UNIT 8 CELEBRATIONS
PERIOD 50
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
LISTEN AND READ
A/ Aims: Reading a text about some celebrations in the world for details.
B / Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to get
further information about celebrations in the world, then practice
reading comprehension skill for details to complete a table.
C / Teaching aids: Textbook, posters, pictures, objects about festivals.
D / Procedure:
Stages Teacher’s activities Students’
activities
I.Warm up
7 min
II.Pre-
reading
10 min
* Matching (Getting started)
- Ask Students to tell some celebrations / festivals in
Vietnam or some English speaking countries in
Vietnamese.
- Tell Students to work with a partner. Match the
icons with the names of the celebration they
represent.
- Call the number of each picture and ask Students to
tell the appropriate picture.
- Give correct answers:
1. Easter 2. Wedding 3. Birthday 4. Christmas
5. Mid-Autumn Festival 6. Lunar new year.
* Introduce the topic of the passage reading and
some new words to Students.
1. Pre- teach vocabulary:
- Sticky rice cake (n): traditional Chung cake: bánh
chưng
- Passover (n): lễ quá hải
- Israel (n) (translate) ->Jewish (a) -> Jewish people:
Người do thái
- Occur (v) = happen / take place: xảy ra
- Live apart (v) = Far way: sống xa nhà
- Slavery = condition or work of slave: sự nô lệ
- Joyful (a): cheerful: thích thú
* Checking technique: What and where
2. Guiding questions:
a. How many celebrations are mentioned in the text?
b. What are they?
- Ask Ss to work in groups to predict the answers.
Work in pairs
Listen and
copy down.
Listen and
repeat chorally,
individually
Copy down
Play game
Work in group