Unit 13: Read

Read: 1-True/False Decide whether each of the statements is true T or false F Guess Read T F market place 1800s is 1.People decorated a tree and put it in the park.. The Christmas tree c

GUESSING GAME

c h r i s t m a s

* It is celebrated on 25th December.

* It’s one of the most popular festivals.

Christmas card

1 (to) decorate : trang trÝ, trang hoµng

2 patron saint (n) : th¸nh b¶o hé

3 jolly (adj) : vui vÎ, vui nhén

4 carol (n) : bµi th¸nh ca

5 (to) spread : tr¶i réng, lan truyÒn

I Vocabulary

Unit 13: Festivals Lesson 3: Read

I Vocabulary:

II Read: 1-True/False

Decide whether each of the statements is true

(T) or false (F) Guess Read

T

F

market place

1800s

is

1.People decorated a tree and put it in the park.

2 The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1900s.

3 An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings

to his friends.

4 The songs were stories put to music and most people

enjoyed them.

5 Santa Claus isn’t based on the description of Saint

Nicholas in the poem.

T F

F

Christmas

Specials

Riga

Mid -19th century Christmas carols

USA

Christmas tree

Christmas card

Santa Claus

No information

1823

England

Early 1500s

800 years ago

Period 82-Unit 13: Festivals

Lesson 3: Read

Group A Group B

Lucky Numbers!

9

1 How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?

- Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?

- When were Christmas songs first

performed ?

Who wrote the poem A visit

from Saint Nicholas ?

Lucky Number!

Lucky Number!

Lucky Number!

What is Santa Claus

based on ?

Does SANTA CLAUS often give children presents on

Christmas Eve?

1. It has been said he was the patron saint of

children, a fat jolly man who wore a red

suit and gave children presents on

Christmas Eve

MATCHING

2. The custom of decorating it and putting it

in a common place, spread throughout

Europe to America

by most people First the leaders of the

Church did not like them but later they

became popular

4. An Englishman had someone design it to

send Christmas greetings to his friends

Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition

A

B

C

D

- Learn the vocabulary by heart

- Rewrite the text in Workbook.

- Prepare for “writing”