Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 13: Festivals - Period 81, Lesson 3: Reading

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1. Write the names of the festivals you have seen Village Tet names of the festivals Christmas Birthday
2. Period 81: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ 1. Pre – teach: The Christmas tree(n) Cây thông Noel The Christmas card(n) Thiếp mừng Noel Christmas Carols(n) Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh Santa Claus (n) Ông già Noel Wishing you a very Happy and The Patron saint(n) Thánh đỡ đầu warm Christmas (to) decorate Trang trí (to)Spread Spread Lan truyền
3. Wishing you a very Happy and warm Christmas 2, Patron saint 1, Christmas card 3, Santa Claus 4, Christmas Carols 5, Christmas tree (n) 6, Decorate
4. Period 81: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ I. Pre – reading: 1. Pre – teach: 2. Open prediction: Guess four special things at Christmas?
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6. 1. Listen and check. Christmas tree Christmas card Christmas Carols Santa Claus
7. II. Matching A.They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. First the leaders 1. The Christmas card of the church did not like them but later they became popular. B. It has been said he was the patron saint 2. The Christmas tree of children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. 3. Christmas carols C.An English man had someone design it to send greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition. 4. Santa Claus D. The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread throughout Europe to America.
8. Period 80: Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 4: READ 2. Complete the table. Christmas Specials Place of origin DesignedDate by J. Horsley The Christmas Tree Riga early 1500s The Christmas Card England mid-19th century Christmas carols (no information) 800 years ago Santa Claus The USA 1823
9. III. Post - reading: 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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11. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA? More than a century ago
12. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card? He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
13. When were Christmas songs first performed? 800 years ago
14. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas? An American professor Clement Clarke Moore
15. What is Santa Claus based on? On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem
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17. IV. Answers the questions: a. More than a century ago. b. He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends. c. 800 years ago. d. An American professor Clement Clarke Moore. e. On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem.
18. Write it up: Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs.