Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 13: Festivals - Lesson 2: Read

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1. Listen to the song and answer the questions: 1. What’s the name of the song? 2. What is it about?
2. 1. It’s Jingle Bells 2. It’s about Christmas
3. I. Vocabulary : Christmas tree ( n ): Cây Nô-en (To ) decorate : Trang trí Christmas card : (n) Thiệp Nô-en
4. I. Vocabulary : Christmas tree ( n ): Cây Nô-en (To ) decorate : Trang trí Christmas card : (n) Thiệp Nô-en (To) Spread Spread Spread : Lan rộng Santa Claus : (n) Ông già Nô-en = Patron saint : (n) Thánh bảo hộ Christmas Carol : (n) Bài hát về Nô-en Christmas Eve: (n) Đêm Nô-en
5. Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the word. Guess four special things at Christmas?
6. II. MATCHING Column A Column B 1. (to) design A. Sự mô tả 2. (to) perform B. Thiết kế 3. Poem (n) C. Biểu diễn 4. Jolly (adj) D. Bài thơ 5. Description (n) E. Vui nhộn
7. III/ TRUE / FALSE STATEMENTS T/F 1/ The Christmas Eve was decorated in the early 1500s1800s in the Latvian city of Riga. F 2/ An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends on Christmas day. T 3/ The character of the Santa Claus in a poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on T Christmas Eve. 4/ The Christmas carols became popular again about 180 years ago. T
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9. IV. COMPLETE THE TABLE Christmas Place of origin Date Specials The Christmas Riga tree1 early 61500s The Christmas 2 England4 mid-19th4century Card Christmas Carol No information5 800 years7 ago Santa3 Claus USA 18238
10. V. Answer the questions: a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ? b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ? c. When were Christmas songs first performed? d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas? e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
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12. 1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ? 1 The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s .
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14. 3. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ? 3 Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
15. 4. When were Christmas songs first performed ? 4 Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago .
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17. 6. Who wrote the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas ? 6 An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas .
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19. 8.What is Santa Claus based on? 8 Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
20. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ? ➔ The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s. b. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ? ➔ Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends c. When were Christmas songs first performed ? ➔ Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago . d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ? ➔ An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A Visit From Saint Nicholas. e. What is Santa Claus based on ? ➔ Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
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22. 1. Learn by heart the new words 2. Practice reading the text again 3. Prepare the next lesson
23. VI. Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from the text The Christmas tree was 1decorated .and put in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga in the 2 .1500s.early In the mid – nineteenth century , An Englishman wanted to .3 Christmassend greetings to his friends , so he 4. had Someone design a card . Eight hundred years ago , Christmas songs were 5 performed for people in towns and villages . In 1823 , The Patron Saint of children , Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit From saint Nicholas . Santa Claus is based on thedescription .6 . of Saint Nicholas in this poem .