Unit 8. Celebrations

What are the pictures about?
They are about the festivals
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a. Easter
b. Christmas
c. Mid-Fall Festival
d. Lunar New Year
e. Birthday
f. wedding
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Period 49
Unit 8: celebrations
Lesson 1: Getting Started
Listen and Read
1. Vocabulary
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# happen :
(to) occur
Xãy ra
freedom (n) :
Sự tự do
Slavery (n)
 freedom:
Sự nô lệ
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Parade (n) :
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Cuộc diễu hành
Jewish people :
Người Do Thái
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Sticky rice cakes (n) :
Bánh chưng / dày
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How many festivals are there in the text? What are they?
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
January or early
February.
It is a time for families to
clean and decorate their homes,
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 celebrate in
Isreal
and by all Jewish people.
On this festival,
people celebrate
freedom from savery.
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 chldren receive
chocolate or sugar -eggs
- as long as they are good.
In many countries,
people crowd the
streets to watch colorful parades.
2. Complete the table
Passover
Easter
In late January and early February
clean and decorate the homes, enoy food
sticky rice cakes
The Seder
Viet nam
in late March or early April
People celebrate freedom from slavery
Isreal
the same time as Passover
crowd the streets & watch the parades.
chocolate and sugar - eggs.
in many countries.
3. Grammar points
1. Family members
who live apart
try to be together at Tet.
Examples
is my new English Teacher
Family members try to be together. They live apart.
2. The man
whom I met this morning
The man is my new English teacher.
I met him this morning
3. Easter is a joyful festival
which is celebrated in many countries
4. Super market is a place
where we can buy fresh food
Easter is a joyful festival.
It is celebrated in many countries.
Super market is a place.
we can buy fresh food there
5. January is the time
January is the time.
when people can join many traditional festivals
People can join many traditional festivals
at that time
Who: ChØ ng­êi lµm chøc n¨ng Chñ ng÷ / Whom: t©n ng÷
Which: vËt ; sù kiÖn / Where : n¬i chèn / When: thêi gian.
We all like sticky rice cakes. They are special Vietnamese food for the Lunar New Year.
We all like sticky rice cakes which are special ……
2. The man is a doctor. He met you yester day.
The man who met you yester day is a doctor
3. I recently visited the school. I used to study there five years ago.
I recently visited the school where I used to study five years ago.
4. This is the photo of the actor. I saw him on TV Last night.
This is the photo of the actor whom I saw on TV Last night.
5. Valentine is a day. People show their love on that day.
Valentine is a day When people show their love.
Remember:
Who; Whom; Which; Where; When
Home Work
1.Learn by heart new grammar points.
2. EX: 1,2
3. New Lesson: Speak + Listen.