Unit 8. Celebrations

 Matching:
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a. Wedding
b. Lunar New Year
c. Christmas
d. Mid-Fall Festival
e. Easter
f. Birthday
Getting Started + Listen and Read
UNIT 8
Lesson 1:
Monday, March 3rd, 2012
 Matching:
- (to) occur (v):
- (a) sticky rice cake (n):
- Passover (n):
- freedom (n):
- slavery (n):
- joyful (adj):
-(to) crowd (v):
xảy ra
bánh tét
Lễ Quá hải
sự tự do
sự nô lệ
vui sướng
tụ tập
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 Setting the scene:
Lunar New Year
Easter
Passover
Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February. It is a time for families to clean and decorate their homes, and enjoy special food such as sticky rice cakes. Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
Passover is in late March or early April. This festival is celebrated in Israel and by all Jewish people. On this festival, people celebrate freedom from slavery. Passover is also an ancient spring festival. On the first and second nights of Passover, Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder.
Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries. It happens at around the same time as Passover. On Easter Day (Easter Sunday), young children receive chocolate or sugar eggs - as long as they are good. In many countries, people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades.
 Checking Understanding:
in late January or early February
cleaning and decorating home and enjoying special food
sticky rice cakes
Viet Nam
late March or early April
eating special meal
special meal called the Seder
Israel
around the same time as Passover
people crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
chocolate or sugar eggs
In many counties
Tet
Passover
Easter
 Model Sentences:
1. Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
2. Tet is a Festival which occurs in the late January or early February.
(relative clause)
(relative clause)
Notes:
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Ex:
Ex:
I don’t like stories that have unhappy ending.
She is my teacher. She teaches me English.
 She is my teacher who teaches me English.
b. He is the boy. He often cries at night.
 He is the boy who often cries at night.
c. They are good friends. They always help together.
 They are good friends who always help together.
d. This is a novel. It was written by John.
 This is a novel that was written by John.
e. Literature is a subject. I like it best.
 Literature is a subject that like it best.
f. The old lamp is 10 dollars. It was made in China.
 The old lamp that was made in China is 10 dollars.
 Practice:
-memorize vocabulary and how to use Relative Clause by heart.
-do exercise 1 page 70-71 of textbook.
 Homework:
Goodbye !