Period:45 I. Objectives: 1. Educational aim: Students should know more about the celebration of Tet and other festivals’ activities 2. Knowledge: - General knowledge: - Through this unit, students know the history of tet and some kinds of celebration - New words: Words related to celebration 3. Skills: Reading for identifying the main idea and specific information II. Method: Integrated, mainly communicative III. Teaching aids: Real objects, pictures, English textbook 11, hand-outs IV. Procedures: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Warm-up: (4 minutes) - T shows some real objects and pictures such as the pictures of Banh Chung, peach blossom, kumquat tree…., real objects as red envelops, a box of candied fruits…. - T points the pictures and real objects and ask questions: 1. What do you think of when you see this? 2. Why so? 3 What do you often do before Tet? Before you read (10m) Discussing Tet holiday -Ask Ss to look at the picture on page 90 and discuss the 3 questions in pairs - T goes around to offer help - T calls on some Ss to present their Pair work - Listen to the teacher look at the picture and answer the questions The answers are various - I think of Tet holiday - Because they are the symblols of Tet. - Clean and decorate the house, go shopping to buy new clothes, candied fruits, make Banh Chung……. Work in pair and discuss these activities they enjoy most doing in the Tet answer and elicits comments from other Ss. T gives feedback if necessary 1. What time of the year is it? 2. What are the people in the picture doing? 3. What else do you see in the picture? Pre -teaching vocabulary While you read Setting the scene You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in Vietnam. While you are reading, do the tasks in textbook Task 1 (6m) - It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see peach blossom and kumquat tree full of ripe fruits - The grandmother is giving her niece and nephew some lucky money. The girl, the boy and their parents good health and happiness - In the picture we can see a five-fruit tray on the ancestral altar and a dish of fruits, a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the table. Whole class pay attention Find the meanings of the words. You can also use your dictionary + T writes these words on the board + Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meaning 1. grand: impressive and large 2. banner: along piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for st 3. sugared apples 4. agrarian: connected with farming and the use of land for farming 5. pray: to speak to God especially to give thanks or ask for help 6. excitement: the state of feeling excited Task 2 (5m) Asks Ss to work individually to do the task and discuss their answers with their Individual work 1- Trọng đại, hoành tráng 2- Biểu ngữ, băng rôn 3-Táo tẩm đờng 4-Thuộc về nông nghiệp 5-Cầu nguyện partners Calls some Ss to give their answers and ask them to explain their choices Task 3(6m) Asks Ss to work individually to do the task, then discuss their answer with their peers Calls some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices After you read (10m) 6 - sù h¸o høc, nhén nhÞp individual work and pair work 1- F ; 2- F ; 3 – T 4- F ; 5- T ; 6 – T Individual work and pair work 1. It falls sometime between 19 th January and 20 th February 2. Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be pread over months 3, They are decorated with coloured lights and red banners 4. They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods 5. It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork 6. Mut is candied fruit Asks Ss to work in groups to tell eachother about their last Tet holiday When all groups have finished, T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class Consolidation and homework(2m) T summarises the main points and assigns homework. 7. Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games Group work -two students present in front of the class homework -learn by heart all of the new words and give examples - Summarise the main ideas of the passage - Prepare for READING . celebration of Tet and other festivals’ activities 2. Knowledge: - General knowledge: - Through this unit, students know the history of tet and some kinds of celebration - New words: Words related. activities Warm-up: (4 minutes) - T shows some real objects and pictures such as the pictures of Banh Chung, peach blossom, kumquat tree…., real objects as red envelops, a box of candied fruits… Tet. - Clean and decorate the house, go shopping to buy new clothes, candied fruits, make Banh Chung……. Work in pair and discuss these activities they enjoy most doing in the Tet