Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions - Period 31: Skills

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1. When in Rome, do as the Romans do
2. 1. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1. What are the people doing in each picture? → 2. Does your family ever do the same things? →
3. 2. Read Mi’s presentation on customs and traditions. Is she writing about her family or her society? In my opinion, customs and traditions are very important. Like other families, we have our own customs and traditions. A. Firstly, there’s a tradition in our family of having lunch together on the second day of Tet. Everyone has to be there before 11 a.m. We have followed this tradition for three generations. B. Secondly, we have the custom of spending Sunday together. We usually go to the cinema or go for a picnic. We don’t have to do it, but it makes us closer as a family. C. Thirdly, we celebrate our grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October because they don’t remember the exact date. The custom is that we have to cook a new dish each year. Last year, my mum cooked lasagne, an Italian dish. This year, we prepared five-coloured sticky rice served with grilled chicken. We all enjoy these customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of
4. * Vocabulary - Sense of belonging (n) : cảm giác thân thuộc. - Grilled chicken : thịt gà nướng - Wedding anniversary : Lễ kỉ niệm ngày cưới
5. 2. Read Mi’s presentation on customs and traditions. Is she writing about her family or her society? In my opinion, customs and traditions are 3. Now decide in which paragraph each very important. Like other families, we have detail below is mentioned. Write A, B, or our own customs and traditions. A. Firstly, there’s a tradition in our family C in the blank. of having lunch together on the second day of Tet. Everyone has to be there before 11 A B C a.m. We have followed this tradition for 1. the name of an Italian three generations. dish ✔ B. Secondly, we have the custom of spending 2. the time family Sunday together. We usually go to the members have to gather ✔ cinema or go for a picnic. We don’t have to for lunch do it, but it makes us closer as a family. C. Thirdly, we celebrate our grandparents’ 3. the date of the wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of wedding anniversary ✔ October because they don’t remember the 4. an outdoor activity exact date. The custom is that we have to ✔ cook a new dish each year. Last year, my 5. the length of time a mum cooked lasagne, an Italian dish tradition has existed ✔ . This year, we prepared five-coloured sticky rice served with grilled chicken. We all enjoy 6. the reason for ✔ these customs and traditions because they spending time together provide our family with a sense of belonging.
6. 2. Read Mi’s presentation on customs and 3. Now decide in which paragraph each detail traditions. Is she writing about her family or below is mentioned. Write A, B, or C in the her society? blank. In my opinion, customs and traditions are 4. Read the text again and answer the very important. Like other families, we have questions. our own customs and traditions. 1. What are the three customs or traditions A. Firstly, there’s a tradition in our family Mi mentions? of having lunch together on the second day of Tet. Everyone has to be there before 11 a.m. We have followed this tradition for 2. What does Mi’s family usually do on three generations. Sundays? B. Secondly, we have the custom of spending Sunday together. We usually go to the cinema or go for a picnic. We don’t have to 3. What is the date of her grandparents’ do it, but it makes us closer as a family. wedding anniversary? C. Thirdly, we celebrate our grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October because they don’t remember the 4. What did they make for the grandparents’ exact date. The custom is that we have to wedding anniversary this year? cook a new dish each year. Last year, my mum cooked lasagne, an Italian dish . This year, we prepared five-coloured sticky 5. Why do they love family customs rice served with grilled chicken. We all enjoy and traditions? these customs and traditions because they provide our family with a sense of belonging.
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8. 1.What are the three customs or traditions Mi mentions? They are: having lunch together on the second day of Tet, spending Sunday together, and celebrating her grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October.
9. 2.What does Mi’s family usually do on Sundays? They usually go to the cinema or go for a picnic together.
10. 3 What did they make for the grandparents’ wedding anniversary this year? They made five-coloured sticky rice served with grilled chicken.
11. 4. Why do they love family customs and traditions? Because they provide a sense of belonging.
12. Three customs and traditions in Mi’s family - Having lunch together on the second day of Tet - Spending Sunday together - C elebrating her grandparents’ wedding anniversary on the first Sunday of October.
13. 5. Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1. What are the three customs and traditions you like most in your family? Describe them in detail. 2. How do you feel when you take part in these customs and traditions? 3. Why is it important to continue family customs and traditions?
14. 1. What are the three customs and traditions you like most in your family? Describe them in detail. → We have tradition of celebrating family member’s birthday. We also have custom of having dinner together. At Tet, we have tradition of making foods: sticky rice, spring roll, chung cake. 2. How do you feel when you take part in these customs and traditions? → They are so meaningful and I feel happy to be a part of our traditions and customs. 3. Why is it important to continue family customs and traditions? → They make family member closer and love each other more.
15. 6. Interview another pair to get their answers to the questions in 5. Note down their answers in the table below. Then present what you have found out to the class. Names of Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 interviewees 1. Nam Having dinner with wonderful People family, going picnic understand at the end of month, and love going travelling in each other. summer 2. ___ ___ 3. ___ ___
16. Present what you have found out to the class.
17. 1. Write vocabulary. 2. Prepare Skills 2.