Unit 13. Festivals

English 8
Unit 13: Festivals

Chatting:
What is a song which people always sing on Christmas Eve?
What do people do on trees?
Who is he?
He loves children
Give the synonym of happy and cheerful
What do you think about the Christmas festival nowadays?

(to) spread ( spread-spread)
Open prediction: Guess four special things at Christmas
Guessing the meaning


Matching:
1. (Line 3-The Christmas card) a. Trình diễn
(to) design
b. Dựa vào
2. (Line 2-Christmas Carols)
(to) perform

3. (Line 7-Santa Claus) c. Giáo sư
(to) base on
. 4. (line 6- Santa Claus)
(a) professor d. Thiết kế





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Lucky numbers.
1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
About 209 years ago. (More than 2 centuries ago).
3. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
5. When were Christmas songs first performed?


800 years ago.
Lucky number.
6. What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem.
7. Who wrote the poem “A visit from Saint Nicholas”?
An America professor named Clement Clarke Moore.

Grid:
The Christmas Tree

Early 1500s

The Christmas Card
England
800 years ago

No information

Santa Claus

1823

Homework
Learn by heart the vocabulary.
Use the information in the grid to write brief paragraph about Christmas.
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