Unit 13. Festivals

Welcome to our class
Write the names of the festivals you have seen
names of the festivals
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Period 81: Lesson 3: Reading
CHRISTMAS
1. Pre – teach:
The Christmas tree(n)
The Christmas card(n)
Christmas Carols(n)
Santa Claus (n)
The Patron saint(n)
(to) decorate
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
Trang trí

Period 81: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ

(to)Spread
Spread
Lan truyền
5, Christmas tree (n)
1, Christmas card
4, Christmas Carols
3, Santa Claus
6, Decorate
2, Patron saint
1. Pre – teach:

Period 81: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ
2. Open prediction:
Guess four special things at Christmas?
I. Pre – reading:
II. WHILE - READING.
1. Listen and check.
1. Listen and check.

B. 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.
A.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.
C.An English man had someone design it to send greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition.
D. The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America.
2. The Christmas tree
1. The Christmas card
3. Christmas carols
4. Santa Claus
II. Matching
2. Complete the table.
The Christmas Tree
early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
(no information)
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
Designed by J. Horsley
Period 80: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ
Questions:
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
b. Why did the Englishman 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 ?
III. Post - reading:
LUCKY NUMBERS
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lucky number
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than a century ago
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
He wanted to send
Christmas greetings to
his friends
When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
lucky number
Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
Lucky number
lucky number
lucky number

IV. Answers the questions:
More than a century ago.
b. He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
c. 800 years ago.
d. An American professor Clement Clarke Moore.
e. On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore`s poem.



home work
Write it up:
Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs.
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