Unit 6
OUR TET HOLIDAY
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

LESSON
5: SKILLS
1
LESSON
1: GETTING
STARTED
Resolution Race

WARM-UP

READING

SPEAKING

• Vocabulary
• Task 1: Read the passages and decide who
says sentences.
• Task 2: Test your memory!
• Task 3: Discussion.
• Task 4: Discussion.

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

Resolution
Race

WARM-UP

HOW TO
PLAY

WARM-UP
- There is a short list of common New Year's resolutions
- Work in groups
- Write as many resolutions as you can in miniboard (or A0
paper) in 5 minutes
- After the time is up, each group shares your resolutions
with the rest of the class.
- The group with the most unique resolutions wins.

WARM-UP

SOME RESOLUTIONS:

- Exercising more
- Reading more books
- Learning new skills

WARM-UP

LET'S START
5 MINUTES

VOCABULARY

cheer (v)
/tʃɪr/
give a loud shout of
approval or encouragement

VOCABULARY

strike (v)
/straɪk/

to hit something

VOCABULARY

custom (n)
/ˈkʌstəm/
a way of behaving or a belief that has
been stablished for a long time

VOCABULARY

New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. cheer (v)

/tʃɪər/

2. strike (v)

/straɪk/

cổ vũ
đánh/ điểm
(đồng hồ)
phong tục, tập
quán

3. custom (n)

/ˈkʌstəm/

READING
Read the passages and decide who says sentences.

READING
A

I often go to Times Square with my parents to welcome the New
Year. When the clock strikes midnight, colourful fireworks light
up the sky. Everybody cheers and sings.

Russ – the USA

B

On New Year's Day, we dress beautifully and go to our
grandparents' houses. We wish them Happy New Year and they
give us lucky money. Then we go out and have a day full of fun.
Wu - China

c

I learn some customs about Tet from my parents. People give rice to wish
for enough food and buy salt to wish for good luck. Dogs are lucky
animals but cats are not. A cat's cry sounds like "poor" in Vietnamese.
Mai – Viet Nam

READING
A. Russ

B. Wu

C. Mai

Statements

Who

1. Dogs are lucky animals.

C

2. We welcome the New Year at
Times Square.

A

3. Children get lucky money.
4. We give rice to wish for enough
food.
5. Children dress beautifully.

B
C
B

READING

2

Test your memory!
Tick the things which
appear in the passages
and cross the ones which
don't.

SPEAKING
These are some activities from the reading passages in 1.
Tell your group if you do them during Tet.

1. watch fireworks on New Year's Eve
2. sing when the New Year comes
3. get lucky money
4. go out and have fun
5. dress beautifully
6. buy salt for happiness

Example:
go to Times Square to welcome
the New Year
→ I don't go to Times Square to
welcome the New Year.

SPEAKING
Read the list and discuss what you should or shouldn't do at
Tet.

– break things
– make a wish
– dress beautifully
– say “Have fun!” to friends
– help decorate our houses
– play games all night
– invite friends home
– ask for lucky money
– play loud music

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Develop reading skill for general and specific information
about the topic
 Express judgement about the what children should/
shouldn't do at Tet

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercise in workbook
- Search for information about what children should/
shouldn't do during New Year days in the China, Thailand,
Japan or India.

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