- T gets Ss to read the passage again and discuss the main points. included in the passage in pair[r]
(1)Period 50
Unit 8: Celebrations Reading
A 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
B Teaching aids: Real objects, pictures, English textbook 11, hand-outs C Method: Integrated, mainly communicative
D: Contents: I.Organization
Class Date of teaching Absent students
Teacher’S activities Students’ activities
II Warm- up(6m)
Brainstorm
- 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:
+ What you think of when you see this?
+ Why so?
+ What you often before Tet?
III New lesson
* Activitiey 1: Before you read(10m)
Discussing Tet holiday
-Ask Ss to look at the picture on page 90 and discuss the
questions in pairs
- T goes around to offer help - T calls on some Ss to present their answer and elicits comments from other Ss T gives feedback if necessary
1 What time of the year is it?
Pair work
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……
Pair work
It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see peach blossom and kumquat tree full of ripe fruits
(2)2 What are the people in the picture doing?
3 What else you see in the picture?
Pre -teaching vocabulary Lunar New Year
To fall between and… ………
To spead: To be full of Candied fruit
Peach blossom /pi:t∫'blɔsəm/
Apricot blossom /'eiprikɔt 'blɔsəm/
Positive comments:
Ask Ss to make sentences with the above words to check their
understanding
* Activity 2: While you read Setting the scene
You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in Vietnam While you are reading, the tasks in textbook
Task (6m)
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 banner: along piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or in a public place to show support for st sugared apples
4 agrarian: connected with farming and the use of land for farming pray: to speak to God especially to give thanks or ask for help
6 excitement: the state of feeling excited
Task (5m)
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
Tết âm lịch
Ri vo khong thi gian t n
kéo dài đầy nhiều Mứt
Hoa đào Hoa mai
Những lời nói tốt đẹp
Whole class pay attention
Individual work
Trọng đại, hồnh tráng Biểu ngữ, băng rơn
Táo tẩm đờng
Thuộc nông nghiệp Cầu nguyện
(3)Ask Ss to work individually to the task and discuss their answers with their partners
Call on some Ss to give their answers and ask them to explain their choices
Task 3(6m)
- Ask Ss to work individually to the task, then discuss their
answer with their peers
- Call on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices It is made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork
6 Mut is candied fruit
7 Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games
* Activity 3: After you read(10m)
- Ask 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
- Ask Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and give
examples
- Summarise the main ideas of the passage
individual work and pair work 1, 2,4 – F
3, 5, – T
Individual work and pair work It falls sometime between 19th January and 20th February
2 Tet s preparations and ’
celebrations used to be pread over months
3, They are decorated with coloured lights and red banners They buy gifts, clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods
Group work
Whole class
E Valuation
Ss may not have enough vocabulary to talk about the topic, so T should be ready to help them
(4)Period 51
Unit 8: Celebrations SPEAKING
I Objectives
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
Talk about the celebrations of Tet and other festivals activities’ II Teaching aids
Textbook, handouts, …………
III Anticipated problems
Ss may have limited linguistic resources for discussion, so T should be ready to assist them
IV Procedure I.Organization
Class Date of teaching Absent students
Teacher’S Students’
Warm up(8m) Noughts and crosses
Ask Ss to make sentences from the words in the table
Peach
blossom Kumquat tree Candied fruits Lucky
money Exchangewishes Banh chung Relatives
and friends Special Tet foods pray
Task (8m)
Ask the whole class to read the dialogue silently
And ask them what points are metioned in the dialogue
Then ask Ss to practice the dialogue in pairs
Call some pairs to act out the dialogue
Work in group of students
(5)and give comments
Task 2(14m)
Ask Ss to look at the pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each
holiday
T checks with whole class and gives out the correct answer
Ask Ss to list the activities people usually in these holidays and write them quickly on the board so that Ss can compare these with the information they will deal with
Call on some Ss to give the answer and ask other Ss to feedback
Task 3(13m)
Get Ss to work in pairs to ask and answer about the holiday in task T asks Ss to add any information about holiday they know to make the D more interesting
Consolidation and homework(2m)
T summarises the main points of the lesson
Ask Ss to exercises in workbook E: Valuation: Ss learnt well
Whole class
Pic1: Mid- Autumn festival Pic 2: Thanksgiving
Pic 3: Valentine s Day’
1 c C a A b B
Pair work
Whole class
Period 52
Unit 8: Celebrations LISTENING
A Objectives:
1 Educational aim: Students should know more about the New Year celebration in Japan
2 Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students listen for the main idea and comprehension questions - Language:
- New words: Words related to new year
3 Skills: Listening for gist and for specific information.
C Method: Integrated, mainly communicative. B Teaching aid: Pictures ,text book
D Contents: I.Organization
(6)Teacher’S activities Students’ activities
II Warm up (7m)
Competition game- Guessing game
- T divides Ss into groups: A and B
- T tells Ss the rule of the game: One member from each group will go and stand in the front of the class with their back facing the board T will write the word/phrase which was learnt from the previous lesson on the board Other Ss from each group have to explain the word without mentioning it or translating it into Vietnamese so that their representative can guess the word The student with the quickest and correct answer will get point for their group Ss take turn to be the representative After some turns, the group with more points will be the winner
III New lesson
* Activity 1: Before you listen(10m) 1 Guessing
- T introduces the listening passage
- T asks Ss to work in pairs to guess which of the activities on page 94 the Japanese often on their New Year s’
Day
- T calls on some Ss to give their answers and write them on the boards T also asks Ss to add any other activities that they think the Japanese at the New Year
2 Pre-teaching vocabulary
Shrine(n) /∫rain/
Longevity(n) [lɔn'dʒeviti]
Pine trees Constancy(n)
To represent: to be symbol of sth
T may get Ss to make sentences with the words and gives corrective feedback
* Activity 2: While you listen 1 Task (10m)
Ask Ss to read read through the statements
T plays the tape once for Ss to the task
T asks for Ss answers and write them on ’
Group work
The word/phrase T may write on the board are:
Thanksgiving, Mid-Autumn festival, grand, pray, agrarian, lucky money, Peach blossom Apricot blossom…………
Whole class pay attention Pair work
điện thờ, miếu thờ t̉i tho
c©y th«ng
sự bền lịng, khơng thay đổi, trờng tồn)
(7)the board
T plays the tapes the second time for Ss to check their answers
T asks Ss to work in groups of to compare their answers
Call some Ss to stand up and answer
2 Task 2(8m)
T asks Ss to read and answer the
questions with the things they remember from the previous time of listening
T plays the tape again for Ss to the task
After playing the tape, T gets Ss to work in pairs and check their answers
T calls on some Ss to give the answers and elicits feedback from other Ss
* Activity 3: After you listen(8m)
T gets Ss to work in pairs to compare the aspects of the Vietnamese New Year with those of the Japanese one
Before Ss take part in the activity, T elicits of the transition signal/phrases to talk about the similarities and differences between two things
Go around to offer help and collect Ss ’ mistakes
Call some pairs to present their answers Elicit feedback from the class and give final comments
IV Consolidation and homework(2m)
T summarises the main points of the lesson
Ask Ss to learn by heart all new words and the exercises in workbook as home work
Correct answer
- They put on special clothes - Housewives prepare special
foods
- They go to a shrine - They drind rice wine - They watch television - They eat a special meal
Individual work and pair work B they want to get rid of the dirt of the old year and welcome the new year
2 from the television and radio Kimonos or special dress No, New Year is mostly celebrated among family only
Pair work
Whole class
E: Valuation: Ss may not have difficulty doing the first task, so T should be ready to give them some strategies
Period 53
Unit 8: Celebrations
(8)1 Educational aim: Students know how to describing a celebration. 2 Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students can write a passage describing a celebration - Language:
-New words : Words related to celebration 3 Skills: Describing a celebration
B Teaching aids: Some models, hand outs ,pictures. C Method: Intergraded, mainly communicative.
D Contents:
I.Organization
Class Date of teaching Absent students
Teacher’S activities Students’ activities
II Warm up (7m)
Competition game- Christmas Cloze - T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students Then give handout for Ss to in their own groups Ss have to fill each blank in the passage with one suitable word from the box Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner
Christmas is an annual holiday that(1) the birthday of Jesus of Nazareth
……
Christmas Day
falls on December 25 It is preceded by Christmas Eve on December 24, and in some countries it is (2)… by Boxing Day on December 26, when many
people go shopping for sales It is a (3)……when people get together with(4)……Peole give(5)…… to each other or send(6)… wishing each other a(7)…….Christmas
At Christas, people(8)…carols to get into the Christmas(9)….As well,
people(10)….Christmas trees and put up(11) around the house A common …
Christmas dinner is (12)….There are also lots of(13)… goodies for the kids
Group work
Answers:
1 marks cards 11 lights followed merry 12 turkey
3 holiday sing 13 baked
4 family spirit 14 peaceful
5 presents 10 decorate
(9)People love Christmas because it is the time when they can share(14)
.moments with their family
…
III New lesson:
* Activity 1: Preparing Ss to write(13m)
- To prepare Ss for the writing task, T uses the passage in the Warm-up as a model
- T gets Ss to read the passage again and discuss the main points
included in the passage in pair At the same time, Ss should write down which sentences belong to which main point
- Now get Ss to work individually to writee an outline for their
description, using the main points set in previous activities
* Activity 2: Writing(15m)
- T gets Ss to describe the festival they have chosen in 15 minutes
- T goes around to observe and offer help with vocabulary or structures
* Activity 3: Feedback on Ss’ writings(8m)
- T asks Ss to exchange their writing with another student for peer
correction
- T goes around and collects mistakes and errors
- Choose one or two descrition and read it/them to the class
- Then T elicits corrective feedback from the class and gives final comments afterwards T should draw Ss attention to the ’
organization of ideas and language use
IV Consolidation and homework(2m)
- T summarises the main points of the lesson
- For homework, T asks Ss to improve their writing taking into consideration their friends and T Ss’ ’
suggestions and correction
Suggested answers:
The description includes main points:
+ Name of the festival (sentence 1) + Purpose of the festival (sentence 1)
+ Time of the festival(sentence 2-3) +Main activities of the festival/what people in the festival(sentence4-7)
+Foods eaten(sentence8-9) + Peope s feeling about the ’
festival(like/dislike? Reason(s)?) (sentence 10)
Individual work
Mid-Autumn Festival is of my most favourite festivals It is held on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month every
year It Ss the time when ’
Vietnamese people celebrate the largest full moon in the year The children have parties with special cakes and grapefruits They also parade in the street with their beautiful lantern, which come in all shapes and sizes Adults buy moon cakes for their relatives and friends It is a great time for not only children but also adults
(10)E: Valuation: Ss may not have sufficient vocabulary to write about the topic, so T should be ready to assist them
Period 54:
Unit 8: Celebrations LANGUAGE FOCUS
A Objectives:
1 Educational aim: Students know how to distinguish the clusters /fl/ and /fr/ and/ θr/ in a word or a sentences
2 Knowledge:
- General knowledge: Students can Use pronouns :one(s), someone, no one ,anyone, everyone appropriately
- Language:
- New words: Words related to holiday and celebrations 3 Skills:
- Pronunciation: fl/ - /fr/ and/ θr/
- Grammar: - pronouns :one(s), someone, no one ,anyone, everyone -Vocabulary about holidays and celebrations
C Method: Integrated, mainly communicative. B Teaching aids: Textbook
D Contents:
I.Organization
Class Date of teaching Absent students
Teacher,S activities Students’ activities
II Pronunciation(12m)
Distinguish sounds
- T models the clusters /fl/, /fr/, and /θr/ for a few times
- T reads once for Ss to hear the words containing these clusters T reads again and ask Ss to repeat after
- Ask Ss to read the words in each column out loud in chorus for a few more times Then T call on some Ss to read the words out loud
Practicing the dialogue containing the
(11)target sounds
- Ask Ss to work in pairs and take turn to read aloud the given dialogue on page 97
- Go around to listen and takes notes of the typical errors
- Call on some Ss to read the D again and provide corrective feedback
III Grammar
a Presentation(6m)
- T writes some sentences on the board and asks Ss to comment on the of one(s), someone, no one, anyone, and everyone
-T asks Ss to give similar examples and gives feedback
b Practice III Exercise:
1 Exercise 1(10m)
Ask Ss to exercise individually and then compare their answers with
another student Then T calls on some Ss to read out their answers
2 Exercise 2(8m)
T asks Ss to exercise in pairs Ss have to rewrite the sentences, using the pronoun one/ones
Ask them to compare answer with another pair
Call on some Ss to go to the board to write their answers
Ask other Ss to feedback and gives correct answers
3 Exercise 3(7m)
Use the words from the box to complete
Pay attention and give comments on these examples
+ I don t like the red ’ shirt, I prefer
the blue one
+ Don t buy the sour ’ oranges Buy
the sweet ones
+ There s ’ someone waiting for the
director in the office
+ Did someone call me last night? +Have you met anyone like him? + Don t tell ’ anyone my secret
+ No one likes her story + Everyone laughs at him
+ Has everyone done your home work?
Individual work
1 anyone someone anyone someone no one
6 everyone no one
1 Of the bags, I like the blue one Mai is making a fruit cake Huong is making one, too
3 I like reading books, especially the ones about the natural world I don t have a computer, and my ’
father doesn t want me to have one’
5 They let me choose a pencil, and I took the red one
6 There are several national
One and one(s) are used to
replace a previously mentioned noun when we not want to repeat
that noun One replaces a singular N and ones replaces a plural N
Someone=somebody It used with
a singular verb in an affirmative statement or a question when speaker expects the yes answer‘ ’ Anyone= anybody It used with a
singular verb in a negative statement or a question
No one usually takes a singular
affirmative verb
Everyone = everybody It usually goes with
(12)the following sentences
Ask Ss to work individually to exercise
Then T calls on some Ss to speak out loud
T listens and correct it if necessary Suggested answers:
1 traditional grand gifts celebrating polite
6 good luck excitement
IV Consolidation and homework(2m)
T summarises the main point of the lesson
Ask Ss to learn by heart grammar they have learnt
celebrations in Vietnam but perhaps the most meaningful one is Tet holiday
7 We told each other both happy stories and sad ones about our lives
Whole class
E Valuation: Ss may find it difficult to pronounce the three clusters, so T