Unit 13. Festivals

Welcome
to our class 8B
Saturday, March 20th 2010
Unit 13: Festivals
Lesson 4: Write
Festivals
Can you tell me the Festivals in Lang Son and Bac Son?
27/9
Tết
Tien Church
Long Tong
Ban Nga
Ky Cung
No – en
Christmas’ Day
20/11
30/4
1. Use the information in the dialogue on p- 121 to fill in the gaps in this report.
The Rice- cooking Festival
By festival councilor Pham Phuong Linh
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.
rice- cooking
one/a
water- fetching
run
water
traditional
bamboo
six
separate
added
2.Write a similar report on a festival you joined recently. The answers to the questions below can help you.
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?
2. Write a similar report on a festival you joined recently. The answers to the questions below can help you.
Outline
a. The Long Tong festival.
b. The festival/ hold/12th, 13th of Lunar January/ fields/ Quynh Son village.
c. The festival/ last/2 days.
d. There/many activities and competitions/such as: ploughing/singing/ playing Chinese chess/ making sticky cakes/…./making sticky cakes team/ three people/ make/15 mitunes.
e. People/ interested/ activities/ and competitions.
f. They/ go/ play/traditional games until in the afternoon.
g, This festival/ a very special occasion/ Bac Son people/ especially for children/ play/ enjoy/ a variety of activities. Moreover, Bac Son’ people/understand more / Quynh Son’s traditions festival.

The Long Tong festival
The festival was held on 12th , 13th of Lunar January in Quynh Son village. The festival lasted 2 days. There were many activities and cmpetitions such as: ploughing, singing , making sticky cakes, playing Chinese chess…. Each making sticky cakes team had three people and they made in 15 minutes.
Poeple were interested in the activities and cmpetitions. They went on playing traditional games until in the afternoon.
This festival is a very special occasion for Bac Son people and especially for children to play and enjoy on a variety of activities . Moreover, Bac Son people would understand more about Quynh Son traditions festival.
Writing test
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