UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
I. Aims
Helping students - to ask for explanations of events
- to give an account of something
- to write a paragraph about what was done
II. Language Focus
1. Passive form: Be + Past participle
2. Compound words
3. Reported speech
III. Vocabulary
Verb Noun
(to) award carol jolly (adj)
(to) fetch competition
(to) participate council
(to) separate husk
(to) urge patron saint
(to) yell pomegranate
(to) rub teammate
(to) spread judge
tradition patron saint
IV. Unit Allocation
Period 80
Lesson 1 Getting started
Listen and read
Compound words
Ask for explanations of events
Period 81
Lesson 2 Speak
Listen
Practice in talking about preparations for a special
event.

Listen for details about the preparations for Tet.
Period 82 Lesson 3 Read Reading for details about Christmas.
Period 83 Lesson 4 Write Practice in writing a paragraph about what has been
done.
Period 84
Lesson 5 Language Focus Practice in reported speech
Passive forms
Reported speech
Period: 79 Correction Test one period

I. Listen to the Browns’ conversation carefully and then choose the correct answer. (2 marks)
1.d 2.a 3. c 4. b
II. Choose one word whose pronunciation is different from the others. ( 1 mark)
1. a. 2.c 3. c 4. b
III. Circle the best answer (a or b,c, d) to complete the following sentences. (3 marks).
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. C
7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. B
IV. Read the passage carefully, then do the tasks below.
*Write T (true) or F (false) for the following statements: (1 mark)
1. T 2. T
*Answer the questions (1 mark)
1. a 2. b 3. c 4. b
IV. Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given so that the meanings stay the same. (1 mark)
1. English is spoken all over the world.
2. The man reading a book is Mr Hai
V. Make complete sentences, using the given words(1 mark)
1. It is easy to understand this lesson
2. Would you mind if asked you a question?

The end

Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Week 27 - Period: 79 LESSON 1: Getting Started – Listen & Read (p. 121-122)
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to ask for explanations of events.
Teaching aids: pictures, posters, cassette .
Procedures:
TIME
CONTENTS ACTIVITIES
10’
14’
I. WARMER
1. Tom should go to beautiful beaches like Do Son or
Sam Son in the North and Nha Trang, Vung Tau in the
South.
2. David should go to the ancient city of Hue or the old
streets in Ha Noi.
3. Huckleberry should go to Sa Pa or Yen Tu Mountain.
4. Oliver should go to traditional pottery villages like
Bat Trang pottery village in Ha Noi or some villages in
Binh Duong and Ninh Thuan provinces in the South.
5.Robinson should go to Ho Chi Minh City or Ha Noi –
big cities in Viet Nam.
Who are they in the picture?
What are they doing?
LISTEN and READ
II.PRE-READING:
-Pre-teach voc.:
Vocabulary:
- Rice – cooking festival = hội thi nấu cơm
- Water – fetching contest = hội thi lấy nước
- Fire – making = hội thi nhóm lửa

- Starting position = điểm xuất phát
- to yell = la hét, cổ vũ = to shout loudly.
- to rub = chà, cọ xát.
- Husk(unc.N) = vỏ trấu.
It is the rice-cooking festival.
Grammar drill:
Compound Adjectives:
A rice- cooking Festival.
A water- fetching Competition
A fire- matching
(article) (N.) (V-ing) (N.)
Compound Adjectives
Use: to form a compound Adjectives (danh từ ghép)
Form:
N. + V-ing
Ex: a story-telling competition: một cuộc thi kể chuyện
A coffee- growing region: một vùng trồng cà phê.
-Set the scene:
Ba invites his friend Liz to a traditional festival in the
North of Vietnam. Do you know what kind of festival it
is?
(Imagine that we have 5 friends coming to Viet
Nam from different countries. Each person has a
hobby. You work in groups and answer the
question: Where should they go on their visits to
Viet Nam?)
Ex: Tom likes swimming and sunbathing.
A: In your opinion, where should Tom go?
B: I think he should go to Do Son beach.
It’s a very beautiful beach and it’s not very far

from Ha Noi.
C: That’s a good idea !
(We have discussed the tourist attractions in Vie
Nam. One of the reasons that attracts tourists in
the traditional festivals. In today’s lesson, we
will learn these festivals.)
T elicits vocabulary by using:
visual
visual
visual
visual
synonym
mime
realia
T has Ss say the words
T puts them on the board
T puts the example on the board
T has Ss draw out the structures
Checking meaning, use,
S.s guess what they are going to read by
complete the grid.
10’
10’
1’
III.WHILE-READING:
1. Practice the dialogue
a) Two team members take part in the
water-fetching contests. 
b) One person has to collect four water bottles. 
c) The fire is made without matches or lighters. 

d) Pieces of wood are used to make the fire. 
e) In the final contest, the team members the rice. 
f) The grand prize is given to the team with the
most points . 
Answer keys:
a) False  Only one team member takes part in the . . .
b) False  One person has to collect one water bottle.
c) True
d) False  Pieces of bamboo are used . . .
e) False  In the final contest, the judges taste the rice.
f) True

IV. POST-READING :
* Summary:
Contests What they do
Water – fetching Run to the river bank to take the
bottles of water and return to the
starting position.
Fire – making Rub pieces of bamboo together to
make fire.
Rice - cooking Separate the husk and then cook
the rice.
V. HOMEWORK:
-Learn Voc. And write Language Focus 3 into the
notebooks.
-Prepare Unit 13 Speak and listen
1.S.s open their books, read the dialogue and
listen to the tape.
-S.s practice the dialogue (in pairs).
-Give feedback

2.S.s read the statements and check (v) the
boxes, using the information in the dialogue.
-S.s give the answers and correct the False
sentences.
-S.s copy down.
T has Ss work in groups
Ss go to the board present their task
* Remark:
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Unit 13: FESTIVALS
Week 27 - Period: 80 LESSON 2: - Listen and Speak (p. 123-124)
 Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to listen for details and talk about their preparations
for a special event.
 Materials: a mapped dialogue chart, cassette.
 Procedures:
TIME CONTENTS ACTIVITIES
5’
20’
I/ WARMER: Find things in common:
− Decorate/ clean/ paint the house/ the room/
the yard . . .
− Buy cakes/ candies/ drinks/ food/ fruits . . .
− Cook/ make cakes/ jam . . . .
− Get/ buy new dress . . .
− Write/ send New Year cards to friends/
relatives


LISTEN
II. PRE-LISTENING:
-Pre-teach voc.
* Vocabulary:
- pomegranates = trái lựu
- watermelon seeds = hạt dưa
- peach blossoms = hoa đào
- apricot blossoms = hoa mai
- marigold = cúc vạn thọ
*Recall:
Food (Chung cake, candies, dried watermelon
seeds, jam . . .)
Fruits (bananas, grapes, oranges, watermelon . . .)
Flowers (peach blossoms, apricot blossoms . . . )
III. WHILE-LISTENING:
-Set the scene: We’re going to listen to a
conversation between MR. and Mrs. Robinson and
Liz about their preparation for Tet. You listen to
the tape (twice) and complete the sentences.
1.
*Answer key:
a). Mr. Robinson / flower market.
b). Traditional.
c). Dried watermelon seeds.
d). Make Spring rolls.
* Tapescripe:
Mrs Ro..: Mrs. Robinson wants Mr. Robinson to go
to the flower market.
Mr R..: What do I have to buy?

Mrs. R .: Some peach blossoms and a bunch of
flowers.
Mr. R: What sort of flowers?
Mrs. Robinson: marigolds because they are
traditional at Tet.
-Aks S.s to think of 5 things they often prepare for
Tet and write them down on a piece of paper.
-Divide the class into 2 groups.
-Choose one St randomly in a group and ask
him/her call out his/her words while the S.s in the
other group check(v) the words on their paper
same as that Student’s
-The students have the most same answers will get
1 good marks.
T elicits the words by using:
realia
visual
visual
visual
visual
T has Ss say out the words
T puts the word on the board
Ss repeat, then copy down
T has Ss remind the food, drink and flowers for
Tet
T has Ss listen to the tape and fill in the blanks
with the words they hear
T and Ss correct