Bài soạn môn học Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Lesson 1: Reading

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Date: ./11/2011
LESSON PLAN
Unit 8: CELEBRATIONS
Lesson 1. READING
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Objectives: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to 
scan for specific ideas and guess meaning in context
use the information they have read to discuss the topic
Teaching aids: textbook, pictures
	Procedure: 
Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
3’
8’
7’
Activities
at Tet
Receiving lucky money
Decorating house
Making jams
Shopping 
Visiting relatives and friends
Eating special foods
6’
10’
10’
1’ 
WARM-UP: Brain Storming 
Asking ss to work in pairs and list some festivals in Vietnam
Asking ss to work in groups and write the festivals followed the drawing 
Festivals
Tet
Mid-Autumn
Teacher’s Day
Christmas
Checking and correcting 
Asking ss to answer a question
“In your opinion, which festival is the most important in VN?” 
Introducing new lesson 
PRE – READING
1. Pre – teaching VOC
Eliciting – modeling – checking meaning and pronunciation
+ a celebration : 
Explanation: what do we call Tet, mid – Autumn, Christmas?
à to celebrate: 
+ Lunar New Year (unc.n)
Example: Lunar New Year falls between 19th January and 20th February on Western Calendar.
+ To fall between..and
Example: Lunar New Year falls between 19th January and 20th February on Western Calendar.
+ To be full of + N
Example: Shops are full of goods
+ Positive comments: (unc.n)
Example: on Tet, people always say positive comments to each other
+ Peach blossom 
Picture 
+ Apricot blossom 
Picture 
+ exchange New Year’s wishes
Explanation: Mai says to her grandfather “Happy new year”. What is Mai doing?
 2. Checking VOC: R.O.R
Asking ss to listen – repeat and fill in the missing words
Before you read (page 90)
Asking ss to look at the picture on page 90 and discuss the questions
Running through the questions
Asking ss to work in pairs
Asking ss to give the answers
Correcting 
1. What time of the year is it?
2. What are the people in the picture doing?
3. What else do you see in the picture?
Before you read (page 90)
Asking ss to work in pairs and list the activities at Tet 
Asking ss to work in groups and write on the board followed the drawing 
Correcting 
Introducing new lesson
WHILE – READING 
Task 1. handout
Matching each paragraph in column A with its main idea in column B
Paragraph	 Main Idea
 1 	 a. Tet’s Preparations and 	 celebrations
 2	 b. Activities
 3	 c. Time and purpose of Tet 
 4	 d. Plants and foods of Tet
Sticking poster on the board
Running through the ideas
Asking ss to read the passage about Tet and match each paragraph in column A with its main idea in column B
Going around to help ss
Asking ss to share the answers
Asking 2 ss to write their answers on the board
Correcting 
Task2. (page 92)
Asking ss to read task 2
Running through new words
Asking ss to read the passage again and deciding whether the statements are true or false and correct false statements
Going around to help ss
Asking ss to share the answers
Asking ss to write the answers on the board
Correcting with whole class
Tet is always on 29th February on the Western calendar
According to the text, for people anywhere in the world the beginning of spring is the start of a new year.
Tet is used to be longer than it is nowadays
According to the text: “lucky money” is given to everyone at Tet
Kumquat trees are popular both in North and in the South of VN
People try to be nice and polite t each other because they want to have good luck on New Year’s Day.
POST – READING 
Work in pairs. Tell each other about own last Tet holiday, focusing on following main points:
How you decorated your house
Who you visited
What special foods you ate
What activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet
Asking ss to working in pairs and tell each other about the last Tet holiday followed the main points
Running through the main points
Going around to help ss
Asking ss to talk about their last Tet holiday
Correcting mistakes and giving comments
HOMEWORK
Asking ss to review VOC 
Asking ss to read the reading again and answer the questions on page 92
Working in pairs and listing the festivals
Working in groups and writing the festivals
Answering 
Tet, Lunar New Year
Listening 
Listening – answering and repeating
Le hoi
To chuc
Tet am lich 
Roi vao khoang thoi gian tu den
Day, nhieu
Nhung loi chuc tot dep
Hoa dao
Hoa mai
Chuc tet
Listening – repeating and filling in the missing words
Looking at the picture and discussing 
Listening and answering 
Working in pairs
Giving the answers
1. Tet
2. giving and receiving lucky money/exchanging new year wishes
5. Candies fruits tray/fruits/ Chung cake/ tea cup/ tea pot/ peach blossom/kumquat tree/five fruits tray
Working in pairs and doing the task
Working in groups and writing 
Taking notes
Listening 
1.c	
2.a
3.d
4.b	
Listening and answering 
Reading the passage and matching 
Sharing the answers
Writing the answers
Taking notes
Reading 
Listening and answering 
Reading the passage and doing the task
Sharing the answers
Writing the answers
Taking notes
1.F	
2.F	
3.T	
4.F	
5.T	
6.F
Before Tet, I decorated my house with followers and colorful papers. At Tet I visited my grandparents at Bentre and my old teacher at HCM city. I ate tet cake, chung cake, candies fruits
I liked receiving lucky money best. 
Working in pairs and doing the task
Listening and answering 
Talking
 Listening 
Taking notes 
Notes: