Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 8: Celebrations

Time

T’S ACTIVITIES

STS’ ACTIVITIES

6 ‘

WARM –UP

Competition game – Network

- T prepares a handout with a crossword puzzle of some festivals and celebrations in Vietnam and the world .

- T divides the class into small groups of 3-4 students . Then T gives each group a handout to do their own groups . Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner .

- A variant of this activity : T draws or prepares two big copies of the crossword and hangs them on the board . T calls two pairs of Ss to go to the board and ask them to do the crossword as quickly as possible . The pair with the quickest and most correct answers will be the winner

- T introduces the topic of the Unit

Group work

10’

BEFORE YOU READ

Discussing Tet holiday

- T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 90 and discuss the three questions in pairs .

- T goes around to offer help

- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and eclicts commemts from other Ss . T gives feedback if necessary .

Suggested answers :

1 . It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see the apricot blossom and a kumquat tree full of ripe fruits

2 . The people in the picture may be a family . The grandmother is giving her nieceand nephew some lucky money . The girl , the boy and their parents may be wishing their grandparents good health and happiness .

3 . In the picture we can aslo see a five – fruit tray on the ancestral altar(mân ngũ quả trên bàn thờ tổ tiên )and a dish of fruits , a tray of candied fruits and a banh chung on the table .

- now Ss work in pairs to tell which of the activities in the book they enjoy doing most at Tet . Ss may also list other activities they like doing at Tet . T reminds Ss to give reasons for their answers .

- T calls on some Ss to present their answers and other Ss comment .

Pre – teaching Vocabulary

Note : T should only teach the words which do not appear in Task 1 .

Lunar New Year : Tết âm lịch

To fall between ... and ...:rơi vào khoảng thời gian từ ... đến

To spread : kéo dài

To be full of : having or containing a large number or amount of sth : đầy nhiều

Candied fruit :mứt

Posttive comments : những lời nói tốt đẹp

- If there is some time left , T may ask some Ss to make sentebces with the above words to check their understanding

Pair work & whole class

6’

5’

6’

WHILE YOU READ

Setting the scene

You are going to read a passage about Tet holiday in Vietnam . While you are reading , do the tasks in the textbook

TASK 1

Instruction : Find the meanings of the words . You can also use your dictionary .

- T writes these words on the board :

Grand , banner , sugared apples , agrarian , pray , excitement

- Then T instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings .

- Ss guess the meaning of the words based on the contexts in the sentences . For example , to guess the meaning of grand (line 1 , first paragraph ) Ss may base their guessing on other words such as main holiday , important . To guess the meaning of pray (line 6 , last paragraph ) they pay attention to pagoda , happy year ...

- T checks that Ss undertanding by asking them to provide the Vietnamese equivalents to the words . If Ss find it difficult to guess the meaning of any word , T should elitict and give suggestions

Suggested answers :

1 . grand : impressive and larger : trọng đại , hoành tráng

2 . Banner : a long piece of cloth with a message on it that is carried between two poles or hung in a public place to show support for sth : biểu ngữ , băng rôn

3 . sugered apples : táo dầm đường

4 . Agrarian : connected with farming and the use of land for farming : thuộc về nông nghiệp

5 . Pray : to speak to God .especially to gove thanks or ask for help : cầu nguyện

6 . Excitement : the state of feeling excited : niềm vui thích , sự nô nức nhộn nhịp

TASK 2

Instruction : You are to read the passage and decide whether the statements are True (T) or Fasle (F)

- T instructs Ss to use some strategies to do task :

+ first , quickly read through the statements to get an idea about the topic

+ Read the first statement more careffly . Underline the key words to understand the main point . for expamle , in statement 1 , Ss can underline Tet , 20^th  February , Western calendar .

+ Search for the section of the text which deals with the idea or fact.

+ Once finding the relevant section , read it careffly . If the statements is smililar to the imformation in the text , then select “True ” . If the statement is the opposite to the imformation in the text , then seclect “Fasle ”

+ Continue with the rest to the statements

- T asks Ss to work invidually to do the task and discuss their answers with their peers .

- T calls one some Ss to give their answers and asks them to explain their choices .

- T gives the correct answers :

1 . F (it falls between 19^th January and 20^th February )

2 . F (it’s just for agraian people )

3 . T

4 . F (according to the passage , lucky money tends to be given to children )

5 . T

6 .T    

TASK 3

Instruction : You are requored to answer the seven questions in the book .

- T checks if Ss can answer the comprehension questions in TASK 3 wtithout to read the passage again . If Ss cannot , t gets them read the questions careffly and gives them some tips to do the task :

+ First , skim the six questions to undertand them . As Ss do this they :

* underline the key words . For instance , in questions 1 Ss can underline when , Tet , vietnam

* decide what information they need to find in the text

* look for questions words like “why ” which indicates Ss should read for specific thing like a reason .

+ Go back to the first question and locateds the information for the question by finding the key words in the passage and mark the place .

+ Read the part carefully to find the answer . Ss can use their own words .

+ Continue with the rest of the questions

- T asks Ss to word individually to do the task , then discuss their answers with their peers

- T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to expain their choise

- T gives the correct answers
1 . It sometime between 19^th January and 20^th February (line 2-3 , paragraph 1 )

2 tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be speard over months (line 1-2 ,paragraph 2 )

3 . They are decirated with coloured lights and red banners (line 3-4 .paragraph 2)

4 . They buy gifts , clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods (line 4-5 ,paragraph 2 )

5 . It is made from sticky rice ,green beans and fatty pork (line 5-6 .paragraph 3)

6 . must is candied fruit (line 6-7 ,paragraph 3)

7 . Visiting friends and other family members , exchangeing whises , going to the padoda , playing games ...(last paragraph )

Whole class , individual work & pair work

10’

AFTER YOU READ

- T asks Ss to work in groups tp tell each other about their last Tet holiday .T asks Ss what verb tense (past simple ) they should use .

- T goes around to help Ss when necessary .

- When all groups have finished , T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class .

- T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her own commets

Group work & whole class

2 ‘

WRAPPING UP

- T summarises the main point

- T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and do the extra exercise as homework

Whole class