Friday, March 10th , 2006
Unit 8:
CELEBRATIONS
Lesson1: Getting Started
Listen and Read
1.Getting started:
Now let’s listen to the song


Tell me the name of the song is .
“Happy New Year”


Who can tell me the names of the celebrations you have known?




1.Lunar New Year
2.Easter
3.Birthday
4.Mid – Fall Festival
5.Wedding
6.Christmas
celebrations


Who can tell the names of the celebrations with each picture:
A
C
D
E
Birthday
wedding
Lunar new year
Christmas
Mid-Fall Festival
Easter
B
F
2. Listen and read:

New words:
lunar (adj.)
joyful (adj. ) = cheerful ( adj. )
sticky rice cake (n)
Jewish (adj.)
freedom (n)
slavery (n)
ancient (adj.)
Passover (n)
parade ( n)
Grammar:
Tet is a festival which occurs in late January.
Family members who live apart try to be together at Tet.
Which, who  relative pronouns.

Listen to the passage, then read these statements and guess they are True or False ?

1.Lunar New Year is the most important celebration in Vietnam.
2.Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries.
3.Passover happens at around the same time at Lunar New year.
4.In Vietnam, all family members living apart try to be together at Passover.
T
T
T
F
F
Read the passage again, then complete the table:

Tet
Passover
Easter
Cleaning and decorating home, and enjoying special food.
In late January or early February
Late March or early April
Around the same time as Passover
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades
Sticky rice Cake
Special meal called the Seder
Chocolate or sugar eggs
Viet Nam
Israel
In many countries
Base on the grids and introduce the celebrations:
Tet – Passover – Easter.
Tet
Passover
Easter
Homework :
Write about one celebration that you like best.