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Which festival is this?
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Wrestling Festival
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Boat- Racing Festival
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Buffalo- Fighting Festival


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Chrismas Festival
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Rice- cooking Festival
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Wrestling Festival
Boat- Racing Festival
Buffalo- Fighting Festival
Christmas Festival
Rice- cooking Festival
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UNIT 13:
FESTIVALS
READ
LESSON 4:
Friday, March 29th 2013
Period 85:


How many specials are there in Christmas?
What are they?
1. The Christmas card
2. The Christmas tree
3. Christmas carols
4. Santa Claus
1. VOCABULARY
-Christmas tree (n):
-Christmas card (n):
-Christmas Carol (n):
-Santa Claus (n) = Father Christmas:
-Patron saint (n):
- ( to ) Decorate(v):
Cây noel
Bưu thiếp giáng sinh
Bài hát thánh ca mừng giáng sinh
Ông già noel
Thánh bảo hộ
Trang trí
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 4: READ
Christmas tree (n)
Christmas card (n)
Christmas Carols (n)
Santa Claus (n)
Decorate (V)
Patron saint (n)
2.GRAMMAR:
a) Eight hundred years ago, Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages.
b) The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA.
Past simple tense in passive form(rivision)
S + was/were+ V-ed/VII +(by+ agent)
e.g: A new computer was bought by Mrs.Lien last year.
UNIT 13: FESTIVALS
LESSON 4: READ
1. VOCABULARY
FORM:
The Christmas tree
Early 1500s
The Christmas card
England
No information
800 years ago
Santa Claus
1823
3. PRACTICE:
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How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?

b.Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?

c.When were Christmas songs first performed ?

d.Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?

e.What is Santa Claus based on ?
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Lucky number
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a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
More than two centuries ago.
(More than two hundred years ago)
LUCKY NUMBER
b.Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.
c.When were Christmas songs first performed ?
800 years ago.
LUCKY NUMBER
d. Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.








e. What is Santa Claus based on ?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
a. How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
More than two centuries ago.
b.Why did the Englishman have someone design a card ?
Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends.

c.When were Christmas songs first performed ?
800 years ago.

d.Who wrote the poem A Visit from Saint Nicholas ?
An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore.

e.What is Santa Claus based on ?
On the description of Saint Nicholas in Professor Moore’s poem.
What did you do last Christmas?
Answer about you:
Read the text several times.
Learn by heart new words and do exercise in the exercise book.
Thanks for your attention
Goodbye