Good
afternoon
Everybody

GAME: QUICK EYES

Match the names of the festivals with the right pictures

a)

b)

c)

d)

1) RICE –
COOKING
2) BUFFALO-

3) COCK FIGHTING
4) TET

a) TET HOLIDAY

c) BUFFALOFIGHTING

b) COCK FIGHTING

d) RICE – COOKING

Answer the questions:

- Who is he?
He is Santa Claus.
- What does he often do at
Christmas?
He often gives the presents for
children.

THANH DUC SECONDARY SCHOOL
The week: 12th
2021.
Period: 33

Monday, April 12th,

Unit 13

FESTIVALS
Lesson
4:

* NEW WORDS
- custom /'kʌstəm / (n): phong tục
- to spread /spred/ (v): lan truyền,
phổ biến
- to design /di'zain/ (v): thiết kế
- Christmas carol /'kærəl/ (n): Thánh ca
- Santa Claus/'sæntə klɔ:z/ (n): Ông già Noel
~ Father Christmas:
- Patron saint/'peitrən seint/ (n): Thánh bảo hộ
- jolly/ʤɔli/ (adj): vui nhộn
- century/'sent∫əri/ (n):
- a poem/'pouim/ (n):
- to base on /beis ɔn/ (v):

thế kỉ
bài thơ
dựa vào

MATCHING
1. custom
2. Christmas carol
3. spread
4. Patron saint
5. Santa Claus
6. design
7. jolly
8. century
9. base on
10. poem

1C 2E

3A

4F

5B

6I

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.

7D

lan rộng
Ông già Nôen
phong tục
vui nhộn
Thánh ca
Thánh bảo hộ
thế kỉ
bài thơ
thiết kế
dựa vào

8G

9J

10H

*GRAMMAR

1.Passive form in past simple tense: (Review)
S + was/were + V-ed/column 3 + by
O
Ex: The poem was written by Clement Clarke
Moore.
2. Have + somebody + V(bare Inf.) + something
(Nhờ/ yêu cầu ai làm gì)
Ex: I have my younger sister wash my clothes

* Pre-questions:

1) How many special things are there
at Christmas?
2) What are they?

READ. Christmas is an important festival in
many countries around the world.

Listen and read the text:

Santa Claus
The
Christmas
Christmas
Carols
Card
In
1823,
the patron
saint of children, Saint
The
Christmas
Tree
In
Eight
the hundred
mid-nineteenth
yearsinago,
century,
Christmas
an A
Nicholas
appeared
a
poem
called
One
Christmas
Eve in
the
early
1500s,
Englishman
songs
were
performed
wanted
to
send
for
people
Christmas
in
Visit
From
Saint
Nicholas.
Theand
character
some
people
decorated
a
tree
put
it
greetings
towns
andtovillages.
his friends,
These
sosongs
he had
were
in
the
poem
was
a
fat
jolly
man
who
wore
in
the
market
place
in
the
Latvian
city
of
someone
stories
put
design
to
music
a
card.
and
Forty
most
years
people
aRiga.
red suit
and
gavespread
children
presents on
This
custom
throughout
later,
enjoyed
cards
them.
were
The
a part
leaders
of the
of the
Christmas
Church,
Christmas
Eve.
The
poem,
which
was
Europe,
and
finally
to
America
the
1800s
tradition.
however,
not. They
saidMoore,
the songs
written bydid
Clement
Clarke
an
were
unsuitable,
but
about
180
years
ago,
American professor, became popular in
the
became
popular
again.
the songs
USA. Santa
Claus
is based
on the
description of Saint Nicholas in this
poem.

* Answers: “Pre-questions”
1) How many special things are there at Christmas? -Four
2) What are they?
-They are the Christmas tree, the Christmas card,
Christmas carols and Santa Claus.

1. Complete the table

Christmas specials
1.

Place of origin
Riga

2.

Mid-19th century

3.Christmas carols
4.

Date

USA

1. Complete the table

Christmas specials
1. Christmas tree
2. Christmas card
3.Christmas carols

4. Santa Claus

Place of origin
Riga

England
No
USA

Date
early 1500s
Mid-19th century

800 years ago
1823

2. Answer the questions:
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
The Christmas tree came to the USA more than 200 years ago.

b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

c. When were Christmas songs first performed?
Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago.

d. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas?
Professor Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem.

e. What is Santa Claus based on?
Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the
poem A Visit From Nicholas.

* True/False
a)
b)
c)
d)

The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1500s.
The Christmas card was designed by a Frenchman.
The Christmas songs were stories put to music.
The Santa Claus who wore a red suit and gave
children presents.

* Correct: True/False
a) The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1500s.

F

b) The Christmas card was designed by a Frenchman.
F
c) The Christmas songs were stories put to music.
T
d) The Santa Claus who wore a red suit and gave children
presents.
T

Homework
-Learn new words and grammar.
- Reread the text.
-Prepare: Lesson 5: WRITE
+ New words
+ Review: past simple tense and passive
form in past simple.
+ Prepare: how to write a report.