Unit 13. Festivals

Welcome to our class 8/5
Listen to an English song:
“Jingle Bells”
warmer
festivals
Rice- cooking
WARMER :
Flower- arranging
Bull- fighting
Bufallo- fighting
I/
Which festival is this ?
1. This is the biggest festival in western countries.
2. People often decorate a tree and give greeting cards to others.
3. It is on December 25.
Christmas
Christmas tree
Cây giáng sinh
Decorate (v)
Trang hoàng
Christmas card (n)
Thiệp giáng sinh
Design (v)
Thiết kế
Christmas carol (n)
Bài thánh ca giáng sinh
Church (n)
Nhà thờ
Santa Claus (n)/ Father Christmas
Ông già Noel
-Christmas tree (n) cây giáng sinh
-decorate (v) trang hoàng
-Christmas card (n) thiệp giáng sinh
-design (v) thiết kế
-Christmas carol (n) / Christmas song :bài thánh ca giáng sinh
-church (n) nhà thờ
-Santa Claus (n) / Father Christmas : ông già noel
*Vocabulary:
-patron saint (n): thánh bảo hộ
III/Matching:
2/ The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America.
3/ 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.
4/ An English man had someone design it to send christmas greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
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.
Now you scan the text then say True or False.
The Christmas tree appeared in the early 1500s.
The Christmas card appeared in the twentieth century.
Most people didn’t enjoy the Christmas songs.
Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint
Nicholas in the poem.
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS:
What did an Englishman do to send Christmas greetings to his friends ?
->He had someone design a card.
*Model sentence:
He had someone design a card.
( Did he have someone design a card ? )
*
(Ông ta nhờ người thiết kế tấm thiệp cho mình.)
III/ Grid:

Chrismtas Specials
Place of origin
Date
The Christmas tree
Riga
Early 1500 s
The Christmas card
English
Mid19 th century
Christmas Carols
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
USA
1823
Christmas Specials
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
IV Comprehension questions:
. A) How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the U.S.A ?
. B) Why did the English man 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 ?
A) How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the U.S.A ?
- In 1800s, over 200 years ago.
B) Why did the English man have someone design a card ?
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.
Answers:
A) In 1800s, over 200 years ago.
B) He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
C) 800 years ago.
D) An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.
E) On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem.
Complete the sentences:
On Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, people ...decorate.................. a Christmas tree .
Last year, I bought some …christmas cards………………….. to send the Christmas greetings to my friends .
.
I love listening to ………Christmas carols……..……………………………..at Christmas.
………ONG GIA NOEL………………………… is based on the description of Saint Nicholas.


Homework :
-Learn by heart the new words.
-Read the text, do the exercises again.
-Prepare : Write.