UNIT 9: FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
Lesson 6: Skills 2

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

Unit 9

FESTIVALS AROUND THE
WORLD
LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Knowledge:
- listen for special information about a festival
- write an email to describe a festival
2. Core competence:
- develop communication skills and creativity
- be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork
- actively join in class activities
3. Personal qualities
- develop self-study skills

LESSON 5: SKILLS 2
Bingo

WARM-UP

LISTENING

WRITING
PRODUCTION
(Post-Listen and Write)

* Listening
• Task 1: Look at the animal. Discuss the questions with a
partner.
• Task 2: Listen to Mark talking about how his family
celebrates a festival. Check your answers.
• Task 3: Listening again and decide whether the following
statements are true or false.
* Writing
• Task 4: Think about a festival that your family usually
celebrates. Fill in the blanks with your answers.
• Task 5: Write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark
about the festival. Use the notes in 4.
• Task 6: Class gallery.

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Home work

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

WARM-UP

Game: Bingo!

Aims of the stage:
 To waken up students' interest.

LESSON 5: SKILLS 2
Bingo

WARM-UP

LISTENING

* Listening
• Task 1: Look at the animal. Discuss the questions with a
partner.
• Task 2: Listen to Mark talking about how his family
celebrates a festival. Check your answers.
• Task 3: Listening again and decide whether the following
statements are true or false.

PRE-LISTENING

1

Look at the animal below. Discuss the following questions with a partner.

1. What is it?
2. What festival is it a
part of?

WHILE-LISTENING

2 Listen to Mark talking about how his family celebrates a festival.
Check your answers.

1. What is it?
A turkey.
2. What festival is it a part of?
Thanksgiving.

WHILE-LISTENING

3 Listening again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
True

1. Only people from the USA celebrate Thanksgiving.
2. People celebrate it on the third Thursday of November.
3. Family members and friends usually gather to have a feast.
4. In his family, only adults prepare the feast.
5. Cornbread is one of the traditional dishes.
6. After the feast, they play board games.

False
✓
✓

✓
✓
✓
✓

LESSON 5: SKILLS 2
Bingo

WARM-UP

LISTENING

WRITING

* Listening
• Task 1: Look at the animal. Discuss the questions with a
partner.
• Task 2: Listen to Mark talking about how his family
celebrates a festival. Check your answers.
• Task 3: Listening again and decide whether the following
statements are true or false.
* Writing
• Task 4: Think about a festival that your family usually
celebrates. Fill in the blanks with your answers.
• Task 5: Write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark
about the festival. Use the notes in 4.

PRE-WRITING

4

Think about a festival that your family usually celebrates. Fill in the blanks
with your answers.
What food
does your
family eat?
__________

What activities
does your
family do?
__________

What festival
is it?
__________

When do you
celebrate it?
__________

Do you like the
festival? Why
or why not?
__________

WHILE-WRITING
write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark about the festival.
5 Now
Use the notes in 4.

 Moon cakes, autumn fruits.

 In the middle of the eighth
lunar month.

Mid Autumn Festival.
Watch lion dances and eat mooncakes. Watch lion dances and eat mooncakes.

WHILE-WRITING
write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark about the festival.
5 Now
Use the notes in 4.

Dear Mark, 
How are you? I'm going to tell you about Mid Autumn Festival. It takes
place in the middle of the eighth lunar month. My family and I often eat
moon cakes, autumn fruits and watch lion dances. I like the festival very
much because it was funny and meaningful.
I hope one day you can join the festival with us.
Cheers,

PRODUCTION
Class gallery
Students can:
 go and see other's work
 give comments to each other

CONSOLIDATION

1

WRAP-UP

In this lesson, we have learnt to:
- listen for special information about a festival
- write an email to describe a festival

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

 Prepare for the next lesson: Looking back & Project