Unit 8. Celebrations

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English 9
Period: 49
UNit 8: Celebrations
Lesson 1:Getting started & Listen and read
Teacher : Nguyen Thi May
Nguyen Truong To School
birthday
Christmas
Tet or theLunar New Year
Easter
Mid-fall festival
Wedding
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2
4
3
6
Easter
Mid-Fall Festival
Christmas
Lunar New Year
birthday
wedding
5

Period 49
UNit 8: Celebrations
Lesson 1:Getting started & Listen and read
Tuesday,January 26th, 2010
Listen and answer:
How many celerbrations are there in the text?
What are they?
Listen and write down the names of the celebrations you hear.
Tet or the Lunar New Year
Passover
Easter
The Seder (name of a special meal)
II. Listen and read
1. New words
Tet
When does Tet happen?
Tet occurs in late January or early February.
occur ( v) = happen ( v)
They decorate their homes.
What do people do on Tet?
- sticky rice cake (np):
Jewish people
- Jewish ( adj) :
- slavery (n):
In late March or early April Jewish people celebrate Passover.
- Passover (n)
Seder
# freedom (n )
Easter is a joyful festival.
- joyful (adj ) :
- parade (n) :
- occur ( v) = happen ( v)
What are these?
sticky rice cakes
3. What do you call this activity ?
parade
4. Who are they?
slavery
5. What is the opposite of “ freedom ”?
Jewish
Checking vocabularies

Relative clause



Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.

Relative clause
Tet is a festival.
Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.
Family members try to be together at Tet.
Examples:
Is Tet a festival?
Tet occurs in late January or early February.
Family members live apart .

Relative clause



Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
*Relative clauses with “ who, which”:

Relative clause
Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February
II. Listen and read
1. New words
2. Grammar
Listen and read:
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 celebrated 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.
Celebrations
When ?
Activities
Food
Tet
Passover
Easter
in late January or early February
VietNam
Cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food
sticky rice Cakes
in late March or early April
Israel
( Not available)
special meal called the Seder
around the same time as Passover
in many countries
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Chocolate or sugar eggs
Country
3. Now, complete the table:
II. Listen and read
1. New words
2. Grammar
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
1
2
3
4
5
6
Which activities do
people do in Easter?
People crowd the street to watch colorful parades.
Which food do people
enjoy on Tet holiday?
People enjoy special food such as sticky rice cakes.
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
1
2
3
4
5
6
What do people
prepare for Tet?
People clean and decorate their homes.

When does Passover
occur?
Passover occurs in late March or early April.



*Adverbs clauses of concession:
Although there are many celebrations throughout
the year, Tet is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people.
Is Tet the most important celebration for Vietnamese people?
Although
Though + S + V … , S + V … .
Even though

Which celebration is coming?

When?

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Homework:
- Do exercises 1, 2 in the workbook/ unit 8/ page 52, 53.
- Learn the new words and phrases.
- Find more information about celebrations and make your own passage about the celebration which you like.
- Prepare the next lesson:
+ Period 50/ Unit 8/ Lesson 2/ Speak and Listen.

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for Your attention.