Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Năm học 2015-2016

Week: 15 - Period: 45
Preparing date: 23/11/2015 
Teaching date: 26/11/2015
 UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
 Lesson 1: Reading (P1)
I. Objectives of the lesson
1. Knowledge
a. Basic knowledge:
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about the celebration of Tet ( Lunar New Year) 
b. Centre of knowledge: 
 Students can know some words related to Tet holiday and some information about Tet, read the passage carefully to do finding the words’s meaning , true or false.
2. Skill: Developing reading skills.
3. Development capability: co-operate, communicative
II. Teaching methods: Whole class, group work, pair work, individual work
III. Anticipated problem: Students may not know much about the Tet holiday, so Teacher should help them.
IV. Preparations 
1. Teacher: plan of teaching, pictures
2. Students: Students’ book, Students’ workbook, pens, pencils
V. Procedure
1. Organizations (1 m)
 Checks the number of the student in the class
2. Oral checking 
 Check the old lesson during the new lesson 
3. Introduction of the new lesson (4m)
Brainstorm
- T shows some real objects and pictures such as the pictures of Banh Chung, peach blossom, kumquat tree , real objects as a red envelop, a box of candied fruits ...
- T points the pictures and real objects and asks questions:
+ What do you think of when you see this?
+ Why so?
+ What do you often do before Tet?
Suggested answers:
+ I think of Tet holiday.
+ Because they are the symbols of Tet.
+ Clean and decorate the house, go shopping to buy new clothes, candied fruits, make Banh Chung 
4. New lesson: 40m
Activity 1. Before you read
- Objectives: Students know some new words relating Tet holiday and some activities in Tet.
- Methods: individual work, pair work
- Time: 12 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
Discussing Tet holiday
- Asks Ss to look at the picture on page 90 and discuss the 3 questions in pairs.
- T goes around offering help.
- T calls on some Ss to present their answer and elicits comments from other Ss. T gives feedback if necessary:
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?
Ss work in pairs
Some Ss give answers 
Pre -teaching vocabulary
T elicits/teaches some new words relating to the reading
Ss take notes and practice reading individually and in chorus 
T invites some Ss to read again and corrects pronunciation if any
Calls some Ss to read in front of the class. 
1. Before you read
Discussing Tet holiday
Suggested answers:
1. It is Spring and it should be Tet holiday because we can see peach blossom and kumquat tree full of ripe fruits.
2. The grandmother is giving her niece and nephew some lucky money. The girl and the boy wish their parents good health and happiness.
3. In the picture we can see a five-fruit tray on the ancestral altar and a dish of fruits, a tray of candied fruits and a Banh Chung on the table.
Pre -teaching vocabulary
Lunar New Year: Tết âm lịch
to fall between  and  rơi vào khoảng time từ  đến 
to spread (v): kéo dài
to be full of: đầy nhiều
candied fruit: mứt
peach blossom /pi:t∫'blɔsəm/: hoa đào
apricot blossom /'eiprikɔt 'blɔsəm/: hoa mai
Activity 2. While you read
- Objectives: Students know some words about Tet holiday by matching words and read the passage to do True or False.
- Methods: individual work, pair work
- Time: 20 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
Task 1: Match the words or phrases in column A with their equivalent meanings in Vietnamese in column B.
T gets Ss to read all the given words in this task and give some cues for them to guess the meaning 
Ss work individually in the whole class 
T feedbacks and gives the correct meaning
Ss take notes. 
Task 2
T gets Ss to read the passage silently
T may give them some tips to do the task .
+skim the statemments to understand them . 
+ underline the key words to decide what information they need to find in the text.
+ go back to the passage and locate the key words in the passge + read around the key words carefully to find the answer .
T gets Ss to check their answers with a peer ..
T checks the answers with the whole class.
2. While you read
2.1. Task 1: 8m
A
B
1. grand
A. Sự nô nức, nhộn nhịp 
2. agrarian
B. Băng rôn, khẩu hiệu 
3. banner
C. Táo tẩm đường, mứt táo 
4. pray
D. To lớn, hoành tráng 
5.Sugared apples
E. Thuộc về nông nghiệp 
6. excitement
F. Cầu nguyện 
Suggested answers:
1.D 2. E 3.B 4. F 5. C 6. A
2.2. Task 2: 12m
Suggested answers:
1. F (it falls between 19th January and 20th February; L 3 P1)
2. F (it’s just for agrarian people; L4 P1)
3. T (l1,2 P2)
4. F (according to the passage, lucky money tends to be given to children: L5,6 P4)
5. T( L1,2,3 P3) 
6. T (L1,2,3 P3)
Activity 3. After you read
- Objectives: Students talk about some activities they like to do at Tet.
- Methods: individual work, pair work, groupwork
- Time: 6 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
T gives a list if activities at Tet and asks Ss to practise speaking 
Ss work in pairs 
T moves round to control and gives
help if necessary.
T calls on some Ss to speak and gives comments
3. After you read
a. making banh chung
b. decorating the house
c. eating special Tet foods
d. going to the flower market
e. going to the pagoda
f. watching fireworks
g. receiving “ lucky money”
h. visiting relatives and friends
Eg: I like making banh chung and decorating the house. 
Activity 4. Consolidation and homework
 - Objectives: Ss can summarize the lesson and understand it.
- Methods: individual work
- Time: 2m
- T summarizes the main points of the lesson again.
- Asks Ss to do exercises again at home.
- Prepare for Unit 8 – Reading (P2)
Week: 16 - Period: 46
Preparing date: 25/11/2015 
Teaching date: 30/11/2015
 UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
 Lesson 1: Reading (P2)
I. Objectives of the lesson
1. Knowledge
a. Basic knowledge:
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to know more about the celebration of Tet 
(Lunar New Year). 
b. Centre of knowledge: 
 Students can read the passage about Tet holiday carefully and answer the qestions, fill in the missing information.
2. Skill: Developing reading skills.
3. Development capability: co-operate, communicative
II. Teaching methods: Whole class, group work, pair work, individual work
III. Anticipated problem: Students may not know much about the Tet holiday, so Teacher should help them.
IV. Preparations 
1. Teacher: plan of teaching, pictures
2. Students: Students’ book, Students’ workbook, pens, pencils
V. Procedure
1. Organizations (1 m)
 Checks the number of the student in the class
2. Oral checking 
 Check the old lesson during the new lesson 
3. Introduction of the new lesson (4m)
 Asks Ss to list some activities people often do during Tet
	-making banh chung
	- decorating the house
	- eating special Tet foods
	- going to the flower market
	- going to the pagoda
	- watching fireworks
	- receiving “ lucky money”
	- visiting relatives and friends
4. New lesson: 40m
Activity 1. While you read
- Objectives: Students read the passage and answer the questions, fill in the missing information.
- Methods: individual work, pair work
- Time: 28 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
Task 3
T gets Ss to read the passage silently
T may give them some tips to do the task .
+skim the statemments to understand them . 
+ underline the key words to decide what information they need to find in the text.
+ go back to the passage and locate the key words in the passge .
+ read around the key words carefully to find the answer .
Ss work individually the check in peers 
T calls on some Ss to write the answers on the board
- Notes Ss give the information to prove for their answers 
-Gives feedbacks and comments 
Futher practice
Read the passage and fill in the missing information in the blank.
Asks Ss to read the passage again then do the task.
Asks Ss to work in pairs to do the task.
Asks Ss to exchange their answers with other Ss. 
 Calls some of them to answer and give the feedback.
Some Ss do on the board
1. While you read
1.1.Task 3: 15m
Suggested answers:
1. It sometime between 19th January and 20th February 
2.Tet’s preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months.
3. They are decorated with coloured lights and red banners.
4. They buy gifts , clean and decorate their houses and cook traditional foods.
5. It is made from sticky rice , green beans and fatty pork.
Mut is candied fruit.
7. Visiting friends and other family members, exchanging wishes , going to the pagoda , playing games ...
1.2. Futher practice:13m
1. Tet marks the .and for agrarian people, the start of s new year.
2. People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating their houses and 
3. One of Tet’s most special food is
4. Children receive their . inside red envelopes.
5. Tet is really a time of fun and festivals.
Suggested answers:
1. beginning of spring
2. cooking traditional foods
3. banh chung
4. lucky money
5. throughout the country.
Activity 2. After you read
- Objectives: Students talk about his/ her last Tet holiday.
- Methods: groupwork
- Time: 10 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
After you read
How you prepared for Tet 
How you decorated your house
Who you visited
What special foods you ate 
What activities you enjoyed doing most during Tet 
T asks Ss to work in groups to tell each other about their last Tet holiday .
T asks Ss what verb tense (past simple ) they should use .
Ss work in groups 
T goes around to help Ss when necessary . 
T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class .
T elicits corrective feedback from other Ss and gives her own comment.
2. After you read
- Preparations
Went to market to buy food, flowers....
Wrapped Banh chung 
Cooked frosen meat
Decoration
washed the house
Cleaned the rooms
Cleaned the floor
Visits
Visited the grandparents
Visited relatives
Visited friends
Special foods eaten
Ate Banh chung 
Ate pork paste
Ate salted onions
Activities enjoyed
Played chess
Played on the swings
Went to the churches/ pagodas 
Activity 3. Consolidation and homework
 - Objectives: Ss can summarize the lesson and understand it.
- Methods: individual work
- Time: 2m
- T summarizes the main points of the lesson again.
- Asks Ss to do exercises again at home.
- Prepare for Unit 8 – Speaking.
Week: 16 - Period: 47
Preparing date: 26/11/2015 
Teaching date: 01/12/2015
 UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
 Lesson 2: Speaking
I. Objectives of the lesson
1. Knowledge
a. Basic knowledge:
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to talk about the celebrations of Tet and other festivals’ activities.
b. Centre of knowledge: 
 Students talk about the celebration of Tet or other popular holidays. 
2. Skill: Developing speaking skills.
3. Development capability: co-operate, communicative
II. Teaching methods: Whole class, group work, pair work, individual work
III. Anticipated problem: Students may not know much about other festivals’ activities, so Teacher should help them.
IV. Preparations 
1. Teacher: plan of teaching, pictures
2. Students: Students’ book, Students’ workbook, pens, pencils
V. Procedure
1. Organizations (1 m)
 Checks the number of the student in the class
2. Oral checking 
 Check the old lesson during the new lesson 
3. Introduction of the new lesson (2m)
Asks Ss to make sentences from the words in the table:
Peach blossom
Kumquat tree
Candied fruits
Lucky money
Exchange wishes
Banh Chung
Relatives and friends
Special Tet foods
Pray
 Eg: We like receiving lucky money.
4. New lesson: 42m
Activity 1. Pre- speaking
- Objectives: Students practice reading the dialogue about Tet holiday.
- Methods: individual work, pair work
- Time: 18 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
T requires Ss to work in pairs, practising the dialogue in the book.
Asks Ss to take note of useful expressions.
Ss practise in pairs 
T goes round and controls the whole class
Calls some pairs to practise loudly
Corrects wrong pronunciation and tonation if any.
Asks Ss to look at the 3 pictures on page 93 and work out the name of each holiday. 
- T checks with whole class and gives out the correct answer.
- Asks Ss to list the activities people usually do in these holidays and write them quickly on the board so that Ss can compare these with the information they will deal with.
- Calls on some Ss to give the answer and ask other Ss to feedback. 
1. Pre- speaking
Task 1: 10m
– Practising the dialogue 
Usefull expressions 
+ When is it exactly?
+ What do people often do at . . . ?
+ Oh, that sounds really interesting.
Task 2: 8m
Suggested answers:
Pic1: Mid - Autumn festival
Pic 2: Thanksgiving
Pic 3: Valentine’s Day
1. c C, 2. a A, 3. b B	
Useful languages
1. Do you know what + name of the celebration is ?
( Do you know what Mother’s Day is? )
_ It’s the time when people + Verb phrase.
( It’s the time when people / children express their love to their mother.)
2. When is it exactly ?
_ It’s on + the date ( It’s on the second Sunday in May )
3. What do people usually do on that day?
_ They usually + V (present simple)
( They usually send cards or gifts to their mother .)
Activity 2. While - speaking
- Objectives: Students talk about the other popular holidays. 
- Methods: pair work, groupwork
- Time: 15 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
Ss work in pairs within 4 minutes
T moves around to control and give help if necessary.
T asks Ss to report their results to the class.
T gathers feedbacks and gives out the correct answer.
T should give more information about Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day
SS take notes 
2. While - speaking
Task 3: 
Suggested answers:
* Dialogue 1
A: Do you know what Thanksgiving is ?
B: It’s the time when people celebrate the harvest.
A: When is it exactly ?
B: It’s on the third Thursday in November.
A: What do people usually do on that day ?
B: Well, the family members get together. They prepare a large meal with roast turkey.
 * Dialogue 2
A: Do you know what Valentine’s Day is ?
B: It’s the time when people express their love to each other.
A: When is it exactly ?
B: It’s on 14th February.
A: What do people usually do on that day ?
B: Well, they give chocolates, flowers or gifts to the peole they love.
* Dialogue 3
A:Do you know what Mid-Autumn Festival is ?
B: It’s the time when people celebrate the largest full moon in the year.
A: When is it exactly ?
B: It’s on 15th day of 8th lunar month.
A: What do people usually do on that day ?
B: Well, the children wear masks, parade in the street, have parties with special cakes and lots of fruits, etc.
Activity 3. Free - speaking
- Objectives: Students talk about the other popular holidays. 
- Methods: pair work, groupwork
- Time:7 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
T gives some other popular holidays for Ss to talk.
Asks Ss to choose a celebration.
Has Ss tell all the information related to the celebration.
Has other Ss give comments.
T tells Ss that they can use the mpdel dialogue
T goes around, offering help if any.
T gives feedback.
Ss work in pairs.
3. Free - speaking
New Year
Women’s Day
Independence Day
Teacher’s Day
Activity 4. Consolidation and homework
 - Objectives: Ss can summarize the lesson and understand it.
- Methods: individual work
- Time: 2m
- T summarizes the main points of the lesson again.
- Asks Ss to choose a celebration to talk at home.
- Prepare for Unit 8 – Listening.
Week: 16 - Period: 48
Preparing date: 28/11/2015 
Teaching date: 03/12/2015
 UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS
 Lesson 3: Listening
I. Objectives of the lesson
1. Knowledge
a. Basic knowledge:
 By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen to a dialogue about Japanese new year for specific and general information.
b. Centre of knowledge: 
 Students listen carefully to do ticking the correct sentences, answering the questions.
2. Skill: Developing listening skills.
3. Development capability: co-operate, communicative
II. Teaching methods: Whole class, group work, pair work, individual work
III. Anticipated problem: Students may not know much about Tet holiday in Japan, so Teacher should help them.
IV. Preparations 
1. Teacher: plan of teaching, pictures
2. Students: Students’ book, Students’ workbook, pens, pencils
V. Procedure
1. Organizations (1 m)
 Checks the number of the student in the class
2. Oral checking 
 Check the old lesson during the new lesson 
3. Introduction of the new lesson (4m)
Answer the questions
1. What do you know about the New Year holiday in Japan?
2. Can you guess what Japanese do on these days basing on the given phrases?
 Suggested answers:
+ decorating their houses
+ making special food
+ wearing special clothes(kimonos)
+ visiting friends and relatives
+ going to the pagoda 
4. New lesson: 40m 
Activity 1. Before you listen
- Objectives: Students learn some new words and know some activities at Tet in Japan.
- Methods: individual work, pair work
- Time: 12 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
Asks Ss work in pairs to guess which of the activities the Japanese often do on their New Year’s Day.( may elicit new words) 
Calls on some Ss to give their answers and write them on the boards. T also asks Ss to add any other activities that they think the .Japanese do at the New Year.
- Introduces what they are going to listen about 
- Asks ss to look at the book and reads aloud the words, asks ss to read after in chorus 
- Calls on ss to rad aloud the words
- Elicits some new words 
1. Before you listen
* Work in pairs
Suggested answers:
- exchanging gifts and cards.
- decorating the house with peach flowers.
- wearing kimonos or special dress.
- giving/ receiving lucky money.
- going to the pagoda.
- visiting friends.
Pre-teaching vocabulary
+ shrine(n): đền thờ
+ pine trees(n): cây thông
+ similarity(n) : sự tương đồng
+longevity(n): sự trường thọ
+ constancy(n): sự bền bỉ
+ represent(v): đại diện, tượng trưng
+ bell(n) : chuông
Activity 2. While you listen
- Objectives: Students listen carefully to do ticking the correct sentences, answering the questions.
- Methods: individual work, pair work
- Time: 22 m
Teachers and students' activities
Content
Task 1
T requires Ss to read through the statements and make sure that Ss can understand them
T asks Ss to work individually and listen to two people talking about how the New Year is celebrated in Japan.
T plays the tape more than once if necessary.
T asks Ss to compare the answers with their partners.
T invites some Ss to explain their answers in front of the class. 
T goes over the answers with the whole class. 
Task 2
T asks Ss to work individually to listen to the tape again.
T plays the tape again and asks Ss to do Task 2.
T plays the tape several times if necessary. 
T lets Ss discuss the answers with a partner. 
T comments and gives correct answers.
2. While you listen
2.1. Task 1: 10m
Suggested answers:
They put on special clothes
Housewives prepare special foods
They go to a shrine
They drink rice wine
They watch television
They eat a special meal
2.2. Task 2: 12m
Suggested answers:
1. Because they want to get rid of the dirt of the old year and welcome the new year.
2. From the television and radio.
3. Kimonos or special dress.
4. No, New Year is mostly celebrated among family only.
Activity 3. After you listen
- Objectives: Students know more the similarities between Tet in Vietnam and Japan.
- Methods: individual work, pair work, group work.
- Time: 5 m
Teachers and students' activities
 Content
- T gets Ss to work in groups to compare the aspects of the Vietnamese New Year with those of the Japanese one.
- Before Ss take part in the activity