Unit 13. Festivals

WARMLY WELCOME THE TEACHERS
TO OUR CLASS TODAY!
1.Warm-up
1.Match the name of these festivals to their Vietnamese names
1.Mid- Autumn festival a. Lễ giáng sinh
2.Rice-Cooking festival b. Tết ( tính theo âm lịch)
3.Christmas Festival c. Hội chọi trâu
4.Lunar New Year festival d. Tết Trung thu
5.Buffalo- Fighting festival e. Hội thi nấu cơm
Write / P. 126 - 127
Compiled by: LE THI KIM HOA
Unit 13 : Festivals
LESSON FOUR
2.Use the information in the dialogue on page 121 to fill in the gaps in this report.
The Rice-cooking Festival
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.
by Festival Councilor Pham Phuong Linh
rice - cooking
one / a
water - fetching
run
water
traditional
bamboo
Six
separate
added
3.How to write a festival report
Name
Place
Time: When/ How long
Activities/ Contests
Number of participants
Feeling/ Thinking about the festival
Look at the given information and write a report about the festival.
The Christmas
Every family
Everyone
Two days
Stay up late to have puddings/ greet one another /Christmas Eve
Santa Claus / give/ children/ presents/ midnight
The church/ Christmas Day
Wonderful

Write a report about the festival by answering the questions below
What is the name of the festival?
Where was the festival held?
Who took part in the festival?
How long did the festival take?
What did people do on Christmas Eve?
What happened at midnight?
Where did people go on Christmas Day ?
How was the festival?

Homework
Write a similar report on a festival you joined recently
Rewrite the report of your group
Guess the name of this festival
a.This is a traditional festival in Vietnam.
b.It is held for children.
c.It is held in the mid-lunar August
Mid- Autumn Festival