Unit 13. Festivals

Gia Minh Secondary School
Welcome to our class
Which festival is often held on December 25th ?
well come to our class
It is Christmas festival.
* It’s one of the most popular festivals.
Christmas specials
Santa Claus
Christmas card
Christmas tree
Christmas carols
Wednesday, July 21st , 2010
UNIT: 13
FESTIVALS
Lesson 3
READ
UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read
I. Vocabulary :
- decorate (v) :
Trang trí
UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read
I. Vocabulary :
- decorate (V) :
trang trí
- spread (V):
lan truyền
Ông già Noel
thánh bảo hộ
bài hát về
lễ Noel
- Jolly (adj):
vui vẻ, vui nhộn
UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS Lesson 3 Read
Match: English word to its meaning
4.
Santa Claus
jolly
decorate
patron saint
Christmas carol
spread
trang trí
thánh bảo hộ
bài hát về Noel
vui vẻ, vui nhộn
lan truyền
ông già Noel
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 3: Read
I. Vocabulary:
II. Read: 1-True/False
T
F
market place
1800s
is
1.Some people decorated a tree and put it in the park.
2. The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1900s.
3 . An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
4. Christmas songs were stories put to music and most people enjoyed them.
5. Santa Claus isn’t based on the description of Saint

Nicholas in the poem.
T
F
F
The Christmas Carols
The Christmas tree
1823
USA
Santa Claus
800 years ago
(no information)
Christmas Card
mid-19th century
England
early 1500s
Riga
Date
Place of origin
Christmas Specials
2. COMPLETE THE TABLE
3. Answer the questions :
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
c. When were Christmas songs first performed ?
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
LUCKY NUMBERS
1
3
2
6
4
5
8
7
Group 1
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Group 2
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
1
1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
The Christmas tree came to the USA more than a century ago .
(More than a century ago)
2
Lucky Number
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
3
3. Why did the Englishman have someone
design a card ?
4
4. When were Christmas songs first performed ?
Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago .
(800 years ago)
5
Lucky Number
Lucky Number
6. Who wrote the poem
A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?
An American professor named
Clement Clarke Moore wrote
A Visit From Saint Nicholas .
6

LUCKY NUMBER
7

LUCKY NUMBER

LUCKY NUMBER
8
8.What is Santa Claus based on ?
Santa Claus is based on the description
of Saint Nicholas in this poem .
3. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS


How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
The Christmas tree came to the USA more than a century.

Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

When were Christmas songs first performed ?
Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago .

d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem .

homework
- Read the text again
Learn the vocabulary
Answer the questions in the text book
GOOD BYE
SEE YOU AGAIN
VI. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text
The Christmas tree was …1 ……..….and put in the
market place in the Latvian city of Riga in the
…..2……….1500s.
In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman
wanted to ….3……...…Christmas greetings to his
friends , so he …..4.…….. someone design a card .
Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs were……5…..…
for people in towns and villages .
In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas
appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas .
Santa Claus is based on the ……….6……. of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .
decorated
early
send
had
description
performed
Christmas
Tree
Christmas
Card
Santa
Claus
Christmas
Carol
Christmas Eve (n)
(to) design
(to) perform
Poem (n)
Jolly (adj)
Description (n)
Sự mô tả
Đêm Giáng Sinh
Thiết kế
Trình diễn
Bài thơ
Vui nhộn
MATCHING
Column A
Column B