Warmly welcome
all the teachers and students attending our class!
Speak out!
In this Game:
- You work in groups.
- You have to look at the screen, stand up and
say out the name of the holidays or celebrations
you can see in the picture as fast as possible.
- 10 points for one correct holiday or celebration.
- When the game finishes, the group which has
more points is the winner.
Game:
HALLOWEEN
MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL
VALENTINE’S DAY
LUNAR NEW YEAR
CHRISTMAS
TEACHERS’ DAY
NEW YEAR
Lesson: Speaking
Unit 8: Celebrations
1.VOCABULARY
I. Pre-speaking
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
Period 2 - Speaking
Talking about the celebration of Tet and some other celebrations
dress up
●mặc trang phục, mặc đồ đẹp đẽ;
●mặc trang phục hóa trang
parade(v):
đi diễu hành
mask (n)
mặt nạ
harvest (n):
vụ thu hoạch
traditional (adj)
có tính truyền thống
lunar month
calendar month
tháng âm lịch
tháng dương lịch
1.VOCABULARY
Pre-speaking
dress up
 lunar month
 parade (v)
 traditional (adj)
 calendar month
 harvest (n)
 mask (n)
1.VOCABULARY
I. Pre-speaking
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
Period 2 - Speaking
2.VOCABULARY CHECK
DRESS UP
TRADITIONAL
LUNAR MONTH
PARADE
1
6
4
3
MASK
2
HARVEST
5

Instructions: Mai is talking with Anna, her new English friend, about Tet holiday in Vietnam. Practice reading the dialogue.
II. While-speaking
1. Activity 1 (Task 1, p. 93): Dialogue Reading
Anna
Mai
Activity 1 (Task 1, p. 93): Practice reading the dialogue.
Do you know that Tet holiday is next month?
What is Tet?
It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of spring. It’s also the start of the lunar new year.
When is it exactly?
What do you usually do at Tet?
Oh, that sounds really interesting.
It’s the time when Vietnamese people celebrate the beginning of spring. It’s also the start of the lunar new year.
Well, this year it’s on the 9th of February.
Well, we eat a lot of special foods, we dress up and visit friends and relatives, and we also play some traditional games.
II. While-speaking
3. Activity 2 (Task 2, p. 94): Matching
1
A
B
2
C
3
Activity 2 (Task 2, p. 94): Match each holiday/celebration with its main purpose and activities
1
C
2
A
3
B
II. While-speaking
Activity 3: Dialogue Building
15th day of the 8th lunar month
Activity 3: Work in pairs. Each pair makes a meaningful dialogue about one of these holidays/celebrations. Use the words, the pictures, and the dialogue model below as cues.
Dialogue model:
A: What is ………………..?
B: Well, it’s the time when …….(purpose)
A: When ………………………?
B: Well, it …………..(date)
A: What do ……………… usually do ………………………….?
B: Well, …………………(activities)
A: Oh, that sounds interesting.
-wearing masks
-parading
-enjoying moon cakes
Holidays/
Celebrations
14th February
-chocolate
-flowers
-valentine’s cards
The 4th
Thursday in November
Give thanks- God-harvest & health
Dialogue model:
A: What is ………………..?
B: Well, it’s the time when …….(purpose)
A: When ………………………?
B: Well, it …………..(date)
A: What do people usually do ………………………….?
B: Well, …………………(activities)
A: Oh, that sounds interesting.
Holiday/
Celebration
The 4th
Thursday in November
give thanks- God-harvest & health
15th day of the 8th lunar month
Dialogue model:
A: What is ………………..?
B: Well, it’s the time when …….(purpose)
A: When ………………………?
B: Well, it …………..(date)
A: What do children usually do ………………………….?
B: Well, …………………(activities)
A: Oh, that sounds interesting.
-wear
masks
-parade on the street
-enjoy moon cakes
Holiday/
Celebration
Dialogue model:
A: What is ………………..?
B: Well, it’s the time when …….(purpose)
A: When ………………………?
B: Well, it …………..(date)
A: What do people usually do ………………………….?
B: Well, …………………(activities)
A: Oh, that sounds interesting.
Holiday/
Celebration
14th February
-give chocolate, flowers
and valentine’s cards to the people they love
III. Post-speaking
1. Tet
3. Valentine’s Day
4. Mid-Autumn Day
2. Thanksgiving Day
Talk about holidays/celebrations
Instructions: Work in 4 groups.
Choose one Holiday/ celebration at random
and then talk about this.
Talk about Tet, using the following pictures and words as cues.
HANDOUT 1
January 25th
(in the year 2020)
date
purpose(s)
activities
HANDOUT 2
Talk about Thanksgiving Day, using the following pictures and words as cues.
date
purpose(s)
activities
In the USA: The 4th Thursday in November



In Canada:
The 2nd
Monday in October

HANDOUT 3
14th
February
Talk about Valentine’s Day, using the following pictures and words as cues.
date
purpose(s)
activities
HANDOUT 4



15th day of the 8th lunar month

Talk about Mid-autumn Day, using the following pictures and words as cues.
date
Purpose(s)
activities
V. Homework
Learn by heart new words
Prepare the listening lesson
IV. Consolidation

Names, dates, purposes,
and activities
. Talking about celebrations
Thank you for your attention!
IV. Consolidation
II. At & On (prepositions of time)
1. At

etc.
Tet,
Christmas,
Easter,
at
at
at
a short holiday period
2. On
New year’s Day
Christmas Day,
Easter Day,
on
on
on
Christmas Eve,
on
Thanksgiving Day,
on
Valentine’s Day,
on
Mid-autumn Day,
on
etc.
a particular day
III. Date
→ Ordinal numbers only
February 14 / February 14th
14 February /14th February


February the fourteenth/
the fourteenth of February
→ Both cardinal numbers and
ordinal numbers
Names, dates, purposes, and activities
I. Talking about celebrations
Dialogue:

A: What is ……………………………….?
B: Well, it’s the time when ………..…..(purpose)
A: When ………………………………….?
B: Well, it …………………………………..(date)
A: What do children usually do ……………………………?
B: Well, …………………(activities)
A: Oh, that sounds interesting.