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 u

- T gets Ss to read the passage again and discuss the main points. included in the passage in pair[r]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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sự bền lịng, khơng thay đổi, trờng tồn)

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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

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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

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

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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