UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 3: Reading
CHRISTMAS
Warmly welcome English teachers to our class
BUFFALO- FIGHTING
RICE – COOKING
COCK - FIGHTING
TET
GAME: QUICK EYES
Write the names of the festivals you have seen
CHRISTMAS
1, Vocabulary
Christmas tree (n):
Christmas card (n):
Christmas Carols (n):
Santa Claus (n):
Patron saint (n):
Decorate (V):
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
Trang trí
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 3: READ

5, Christmas tree (n)
1, Christmas card
4, Christmas Carols
3, Santa Claus
6, Decorate
2, Patron saint
1, Vocabulary
Christmas tree (n):
Christmas card (n):
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n):
Patron saint (n):
Decorate (V):
Cây thông Noel
Thiếp mừng Noel
Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh
Ông già Noel
Thánh đỡ đầu
Trang trí
Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Lesson 3: READ
*Open prediction:
Guess four special things at Christmas ?
2, READ.
Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the word.
READ.
Complete the table.
The Christmas Tree
early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
(no information)
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
Designed by J. Horsley

Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 3: READ
Questions:
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
c. When were Christmas songs first performed?
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
LUCKY NUMBERS
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3, Retell
HOME WORK
Write it up:
- Use the information in the map to write the brief paragraphs.
- Learn grammar: passive voice
Do exercises 1, 5, 6 in the workbook.
- Prepare Unit 13: Write
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
More than a century ago
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
He wanted to send
Christmas greeting to
his friends.
When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
Who wrote the poem A Visit from
Saint Nicholas?
What is Santa Claus based on?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem.
Lucky number
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
FILLING THE MISSING WORDS IN THE SONG
Jingle Bells
Dashing though the snow
In a one – horse open sleigh,
O’er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
........... on bobtail ring,
Making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and .........,
A sleighing song ...........
Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!
Jingle all the way!
.........., what fun it is to ride
In a one – horse open sleigh!
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Bells
sing
to night !
Oh
Thank you!