Period: 85
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
READ
I. Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss get some knowledge about Christmas.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: Related to “Festivals”
- Grammar: Simple past tense, present perfect tense.
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about festivals.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plan, book, color chalks, pictures
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
- T asks Ss to give the names of festivals.
- Ss give the names of festivals.
- Teacher asks students some other questions: Have you ever seen these things? When?
(using real objects/pictures: Christmas Card,..)
What do you often do at Christmas?
Do you celebrate Christmas?
- Students answer the questions.
- Teacher leads students to the lesson:
To know about the origin of Christmas specials, let’s continue our lesson.
* Warm up
Give the names of festivals that you have known.
2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
- Teacher presents new words.
- Students repeat, read in individual and give the meanings.
- Teacher has students repeat all the new words again. Then teacher has one or two students read the words again (in individual).
V. Read
* Vocabulary:
+ decorate (v) (to make sth look more attractive by putting things on it) trang trí
+ spread (v) (to cover a larger and larger area) lan rộng
+ carol (n) thánh ca
+ santa claus (n) ông già Nôen
+ patron saint (n) thánh bảo hộ
+ jolly (adj) happy and cheerful vui vẻ
- T asks Ss to open their books and read the paragraphs on page 124/ 125.
- T gives the grid on the board and has Ss copy it.
- T asks Ss to read the paragraph again and complete the grid.
- T gives feedback and corrects.
1. Complete the table.
*Answer key
Christmas specials
Place of origin
Date
The Christmas tree
Riga
Early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
Mid -19th century
Christmas Carols
(No information)
800 years ago
Santa Claus
USA
1823
- T asks Ss to answer the questions.
- Ss work in pairs.
- T corrects and gives answers.
2. Answer the questions.
*Answer key:
a. More than a century ago.
b. Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
c. 800 years ago.
d. An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.
e. On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem.
3. Practice (4’)
Ss listen to a song / sing a song about Christmas.
IV. Experience:
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Period: 86
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
WRITE
I. Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss practice in writing a letter on a trip they have joined.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: Related to “Festivals”
- Grammar: Past simple and present simple
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about festivals.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plan, book, color chalks, pictures, MP3
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
- T asks Ss to give the names of festivals.
- Ss give the names of festivals.
Tell some festivals in Viet Nam.
2. Knowledge formation activities (32’)
- T shows the photocopied picture to Ss and asks them to observe it carefully.
- T asks Ss the questions.
- Ss answer.
- T gives feedback and correct.
VI. Write
* Ss complete the letters with missing sentences and the words given.
1/ How many people are there in the picture? What are they doing?
2/ Name all the things in the picture.
*Answer key:
1/ There are seven people in the picture. They are participating in the rice-cooking competition
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