* WARM-UP
1

Mid – Autumn
festival
4

Tet festival

2

3

Christmas

Halloween

Uni 9
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FESTIVALS AROUND THE
WORLD
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

Uni
t

HOBBIES

*Activity 1
New words
: tham gia
join
= take part in
double take parade
: Diễu hành đôi
cheese rolling
: Lăn phô mai
talent show

Biểu diễn tài năng

Check vocabulary
Matching

a

1/ join
2/ double take parade
3/ cheese rolling

b

4/ talent show
d

c

TWINS DAY
FESTIVAL

1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Which events do you think happen at the
Twins Day Festival?

Double Take Parade

Cheese Rolling

Talent Show

1 Now quickly read the email below and check your answers.

2

Activity 2:

Find each word from the email in 1 with its meaning.

a. two children was born to the same mother
at the same time
b. meeting
c. the act of entertaining other people
by singing, dancing, and playing music, etc.
d. showed something as the most important part

2

Match each word from the email in 1 with its meaning.
1. twins

a. two children born to the same
mother at the same time

2. gathering

b. meeting

3. performance

c. the act of entertaining other people
by singing, dancing, and playing music,
etc.

4. featured

d. showed something as the most
important part

Activity 3:

3 Read the email again. Complete each sentence with no more than TWO words.
1. People hold the festival in Twinsburg on
the _______
every August.
first weekend
countries
2. There are twins from many _______.
3. In the Double Take Parade, twins in
uniforms _______.
walked together
4. Mark enjoyed the performance
_______ by the
Korean twins the most.
5. Mark and his twin sister ran in the
Fun Run
_______.
6. In his opinion, the festival was very
_______.
exciting

Activity 4
4 Match the questions and answers about a festival someone joined.

1

1. What festival did you join?

a. Yes, very much because there was a lot to
do.

2. Where and when did you join it? b. I joined the festival in Phu Yen last March.

1-d
2-b

3. Why do people celebrate it?

c. I watched people play drums, sing traditional
songs, and dance. I also played traditional
games with the children there.

3-e

4. What did you do there?

d. I joined the Hoi Mua Festival.

4-c

5. Did you like the festival?
Why or why not?

e. They celebrate it to thank the Rice God and
pray for a better new crop.

5-a

4.Match the questions and answers about a festival someone joined . 
1. What festival did you join?
d. I joined the Hoi Mua Festival
2. Where and when did you join it?
b. I joined the festival in Phu Yen last March
3. Why do people celebrate it?
e. They celebrate it to thank the Rice God and pray for a better new crop.
4. What did you do there?
c. I watched people play drums, sing traditional songs, and dance. I
also played traditional games with the children there.
5. Did you like the festival? Why or why not?
a. Yes, very much because there was a lot to do.

Activity 5
5

1

Work in groups. Make a dialogue about a festival you and your friend
joined, using the questions in 4 as cues. Present before the class about
the festival your partner joined.

Tet festival

Mid – Autumn festival

Christmas

Teacher's Day

5.Work in groups .Present about a festival you and your friend joined , using the questions in  4 as cues . Tell the class
about the festival your partner joined . 

- What festival/you join?
- Where/when did you join it?
- Why/people celebrate it?
- What did you/there?
- Did/like the festival?
Why? Why not?

- I/ join/………. festival
-

It/held…in ……………….

- It/ ……………………
- I/ ………………………..

- Yes,/ ………………………

5. Present before class about the festival

CONSOLIDATION
2

HOMEWORK

o complete your presentation about a festival you enjoy 
Prepare for the next lesson: Skills 2: (Exerces 1: Look at
the picture answer the questions:
1/ What is it?; 2/ What festival is it a part of?; Exercise 2:
What festival does Mark talk about? ; Exercise 3:True/
False?; Exercise 4: Think about a festival that your family
celebrate?)