the judges taste the rice .
Answer key:
b, False  One person has to collect one water bottle
a, False  Only one team member takes part in the water fetching contest
c, True .
d, False  Pieces of bamboo are used to make the fire .
e, False In the final contest, the judges taste the rice .
f, True
Grammar drill:
Compound adjective: Từ ghép
A rice - cooking festival
A water - fetching competition
A fire - making contest
(article) (noun) (V-ing ) ( noun)
Compound adjective :
Concept check:
- Use:
To form a compound adjective

- Form :
A/ an + Noun + V-ing + ( noun)
Transformation Drill: Language focus 3 / p 130
Answer key:
a, A fire - making contest

b, A bull - fighting festival

c, A car - making industry

d, A flower - arranging contest

e, A rice - exporting country

f, A clothes – washing machine
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Further practice
Vietnamese Festivals
Write the names of popular Vietnamese festivals in your home town
Lim festival
Don son buffalo – fighting festival
Highland Dam Trau festival
BMT Coffee Festival
HOMEWORK
-Practice speaking the dialogue with your partner

-Write more names of Vietnamese popular festival

- Do exercise Language focus 3 in the students’ book

Thank you