Agrarian person n : farmer : nong dan Peach blossom [pi:t∫'bl ɔsəm] n: Hoa Đào Apricot blossom ['eiprikɔt 'bl ɔsəm] n: Hoa Mai Kumquat tree ['kʌmkwɔt tri:] n: Cây Quất Candied fruit /’kæ[r]
(1)Unit 8: celebrations Peroid 1: reading I/ Aim Reading about Lunar New Year in Vietnam II/ Objectives By the and of the lesson, Ss will be able to: - Develop such reading micro-skills as scanning for specific ideas and guessing meaning in the context - Use the information they have read to discuss the topic III/ Materials Textbook, whiteboard, … Pictures, IV/ Anticipated problems Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic, so T should be ready to help them V/ Procedure Time Teacher’s activities Students’activities 5’ Warm-up - Ask Ss to work in individual and look at the - Work in individual - Look at the pictures pictures - Give some pictures and tell Ss to answer the puestion What time of the year is it? - Call some Ss to answers - Give feedback Picture1 : Tet Holiday Picture2 : Christmas - Answer the quetion Lop11.com (2) 10’ 22’ 4’ Picture3 : Teachers’ Day Picture4 : Mid – Autumn Festival - Introduce: Vietnam and other countries in the world have special days we call celebrations And Lunar New Year or Tet is a great celibration in Vietnam To understand more about it we will move to the reading - Ask Ss open the book on page 90, 91 Before you read - Tell Ss to look at page 61 and to tell the partner which of these activities they enjoy doing most at Tet - Call some pair of Ss to tell their enjoyment - Give some new words: Agrarian /ə’greəriən/(adj): lien quan den nog nghiep Agrarian person (n) : farmer : nong dan Peach blossom [pi:t∫'bl ɔsəm] (n): Hoa Đào Apricot blossom ['eiprikɔt 'bl ɔsəm] (n): Hoa Mai Kumquat tree ['kʌmkwɔt tri:] (n): Cây Quất Candied fruit /’kændid fru:t/ (n): Mứt Lucky money (n): Tiền Lì Xì Lunar New Year ['lu:nə nju jiə(r)] (n): Tết âm lịch - Read once and ask Ss to repeat While you read -Tell Ss to read quickly the text in 5’ - Go around class and help Ss in explain new words if they are necessary Task -Call S to read letters in this task - Explain the request - Give Vietnamese meaning - Ask Ss match English words with suitable Vietnamese meaning - Call some pair to answer - Correct the answer Lop11.com - Open the book - Discuss with the partner - Answer - Write down the vocabularies in their notebooks - Read after T - Read the passage - Ask T new words - Read the letters - Work in pair - Answer (3) 6’ 7’ Grand dai Banner khau hieu Sugared apples tao dam duong Agrarian thuoc ve nong nghiep Pray cau nguyen Excitement hao Task - Ask Ss to scan the passage and decide whether the statements are true or false - Call some pair to answer and ask the the position of information in the passage - Give correct answer Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar F (sometimes between 19th January and 20th February) According to the text, for people anywhere in the world the beginning of spring is the start of a new year F (agrarian people) Tet used to be longer than it nowadays T According to the text, “lucky money” is given to everyone at Tet F (children) Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and in the South of Vietnam T People try to be nice and polite to each other because they want to have good luck on New Year’s Day F (during the whole year) Task - Ask Ss to work in pair, scan the passage and answer the question - Call on some pairs to answer and write down the answesr on whiteboard - Ask Ss the position of the anwer in the passage - Give feedback It’s sometimes between 19th January and 20th Fecbuary Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months They are decorated with coloured lights and red banners Lop11.com -Work in pair -Do the task - Answer - Work in pair - Scan the passage - Answer the question - Write down the answers (4) 7’ 1’ 4.They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork It is candied fruit such as sugar apples, plums or tomatoes Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games After you read - Ask to Ss towork in pair and tell their partners about their last Tet holiday - Give some suggested questions to support How you prepared? (cleaned up , decorated the house …) Who you visited ? (relatives, teachers, friends… ) What special foods you ate? (banh chung, candied fruit…) What activities you enjoyed most ? ( receiving lucky money, going to the flower market… ) - Call some pair to talk about the last Tet holiday Wrapping - Ask Ss to translate the passage into Vietnamese and prepare the speaking part Lop11.com - Work in pair - Discuss with partner - Answer (5)