CHỦ ĐỀ TỰ CHỌN ANH 9

a.Tet or Lunar New year holiday is the most important ce...for Vietnamese people.. Christmas making Banh Chung Lunar New year giving gifts, flowers to people they love Thanksgiving decor

THEME CELEBRATIONS

I/Nội dung chủ điểm:

-Nói về kỉ niệm của ngày Tết và các hoạt động lễ hội khác

-Bên cạnh đó học sinh hiểu thêm một số lễ hội ở một số nước khác

II/ Kĩ năng:

-Nói: Nói về các hoạt đọng của lễ hội

-Nghe: Nghe hiểu và nắm các thông tin và các hoạt chuẩn bị cho lễ hội

-Đọc: Đọc tìm ý chính và thông tin chi tiết.( Bài tập: True/ false,answer the questions )

-Viết : viết miêu tả về lễ hội

III/ Ngữ pháp - từ vựng:

-Ngữ pháp: past tense, present tense, relative pronoun: which

-Từ vựng: các từ liên quan đến các lễ hội

IV/ Hướng dẫn thực hiện:

- Cấu trúc bài: A: Starter B: speaking C:Speaking D: Reading E:Project

-Thời gian 5 tiết sau unit 8 ( SGK tiếng Anh lớp 9)

A.STARTER:

1.TASK 1:

What's the word?- work in pairs to find out the words

a.Tet or Lunar New year holiday is the most important ce for Vietnamese people

b Tet is a holiday which occurs at the be of the spring

c.Every body is eager to de the house with kumquat trees

d.Family members get together and enjoy spe foods

e.We dress new clothes and visit our friends and re on Tet holiday

2.TASK 2:

Work with your partner.Matching the names of celebrations with the phrases given

Christmas making Banh Chung

Lunar New year giving gifts, flowers to people they love

Thanksgiving decorating the pine tree with colorful lights

Valentine's Day eating roast turkey

B.SPEAKING

TASK 1

Lan is talking to Alice, her friend about Tet holiday in Vietnam work in pairs

Pratice the dialogue

Lan: Do you know about Tet holiday in my country?

Alice: What is Tet ?

Lan: It's the time when Vietnanese people celebrate the beginning of spring It's also the start of the Lunar New Year

Alice: What do you usually do at Tet ?

Lan: We eat a lot of special foods, we dress up and visit friends and relatives We take part in games and various forms of entertainment

Alice: Oh, That sounds really interesting

TASK 2

These are the holidays with its main purpose and activities Work with your partner to make the similar dialogues

celebrations its main purpose its activities

1 Mid- Autumn Festival

(15th day of the 8th lunar

month)

2.Passover (in late March or

early April)

people celebrate the largest full moon in the year

people celebrate freedom from slavery

children wear masks, parade

in the streets with the lantern, have parties with cakes,and a lot of fruit

on the first or the second nights of Passover, Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder

C.LISTENING

Before you listen

* work in pairs Guess which of the following activities the Japanese often do on their New Year's Days

- exchanging gifts and cards

-decorating the house with peach flowers

-wearing kimonos or special dress

-giving/receiving lucky money

-going to the pagoda

-visiting friends

What other things do you think the Japanese also do at the New Year?

* Listen and repeat

-similarities housewives longevity constancy

-kimono shine pine trees represent

While you listen

TASK 1.You will hear two people talking about the New Year is celebrated in Japan Listen and tick the things you hear

1 They put on special clothes

2.Everyone cleans the house

3.Bells ring 108 times

4.Housewives prepare special foods

5.They decorate their houses with kumquat trees

6.They go to a shrine

7.They give each other "lucky money"

8.They drink rice wine

9.They play cards

10.They watch television

11.They eat a special meal

TASK 2

Listen again and answer the following questions.

1.Why do the Japanese do a big clean up before the New Year comes?

2.Where do the Janese hear the bell from?

3.What do the Japanese often wear when they go to visit their shrines?

4.Do the Japanese often celebrate the New Year with their friends?

After you listen

Work in pairs compare the following aspects of the Vietnamese New Year with those of the Japaneses one

*preparations * foods and clothes

* activities on New Year's Eve *people to celebrate with

D.READING

Before you read

Work in pairs Tell your partner which of these activities you enjoy doing most at Tet

Are there any other things you like doing?

a.cleaning the house and paint the wall e.receicing lucky money

b.going to the flower market f.visiting relatives, friends

c.making Banh chung g.cooking traditional foods

d.decorating with colored lights and red banners h.going to the pagoda to pray

* Reading the text and do the tasks below

Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year Some weeks before the New Year,the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls New clothes are bought for the occasion.One or two days before the festival, People make Banh Chung,which is the

traditional cake On the New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together for a reunion

dinner.Every member of the family should be present during the dinner in which many different kinds of dishes are served.On the New Year morning, the young members of the family pay their respects to the elders In return they receive lucky money wrapped in red envelopes.Then people go to visit their neighbors , friends and relatives

TASK 1

Find what the following words mean in the text ( use a dictionary when necessary)

1.reunion 3.wrap 5.receive

2.respect 4.envelope 6.neighbors

TASK 2

Decide whether the statements are true(T) or false(F)

1.Tet is on the first day of the Lunar New Year

2.Vietnamese people have a lot of preparations before Tet

3.People make Banh Chung one or two weeks before Tet

4.Banh Chung is the traditional cake

5.Every body of the family should be present during the New Year's Eve

6.Lucky money wrapped in red envelopes is given to every one at Tet according to the text TASK 3

Answer the questions:

1.When is the Tet holiday celebrated ?

2.What do Vietnamese people do some weeks before the New Year?

3.What does the whole family do on the New Year's Eve?

4.What do children receive at Tet ?

5.Where do the people go on the New Year morning?

After you read

Discuss in groups Ask and answer about the activities you did last Tet holiday

E.PROJECT:

TASK 1

Complete the words form chart add more words you want to remember

preparation

celebrate

respect

entertainment

express

beautify

TASK 2

Complete the table using the words given, add more information you know about the festivals ( Thanksgiving,Tet, Easter, fourth Thursday in november, late March or early April ,first day of New Year, roast turkey,sticky rice cake, eggs, , American, Vietnam, many countries)

TASK 3

Write somethings about how you prepared for Tet

ANSWER KEY

A STARTER

TASK 1

a.celebration b.beginning c.decorate d.special e.relatives

TASK 2

Christmas-decorating the pine tree with colored lights

Lunar New Year-making Banh Chung

Thanksgiving-eating roast turkey

Valentine's Day- giving gifts, flowers to people they love

B.SPEAKING

TASK 1

Practice the dialogue in pairs

TASk 2

S1: Do you know about Mid- Autumn Festival in my country?

S2:What is it?

S1: It's the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the largest full moon in the year

It's on 15th day of the 8th lunar month

S2: What do you usually do at Tet?

S1: Children wear marks, parade in the street with the lantern, have parties with cakes, and a lot

of fruit

* S1: Do you know about Passover ?

S2:What is it ?

S1: It's the time when Jewish people celebrate freedom from slavery

It's in late March or early April

S2:What do they do on this festival?

S1: On the first or the second nights of Passover ,Jewish families eat a special meal called the Seder

C.LISTEN

Before you listen

Ss guess what they do on their New Year's Days

While you listen

TASk1

1-2-3-4-6-8-10

TASK2

1.Because they want to get rid of the dirt of the old year and welcome the New Year

2.They hear the bells from television and radio

3.They often wear Kimonos or special dress

4.No,they don't

Tape script:

Lan: You lived in Japan for more than two years,could you tell me something about Japanese New Year,Mai? When is the New Year observed?

Mai: It's on 1 January, and it lasts three days through 3 January

Lan : Do people do the same things as we do in Vietnam?

Mai: well, there are some similarities and also some differences

Lan: Please, tell me about them

Mai: The preparations begin a few days before the New Year when housewives start cooking special food for New Year's Day

Lan: Do they clean and decorate their houses?

Mai: Sure ,they do.On the New Year's Eve every household do a big cleaning up The idea is get rid of the dirt of the past year.and welcome the new one

Lan: Do they decorate the house with trees and flowers ?

Mai: Yes, they usually decorate their houses with some small pine trees on both sides of the door,which represent longevity and constancy.people also exchange cards and gifts

Lan: I see.And what do they usually do on the New Year's Eve?

Mai: Family members sit round and start watching the national singing contest on

television.But the last notesmust be sung before midnight.Then television or radio will

broadcast 108 bells.The timing of the bells is very important

Lan: why is that?

Mai: Because the 108th bell must be ringing just a fraction before the midnight.As soon as the 108th bell is rung, people all say"Happy New Year"

Lan: What do they usually do next?

Mai: Some families put on special kimonos or dress to go to visit their shrine Then they come home and eat their special New Year Day's food and drink a lot of rice wine.New Year's Day is mostly celebrated among family only

After you listen

Tell some similarities and some differences

D.READING

Before you read Ss tell what activities they enjoy doing

TASK1

1.reunion : đoàn tụ 2.respect: sự kính trọng 3.wrap: bao bọc

4.envelope: bì thư 5.receive: nhận 6.neighbors:người hàng xóm

TASK 2

True or false

1.T 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.T 6.F

TASK 3 :answer the questions

1.Tet holiday is celebrated on the first day of the Lunar New Year

2.Some weeks before the New Year , the Vietnamese clean their houses and paint the walls 3.The whole family gets together for a reunion dinner on the New Year's Eve

4.They receive lucky money at Tet

5.They go to visit their neighbors,friends and relatives

After you read

Ss discuss in groups about the activities they did last Tet holiday

E.PROJECT

TASK 1.

Complete the words form chart add more words you want to remember

prepare preparation

celebrate celebration

respect respect

entertain entertainment

beautify beauty

TASK 2

Tet first day of lunar New

Year

sticky rice in Vietnam

Thanksgiving fourth thursday in

November

roast turkey in American

Easter late March or early

April

eggs in many countries

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