WELCOME
Unit 9: Festivals around the world
Lesson 1: Getting started
Thanh Thuy secondary school. Class: 7A3
Guide teacher: Nguyen Trung Kien
Training teacher: Nguyen Thi Theu
Rock in Rio
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ______________
5. ______________
6. ______________
7. ______________
8. ______________
Water Festival
Ghost day
Cannes Film Festival
Christmas
Halloween
Easter
Tet
2. Write the festivals in the box under the pictures. Then listen and repeat.
The festival project
Teacher
Phong
Mai
Nick
Mi
Vocabulary
1. Festival (n)
2. Fascinating (adj)
3. Religious (adj)
4. Seasonal (adj)
5. Superstitious(adj)
6. Harvest (n,v)
: Tín ngưỡng
: Vụ mùa, thu hoạch
: Thu hút
: Mê tín
: Lễ hội
: Theo mùa
Checking vocabulary
1. Festival
2. Fascinating
3. Religious
4. Seasonal
5. Superstitious
6. Harvest
Tín ngưỡng
Vụ mùa
Thu hút
Mê tín
Lễ hội
Theo mùa
INTRODUÇÃO
Aqui você pode dar uma breve descrição do assunto sobre o qual deseja falar. Por exemplo, se você quiser falar sobre Mercúrio, pode dizer que é o menor planeta de todo o Sistema Solar
1a. Answer the question
2. What do people do to celebrate Diwali?
3. Which festival is held in a small town?
4. Why does Mi think her festival is unusual?
5. What should the students do after this discussion with the teacher?
1. Did the teacher expect Nick to choose a Vietnamese festival? Why/Why not?
No, she didn’t because she said ‘oh really’ to show her surprise.
People light candles and display/let off the fireworks
It’s La Tomatina
Because to celebrate the festival, people go to the desert, make a camp
and have a party
They should write up reports and hand in them to the teacher.
1. Nick chose the festival because he would like to see elephants racing.
2. The ‘Festival of Lights’ is another name for Diwali.
3. People throw tomatoes at each other for one day at La Tomatina.
4. Burning Man is held in the desert.
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F
=> One hour
1b. Tick (V) true (T) or false (F)
Religious
Seasonal
Music/art
Superstitious
3. Match the festivals below with the reasons they are held.
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ________________
Music/art
Religious
Seasonal
Superstitious
4. Compare your answer with your partner.
I think Rock in Rio and the Cannes Film Festival are music or arts festivals.
I agree.
Which do you think are seasonal festivals?
I think Christmas and Easter. How about you?
I think Halloween and Ghost Day.
Example:
A :
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A :
B :
B :
5. Can you add any more festivals to the groups in 3? 
Religious: Thanksgiving, Diwali

Music/arts: Berlin Festival

Seasonal: Mid-autumn Festival

Superstitious: Christmas
Thank you