Unit 8. Celebrations

English 9

Unit 8 - Celebrations
lessson 1:
Getting started + listen and read

Vũ Văn Hà – THCS Phù Cừ
I.Warm-up ( Brainstorming )

Celebrations you know
* Possible answers:
Birthday, Tet (Lunar New Year), Christmas, Valentine Day, Women`s Day, Teacher`s Day, Wedding, May Day, Passover, Easter, Mid Autumn Festival.



II. Pre-reading
1.Getting started

2.Vocabulary
(to) occur:
(to) decorate:
Freedom (u.n):
Slavery (u.n):
(be) jewish :
(a) parade:
Xảy ra
Trang trí
Sự tự do
Sự nô lệ, chế độ nô lệ
Thuộc về Do Thái, Người Do Thái
Cuộc diễu hành, đám rước
* Checking vocab
Slap the board
Xảy ra
Trang trí
Sự tự do
Cuộc diễu hành
Sự nô lệ
Người Do Thái
3.Gap-filling
* Tet: The Lunar New Year (1)..is the most important celebration for (2)...people. Tet is a festival occurs in late (3)...or early February.
* Passover: (4)...is in late March or early (5)... On this (6)....., people celebrate freedom from slavery.
Easter: On (7)...Day, young children (8)... chocolate or sugar eggs as long as they are good.

Students` answers:
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
1.Checking answers:
Students read and check the anwers:
Answers:
1. holiday 2. Vietnamese 3. January
4. Passover 5. April 6. festival
7. Easter 8. receive
III. While-reading
2.Complete the table
In late January or early February
Cleaning and decorating homes, wearing new clothes and enjoying special food
Sticky rice cakes
Vietnam
Passover
In late March or early April
Eating special meal
Speacial meal called seder
Israel
Easter
Watching colorful parades
Around the same time as Passover
Chocolate, sugar, eggs
In many
countries
1. is / When / Vietnam / in / celebrated / Tet?
is / in / January / early / late / February / It / or celebrated.
2. People / do / What / on Tet / do?
clean / decorate / homes / they / and / their.
3. they / new clothes / Do / wear?
=> they / Yes / , / do.
4. Vietnamese people / do / What / eat / on Tet?
=> usually / sticky rice cakes / eat / They.
IV. Post-reading
Put the given words in their right orders to make meaningful questions and anwers.
Answer
1. When is Tet celebrated in vietnam?
It is celebrated in late January or early February.
2. What do people do on Tet?
They clean and decorate their homes.
3. Do they wear new clothes?
Yes, they do.
4. What do Vietnamese people eat on Tet?
=> They usually eat sticky rice cakes.
V. Homework
Look at the table again, use the cues and make questions and answers about "Passover" and "Easter" ( 4 questions and answers for each. )




The lesson ends
Thank you and goodbye !
The lesson ends
Good health, good luck, good learning and goodbye !