Unit 8. Celebrations

Which festival is it? – When do we celebrate it?
Mid- Fall Festival – In mid August
Le Loi Junior high school – Tam Diep Town – Ninh Binh Province
Unit 8: Celebrations
Period 52: Getting started - Listen and read
Easter
Christmas
Mid – Fall Festival
Lunar New Year
Birthday
Wedding
Sticky rice cakes
Confucian scholar
Easter eggs
Sticky rice cake (n)
Live apart (v)
New words:
Relative clause (mệnh đề quan hệ) with “Who” and “Which”
............. Which/ Who + “V; Be” ...............
Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people.
Adverbial clause of concession (mệnh đề chỉ sự nhượng bộ) with “Although/ Though/ Even though”
Ex: Give the name of the following the definitions.
1. It is celebrated in Vietnam on the 15th of August in a lunar year.
2. It is celebrated on the second Sunday in May when people give cards or gifts to their mothers.
3. It is celebrated in late March or early April in memory of freeing of the Jews from being slaves in Egypt.
4. It is celebrated on Sunday in March or April when Christians think about Christ coming back to life.
5. It is celebrated on 25 December when Christians remember the birth of Christ.
6. It is celebrated on the first day of the year, January 1st.
Mid – Fall Festival
Mother’s Day
Passover
Easter
Christmas
New Year’s Day
* Home work:
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do exercise 1 page 52 , exercise book.
- Prepare the new lesson: “Unit 8: Speak + Listen.”
+ Speak: Give a compliment and Respond to a compliment.
+ Listen: Practice a song “Auld Lang Syne”