Unit 13. Festivals

Warmly welcome ALL THE TEACHERS
TO our lesson today.
MAC DINH CHI
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Grade: 8
Teacher:
Nguyen Tan Thiet
Warmer:
Matching
2. Lunar new year
1. Halloween
5. Mid-Autumn festival
4. Rice - cooking festival
3. Christmas
Thursday, March 18th , 2010
Unit 13:
FESTIVALS
Lesson 4:
WRITE
(Page 126 – 127 )
Thursday, March 18th , 2010
Unit 13:
FESTIVALS
Lesson 4:
Write (Page 126 – 127)
* New words:
- a lantern :
lồng đèn
a lantern – making contest :
cuộc thi làm lồng đèn
- a moon cake :
bánh trung thu
- to announce :
thông báo
The Rice-cooking Festival
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.
by Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh
rice - cooking
one / a
water - fetching
run
water
traditional
bamboo
Six
separate
added
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?
* Write a similar report on a festival you joined recently. The answers to the questions below can help you.
Outline
The festival / hold / 15th of August / school yard.
It / last / 4 hours.
There / lot / activities / such as / sing / play traditional games / …
Children / interested / special cake / called “Moon cake”.
The / interesting activity / be / lantern – making contest.
This contest / four students / each team / have to / make / lantern.
Contest / last / 2 hours.
Finally / council leader / announce / the / beautiful lantern / be / class 8A5.
First prize / award / class 8A5.
Festival / be / happy / wonderful.
The festival / hold / 15th of August / school yard.
It / last / 4 hours.
There / lot / activities / such as / sing / play traditional games / …
Children / interested / special cake / called “Moon cake”.
Finally / council leader / announce / the / beautiful lantern / be / class 8A5.
First prize / award / class 8A5.
Festival / be / happy / wonderful.
The / interesting activity / be / lantern – making contest.
Contest / last / 2 hours.
The festival was held on the 15th of August in the school yard. It lasted four hours.
There were a lot of activities such as: singing, playing traditional games,…. Children were interested in a special cake called “Moon cake”.
The most interesting activity was the lantern – making contest. In this contest four students from each team had to make a lantern. The contest lasted 2 hours.
Finally, the council leader announced the most
beautiful lantern was of class 8A5.
The first prize was awarded to class 8A5.
The festival was very happy and wonderful.
The festival was held on the 15th of August in the school yard. It lasted four hours.
There were a lot of activities such as: singing, playing traditional games,…. Children were interested in a special cake called “Moon cake”.
The most interesting activity was the lantern – making contest. In this contest four students from each team had to make a lantern. The contest lasted 2 hours.
Finally, the council leader announced the most beautiful lantern was of class 8A5. The first prize was awarded to class 8A5. The festival was very happy and wonderful.
The Mid-Autumn Festival
Learn by heart all the new words.
Report the rice – cooking festival and the
mid – autumn festival.
Prepare the new lesson: lesson 5: Language focus:
* Grammar:
+ Passive form: be + past participle
+ Compound words: rice - cooking, fire - making, ect.
+ Reported speech.
HOMEWORK
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