Post – Reading: 13’ Ask Ss to sing an English song about Christmas : “We wish you a merry Christmas” or “Jingle Bell”... Homework: 2’ - Learn by heart vocabulary.[r]
(1)Week: 29 Period: 87 Date of preparing: 26/ 03/ 2013 Date of teaching: 28/ 03/ 2013 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ I OBJECTIVES: Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to get some knowledge about festival by reading for details about the Christmas, passive form in the past II PREPARATIONS: Book, cassette tape, pictures III PROCEDURES: Teacher’s activities Students’ activities (2) Warm – Up: (5’) Ask Ss to list some English songs about Christmas Pre – Reading: (5’) - Ask Ss to listen to the tape - Explain new words: + Design (v) + Spread (v) + Christmas carol (n) + Patron saint (n) + Jolly= happy and cheerful (adj) + Decorate (v) + Perform (v) + Leader (n) + Description (n) - Explain structure: have (had) someone something While – Reading: (20’) - Have Ss to read the paragraphs on p.124 - Ask Ss to read the paragraph again and complete the grid - Call some Ss to fill the gaps in the grid on the board Christmas Special The Christmas tree The Christmas Card Christmas Carol Santo Claus Places of origin Riga England No information USA - Whole class - Listen to the tape - Listen and write - Listen and write - Read - Pair works - Give feedback Date Early 1500s Mid-19th century 800 years ago 1823 - Ask Ss to - Answer the questions answer the questions on page 126 - Give feedback - Call some Ss to give their answers a The Christmas tree came to the USA more than century ago b He wanted to send Christmas greeting to his friends c Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago d An American professor Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas e Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem Post – Reading: (13’) Ask Ss to sing an English song about Christmas : “We wish you a merry Christmas” or “Jingle Bell” Whole class (3) Homework: (2’) - Learn by heart vocabulary - Prepare next lesson: Unit 13 – Write/ p 126 IV COMMENTS: Take note - (4)