UNIT: 13
Period: 84

FESTIVALS

READ

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ

I. Vocabulary :
Christmas tree ( n ):

Cây Noel

(To ) decorate :

Trang trí

Christmas card : (n)

Thiệp Noel

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ

I. Vocabulary :
Christmas tree ( n ):

Cây Noel

(To ) decorate :

Trang trí

Christmas card : (n)

Thiệp Noel

(To) Spread

Spread : Lan truyền

Spread

Santa Claus : (n)

Ông già Noel

= Patron saint : (n)

Thánh bảo hộ

Christmas Carol : (n)

Bài hát về lễ Noel

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 80 READ

Rub out and remember
1.

Christmas
Christmas tree
tree :: (n)
(n)

Cây Noel

2.

(to)
(to)decorate
decorate::

Trang trí

3.

Christmas card :(n)

Thiệp Noel

4
4.

(To) Spread

Spread

Spread : Lan truyền

5.

SantaClaus
Claus::(n)
(n)
Santa

Ông già Noel

6.

Patron saint : (n)

Thánh bảo hộ

7.

Christmas Carol : ((n)
n)

Bài hát về lễ Noel

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS : Period : 80 Read

II/ TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS
GUESS CHECK

1/ The Christmas Eve was decorated in
the early 1500s
1800s in the Latvian city of Riga .

F

2/ An Englishman wanted to send Christmas
greetings to his friends on Christmas day .

T

3/ The character of the Santa Claus in a
poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red
suit and gave children presents on
Christmas Eve .

T

4/ The Christmas carols became popular
again about 180 years ago .

T

III. MATCHING
Column B

Column A
1.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Christmas Eve
(n)
(to) design
(to) perform
Poem (n)
Jolly (adj)
Description (n)

A.
B.

C.
D.
E.
F.

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Vui nhộn

V. COMPLETE THE TABLE
Christmas
Specials
The Christmas
1
tree

Place of origin

Date

Riga

early 6
1500s

The Christmas
2
Card

4
England

mid-19th4 century

Christmas Carol

5
No information

800 years
7 ago

Santa3Claus

USA

8
1823

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 ?
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ?
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?

a.

b.

c.

How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the
USA ?
 The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s.
Why did the Englishman have someone design a
card ?
 Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings
to his friends.
When were Christmas songs first performed ?
 Christmas songs were first performed 800 years
ago .

d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
 An American professor named Clement Clarke
Moore wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas
e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
 Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .

VI. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text

The Christmas tree was …1
……..….and put in the
decorated
market place in the Latvian city of Riga in the
…..2……….1500s.
early
In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman
wanted to ….3……...…Christmas
greetings to his
send
friends , so he …..4.……..
Someone design a card .
had
performed
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 thedescription
……….6……. of Saint
Nicholas in this poem .

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Period:84 READ

I. VOCABULARY
II. TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS
III. MATCHING

IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE
VI . FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE SUITABLE WORDS
FROM THE TEXT

VI. HOMEWORK

- Learn the new words by heart
- Write a paragraph ( 5 - 7 sentences )
about your last Christmas
- Prepare Unit 13 : write

Christmas Christmas
Card
Tree

Santa
Claus

Christmas
Carol