Unit 13. Festivals

festivals
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
Wednesday, March 26th 2008
Unit 13: ( Cont )
Lesson 3: Read
Christmas tree
Decorate (v)
Christmas card (n)
Design (v)
Christmas carols (n)
Church (n)
Santa Claus (n)/ Father Christmas
-Christmas tree (n)
-decorate (v)
-Christmas card (n)
-design (v)
-Christmas carols (n) / Christmas song
-church (n)
-Santa Claus (n) / Father Christmas
*Vocabulary:
-patron saint (n)
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
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 ? )
*
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card

England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
1. Complete the table
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
Now you work in pairs, ask and answer the questions.
2. Answer the question.
Key
a, It came to America in the 1800s/ more than a century ago.
b, Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
c, 800 years ago.
d, An American professor Clement Clarke Moore.
e, Santa Claus is base on the description of Saint Nicholas
in professor Moore’s poem.
Complete the sentences:
On Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, people ..................... a Christmas tree .
Last year, I bought some …………………….. to send the Christmas greetings to
my friends.
I love listening to ……………..……………………………..At Christmas.
………………………………… is based on the description of Saint Nicholas.

decorated
Christmas cards
Christmas carols/ Christmas songs
Santa Claus/ Father Christmas
Homework :
-Learn by heart the new words.
-Read the text, do the exercises again.
-Prepare : Write.