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ENGLISH 11 – PERIOD 15
UNIT 3
A PARTY
READING
Watch the picture and answer the following questions
1. What can you see ? What is it about ?
2.What do you often do on that day?
UNIT 3: A PARTY
PERIOD 15: READING
PART A: READING

BEFORE YOU READ:
Activity 1: Work in pairs to look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1.What is the relationship between the people in the picture?

2. What are they celebrating?
This is Lisa
These are Rosa and Luis
Activity 2: Write the names of things you need for a birthday party.
Example: Candles
candle
card
Birthday cake
flowers
Present/ gift
New words or phrases:
Blow out the candles: Thổi nến
Celebrate (v) : làm lễ kỷ niệm
Anniversary (n) : Ngày kỷ niệm
Silver anniversary = the 25th anniversary of a wedding: Lễ kỷ niệm đám cưới bạc
golden anniversary = the 50th anniversary of a wedding: Lễ kỷ niệm đám cưới vàng
Mark the milestones: Đánh dấu sự kiện quan trọng
READING PASSAGE
It is Lisa’s birthday. She is seven years old today, and her family and friends are at her birthday party. On the table is a birthday cake with seven candles, one for each year. People sing “Happy Birthday” to Lisa:
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday, dear Lisa!
Happy Birthday to you!
When they finish singing, Lisa blows out the candles on the cake. Then everybody eats cake and ice cream. After that, Lisa opens her birthday cards and presents. Her family and friends give her toys and clothes for her birthday.
In the United States, people of all ages celebrate birthdays. But when an adult has a birthday, there are not a lot of candles on the birthday cake. Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their age. Some people joke every year, “I’m 29 years old today.” Perhaps they do not want to get any older.
B. Rosa and Luis are having a party, too. But it is not a birthday party. It is an anniversary. Fifty years ago, Rosa and Luis got married. Today their family and friends are giving them a party. Everyone eats some cake and says “Happy Anniversary!” to Rosa and Luis. People also give cards and gifts to the anniversary couple.
Most married couples in the United States celebrate wedding anniversaries each year.Husbands and wives give flowers or gifts to each other. They often have a quiet dinner at home or at a restaurant. They usually don’t have a big party.
But the 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries are special. People call the 25th the “silver anniversary” and the 50th the “ golden anniversary.” These anniversaries mark the milestones of a happy and lasting relationship between married couples. Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their golden anniversary.
WHILE YOU READ
TASK 1:
Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a wedding anniversary party or at both. Put a stick ( V ) in the right box

1.People sing a song
2.People eat cake
3.People receive cards and
gifts from friends and relatives
4.People joke about their age
5.People remember their
wedding day
6.People go out to dinner
7.People blow out candles,
one for each year.
Birthday party
Wedding anniversary
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
WHILE YOU READ
TASK 2:
In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passage. Underline the wrong word and provide the correct one.
1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party
2. Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday party
3.Lisa opens birthday cards and food from her family and friends.
4.Many Americans over the age of 30 don’t like to talk about their anniversaries.
5.Fifty months ago, Rosa and Luis got married

6. People call the 5th wedding anniversary the “golden anniversary.”
7. Rosa and Luis are happy to be together for their silver anniversary.
eighth
makes
food
anniversaries
months
5th
silver
seventh
eats
presents
age
years
50th
golden
AFTER YOU READ
Now work in groups to answer the following questions:
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1.Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday, at home or in the restaurant? Why?
Put these words or phrases in to two columns below and then use them to talk about your choice
quiet, cheap, have to prepare, comfortable, noisy, expensive, romantic, uncomfortable
Example: I prefer to celebrate my birthday at home because it is quieter than in the restaurant
2. Do your parents celebrate their wedding anniversaries?
3.Are you going to celebrate your wedding anniversaries in the future ? Why or why not?
AFTER YOU READ
HOMEWORK
Write down the activities take place in a birthday party and an anniversary.
2. Prepare for the next period (Unit 3- speaking)
Time is over
Thank you