Unit 8. Celebrations

Brainstorming
Celebrations
Lunar new year
Easter
Teacher`s Day
Women`s Day
Christmas
Mid - fall festival
Birthday

Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS

Period 54 - Lesson 4: Write
I. Vocabulary
(to) enhance:
(to) support:
nationwide (adv):
d? cao,t�n lín
?ng h?
toăn qu?c, kh?p nu?c.
Matching
( to ) enhance:
(to) support:
nationwide (adv):

toăn qu?c, kh?p nu?c
B. d? cao,t�n lín
C. ?ng h?



II.Writing:
1st paragraph
Tell your friend the reason(s) for celebrating this day (for children to express their feelings, memories, and love for their parents, to enhance family traditions, to bring family members closer..)
2nd paragraph
Give details about:
When to celebrate: in what season, or what month, on what date of the month or day of the week.(why?)
How to celebrate: having parties, sending cards, going on picnics..
What special gifts to give: gifts to moms, gifts to dads.
What special food to offer.
3rd paragraph
State whether or not you think your idea will be supported and you hope the day will be celebrated nationwide.


*Discussion
Ask and answer the questions
Why do you think it’s necessary to have a day to celebrate for your mother or father ?
When should you celebrate it ? Why ?
How should you celebrate it ?
What special gifts should you give him / her ?
What special food should you offer ?
Do you believe that your idea will be supported and celebrated nationwide ? Why ?



write a letter to your friend to share your idea
follow this outline.
* When to celebrate :
I think / I want/ In my opinion we should choose .........
the (first / second/ third / fourth ) Sunday in (January / March/June/.) for our dad / for our mom. ( Sunday is a day off , everyone is free).
* How to celebrate :
we should...
- have a party / a meal with all members of the family /go on a picnic / send cards to them
* What special gifts:
We should give our parents ...........
-flowers/ presents/ cakes/cards
* What special food:
we should ....................
-serve our parents the food they like best / make special cakes
* believe that the idea will be supported
- hope the day will be celebrated nationwide



Homework
- Learn the vocabulary by heart
- Do Ex 3,4 in Workbook.
- Prepare the next lesson : WRITE
Thank you very much
Good luck and good success