Unit 8 Celebrations
Lesson 1: Getting started , listen and read
Giáo viên thiết kế: Đặng Thanh Hải ( Yen Binh Junior high school )
Mid- Fall Festival
Birthday
Valentine’sDay
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas
Wedding
Lunar New Year
Easter
Christmas
Mid – Fall Festival
Lunar New Year
Birthday
Wedding
Confucian scholar ( n) ông đồ
Sticky rice cakes
Easter
Easter eggs
2. Listen and read

Although there are many celebrations throughout the year, Tet or the Lunar New
Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a
Festival which occurs in late January or early February. It is a time for families to
clean and decorate their homes, and ejoy special food such as sticky rice cakes
Family members who live apart try to be
Together at Tet .


Passover is in late Match or early April.This
festival is celebrated in Israel and buy all
Jewish people. On this festival, people
celebrated freedom from slavery. Passover
is also an ancient spring festival. On the
first and second nights of Passover,Jewish
families eat a special meal called The Seder.

Tet
Passover
Easter
When?
In late january or early February
Late March or early April
Around the same time as Passover
Activities
Cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food
Not available
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Sticky rice cakes
Food
Special meal called the Seder
Chocolate or sugar eggs
Country
Viet Nam
Israel
In many countries
Celebration
Find the one choice that best completes the sentence .
1. Tet or the Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for …………………………people .
A. English
B. American
C. Vietnamese
D. French
you are wrong
you are wrong
you are wrong
you are right .
Question2
Question3
2. Passover is in …………………………………….
A . late April or early May
B . late May or early June
C. late June or early July
D. late March or early April
You are wrong
you are wrong
you are wrong
3. On Easter Day ( Easter Sunday ), young children receive chocolate or ………………………
A . potatoes
B. Sugar eggs
C. apples
D. oranges
You are wrong
You are wrong
You are wrong
Relative clause ( Mệnh đề quan hệ )
Examples :
Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February .

Thinh Hung School which has 8 classrooms is in Yen Binh district .

We all like sticky rice cakes which are special Vietnamese food for the New Year .

Home work
Learn by heart all the new words
Do exercise 1 page 52 , exercise book