Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 13: Festivals - Period 82, Lesson 3: Read

Date: 28/03/2007
	UNIT 13 
Period 82nd:	LESSON 3: READ	
I. Aims:
	Ss will be get some knowledge about Christmas
II. Language contents:
-Vocabulary: (v) spread
	(n) Christmas carol, patron saint
	(adj) jolly
-Grammar:
III. Techniques: sing a song, jumbled words, matching
IV. Teaching aids: pictures, cardboard, poster, cassette (song)
V. Procedures:
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
Content
-T. teaches Ss an English Christmas song
-Ask Ss to listen to the tape and sing along
1. Warm up (5 minutes)
Ex: Silent night, I wish you a merry Christmas 
-T. presents new words
-Ss repeat and copy
-T. check vocabulary holding class to play “Jumbled words”
2. Pre-reading (10 minutes)
Ø Pre-teach vocabulary
+ spread (v) (to cover a larger and larger area).
" to spread " spread " spread
+ Christmas carol (n) 
(Silent night is a Christmas carol)
+ patron saint (n)
+ jolly (adj) happy and cheerful
ØJumbled words
Tansa aucls
pdsear
a.	 d.
yljol
codraete
b.	 e.
ontrpatsian
locra
c.	 f.
*Answer key:
 a. Santa Claus	d. spread
 b. jolly 	e. decorate
 c. carol	f. patron said
-Ask Ss to open their books and read the paragraphs on page 124/ 125
-Draw the grid on the board and have Ss copy it
-Ask Ss to read the paragraph again and complete the grid
-Give feedback and correct
3. While-reading (15 minutes)
ØGrid
*Answer key
Christmas specials
Place of origin
Date
The Christmas tree
Riga
Early 1500s
The Christmas Cards
England
Mid -19th century
The Christmas Carol
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
USA
1823
-Ask Ss to answer the questions
-Ss work in pairs
-T. corrects and gives answers
4. Post-reading (10 minutes)
*Answer key:
a. More then two centuries ago
b. Because wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
c. 800 years ago
d. An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore
e. On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
5. Homework (5 minutes)
-Rewrite the answers in their notebooks
-Learn the worlds
-Write it up: Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs
-Prepare: Lesson 4: Write
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