Warmer: Matching the following pictures with the suitable words.
a. Christmas
c. Wedding
d. Halloween
e. Valentine’s day
f. Birthday
b. New year’s
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Warmer: Matching the following pictures with the suitable words.
a. Christmats
c. Wedding
d. Halloween
e. Valentine’s day
f. Birthday
b. New year’s
Christmats
New year’s
Wedding
Halloween
Valentine’s day
Birthday
what do people often do on these occasion?
receive gifts/flowers...
drink
Talk
dance
eat
sing

What do people often
do at the parties?

I. Before reading
1. Describing the pictures.
1. what ‘s the relationship between the people in the pictures?.
3. How do they feel now ?.
2. what are they celebrating?.

Milestone (n) : an important event in one’s life

Golden anniversary :celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary.

Silver anniversary : celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary. 
2.Vocabulary
II. While reading
Task 1: Decide which of the activities below takes place at a birthday party or at a anniversary party or at both.

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Task 2: In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passage. Find the wrong word & provide the correct one.
Ex:1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party.
Task 2: In each of the following sentences, there is ONE word which is not true according to the reading passage. Find the wrong word & provide the correct one
Ex:1. Lisa’s family and friends are at her eighth birthday party.
seventh
2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.

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.
2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.

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.
eats
2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.

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.
eats
presents
2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.

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.
eats
presents
age
2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.

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.
eats
presents
age
years
2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.

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.
eats
presents
age
years
50th
2.Everyone makes cake and ice cream at the birthday.

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.
eats
presents
age
years
50th
golden
III. After reading
Work in groups; Answer the following questions.

Question 1: What do you often do to prepare your birthday party?.

Question 2: Where do you prefer to celebrate your birthday, at home or in the restaurant ? Why?.