Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 8: Celebrations - Period 48, Lesson 1: Getting started Listen and read

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Unit 8 : celebrations
Period 48 - Lesson 1 : Getting started
 Listen and read
I/ Aims and Objectives :
- By the end of the lesson , Ss will be able to get further information about celebrations in the world , then practice reading comprehension skill for details to complete a table . 
II/ Preparation: 
- Textbook , posters , pictures , objects about festivals 
III/ Teaching process : 
Class organization: 
9A: 9B:
Oral/ written test : 
New lesson : 
A.Warm up. 
Getting started
B. Presentation . 
Listen and read.
Now,complete the table.
 Matching 
- Ask Ss to tell some celebrations / festivals in Vietnam or some English speaking countries in Vietnamese .
- Tell Ss to work with a partner . Match the icons with the names of the celebration they represent . 
- Call the number of each picture and Ask Ss to tell the appropriate picture. 
- Give correct answers : 
 1. Easter 2. Wedding 3. Birthday 4. Christmas 
 5. Mid-Autumn Festival 6. Lunar new year 
* Pre- reading : Introduce the topic of the passage reading and some new words to Ss . 
1. Pre- teach vocabulary : 
- Sticky rice cake (n) : traditional Chung cake .
- Passover (n) : le qua hai 
- Israel (n) (translate ) ->Jewish (a) -> Jewish people 
- Occur (v) = happen / take place 
- Live apart (v) = Far way 
- Slavery = condition or work of slave 
- Joyful (a) : cheerful 
2. Guiding questions :
a. How many celebrations are mentioned in the text ? 
b. What are they ? 
- Ask Ss to work in groups to predict the answers .
- Call on some Ss to read their predictions and write them on the board . 
* While - Reading 
1. Checking predictions 
- Turn on the tape 2 times and ask Ss to check their predictions . 
- Call on some Ss to read their answers and ask them to open their books to check again 
- Give feedback : 
a. Three celebrations are mentioned in the text . 
b. They are lunar New Year , Passover and Easter . 
2. Grammar : 
- Ask Ss to find out the sentences with Which / Who. 
+ Tet is a festival which occurs in late January or early February . 
+ Families members who lives apart try to be together at Tet . 
+ Easter is a joyful festival which is celebrated in many countries . 
Who / which : relative pronoun 
- Have them copy . 
3. Grid : 
- Have Ss read the passage about celebrations in Vietnam and other countries . 
- Ask Ss to compare their table with a friend 
- Feedback and give necessary corrections . 
Tet 
When ? : In late January or early February 
Activities : Cleaning and decorating homes, and enjoying special food 
Food : Sticky rice cake 
Country : Vietna
Passover
Late March or early April 
( Not available )
Special meal called the Seder 
Israel 
Easter
Around the same time as Passover 
People crowd the streets to watch colorful parades 
Chocolate or sugar eggs . 
In many countries 
* Post - reading : Discussion 
When does Tet occur ? 
What do our people do at Tet ? 
What special food do they eat ? 
Which country celebrate Tet ? 
- Ask Ss to practice asking and answering the questions . 
Work in groups.
- Listen and copy down . 
-Listen
- Listen and repeat chorally , individually 
Copy down 
Work in group 
Listen and check their predictions 
-Copy down.
- Find out the sentences with Who / Which 
Copy down . 
Work individually . 
-Give the answer.
-Copy down
-Work in pairs.
IV/ Consolidation: 
Retell the content of the lesson.
V / Homework : 
1. Learn by heart all the new words and copy the completed Grid in their notebooks .
2. Prepare the next lesson .