Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 13: Festival - Lesson 3: Read - Trường THCS Lý Thường Kiệt

Ly Thuong Kiet secondary 
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BULL – FIGHTING FESTIVAL 
MID- FALL FESTIVAL 
RICE – COOKING FESTIVAL 
BOAT - RACING FESTIVAL 
CHRISTMAS 
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Listen to the song and find out 
on which festival this song can be sung. 
RICE – COOKING FESTIVAL 
CHRISTMAS 
BOAT - RACING FESTIVAL 
MID- FALL FESTIVAL 
RICE – COOKING FESTIVAL 
? Which song is it? 
It’s ” We wish you a merry Christmas ” song. 
Unit 13: Festival 
Lesson 3 : Read 
I. Vocabulary : 
1. Christmas tree (n) 
2. Christmas card (n) 
3. Christmas Carols (n) 
4. Santa Claus (n) 
5. Patron saint (n) 
6. Decorate (V) 
 Jingle bells 
Dashing though the snow 
In a one – horse open sleigh, 
O’er the fields we go 
Laughing all the way 
Eg : Jingle bells is a Christmas carol. 
This room is decorated very beautiful. 
Eg : My room is decorated very beautiful. 
Wishing you a very Happy and warm Christmas 
Christmas tree (n) 
Christmas card (n) 
Christmas Carols (n) 
Santa Claus (n) 
Decorate (V) 
Patron saint (n) 
Guess 4 things about Christmas : 
1. Christmas tree 
2. Christmas card 
3. Santa Claus 
4. Christmas Carols 
1. Christmas tree 
2. Christmas card 
3. Santa Claus 
4. Christmas Carols 
It has been said he was the patron saint of children, a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children present on Christmas Eve 
The custom of decorating it and putting it in a common place, spread thoughout Europe to American. 
They were stories put to music and enjoyed by most people. First the leaders of the Church did not like them but later they became popular. 
An English man had someone design it to send Christmas greetings to his friends. Now it is a part of the Christmas tradition. 
II. Guess and Match 
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III. Read and Match 
Christmas specials 
Place of origin 
Date 
Riga 
Mid-19 th century 
Christmas carols 
USA 
The Christmas tree 
Early 1500s 
The Christmas card 
England 
No information 
800 years ago 
Santa Claus 
1823 
IV. Complete the table 
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Filling the missing words in the song 
Jingle Bells 
Dashing though the snow 
In a one – horse open sleigh, 
O’er the fields we go 
Laughing all the way 
........... on bobtail ring, 
Making spirits bright, 
What fun it is to ride and ........., 
A sleighing song ........... 
Oh !Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! 
Jingle all the way! 
.........., what fun it is to ride 
In a one – horse open sleigh! 
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Bells 
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to night ! 
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Let’s sing a song about 
Christmas. 
1.The Christmas tree came to the USA in . 
A. 1950s 
B. 1970s 
C. 1980s 
2. An Englishman wanted to express his Christmas greetings by using a .. 
A. card 
C. present 
B. picture 
3. Christmas Carols were first performed about  ago . 
A. 800 years 
C. along 
B. 180 years 
4. Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem : 
 A visit from Saint Nicholas , came from .. 
A. England 
C. Germany 
B. America 
5. Santa Claus is based on the . of Saint Nichonas . 
A. picture 
C. drawing 
B. description 
home work 
Write it up: 
 - Use the information in the grid to write the brief paragraphs. 
Learn how to sing the “Jingle Bells” song. 
- Prepare Unit 13 : Write 
Thanks for your Listening ! 
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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 
I'm sorry, You're un lucky! 
Who wrote the poem A Visit from 
Saint Nicholas? 
An American professor Clement Clarke Moore 
What is Santa Claus based on? 
On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s poem 
I'm sorry, You're un lucky! 
I'm sorry, You're un lucky! 
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