Unit 14. Wonders of the world

Welcome to our class
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 4: WRITE
MATCHING
1. activity
2. festival
3. member
4. competition
5. contest
6. fire-making
7. rice-cooking
8. prize
9. wonderful
F.hoạt động
C.lễ hội
D.thành viên
I.cuộc thi, cuộc tranh tài
H.cuộc thi
E.nhóm lửa
B.nấu cơm
A.phần thưởng, giải thưởng
G.tuyệt vời
+ What are they doing ?
+ What is the name of the festival ?
+ Have you ever taken part in that festival?
They are cooking.
The rice- cooking festival.
Using the information in the dialogue Listen and Read on page 121 to fill in the gaps in this report.
Fill in the gaps:
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.
The rice - cooking festival
By festival councilor Pham Phuong Linh
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 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.
rice- cooking
one/ a
bamboo
water
water- fetching
run
traditional
Six.
separate
added
1, What is the name of the festival?
This report shows how the rice- cooking festival was held
2, Where was the festival held?
The festival was held in the communal house yard
3, How long did the festival last?
The festival lasted one day
4, How many activities were there ?
There were three activities: water- fetching, fire-making and rice- cooking.
5, What did you think about the festival?
The festival was wonderful.

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?


The Mid-Autumn festival
The festival was held in the yard/ at the stadium/ at home/ …
It lasted one day/ two days/…
There were two/ three activities/…
singing and shouting, wearing masks …. People/ the children were interested in a special cake “Moon cakes”
There are many people/ children took part in/ played traditional games
The festival was wonderful/ interesting/…
Writing a similar report about Mid-Autumn Festival. The answers to the questions below can help you.
The Mid- Autumn Festival
The festival was held on 15th of August in the 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, especially for children to play and enjoy on a variety of activities . The festival was wonderful.
Homework
- Writing a similar report on a festival you joined recently.
(Camping festival, Tet festival,...)
- Preparing for lesson 6: Language focus 1, 3, 4
+ Reviewing the Passive form.
+ Reviewing about Reported speech.
+compound word