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9 FESTIVALS AROUND THE
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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

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HOBBIES

OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- develop reading skill about an unusual festival
- develop speaking skill: talking about a festival they enjoy
2. Core competence:
- develop communication skills and creativity
- be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork
- develop presentation skill
- actively join in class activities
3. Personal qualities
- develop self-study skills

LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
Game: Who is faster?

WARM-UP

READING

* Vocabulary
• Task 1: Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do you
think happen at the Twins Day Festival?
• Task 2: Match each word from the email in 1 with its meaning.
• Task 3: Read the email again. Complete each sentence with no more
than TWO words.
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•

Task 4: Match the questions and answer about a festival someone
joined.
Task 5: Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a festival you and your
friend joined, using the questions in 4 as cues. Tell the class about
the festival your partner joined.

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•

Wrap-up
Homework

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

Lesson 5: Skills 1
WARM-UP

Game: Who is faster?

Stage aims:
- to introduce the topic of reading.
- to enhance students' skills of
cooperating with team mates.

Who is faster?
Mid-Autumn Festival

It is the symbol of a new life because
it has a lot of babies.

Who is faster?
Halloween

It is the symbol of bad luck.

Who is faster?
Cannes Film Festival

It is the symbol of the winner's prize.

Who is faster?
Easter

It is the symbol of the moon,
prosperity and family reunion.

LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
Game: Who is faster?

WARM-UP

READING

* Vocabulary
• Task 1: Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do
you think happen at the Twins Day Festival?
• Task 2: Match each word from the email in 1 with its
meaning.
• Task 3: Read the email again. Complete each sentence with
no more than TWO words.

PRE-READING
1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do you think happen at the
Twins Day Festival?

1 Now quickly read the email below and check your answers.

VOCABULARY TEACH
2

Match each word from the email in 1 with its meaning.
1. gathering

a. two children born to the same mother
at the same time

1-b

2. featured

b. meeting

3. twins

c. the act of entertaining other people by
singing, dancing, and playing music, etc.

2-d

4. performance

d. showed something as the most
important part

3 -a
4-c

VOCABULARY CHECK

gathering
/ˈɡæð.ər.ɪŋ/

cuộc hội họp

VOCABULARY CHECK

twin
/twɪn/

song sinh

VOCABULARY CHECK

feature

/ˈfiː.tʃər/
trình diễn đặc biệt

VOCABULARY CHECK

performance
/pəˈfɔː.məns/

màn biểu diễn

WHILE-READING
3 Read the email again. Complete each sentence with no more than TWO words.
first weekend every August.
1. People hold the festival in Twinsburg on the ____________
countries
2. There are twins from many ____________.
walked together
3. In the Double Take Parade, twins in uniforms _____________.
performance by the Korean twins the most.
4. Mark enjoyed the ____________
Fun Run
5. Mark and his twin sister ran in the ____________.
exciting
6. In his opinion, the festival was very ____________.

LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
Game: Who is faster?

WARM-UP

READING

* Vocabulary
• Task 1: Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do you
think happen at the Twins Day Festival?
• Task 2: Match each word from the email in 1 with its meaning.
• Task 3: Read the email again. Complete each sentence with no more
than TWO words.
•
•

SPEAKING

Task 4: Match the questions and answer about a festival someone
joined.
Task 5: Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a festival you and your
friend joined, using the questions in 4 as cues. Tell the class about
the festival your partner joined.

PRE-SPEAKING
4 Match the questions and answers about a festival someone joined.

1

1. What festival did you join?

a. Yes, very much because there was a lot to
do.

2. Where and when did you join it? b. I joined the festival in Phu Yen last March.

1-d
2-b

3. Why do people celebrate it?

c. I watched people play drums, sing traditional
songs, and dance. I also played traditional
games with the children there.

3-e

4. What did you do there?

d. I joined the Hoi Mua Festival.

4-c

5. Did you like the festival?
Why or why not?

e. They celebrate it to thank the Rice God and
pray for a better new crop.

5-a

WHILE-SPEAKING
5

1

Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a festival you and your friend joined,
using the questions in 4 as cues. Tell the class about the festival your
partner joined.

LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
Game: Who is faster?

WARM-UP

READING

* Vocabulary
• Task 1: Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do you
think happen at the Twins Day Festival?
• Task 2: Match each word from the email in 1 with its meaning.
• Task 3: Read the email again. Complete each sentence with no more
than TWO words.
•
•

Task 4: Match the questions and answer about a festival someone
joined.
Task 5: Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a festival you and your
friend joined, using the questions in 4 as cues. Tell the class about
the festival your partner joined.

•
•

Wrap-up
Homework

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

CONSOLIDATION
1

WRAP UP

In this lesson, we have learnt to
o read skill for specific information about an unusual festival
o talk about a festival you enjoy

CONSOLIDATION
2

HOMEWORK

o Video your presentation about a festival you enjoy 
o Prepare for the next lesson: Skills 2