Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Tiết 51, Unit 8: Celebration (Lesson 1) - Năm học 2013-2014 - Ngô Thị Hương

Week: 26 Date of preparing: 23/ 02/2014
Period: 51 Date of teaching: 25/ 02/2014
UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS 
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED – LISTEN AND READ
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Educational aims: Ss should save energy they use at home or at school.
2. Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, Ss will read a text about some celebrations in the word.
II. PREPARATIONS: book, pictures, extra - board.
III. PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Warm - up (5’)
- Have Ss name some celebrations
Celebrations
women’s day teacher’s day 
 Christmas valentine day 
- Have Ss match the icons with the name of celebrations
- Group work.
- Pair works. 
2. Presentation (12’)
- Show pictures to introduce lesson.
- Introduce some new words
+ Passover (n)
+ Jewish people (n)
+ sticky rice cake (n)
+ (to) occur (v) 
+ (to) decorate (v)] decoration (n)
+ (to) celebrate (v) [ celebration (n)
+ Freedom (n)
+ Slavery (n)
+ Parade (n)
+ joyful (adj)
- Have Ss practice new words
- Check vocabulary:”Matching”
- Have Ss answer question:
How many celebrations are mentioned in the text?
What are they?
- Listen.
- Listen and write.
- Practice new words
- Whole class
- Guess the answer
3. Practice (20’)
- Have Ss read aloud the text.
- Have Ss read silently, answer some questions about Lunar New Year, Passover, Easter
When does it occur?
What do people do on this occasion?
What food people eat?
 4. Where does it occur?
- Give Ss a handout
- Have Ss read the text and complete the table
Celebrations
When 
Activities
Food 
Country 
Tet
(Lunar New Year)
In late January or early February
Cleaning and decorating homes, wearing new clothes and enjoying special food 
Sticky rice cake
Viet Nam
Passover 
In late march or early April
Eating special meal
Special meal call Seder
Israel 
Easter 
Around the same time as Passover
Watching colorful parades
Chocolate, sugar eggs
In many countries
- Read aloud.
- Read and answer.
- Get handout
- Work in group to find out the answers
4. Production (6’)
- Have Ss draw a mind map to summarize the three celebrations.
- Group work 
5. Homework (2’)
- Learn by heart the vocabulary
- Prepare lesson: Unit 8 – Speak and listen/ p. 66 
Take note
IV. COMMENTS: