UNIT 13 Period 7 FESTIVALS READ UNIT 13

UNIT: 13 Period: 7 FESTIVALS READ

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 7 READ I. Vocabulary : Christmas tree ( n ): Cây Noel (To ) decorate : Trang trí Christmas card : (n) Thiệp Noel

UNIT 13 : FESTIVALS ; period : 7 READ I. Vocabulary : Christmas tree ( n ): Cây Noel (To ) decorate : Trang trí Christmas card : (n) Thiệp Noel (To) Spread : Lan truyền Spread Santa Claus : (n) Ông già Noel = Patron saint : (n) Thánh bảo hộ Christmas Carol : (n) Bài hát về lễ Noel

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS : Period : 7 Read II/ TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS GUESS CHECK 1/ The Christmas Eve was decorated in the early 1500 s 1800 s in the Latvian city of Riga. F 2/ An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends on Christmas day. T 3/ The character of the Santa Claus in a poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. T 4/ The Christmas carols became popular again about 180 years ago. T

III. MATCHING Column B Column A 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Christmas Eve (n) (to) design (to) perform Poem (n) Jolly (adj) Description (n) A. B. C. D. E. F. Sự mô tả Đêm Giáng Sinh Thiết kế Trình diễn Bài thơ Vui nhộn

IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE Christmas Specials The Christmas 1 tree Place of origin Date Riga early 6 1500 s The Christmas 2 Card 4 England mid-19 th 4 century Christmas Carol 5 No information 800 years 7 ago Santa 3 Claus USA 8 1823

V. Answer the questions : a. Did the Christmas tree come to the USA 1500 years ago? b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ? c. When were Christmas songs first performed ? d. Did Santa claus write the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ? e. What is Santa Claus based on ?

V. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS a. Did the Christmas tree come to the USA in the 1500 s ? è No, it did. The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800 s. b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ? è Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends. c. When were Christmas songs first performed ? è Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago. d. Did Santa Claus write the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ? è No, he did. An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas e. What is Santa Claus based on ? è Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint

VI. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text The Christmas tree was … 1 ……. . …. and put in the decorated market place in the Latvian city of Riga in the …. . 2………. 1500 s. early In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman wanted to …. 3……. . . …Christmas greetings to his send friends , so he …. . 4. ……. . Someone design a card. had performed Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs were…… 5…. . … for people in towns and villages. In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas. Santa Claus is based on thedescription ………. 6……. of Saint Nicholas in this poem.

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS Period: 7 READ I. VOCABULARY II. TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS III. MATCHING IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE V. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS VI. FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE SUITABLE WORDS FROM THE TEXT VI. HOMEWORK - Learn the new words by heart - Write a paragraph ( 5 - 7 sentences ) about your last Christmas - Prepare Unit 13 : language focus

Christmas Card Tree Santa Claus Christmas Carol