Unit 8 Celebrations Period 50 Lesson 1 : Getting started Listen and read A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to get further information about celebrations in the world , then practice reading comprehension skill for details to complete a table . B / Teaching aids : Textbook , posters , pictures , objects about festivals … C / Procedure 7 min I / Warm up : Matching ( Getting started ) - Ask Ss to tell some celebrations / festivals in Vietnam or some English speaking countries in Vietnamese . - Tell Ss to work with a partner . Match the icons with the names of the celebration they represent . - Call the number of each picture and Ask Ss to tell the appropriate picture. - Give correct answers : 1. Easter 2. Wedding 3. Birthday 4. Christmas Work in pairs 10 min 18 min 5. Mid-Autumn Festival 6. Lunar new year . II / Pre- reading : Introduce the topic of the passage reading and some new words to Ss . 1. Pre- teach vocabulary : - Sticky rice cake (n) : traditional Chung cake . - Passover (n) : le qua hai - Israel (n) (translate ) ->Jewish (a) -> Jewish people - Occur (v) = happen / take place - Live apart (v) = Far way - Slavery = condition or work of slave - Joyful (a) : cheerful * Checking technique : What and where 2. Guiding questions : a. How many celebrations are mentioned in the text ? b. What are they ? - Ask Ss to work in groups to predict the answers . - Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write them on the board . III / While - Reading 1. Checking predictions - Turn on the tape 2 times and ask Ss to check their Listen and copy down . Listen and repeat chorally , individually Copy down Play game Work in group Listen and check their predictions . - Call on some Ss to read their answers and ask them to open their books to check again . - Give feedback : a. Three celebrations are mentioned in the text . b. They are lunar New Year , Passover and Easter . 2. Quickly explained grammar : - Ask Ss to find out the sentences with Which / Who. + Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February . + Families members who lives apart try to be together at Tet . + Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries . Who / which : relative pronoun - Have them copy . 3. Grid : - Have Ss read the passage about celebrations in Vietnam and other countries . - Ask Ss to compare their table with a friend . - Feedback and give necessary corrections . predictions Find out the sentences with Who / Which Copy down . 7 min 3 min Celeb- ration When ? Activities Food Country Tet In late January or early February Cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food Sticky rice cake Viet nam Passover Late March or early April ( Not available ) Work individually . Work in pairs Special meal called the Seder Israel Easter Around the same time as Passover People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades Chocolate or sugar eggs . In many countries IV / Post - reading : Discussion 1. When does Tet occur ? 2. What do our people do at Tet ? 3. What special food do they eat ? 4. Which country celebrate Tet ? - Ask Ss to practice asking and answering the questions . V / Homework : 1. Learn by heart all the new words and copy the completed Grid in their notebooks . 2. Prepare the next lesson . Listen and copy . . Unit 8 Celebrations Period 50 Lesson 1 : Getting started Listen and read A/ Aims and Objectives : By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to get further information about celebrations. 18 min 5. Mid-Autumn Festival 6. Lunar new year . II / Pre- reading : Introduce the topic of the passage reading and some new words to Ss . 1. Pre- teach vocabulary : - Sticky. - Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write them on the board . III / While - Reading 1. Checking predictions - Turn on the tape 2 times and ask Ss to check their Listen and