Unit 13. Festivals

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PRESENTED BY: LE KIM LUYEN
CLASS: 8
WARM UP
"Kim`s Game"
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Wrestling Festival
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Boat- Racing Festival
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Buffalo- Fighting Festival


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Christmas Festival
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Rice- cooking Festival
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Tet
WARM- UP: Kim’s game


Wrestling Festival
Boat- Racing Festival
Buffalo- Fighting Festival
Christmas Festival
Rice- cooking Festival
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Thursday, March 29th 2007
UNIT 13:
FESTIVALS
Period 80
READ
Which festival is this?
VOCABULARY
- Christmas tree (n):
- Christmas card (n):
- Christmas Carol (n):
- Santa Claus (n) = Father Christmas
- Patron saint (n):
- ( to ) Decorate:
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)
Listen to the paragraphs (page 124, 125) and answer the questions
a. How many specials are there in Christmas?
b. What are they?

B. 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.
A.They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. First the leaders of the church did not like them but later they became popular.
C.An English man had someone design it to send greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
D. The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America.
2. The Christmas tree
1. The Christmas card
3. Christmas carols
4. Santa Claus
Matching
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
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a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
More than two centuries ago.
b.Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

c.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 Professor Moore’s poem.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Game “Christmas tree”


a.The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.
b. In the twenty century, an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friend.




c. Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages eight hundred years ago.
d. The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore
e.Santa Claus isn’t based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
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Consolidation: Check the sentences which are True or False
a.The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.
b. In the twenty century, an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friend.
c. Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages eight hundred years ago.
d. The poem “A visit from Saint Nicholas” which was written by Clement Clarke Moore
e.Santa Claus isn’t based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
True
False
True
True
False
What did you do last Christmas?
Answer about you:
Read the text several times.
Learn by heart new words.
Thanks for your attention
Goodbye
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than two centuries ago
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
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
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