A Christmas festival
Unit 13 (Conts): Festivals
Lesson: Read
I.New words:
Christmas tree: (n)
Christmas card (n):
Christmas Carol: (n) Bài thánh ca
Santa Claus : (n): Ông gia noel
Patron saint : (n) Thánh bảo trợ
1.True or false ?
III.Practice:
a. The Christmas tree came to the USA in 1900s.
b.An Englishman had someone design the Christmas card.
c.The leaders of the Church said the Christmas songs were unsuitable.
d. Santa Claus isn’t based on Saint Nicholas’s description in this poem.
1800s.
2.T
1. F
3.T
4. F
is
1823
USA
Santa Claus
800 years ago
Chistmas Carol
mid-19th century
England
The Chistmas Card
early 1500s
Riga
The Chistmas tree
Date
Place of origin
Christmas Specials
2.Complete the table:
No information
3.Read the paragrahps and answer the questions:
1/ How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

2/Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

3.When were Christmas songs first performed ?

4.Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?

5.What is Santa Claus based on ?
a/ How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
More than a century ago.
b/Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
->Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
c.When were Christmas songs first performed ?
-> 800 years ago.
d.Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
->An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.
e.What is Santa Claus based on ?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem.
3.Read the paragrahps and answer the questions:
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
Use the table , you can talk about the christmas again.
home work
Write it up:
Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs.