Giáo án Tiếng Anh 8 - Units 13: Festival - Phan Thi Thanh Luyen - Da Long secondary school

Week: 30	 Date of preparation: 02/ 04/ 2012
Period: 88	 Date of teaching: 04/ 04/ 2012
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 5: WRITE
I. OBJECTIVES:
 Teaching aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a report on a festival they have joined, develop their writing skill.
II. PREPARATIONS: Book
III. PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
1. Pre – Writing: (10’)
 - Ask students to work in pairs to use the information in the dialogue on the page 121 to fill in the gaps in the report on the page 127.
- Have students read the complete report aloud.
1. rice-cooking 2. one / a 3. water-fetching
4. run 5. water 6. traditional
7. bamboo 8. six 9. separate
10. added.
2. While – Writing: (20’)
- Ask students to read the report again to answer the questions. 
- Have students give feedback. 
1. It is the rice-cooking festival.
2. It was held in the communal house yard about one kilometer away from the river.
3. It lasted one day.
4. There were three activities. Yes, there were.
5. They were organized well.
6. Six people took part in each activity.
7. I think it was wonderful.
3. Post – Writing: (13’)
- Have students write a similar report on a festival they joined recently (based on the given questions).
- Call one student to write report on the board.
This report shows how the Mid-autumn festival was held in my neighborhood.
The Mid-Autumn festival was held on the 15th of August (according to Lunar Calendar). This festival was specially organized for children.
It was held in the yard of the Cultural House in my village. The main festival lasted for about three hours when the moon is at its fullest. During the festival, children took part in various activities like: singing and shouting, wearing masks, parading on the roads and banging the drums.
Besides, children ate a very special cake called Moon Cakes. They are filled with lotus seeds, orange peel, ground beans, and sometime eggs and pork fat for flavor.
Children went on playing traditional games until mid – night.
I think this festival is a very special occasion for Vietnamese people and especially for children to play and enjoy on a variety of activities. Moreover, children would understand more about Vietnamese traditions.
4. Homework: (2’)
- Write another similar report on a festival.
- Do the exercises 5, 6 (workbook)
- Prepare next lesson: Unit 13–Language Focus/ p. 128-130.
- Pair works. 
- Give feedback. 
- Group works. 
- Give feedback. 
- Group works. 
- Write the answer.
Take note.
IV. COMMENTS: 
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