English 9 Unit 8 - Celebrations lessson 1: Getting started + listen and read Vũ Văn Hà – THCS Phù Cừ I.Warm-up ( Brainstorming ) Celebrations you know * Possible answers: Birthday, Tet (Lunar New Year), Christmas, Valentine Day, Women’s Day, Teacher’s Day, Wedding, May Day, Passover, Easter, Mid Autumn Festival… II. Pre-reading 1.Getting started 2.Vocabulary (to) occur: (to) decorate: Freedom (u.n): Slavery (u.n): (be) jewish : (a) parade: X¶y ra Trang trÝ Sù tù do Sù n« lÖ, chÕ ®é n« lÖ Thuéc vÒ Do Th¸i, Ng­êi Do Th¸i Cuéc diÔu hµnh, ®¸m r­íc * Checking vocab Slap the board X ¶ y r a T r a n g t r Ý S ù t ù d o C u é c d i Ô u h µ n h S ù n « l Ö N g ­ ê i D o T h ¸ i 3.Gap-filling * Tet: The Lunar New Year (1) is the most …… important celebration for (2) people. Tet is a … festival occurs in late (3) or early February.… * Passover: (4) is in late March or early (5) … … On this (6) ., people celebrate freedom from slavery. • Easter: On (7) Day, young children (8) … … chocolate or sugar eggs as long as they are good. Students' answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1.Checking answers: Students read and check the anwers: Answers: 1. holiday 2. Vietnamese 3. January 4. Passover 5. April 6. festival 7. Easter 8. receive III. While-reading 2.Complete the table Celebration When? Activities Food Country Tet In late January or early February Cleaning and decorating homes, wearing new clothes and enjoying special food Sticky rice cakes Vietnam Passover In late March or early April Eating special meal Speacial meal called seder Israel Easter Watching colorful parades Around the same time as Passover Chocolate, sugar, eggs In many countries 1. is / When / Vietnam / in / celebrated / Tet? ⇒ is / in / January / early / late / February / It / or celebrated. 2. People / do / What / on Tet / do? ⇒ clean / decorate / homes / they / and / their. 3. they / new clothes / Do / wear? => they / Yes / , / do. 4. Vietnamese people / do / What / eat / on Tet? => usually / sticky rice cakes / eat / They. IV. Post-reading Put the given words in their right orders to make meaningful questions and anwers. Answer 1. When is Tet celebrated in vietnam? ⇒ It is celebrated in late January or early February. 2. What do people do on Tet? ⇒ They clean and decorate their homes. 3. Do they wear new clothes? ⇒ Yes, they do. 4. What do Vietnamese people eat on Tet? => They usually eat sticky rice cakes. V. Homework - Look at the table again, use the cues and make questions and answers about "Passover" and "Easter" ( 4 questions and answers for each. ) The lesson ends Thank you and goodbye ! . English 9 Unit 8 - Celebrations lessson 1: Getting started + listen and read Vũ Văn Hà – THCS Phù Cừ I.Warm-up ( Brainstorming ) Celebrations you. Day, young children (8) … … chocolate or sugar eggs as long as they are good. Students' answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 1.Checking answers: