Nguyen Le Lam Giang Grade 8

UNIT 13: FESTIVALS

SECTION A: GETTING STARTED – LISTEN AND READ
I. Aim:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- use vocabulary related to the topic “Festival”.
- name some Vietnam common festivals.
- use compound words.
- develop listening and reading skills.
II. Content:
1. Language focus:
- Vocabulary:
+Nouns: starting position, husk, judge, council.
+Verb: rub, separate, yell, fetch, participate.
- Structure:
a. Compound words: N + Ving

2. Preparations:
- Word cards, pictures, cassette player, PPT file
III. Procedures:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
- Play a game: “What’s inside?” - Students play the game.
- Teacher divides the class into 4 teams.
+ There are 7 pictures of common festivals
and celebrations.
+ Each picture is covered by colors.
+ Teacher opens the color cover until the
fastest team gets the right name for the place.
Warm-up + The fastest team with the correct name gets
(6 minutes) 10 points.
1. Tet
2. Mid- Autumn festival
3. Hung King Temple Festival
4. Christmas
5. Thanksgiving
6. Lim festival
7. Halloween

A. GETTING STARTED
Pre-reading - Teacher asks students to read 5 statements -Students match 5
(12 minutes) and match them with respective places given. statements with the
- Teacher calls 5 students to give the answer. respective places.
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1. Tom likes swimming and sunbathing

2. David is interested in ancient cities
3. Huckleberry likes mountain-climbing.
4. Oliver is keen on pottery.
5. Robinson is fond of crowded places.

a. Sapa or Langbiang mountain

b. Hoian or Hanoi ancient towns
c. beautiful beaches in Nha Trang, Vung Tau
d. Bat Trang village
e. Ho Chi Minh or Hanoi city.

B. LISTEN AND READ

- Teacher introduces the - Students pay attention to
vocabulary by using pictures, word the picture
cards and cue words.
1. fetch (v) /fetʃ/
2. starting position (n)
3. yell (v) /jel/
4. rub (v) /rʌb/
5. participate (v) /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/
participate + in
+ synonym: take part in
6. separate (v) /ˈsep.ər.eɪt
+ synonym: divide
separation (n)
7. husk (n) /hʌsk/
8. judge (n) (v) /dʒʌdʒ/
9. council (n) /ˈkaʊn.səl/
10. compete (v) /kəmˈpiːt/
competition(n) /ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən
competitor(n) /kəmˈpet.ɪ.tər/
11. like = be fond of = be
interested in = be keen on
12. crowd (n) /kraʊd/
crowded (a) /ˈkraʊ.dɪd/
13. explain (v) /ɪkˈspleɪn/
explanation (n) /ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
14. team (n) => teammate
- Students repeat the word
chorally and individually.
- Teacher pronounces and asks the students
to repeat chorally and then individually.
- Students write the
words into their
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- Teacher checks students’ notebooks and read.
understanding: - Students conduct
+ Teacher points to pictures and the matching
asks some students to read the activity.
words.

- Teacher introduces the activity to check

students’ memory: Match the words with the
respective pictures/definitions.
- Students pay attention to
Activity 2: Teaching grammar (10 minutes)
the form of compound
words.
* Compound words
- Teacher presents the form of compound
words:
- Students form compound
Noun - Ving
words to complete the
Example: mountain-climbing,
sentences.
English-speaking
- Teacher checks students’ understanding by
asking students to form a compound word

1. Today, I will share with you some

______tips. (money, save)
2. Tigers are ______ animals. (meat, eat)

While- reading Activity 3: Listen and read (8 minutes)

(17 minutes) - Teacher asks students to listen to the - Students listen carefully
conversation and answer two questions: and answer the questions.
+ Where is Liz?
+ How many competitions in the rice-
cooking festival?
+ What are they?
- Teacher plays the recording the second - Students listen and repeat
time and pauses after each sentence for chorally.
students to repeat chorally.

- Teacher emphasizes and asks students to - Students pay attention

highlight the new words, compound words and do what teacher says.
and sentences with the passive form to
review.

- Teacher lets students work in pairs to - Students work in pairs

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practice the conversation. and practice the
conversation.
- Teacher invites randomly some pairs to - Read aloud the
read aloud the conversation again, focuses on conversation in pairs.
students’ pronunciation while they are
reading and corrects them if need be.

Activity 4: True or false

- Teacher asks students to work individually - Students work in pairs
and decide whether statements 2 to 5 are true and complete the task.
or false.

- Teacher invites some students to give their - Students raise hands to

answers and point out where they get the answer.
information.

- Teacher corrects students’ answers and - Students listen to the

asks them to correct the false statements. teacher; correct the false
(Key: 1.F 2.F 3. T 4.F 5.F 6.T) statements.

Activity 5: Crossword game - Students play the game.

- Teacher divides class into 2 groups.
Post-reading - There are 8 hidden words with cues.
(7 minutes) - Each group takes turn to choosing the
number to get clues for their hidden words.

Consolidations - Teacher shows 5 multiple choices questions - Students give the

(2 minutes) and calls some students to give the answers. answers.
Homework - Teacher has students learn vocabulary, - Students listen and take
(1 minute) structure by heart. notes in their notebooks.
- Prepare next lesson: Unit 13 – Lesson 2

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CONSOLIDATION QUIZ
1. My mother is very keen ________growing roses.
A. in B. on c. for d. of
2. John is extremely fond _____music
A. in B. on c. for d. of
3. We thanked them _______ all their help
A. in B. on c. for d. of
4. Are you interested ______ a flower festival?
A. in B. on c. for d. of
5. Over 200 __________ participated in the race.
A. competition (n) B. competitors (n)
C. competitive (a) D. compete (v)
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