Ha Tien education & training
Thuan Yen Secondary School
Unit 8: Celebrations
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TRƯờNg THCS THUAN YEN
Welcome everybody
to our class
MATCHING
Work in two groups in 3 minutes.
Look at the six pictures, and six names of celebrations in the box.
Match the name with the correct picture.
b. Lunar New Year d. Birthday f. Wedding
a. Easter c. Christmas e. Mid-Fall Festival
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I/ Getting started: match the names of the celebrations with the pictures
a. Easter
c. Christmas
b. Lunar new Year
d. Birthday
e. Mid-Fall Festival
f. Wedding
- Matching
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UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
II. LISTEN AND READ
b. Lunar new Year
a. Easter
Thursday, March 5th 2009.
Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS
Listen and read / p.65
1- Vocabulary
. (to) occur =
. (the) freedom
. (the) slavery :
. (the) Jewish
. (a) parade :
. (to) decorate
(to) happen
: Xảy ra
: Sự tự do
Sự nô lệ
: Người do thái, thuộc về Do thái
Cuộc diễu hành, đám rước
: trang trí
Thursday, March 5th 2009.
2- Practice
- T/F statements prediction
a. Tet is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people.
b. Tet is a festival which occurs in early February or late March.
c. Passover is in late March and early April.
d. This festival is celebrated in Vietnam.
e. Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries.
f. It happens at around the same time as Tet.
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Listen and read / p.65
Thursday, March 5th 2009 Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS
Listen and read / p.65
2- Practice
- Reading and checking prediction
*/ Questions

a. Tet is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people.
b. Tet is a festival which occurs in early February or late March.
c. Passover is in late March and early April.
d. This festival is celebrated in Vietnam.
e. Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries.
f. It happens at around the same time as Tet.
*/Correction
a - T
b - F.
Tet is a festival which occurs in early January or late February.
c - T
d- F .
This festival is celebrated in Israel.
e - T
f- F.
It happens at around the same time as Passover.
Thursday, March 5th 2009
Compete the table
Celebrations
When
Country
Activities
Food
Tet
Passover
Easter
In late January or early February
VietNam
Clean and decorate homes, wear new clothes and enjoy special food
Sticky rice Cake
In late March or early April
Israel
Celebrates freedom from slavery
Special meal called Seder
Around the same time as Passover
In many countries
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Chocolate, sugar eggs
- Grids
Unit 8 CELEBRATIONS
Listen and read / p.65
PRODUCTION
Which celebrations do we talk about?
1. On this holiday, children often wear their new clothes and receive “lucky money” from their relatives. People give best wishes to one another.
2. On this holiday, people come to church and have special meals with turkey and pudding. In the evening, an old man wearing a red suit, called “Santa Claus” give presents to the children.
3. We celebrate a lot of activities for women on this holiday. It occurs on March of the year.
THE TET HOLIDAYS - THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
THE WOMEN’S DAY ( March 8th )
HOMEWORK
Read the passage more and more.
Learn the new vocabulary by heart and make the sentences with them.
Prepare the next part of unit 8 – Speak.
Thanks for your observing and see you again

Good BYE AND GOOD LUCK