VO MINH  Giáo án Anh 8 Preparing date:/ 18 / 3 / 2009 Teaching date: 20/ 03 / 2009 UNIT 13: FESTIVALS. LESSON 3: READ. Period: 80. A. Objectives: I.Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to get some knowledge about Christmas. II. Skills: reading. III.Teaching- aids: Lesson plan, pictures and poster. B.Procedures: I. Class-organization: check-attendance (1m) II .Checking-up: New words .(5ms) III.New- lesson: Time Teacher's activities Ss' activities 10ms + Warm - up: -Let Ss sing a song. - T presents the new lesson. A. Pre - reading: 1. Pre - teach vocabulary: -T elicits words from Ss. -to spread / spread / spread : lan truyền.= to cover a larger and larger. -Christmas carol : bài hát mừng lễ giáng sinh. -patron saint: vị thánh bảo trợ. -Jolly (adj) = happy = cheerful -to decorate: to make s.th look more attractive by putting something on it. -T reads first and then ask Ss to read. 2. Matching: -Stick the pictures on the board ( Christmas tree / card / carol / Santa Claus ). -Put the statements on the poster or on the board, ask Ss to read them and do the matching. 1.It has been said he was the patron 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 pitting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America. 3. They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. First the leaders of the Church did not like Ss listen to the song and guess the name of the song. Ss copy down the words. Ss read in chorus and then individual. Ss match. a. Christmas carol. b. Christmas carol. c. Christmas cards d. Santa Claus. Nguyen Tri Phuong school - 1 - VO MINH  Giáo án Anh 8 them but later they became popular. 4. An English man had someone design it to send Christmas greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition. B. While - reading: 1. Complete the table: -Having Ss read the text and check the matching. -Asking Ss to read the paragraph again and complete the grid. - T goes around and corrects 2. Comprehension questions: a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA? b. Why did the English man have some design a card? c. When were Christmas songs first performed? d. Who wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicolas? e. What is Santa Claus based on? C. Post - reading: -Asking Ss to summarise. + Possible answers: 1.c 2. d 3. a 4.b Reading the text silently. +Grid: Christmas specials Place of origin Date The christmas tree Riga Early 1500s The christmas card England Mid - 19th century. Christmas carol No informatio n 800 years ago Santa Claus USA 1828 Ss read the text again and answer the questions: a. More than a century ago. b. He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends. c. 800 years ago. d. Clement Clarke Moore wrote a poem " A visit from…… e. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicolas in this poem. IV. Consolidation: (2ms) -T asks Ss to read the summary before class V. Homework: -Learning new words by heart and prepare "read" Nguyen Tri Phuong school - 2 -