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Lesson Plan 7

Topic:

LEVEL: intermediate \ upper intermediate

Aim: to provide students with the different use of dialects and special vocabulary
of traditions.

Materials: -
intermediate and advanced. Cambridge: CUP.

Detailed process of the lesson.

Warm up

Materials: warm up handout


Objective: introduce the focus of the lesson
Procedure: Teacher asks students to remember some customs or tradition in their
families and regions. Ss should write some key words of each custom they
remember

Activity 1
Materials: Handout 1
Objective: taking new information about topic about and learning new words
Procedure: find which traditions and customs of Great Britain in a picture and
describe events of UK.
Handout 1

Exercise 1. Describe the pictures.


Exercise 2. Find out some information from the text given.

The United Kingdom's culture is influenced by its history as a developed


state, a liberal democracy and a great power; its predominantly Christian religious
life; and its composition of four countries England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland each of which has distinct customs, cultures and symbolism.

Every nation and every country has its own traditions and customs, which
make them individual. Some traditions are old-fashioned, interesting and
important. English traditions can be classified into several groups: traditions
wedding anniversary); state traditions; national holidays, religious holidays, public
festivals, traditional ceremonies.

British holidays (Christmas, Easter, Guy Fawkes Night, and Remembrance


Day) are especially rich in old traditions and customs. Cheese rolling is an unusual
British tradition that involves a ball of Double Gloucester cheese and a crowd that

is willing to chase it for fun. The cheese rolling event takes place every Spring
Bank Holiday Monday of the year

There are numerous Royal traditions in Britain, some are ancient, others
modern. The Queen is the only person in Britain who has two birthdays. Her real
birthday is on April 21st
second Saturday in June.

On this day, there is a, traditional ceremony called the Trooping of the


Colour. It is a big parade with brass bands and hundreds of soldiers in London.

millions of people at home watch it on television.

Activity 2
Materials: Handout 2
(https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/customs_traditions.htm)
Objective: Students explore the material
Procedure: Teacher gives the exercises as a test. Students should choose the
correct answers. Students should put the letters in the following words into the
correct order and write them into the gaps.

Keys: Ex. 1.

1. What is a traditional English food? Fish 'n' Chips


2. What are street markets in London? Camden, Portobello
3. Where is Carnival in August? in Notting Hill
4. Which river runs through Liverpool? Mersey
5. Which sports are typical English? Cricket, Darts, Rugby
6. What is the name of the long road leading to Buckingham Palace? The Mall
7. What are famous football stadiums in England? Anfield, Old Trafford
8. What is England's national drink? tea
9. Which name is associated with the ~Globe Theatre+ in London? William
Shakespeare
10. What is typical English cheese? Cheddar
Ex.2.
1. chimney
2. stockings
3. mistletoe
4. reindeer
5. holly
6. tinsel
7. carol singers
8. Christmas pudding
9. turkey
10. presents

Handout 2

Ex. 1. Choose the correct answers. Sometimes there is more than one correct
answer.

1. What is a traditional English food?


Fish 'n' Chips
Hamburger
Chili con carne
2. What are street markets in London?
Camden

Harrods

Portobello

3. Where is Carnival in August?


in Nottingham
in Notting Hill
in Wimbledon
4. Which river runs through Liverpool?
Severn
Thames
Mersey

5. Which sports are typical English?


Cricket

Darts

Rugby
6. What is the name of the long road leading to Buckingham Palace?
Oxford Street
The Mall
Downing Street

7. What are famous football stadiums in England?


Anfield

Old Trafford

San Siro

8. What is England's national drink?


tea
coffee
Coke
9. Which name is associated with the ~Globe Theatre+ in London?
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10. What is typical English cheese?
Cheddar
Gorgonzola
Parmesan

Ex.2. Put the letters in the following words into the correct order and write
them into the gaps.
EXAMPLE:
Santa Claus
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Activity 3
Materials: Handout 3
Objective: taking new information about theme and learning new words
Procedure: to give information about holidays and tradition of UK and USA.
Handout 3
Exercise 1. Find holidays celebrated in the UK and USA.

Holidays Seasons
Daylight saving time
Palm Sunday
Easter Sunday
Good Friday
Early bank holiday
Spring bank holiday
Christmas
Boxing day

Halloween
Gun Fawkes night
Remembrance day
Summer bank holiday

Exercise 2. What is the holiday table laid with?


Activity 4
Materials: Handout 4
Objective: Taking new information about theme and learning new words
Procedure: Finding out difference and similarity of customs, traditions, holidays
between our country and UK.

Conclusion.

Materials: Board, markers


Objective: The revision of the lesson
Procedure: Teacher asks students to make the feedback on the lesson (oral or
written)

Glossary

Tradition - a belief, custom, or way of doing something.

Custom something that is done by people in particular society.

National related to a whole nation as opposed to any of its parts.

Celebrate to show that an event or occasion is important by doing something.

Coincide to happen at the same time as something else, especially by chance.

Remembrance Day the Sunday nearest to November 11.

Boxing Day a national holiday in England and Wales on the day after Christmas

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