Unit 13. Festivals

Nguyen Thi Phuong Nga- THC S Tien An-TP Bac Ninh
Period 81:unit 13:festiaval
lesson 5: write
Can you tell me the festivals in Vietnam?
Teacher’sday
22/12
Trung thu
Lßng tßng
Christmas day
Women’s day
Festivals in vietnam
Look at the picture and anwer the questions.
How many people are there in the picture
What are they doing?
Name all the things in the picture?
I.Vocabulary revision.
- rice
- basket
-pans
-bamboo sticks
-paper pans
- flag
-chopsticks
II. Write:
Gap-fill
Use the information in the dialogue on p-121 to fill in the gaps in this report.


This report shows how the (1)……. festival was held.
The festive 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.


The Rice- cooking Festival
run
water
traditional
bamboo
six
separate
added
rice-cooking,
one
Water-fetching,
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 report on The Mid- Autumn festival using thes outline

a. The Mid- Autumn festival.
b. The festival/ hold/15th of August/ school yard.
c. The festival/ last/3 hours.
d. There/many activities/such as: singing/ shouting/ wearing masks/parading/ the roads and banning the drums.
e. The children/ interested/ a special cake “Moon cakes”
f. Children/ go/ play/traditional games until mid- night
g, This festival/ a very special occasion/ Vietnamese people/ especially for children/ play/ take part in/ avariety of activities. Moreover, children/understand more / Vietnamese traditions


The Mid- Autumn festival

The festival was held on 15th of August in our school yard.The festival lasted 3 hours. There were many activities such as: singing and shouting, wearing masks, parading on the roads and banging the drums.
The children were interested in a special cake “Moon cakes”. Children went on playing traditional games until mid-night.
This festival is a very special occasion for Vietnamese people and especially for children to play and take part in variety of activities . Moreover, children would understand more about Vietnamese traditions.
Homework:
- write a report
- prepare language focus.