Unit 8. Celebrations

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Khóa Học Khởi Đầu INTEL
Tháng 5 / 2008
Sở Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo TpHCM
Phòng Giáo Dục - Q3
UNIT 8
CELEBRATIONS
ENGLISH 9
1. Make meaningful words from these jumbled letters
Vocabulary Check - Unit 7

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2. Fill in the blanks with the missing letters
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Listen and Read
UNIT 8
I.GETTING STARTED
Match the icons with the names of the celebrations they represent
Easter
Christmas
Mid-Fall Festival
Lunar New Year
birthday
wedding
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2
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Easter
Christmas
Mid-Fall Festival
Lunar New Year
birthday
wedding
CHECK THE ANSWERS
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3
4
5
6
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II. Listen and Read
How many celebrations are mentioned in the passage ?
- Three
What are they ?
-They are : Lunar New Year, Passover and Easter .
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1
Listen to the tape. Try to find out :
New Words
Give the correct word form of the followings
decoration
joy
Jew
free
celebration (n)
to decorate (v)
joyful (adj)
Jewish (adj)
freedom (n)
to celebrate
(V)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(adj)
New Words
Fill in the blanks with the suitable words from the passage
parade
to parade
sticky rice cakes
(n)
(n)
meal called Seder
to happen (v) =
(n)
to occur (v)
Passover (n)
L? V??t Qua :
New Words
Slave (n) -
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Work in pairs
-When does it occur ?
-What do people often do ?
-What kind of food do people eat ?
-In what country is it celebrated ?
Passover
Tet
Easter
Complete the table
Celebration
When
Activities
Food
Country
Tet
Passover
Easter
late January
or early
February
-Cleaning and
decorating
homes
Enjoying
special food
Sticky rice cakes
VIETNAM
late March
or early April
Eating special meal on the 1st or 2nd night
Meal called
Seder
ISRAEL
late March
or early April
-Giving chocolate
or sugar eggs
Watching
colorful parades
Chocolate
or sugar eggs
Many countries
Structures
1. Tet is a festival . It occurs in late January or early February.
Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February.

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

Notes :
1 - Who , which : Relative Pronouns
2 – Who live apart
Which occurs in late January or early February

Relative Clauses
True or False ?
Tet often happens in late February.
Family members try to be together at Tet.
Passover is celebrated by Jewish people.
People watch colorful parades at Passover.
Easter occurs around the same time of Tet.
People give each other chocolate eggs at Easter.
Check the true statements of the followings
True
True
True
How much do you know about celebrations ?
Tell the names
and the dates
of the following celebrations
EASTER
Late March or early April
Mid Fall Festival
15th of the eighth lunar month
Teacher`s Day
November 20th
Halloween
October 31st
Valentine`s Day
February 14th
National Day
September 2nd
Homework
1.Learn the new
words by heart
2.Prepare a small
talk about the
celebration you
like best
3. Look up the new
vocabulary of
Speak & Listen
Thank you
for attending
Goodbye !