Date of preparing : Period 81 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 2: SPEAK A. Objectives
*Knowledge-By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about preparations for a special event .
* Attitude: Help Ss be more confident to communicate with others in English, to know how to prepare for a special event.
* Skill: Practise speaking skill B. Teaching aids
T's ’reparation: Lesson plan, text book,
Ss' p’eparation: Text book, notebook, pen, homework.
C. Methods
- Brainstorming,rub out and remember, ordering, mapped dialogue.
-Pairs, individual and group work D. Contents
I. Organization (1m)
Class Date of teaching Absent students
8A 8B
II. Warm up: Brainstorming (4m)
T asks Ss to think of 5 things that their families often do to prepare for Tet holidays.T models.
-Let Ss go to the board and write(one S in one group writes one word) -T corrects, marks…..
Buy new clothes Decorate the house
+Possible answers:
-Buy cakes and candies, drinks, fruit, flowers, plants..
-Cook /Make square green cakes.
-Write/Send New Year’s greeting cards to friends/relatives…
Teacher and Ss' activities Contents
III. New lesson
Step 1. Pre - speaking.(10m) -T sets the sence, asks Ss to read the
*Ordering:
+Answer key: A – F ,B – G , C - H , D –
Preparations for Tet holiday
dialogue on p.123 and order the sentences to make a completed dialogue in pairs.
-T collects Ss’ ideas, corrects.
Step 2. While- speaking (15m) Activity 1. Mapped dialogue -T asks Ss to close their books.
-T elecits the exchanges from Ss and have them repeat.
-Let Ss practice the dialogue :T –WC, exchange, half-half, pairs….
-T corrects Ss’ mistakes….
Step 3. Post- speaking (12m) -T asks Ss to choose one of the festivals (p.123) and make up their own dialogues in pairs.
-T gives the situations to help:We are going to talk about the preparations for a school festival.What things will you have to prepare?
-T and Ss list the things needed to prepare, write on the board:
Flowers, flags, chairs, tables, speakers, uniform…
-Let Ss prepare in pairs.Then T calls some pairs to demomstrate their dialogues before the class.
-T gives feedback and corrects.
+Possible answers:
J , E – I.
*Mapped dialogue:
Mrs Quyen Lan
-you/tidied bedroom?
-market/have
to/oranges/pomegranate.
-Sure/will.
-Not really/but/want/
house/look/nice/festival.
-That/good/Bye.
Yes…./Where/you/go/Mum?
-Could /collect/new Ao Dai tailor/corner?
-Thanks/anything/want /me/do/
while/out?
-Mom/I/know/what/do now/will/clean/glass windows.
-Bye, Mom.
Dialogue 1:
S1:Have you bought the flowers yet?
S2:Yes, I have.Where are you going now?
S1:To our school.I want to clean the tables, the chairs and the school yard.
S2: Can I help you to prepare?
S1:Yes.You can prepare the speakers.
S2:Must we wear uniform in the festival?
S1:Yes.You need to wear uniform and hold the red flags…
Dialogue 2:
S1:What are we going to do for our school festival next week?
S2: I think we shoul decorate our class.
S1: And we should clean up our class at first.
S2:OK.Do you think it’s better to decorate our class with fresh flowers?
S1:Good ideas….
S2:One of the most important thing.We have to study harder and observe our school rules and regulations.That is we mustn’t make any mistakes to celebrate our school festival.OK?
S1:No problem.We’ll try our best.
IV. Summary (2m)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson. The way to talk about:
-How to prepare for a festival, especially for traditional festivals.
V. Homework (1m)
- Practice speaking again at home.
- Prepare for the next lesson. Do exercise in workbook
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing : Period 82 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 3: LISTEN A. Objectives
*Knowledge
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen for details to understand about the preparations for Tet.
* Attitude: Help Ss be more confident to communicate with others in English , to know how to prepare for the Tet holiday.
* Skill: Practise listening skill B. Teaching aids
T's ’reparation: Lesson plan, text book, tape, cassette player.
Ss' p’eparation: Text book, notebook, pen, homework.
C. Methods
- Chatting, gap fill prediction, grid.
-Pairs, individual and group work D. Contents
I. Organization (1m)
Class Date of teaching Absent students
8A 8B
A. II. Warm up
Teacher and Ss' activities Contents
III. New lesson
Step 1. Pre – listening (12m) Pre teach vocab
+Check: Ro and R
I. Vocab:
-pomegranate ['pɔmigrænit](n): quả lựu ( picture)
-marigold ['mærigould](n): hoa cúc vạn thọ ( picture)
-dried water lemon seeds(n):hạt dưa ( realia) -spring rolls [spriη / 'roul](n): chả nem
-T sets the sence:The Robinsons is making preparations for Tet.They want to buy things to make it a traditional festival as Vietnamese people do.Think of things that Vietnamese people often have for Tet.
-T asks Ss tom open their books and read the statements on p.124.
-T gets Ss to predict the words in the gaps, then write Ss’ ideas on the board.
Step 2. While- listening (15m) Act 1: Check prediction
-T plays the tape twice, asks Ss to listen and check again their
prediction.
-T calls on some Ss to give their answers and check if Ss’ ideas are right or not.
-T plays the tape again to correct.
Step 3. Post- listening . (15m) -T asks Ss to copy the grid on p.124 , listen again and fill in the gaps.
-Let Ss listen twice, then compare in pairs.
-T asks Ss to go to the board and write the ideas in the grid, then corrects.
( picture)
-peach blossom [pi:t∫] ['blɔsəm](n): hoa đào ( picture)
I. Gap fill prediction:
Ss prediction
II Checking prediction +Answer :
a-Mr Robinson/Flowers market.
b-Traditional
c-Dried waterlemon seeds d-Make spring rolls.
*Grid:
+Answer key
Name Things to do
Mr Robinson
Mrs Robinson
Liz
-goes to the flower – market to buy some peach blossoms and a bunch of marigolds -goes to Mrs Nga’s to learn how to make spring rolls
-goes to the market to buy some candies, a parket of dried watermelon seeds.
IV. Summary (1m)
T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson.
-How to prepare for a festival, especially for traditional festivals.
V. Homework (1m)
-Make 2 other dialogues (p.123).
-Retell about the Robinsons’preparations for Tet.
- Prepare for the next lesson. Do exercise in workbook
* Evaluation
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Date of preparing : Period 83 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 4: READ A. Objectives
*Knowledge: -By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know some specials about Christmas
* Attitude: Help Ss be more confident to communicate with others in English, know some information about Christmas festival
* Skill: Practise reading skill.
B. Teaching aids
T'’ preparation: Lesson plan, text book, pictures.
Ss'’preparation: Text book, notebook, pen, homework.
C. Methods
- Chatting, Ro & Re, grid, lucky number, recall - Pairs, individual and group work
D. Contents
I. Organization (1m)
Class Date of teaching Absent students
8A 8B
II. Warm up: Chatting:(4m) T shows a picture of Christmas T asks Ss some Qs about this
-What is it about ?(The Christmas Day)
-When is the Christmas day?(in the night of the 24 and the day of the 25, Dec) -Who often brings children presents on this day?(Father Christmas)
-What do people often eat on Christmas day?
Teacher and Ss' activities Contents
III. New lesson.
Step 1.Pre - reading (15m) +Check: Ro and R.
*Choosing the pictures about Christmas:
I. Vocab:
-custom ['kʌstəm](n): phong tục ( translation)
-(to) spread [spred]: lan truyền ( example)
-T prepares 7 pictures about Christmas day and other
holidays(Christmas tree, Father Christmas, presents for Christmas, a girl singing the Christmas song, Christmas cards, Tet holiday with square green cake, with peach blossom,
Mid -Fall festivals….), runs through and stick on the board.
-T asks Ss to choose the pictures about Christmas .
Step 2. While- reading (15m) Activity 1: Grid
-T asks Ss to read the paragraphs on p124,125.
-T draws the grid quickly on the board , elecits to fill in and asks Ss to copy.
-Let Ss read again the texts and fill in the grid with the right information about the specials of the Christmas.
-Let Ss compare in pairs, the go to the board and write.
Activity 2.Comprehension questions:
Lucky pictures(T uses the 7 pictures above)
- T shows a poster of Qs, runs through, then asks Ss to read again the text and prepare the answers, compare in pairs.
-T checks again the rules of the game,let Ss choose the pictures and play the game in 2 groups
-T controls, marks, praises the winners.
Step 3. Post- reading (7m) Recall:
-T asks Ss to base on the information in the grid to recall about the
specials of the Christmas.
-T once more runs through the table,
-(to) design [di'zain]: thiết kế ( explaination)
-(to) decorate ['dekəreit]: trang hoàng, trang trí ( explaination)
-Patron Saint ['peitrən seint](n): thần hộ mệnh
( translation)
-Christmas Carol ['krisməs]['kærəl](n): bài ca giáng sinh
( example)
- Santa Claus ['sæntə klɔ:z] (N) : ông già Noen
( picture) II. Read
1. Fill in the table
Christmas
Specials Place of origin Date The Christmas
tree Riga early 1500s
The Christmas card
England mid-19th century Christmas
Carol No information 800 years ago
Santa Claus USA 1823
2. Answer the question +Answer key:
a-More than a century ago b-He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
c-800 years ago
d-An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore
e-On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem
Christmas tree came from….
then models with the first one:
-Let Ss prepare, then T calls some Ss to retell before class-sentence by sentence.
-T asks some others to retell all the story.
-T corrects Ss’ mistakes..
IV. Summary (2m)
- T stresses on some main ideas of the lesson:
-Specials about Christmas and other festivals:Ss should know about the traditional festivals of their country and other countries
V. Homework (1m) -Answer the Qs again
- Read the text again at home, learn by heart the new words - Prepare for the next lesson. Do exercise in workbook
* Evaluation
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