GOODAFTERNOON CLASS
Christmas
Tree
Christmas
Card
Santa
Claus
Christmas
Carol
UNIT: 13
FESTIVALS
Period: 84
READ
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
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Unit 13: FESTIVALS

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
II/ TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS
F
T
T
T
1500s
5, Christmas tree (n)
1, Christmas card
4, Christmas Carols
3, Santa Claus
6, Decorate
2, Patron saint
1
2
The Christmas Card
The Christmas tree
4
6
4
5
7
3
8
1823
USA
Santa Claus
800 years ago
No information
Christmas Carol
mid-19th century
England
early 1500s
Riga
Date
Place of origin
Christmas Specials
IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE
V. Answer the 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 ?
The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.

Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago .
V. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem .
An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
VI. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text
The Christmas tree was …1 ……..….and put in the
market place in the Latvian city of Riga in the
…..2……….1500s.
In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman
wanted to ….3……...…Christmas greetings to his
friends , so he …..4.…….. Someone design a card .
Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs were……5…..…
for people in towns and villages .
In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas
appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas .
Santa Claus is based on the ……….6……. of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .
decorated
early
send
had
description
performed
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
VI. HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart
- Prepare Unit 13 :
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