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Unit 13: Festivals
Period 80: Reading
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
Period 80: Reading

Chatting:
1.Do you know Christmas?
2.What are there on Christmas day?

I. Vocabulary
- ( to) spread: lan truyền
- Christmas carol ( n): bài thánh ca
- patron saint (n) : thánh bảo hộ
- Santa claus (n) : ông già nô en
- jolly (adj) : vui vẻ
II. Matching
1. It has been said he was the patron a, Christmas carol
saint of children ,a fat jolly man who
wore a red suit and gave children presents
on Christmas Eve
2. The custom of decorating it and putting b. Christmas card .
it in a common place
3. They were stories put to music and c. Santa Claus
enjoyed by most people.First the leaders
of the church did not like them but later
they became popular
4. An English man had some design it to d. Christmas tree
send Christmas greetings to his friends.
Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition
Answer key:
1- c , 2 - d , 3 - a , 4 - b
Answer key:
III. Grid:
IV. Answer the questions
1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
More than a century ago

2. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
3. What is Santa Claus based on ?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem

4.Who wrote the poem: A visit from Saint Nicholas?
An American professor Clement Clarke Moore

5. When were Christmas songs first performed?
800 years ago
VI. Homework:
- Learn the new words by heart
- Write the answers in your notebook
- Prepare for next period