WELCOME TO CLASS 8A1
Warm - up
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The Christmas Tree
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Christmas Carols
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Santa Claus
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The Christmas card
What is it ?
Who is he ?
What is it?
What is this song?
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Unit 13: FESTIVAL
Lesson 3: Read
- (to) decorate
: trang trí
- (to) base on
- (to) perform
- (to ) spread
- jolly
: dựa treân
: trình dieãn
: lan truyeàn
: vui nhoän, vui veû
(adj.)
Thursday, March 17th , 2011
* Vocabulary
What and Where
base on
jolly
spread
decorate
perform
True / False statements prediction

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1. One Christmas Eve in early 1500s, some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in Riga.
2. In mid- 19th century, an had someone design a card.
3. Christmas cards were a part of the Christmas tradition.
4. Christmas songs were stories to put music and most of the people enjoyed them.
5. The poem A visit From Saint Nicholas became popular in in 1823.
American
Englishman
England
The USA
The Christmas tree
One Christmas Eve in the
some people decorated a tree and put
it in the market place in the latvian city
of .This custom spread throughout
Europe, and finally to American
in the 1800s
early 1500s,
Early 1500s,
Riga
Riga
The Christmas Card
In the ,
wanted to send
Christmas greetings to his friends,
so he had someone design a card.
Forty years later, cards were a part
of the Christmas tradition.
mid- nineteenth century
mid- nineteenth century
an Englishman
an Englishman
The leader of the church,
Christmas Carols
Eight hundred years ago, Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages. These songs was stories put to music and most people enjoyed them.
They said the song were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again
The leader of the church,
However, did not.
However, did not.
In 1823
Santa Claus
, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A visit From Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who worea red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.
In 1823
in the USA.
in the USA.
Vocabulary
Guessing game
Unit 13: Lesson 3: Read
T / F
Questions:
1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
2. Why did the Englishman have some design a card ?
3. When were Christmas songs first performed ?
4. Who wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas ?
5. What is Santa Claus based on ?
6. What does the character in the poem A visit From Saint Nicholas look like ?
Questions
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Apple
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Noughts and crosses game
Unit 13 : PLACES
Lesson 3: READ
6. What does the character in the poem A visit From Saint Nicholas look like ?
He was a fat jolly man and wore a red suit.
2. Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
He wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
4. Who wrote the poem A visit from Saint Nicholas ?
An American professor Clement Clarke Moore.
1. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
More than a century ago.
3. When were Christmas songs first performed ?
800 years ago.
5. What is Santa Claus based on ?
Santa Claus based on the description of Saint Nicholas in Moore’s poem.
Lucky number
lucky number
lucky number
DISCUSSION
What do you usually do at Christmas ?
Ex : send greeting cards.
……….
- visit friends / relatives
have a party
- decorate the houses / Christmas trees
- go to the church
- sing Christmas songs
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- Learn the lesson
- Prepare lesson 4: Write
UNIT 13 : FESTIVAL
Lesson 3 : READ
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