Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 unit 8: Celebrations

Unit 8:  CELEBRATIONS

Lesson 1:    GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ

LANGUAGE FOCUS 3,4

(Period 48)

A. Aim of the lesson:

        By the end  of the lesson, students will be able to listen and read for specific information about famous celebrations around the world and practice reading comprehension skills for details to complete a table.

• Teaching aids:    tape, poster, pictures, objectsabout festivals.
• Anticipated problems:

B. Content:

1. Warm up.              Greetings

   - Brainstorm: Make a list of famous celebrations in Vietnam and worldwide

(Christmas, Valentine, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Thanks giving Day, Halloween, Valentine’s Day,… Lunar New Year, Mid-Fall Festival Wedding, Birthday, Teacher’s Day, May Day…)

- Tell Ss to work with a partner. Match the icons with the names of the celebrations they represent. (Give correct answers) 1. Easter.  2. wedding.  3. birthday.   

4. Christmas.   5. Mid-Fall Festival.  6. Lunar New Year

- Ask Ss further questions about facts of the above celebrations: Ex:In which country, do people celebrate……….? When (At what time of the year) do people celebrate it? What do they do?.....

2. Vocabulary.

-  (to) occur  = take place = happen                     xảy ra

-  (to) decorate (expl)                                          trang trí

-  parade    (n +v)  march with display                cuộc/ đoàn diễu hành, đám rước

-  slavery   (n)  (ant) ≠ freedom                             sự nô lệ, chế độ nô lệ, cảnh nô lệ

-  Jewish    (a)  (trans)                                                    thuộc về Do Thái, Người Do Thái

-  joyful     (a) = cheerful                                      vui mừng, hân hoan, vui sướng

-  (to) live apart=far away                                    sống xa (apart (adv) cách xa)

-  Passover (n) (trans)                                           Lễ Quá hải (của người Do thái)

   * Checking:      Jumble words (words on the cards are in the wrong order)

3.  Pre reading.

       Pre-questions:

1. How many celebrations are talked in the text? What are they?
2. What do people do during these celebrations?
3. What special food do they have?

4. While-reading.

a) Complete the table:  (Grids)     (With key)

Celebrations	When	Activities	Food	Country
1. Tet (Lunar new year)	In late January or early February	Cleaning, and decorating homes, wearing new clothes, enjoying special food	Sticky rice cakes	Vietnam (China)
2.   Passover	late March or early April	(Not available)  festival	Special meal called the Seder	Israel
3.   Easter	Around the same time as Passover	People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades	Chocolate or sugar eggs	In many countries

b) Comprehension questions:   (Answer the pre-questions)          *Keys:

a.Three celebrations. They are Lunar New Year, Passover and Easter

b + c. During Lunar New Year holiday, Vietnamese people clean and decorate their homes. They gather their members of family or relatives to have special food such as sticky rice cakes….

- On Passover Festival, the Jews eat  special meal called the Seder.

- On Easter festival, people in many countries (Christians) crowd the streets to watch colourful parades, young children eat chocolate and sugar eggs.

5. Post-reading.

          Grammar presentation:  Adverb clauses of concession: Conjunctions: though,even though, although => mặc dù.

1. Sentences:    (Eliciting from the students)

- I am not satisfied with my preparations for Tet Although I have decorated my house and made plenty of cakes.  =  Although I have…cakes, I am … Tet

    2. Formation:     Clause 1 + although / though / eventhough + clause 2

• Although/ Though / Even though + clause 2, Clause 1

*Other patterns:  However + Adj / Adv + S + (may) + V…, S .., Adj / Adv + as / though + S + (may) + V…, S + ., No matter + Wh-question+ (adj/Adv) + S + V …, S + …, Wh – question (ever) + S + may + V.., S…

    3. Reduction of concessive clauses:

- Despite / Inspite of / Regardless of + V-ing / Noun phrase

a. … though + Pro +be + Adj  -> … Despite + poss.Adj(->pro)+N (->Adj)

b. … though + N+be + A       -> … despite + the + A(->a) + N (->N)

c. … though + S + V + O/A    -> … despite + V-ing (->V)+ O/A    

- Do exercises Language focus 3,4 – Page 71-73

6. Homework.

-   Complete exercises 3, 4 (P.71-73)

• Find out new vocabulary in “Speak”
• Workbook: Ex 4-5 (P.55-57)

 

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