Unit 9

FESTIVALS AROUND THE
WORLD
LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- listen for special information about a festival
- write an email to describe a festival

LESSON 6: SKILLS 2
Bingo

WARM-UP

LISTENING

• 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.

WRITING
POST-LISTENING &
WRITING
CONSOLIDATION

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

Task 6: Class gallery
• Wrap-up
• Home work

LESSON 6: SKILLS 2
WARM-UP

Bingo

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

WARM-UP

LESSON 6: SKILLS 2
Bingo

WARM-UP

LISTENING

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

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?

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.

LISTENING

3 Listen again and decide if the 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
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LESSON 6: SKILLS 2
Bingo

WARM-UP

LISTENING

WRITING

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

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?
__________

WRITING

5

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

POST-WRITING
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
 Rewrite the emails on your notebook.

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