Unit 13. Festivals

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UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 4: Read
What festival is it ?
GUESSING GAME
1. This is the biggest festival in Western countries.
GUESSING GAME
3. It is on Deceber 25th
2. People often decorate a tree and exchange best wishes by giving cards to each other
What festival is it ?
CHRISTMAS
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CHRISTMAS
Guess four special things at Christmas
CHRISTMAS TREE
CHRISTMAS CARD
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
SANTa CLAUS
Vocabulary:
* Christmas card (n)
* Christmas carol (n)
* Santa Claus (n)
* Christmas tree (n)


1.When did it first appear ?
2.Where did it first appear ?
Christmas tree
One Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga. This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to America in the 1800s.
Christmas tree
Vocabulary
decorate (v)
custom (n)
Spread throughout (v)
Vocabulary:
decorate (v)


1.When did it first appear ?
2.Where did it first appear ?
It appeared in the early 1500s
It appeared in Riga
Answer the questions
Christmas tree
1.When did it first appeared?
Answer the questions
Christmas card
2.Where did it first appeared?
In the mid- nineteenth century, an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card. Forty years later, cards were a part of the Christmas tradition.
The Christmas card
design (v)
* Notes:
He had someone design a card.
They have Hoa cook dinner everyday.
She had her father repair her bike.
( have someone do something)
1.When did it appeared?
Answer the questions
Christmas card
2.Where did it appeared?
It appeared in mid-nineteenth century.
It appeared in England.
Choose the correct answer:
1. On Christmas Eve, a tree was………
A. planted
B. decorated
2. The Christmas tree came to America………….
A. more than a century ago.
B. more than three century ago.
3. An English man wanted to sent …………..to his friends,
so he had someone design a card.
A. Christmas greetings
B. Christmas songs
Choose the correct answer:
1. On Christmas Eve, a tree was………
A. planted
B. decorated
2. The Christmas tree came to America………….
A. more than one century ago.
B. more than three century ago.
3. An English man wanted to sent …………..to his friends,
so he had someone design a card.
A. Christmas greetings
B. Christmas songs
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2.Where did it first perform?
Answer the questions
1.When did it first perform?
Christmas carols
Eight hundred years ago, Christmas songs were performed for in towns and villages. These songs were stories put to music and most people enjoyed them. The Leaders of the Church, however, did not. They said the song were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.
Christmas Carols
1.When were the Christmas carols first perform?
Answer the questions
It were performed 800 years ago.
1.Where were the Christmas carols first perform?
It were performed in towns and villages)
Christmas carols
When did he appear ?
Where did he appear ?
Santa Claus
In 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem call A Visit Saint from Nicholas. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve
SANTA CLAUS
The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem.
jolly (adj)
professor (n)
base on (v)
Patron saint (n)
New words
When did he appear ?
Where did he appear ?
He appeared in 1823
He appeared in the USA
Santa Claus
Complete the table.
Christmas tree
Christmascard
Santa Claus
No information
1823
England
Early 1500s
800 years ago
True or fasle quiz
1.Christmas songs were stories put to music.
2 The Leaders of the Church enjoyed them very much.
3.Saint Claus isn`t based on the description of Saint Nicholas.
4. Father Christmas and Christ Kindly are different names of Santa Claus.
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F
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Lucky number
3
2
1
4
5
6
2.Why did the English man have someone design a card ?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
It came to the USA more than a century ago.
How long ago did Christmas tree come to the USA ?
Lucky number
Who wrote the poem
A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
An American professor Clement Clark Moore.
What is Santa Claus base on ?
Saint Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem.
Lucky number
Homework
Learn new words,read the Christmas again.
Write four sentences about Christmas Day.
Prepare Passive form:
be +past participle.
Moc Hoa Junior Hight School
Class: 8A6
Goodbye
See you again
Gessing game
It has been said he was the patron

1. It has been said he was the patron saint of children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve
2/ The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America.
3/ They were the stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. First the Leaders of the Church did not like them but later they became popular.
An Englishman had someone design it to send Christmas greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
Christmas Carols
Santa Claus
Christmas tree
Christmas Card

On Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, people ..................... a Christmas tree .
Last year, I bought some …………………….. to send the Christmas greetings to my friends.
I love listening to ……………..……………………………..At Christmas.
………………………………… is based on the description of Saint Nicholas.
decorated
Christmas cards
Christmas carols/ Christmas songs
Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
Complete the sentences