Period 80 UNITS THIRTEEN: FESTIVALS Date: March 18th, 2008 LESSON ONE: GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ I. AIM: - Reading for details about traditional Festivals II. LANGUAGE CONTENT: 1. Grammar: 2. Vocabulary: to fetch, to yell, to urge, to rub, to participate, to award III. TECHNIQUES: - Chatting, what and where, T/F statements IV. TEACHING AIDS: - Book, pictures, a cassette, a tape V. PROCEDURES: T’s & Ss’ activities Content T giver situations and asks Ss to answer Ss listen and answer T presents, explains and reads new words Ss listen, repeat and take notes T checks Ss’ vocabulary T sets the scene and asks Ss to guess what they are going to read T has Ss listen to the tape to check their answers above Ss practice reading the dialogue T asks to read the statements on page 122 and check the boxes Ss work in groups Ss give their answers 1. Warm-up: * Chatting: - Where should he/she go? .why? - Tom likes swimming and sunbathing - David is interested in ancient cities - Huck Leberry likes mountain - climbing - Oliver is keen on pottery - Robinson is fond of crowded places 2. Pre-writing: * Pre - teach vocabulary: - to fetch = to go to get S.th and bring it back - to yell = to shout loudly - to urge = to make a person move more quickly - to rub (mime) - to participate = to take part -> participation (n) - to award (situation) * Checking : What and where * Open prediction: - Questions: + How many competitions do people enter in a rice-cooking festival? + In water - festival competition , what do people do? How about a fire - making competition ? A rice - cooking competition? 3. While - reading: * Practice the dialogue…. * True or False a. F -> Only one team member taker part in the water fetching contest b. F -> One person has to collect one water bottle T gives some more questions to check Ss’ understanding. Ss listen and answer c. T d. F -> Pieces of bamboo are used to make the fire e. F -> In the final contest, the judges taste the rice 4. Post-reading: * Questions: - How many competitions are there in the festival? What are they? - Describe each competition - Does your village have a festival like that? 5. Homework: - Learn by heart new words -Do exercise ( work book ) - Prepare “Listen + Speak” 6. Comment: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………… . what and where, T/ F statements IV. TEACHING AIDS: - Book, pictures, a cassette, a tape V. PROCEDURES: T s & Ss’ activities Content T giver situations and. Ss to guess what they are going to read T has Ss listen to the tape to check their answers above Ss practice reading the dialogue T asks to read the statements