Mr Vu Thanh Tung
Luc Ngan high school No 4
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
READING
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

AIM:
Reading a passage of 250 –300 words for general and specific information
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson students will be able to
know more about one of the traditional Vietnamese festivals.
Use words and expressions related to festivals.
improve reading skill through true- false sentences and comprehension questions
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS


Teaching aids: whiteboard, pictures showing activities people often do during Tet holidays, computer, overhead projector etc.
PRE- READING ACTIVITIES
WARM - UP
The teacher asks students to listen to the song and then answer the following questions
1) What is the title of the song?
2) When and why do people often sing it?
3) What is it about?
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Suggested Answers.
1) HAPPY NEW YEAR
2) On the last days of the old year and at the beginning of the new year. To welcome to the new year.
3) the feelings about the old year and the new year.
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Before you read
The teacher asks students to look at the picture on page 90 and then work in pairs to answer question 1
What time of the year is it?
Tet, The Vietnamese lunar New year.
The teacher asks students to look at the picture again and says:
“Look at the picture again. This is a Vietnamese family on new year’s day. There are six people: the grandparents, the parents and the two children. What are they doing?”
The grand mother is giving her grand children lucky money inside red envelopes.
What else do you see in the picture?
We can see the peach blossom, kumquat tree, the ancestral altar with a tray of five fruits, banh chung, mut on the table.
Before you read
Before you read
The teacher asks students to work in pairs to talk about what activities they enjoy doing most at Tet. Are there any other things you like doing?

making banh chung
decorating the house
eating special Tet foods
going to the flowers market
going to the pagoda
watching fireworks
receiving “lucky money”
visiting relatives and friends
-    The teacher sets the scene by saying: “To understand more about Tet Holidays. today we’ll learn unit 8 and by the end of the lesson you’ll be able to talk about some activities during Tet holidays”
While you read
WHILE- READING ACTIVITIES
The teacher allows 3 minutes for students to read the passage silently and then ask them to do task 1 individually.
Students find what the following words mean in the text. They can use a dictionary when necessary
Suggested Answers
grand:
agrarian:
banner:
pray:
sugared apples:
excitement:
to lớn, hoành tráng
thuộc về nông nghiệp
băng rôn, khẩu hiệu
cầu nguyện
táo dầm / tẩm đường
sự nô nức, nhộn nhịp
While you read
The teacher divides the class into four groups and then asks students to decide which are correct. If the sentence is false, the teacher asks students to make it true, or explain why it is false.
 After students finish, the teacher has one member of each group go to the blackboard to do his task.
Tet is always on 20th February on the Western calendar. F
Tet is sometimes between 19 January and 20th February on the Western calendar.
While you read
2.According to the text, for people anywhere in the world the beginning of spring is the start of a new year. F
According to the text, for agrarian people the beginning of spring is the start of a new year.
3. Tet used to be longer than it is nowadays. T
According to the text, “lucky money” is given to everyone at Tet. F
According to the text, “lucky money” is given to children at Tet.
5. Kumquat trees are popular both in the North and in the South of Vietnam. T
6. People try to be nice and polite to each other because they want to have good luck on New Year’s Day. F
On the days of Tet people try to be nice and polite to each other because they believe that what they do on the first day of the year will influence their luck during the whole year.
When is Tet holiday in Vietnam?


How long did Tet preparations and celebrations last in the past?
While you read
It’s sometime between 19 January and 20 February.
For months.
The teacher asks students to work in pairs to answer the questions in task 3.
The teacher moves round helping students when they are in difficulty.
When students have finished, the teacher has some pairs ask and answer the questions in front of the class.
The teacher gives feedback and correct answers.
 Suggested Answers
Task 3:
3. What do streets look like before Tet?

What do people often do to prepare for Tet?

What is banh chung made from?

What is mut?

What are some popular activities at Tet?
While you read
They buy gifts, clean and decorate their house and cook traditional foods.
It’s made from sticky rice, green beans and fatty pork.
Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes, going to the pagoda, playing games, etc.
It is candies fruit such as sugared apples, plums or tomatoes.
They are decrated with coloured lights and red banners.

THE POST-READING ACTIVITIES
The teacher asks students to work in groups to talk about their last Tet holiday, focusing on the following main points:
After you read

how you prepared for Tet
how you decorated your house
who you visited
what special foods you ate
what activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet.
THANK YOU