Unit 8. Celebrations

Can you guess the topic we will study today ? Unit 8: Period 45th Unit 8: I Before you read CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) Which of these activities you enjoy doing most at Tet? Answering the question: making banh chung decorating the house Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question eating special Tet foods going to the pagoda going to the flower market watching fireworks Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question receiving “lucky money” visiting relatives and friends Eg: I like making Banh Chung I don’t like eating special Tet foods Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching Peach blossom [pi:t∫'bl ɔsəm] (n) Hoa Đào apricot blossom ['eiprikɔt 'bl ɔsəm] (n) Hoa Mai Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching kumquat tree ['kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n) Cây Quất Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n) Mứt Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching lucky money (n) Tiền Lì Xì Period 45th Unit 8: I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching II While you read Task Task 2: Task 3: III After you read: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) a Streets are decorated with coloured lights and red banners b Children receive their “lucky money” inside red envelopes c People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and cooking traditional foods d Homes are often decorated with peach blossom, apricot blossom ,kumquat tree at this time e People visit other family members or friends and exchange New Year’s wishes f After Tet people clean up their houses and continue their usual works A strange and weird New Year tradition in Denmark is breaking the dishes at neighbor’s door Strangely this makes them happy instead of annoying them The family with the hugest tower of broken plates, glasses, cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest one because it means that they have lots of loyal friends WEIRD NEW YEAR TRADITIONS WEIRD NEW YEAR TRADITIONS Talca is a small town in Chile with a very strange, weird and freaky New Year custom The people of Talca celebrate the new year with their dead relatives in the cemetery People are welcomed in the cemetery with light classical music and dim blinking lights making the cemetery are perfect party place They believe that their loved ones wait for them in the cemetery and they should start the new year with them The tradition began in 1995, when a local family jumped the cemetery fence to spend New Year’s near their father’s grave Now over 5,000 people have adopted this tradition WEIRD NEW YEAR TRADITIONS It’s a tradition in America to share a sweet midnight kiss with your girlfriend or boyfriend or with anyone in case you don’t have one This will make the coming year incredibly beautiful for you They believe that this practice brings true love It washes away the bad memories and fate from the past and marks the beginning of a New Year full of love and life A famous movie, “In Search of A Midnight Kiss” is themed on this New Year Ritual WEIRD NEW YEAR TRADITIONS Imagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dinning table full of roundshaped food and fruits on one single day of the year These actually happen in the Philippines on New Year’s eve every year Filipinos believe this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth Residents of Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia and other South American states welcome the New Year by wearing colorful underwear The usually wear red, yellow or other brightly colored under-wears past midnight to catch good fortune for the coming year Red means an amorous love life ahead and yellow expresses the desire to gain money and wealth The wishes of the locals are expressed via their underpants Period 45th Unit 8: I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching II While you read Task Task 2: Task 3: III After you read: IV Home work CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) Compare between Tet in the North and in the South of Vietnam Period 45th Unit 8: I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching II While you read CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) Work in groups Decide which statements are in Before Tet During Tet After Tet Task Task 2: Task 3: III After you read: a,c b, d, e f Period 45th Unit 8: I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching II While you read Task Task 2: Task 3: III After you read: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) Tell each other about your last Tet holiday, focusing on the following main points How you prepare for Tet How you decorated your house Who you visited What special foods you ate What activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet Period 45th Unit 8: I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching II While you read Task Task 2: Task 3: III After you read: IV Home work CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) Work in groups of or prepare a talk about a famous celebration in Vietnam or in the world Look at the pictures What time of the year is it ? Valetine’s Day Christmas Teachers’ Day Mid – Autumn Festival Tet Holiday ... Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching kumquat tree ['kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n) Cây Quất Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS. .. Mứt Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) I Before you read Answering the question 2.Vocabulary pre-teaching lucky money (n) Tiền Lì Xì Period 45th Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson.. .Unit 8: Period 45th Unit 8: I Before you read CELEBRATIONS ( Lesson 1: Reading) Which of these activities you enjoy doing