welcome
to our class
PRESENTED BY: NGO MINH DICH
CLASS: 8E
Wednessday, March 16th 2011
UNIT 13:
FESTIVALS
Period 82:
READ
I.NEW WORDS
bài thánh ca
1. carol:
lan rộng
2. spread (v):
trang trí
3. decorate (v):
vui nhộn
4. jolly (adj):
Ông gi� Nụ-en
5. Santa Claus(n):
6. patron saint(n):
Thánh bảo hộ
decorate (v)
carol (n)
spread (v)
patron saint
Santa Claus
jolly (adj)
lan r?ng
Ông gi� Nô-en
trang trí
vui nh?n
bài thánh ca
Thánh b?o h?
MATCHING
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II.READ.
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many countries around the world.
an Englishman’s.
Complete the table
The Christmas Tree
early 1500s
The Christmas Card
England
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
(no information)
USA
Christmas Carols
Riga
III. Answer the questions.
When were Christmas songs first performed?
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?
Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas?
Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?
What is Santa Claus based on?
Lucky Number
Team 1
Team 2
Answer the questions.
How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
More than a century ago.
Why did the Englishman have someone
design a card ?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
When were Christmas songs first performed ?
800 years ago.
An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.
Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
What is Santa Claus based on ?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem.
Retelling story
- The Christmas tree/ first appear/ the early 1500s.
- In the mid-nineteenth century/ Englishman/ want/ to send/ Christmas greetings/ his friends.
- Christmas songs/ perform/ people in towns and villages/ eight hundred years ago.
- The poem” A visit from Saint Nicholas”/ write/ Clement Clarke Moore.
- Santa Claus/ base/ the description/ Saint Nicholas/ this poem.

IV.HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Read the text at home.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
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GOOD BYE!