Week : 27
Period : 80
Unit : 13 FESTIVALS
Lesson : 3 READ
P :
T :
I. Aim:
- To help students read for details about Christmas
II. Objectives:
- By the end of the lesson , Ss will get some knowledge about Christmas.
III. Teaching Aids : posters , pictures .
III. Work arrangements : group work , pair work .
V. Procedure:
1. Warmer ( chatting )
Teacher uses a christmas card and asks students some questions about picture .
Students listen and answer them .
T : What is this ?
Ss : ( a chritmas card )
T : When do you usually get it ?
Ss : ( on Christmas day )
T : What can you see and listen on Christmas day ?
Ss : (I can see the Christmas tree , the Christmas card , Santa Claus and I can
listen Christmas carols )
* Now let’s begin the new lesson , the content of the text talks about Christmas .
2.Pre- reading:
a, Pre- teach vocabulary
The Christmas tree : ( picture ) : Cây nô ên
(To) decorate ( to make something look more attractive by putting things on it :
trang trí
(To) spread – spread – spread :
to cover a larger and larger area ( explanation ) lan truyền

b. An Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends on
Christmas day
c. The character of the Santa Claus in a poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red
suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve .
d. The Christmas carols became popular again about 180 years ago .
- Teacher writes the result of students’ guessing on the blackboard
3. While reading :
- Ask students to open their books .
- Read the dialogue and check their prediction .
- Ask them to correct the false statements .
- Give feedback
* Answer key :
a. F. 1800s 1500s
b. T
c. T
d. T
-To understand the meaning of some words in the text . Now let’s begin “mtching ”
* Matching :
Teacher asks students to match the words in column A with the meaning in column
B
Column A Column B
1. Christmas Eve a. Sự mô tả
2. ( to ) design b. đêm Giáng Sinh
3. ( to ) perform c. thiết kế
4. poem d.thực hiện
5. Jolly e. bài thơ
6. description f.vui nhộn
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- Give model
- Give students three minutes to match the words in column A with the meaning

part : Answer the questions .
* Comprehension questions :
Before answering the questions , Teacher asks Ss to read the text again and find
the answers . Teacher gives Ss 5 minutes to complete them .
- Have a game “ Lucky Numbers ”
- Divide the class into two teams .
- Write 8 numbers on the board from 1 to 8
- Tell Ss each number is for a question but there are 3 lucky numbers . if Ss
choose a lucky number , they don’t have to answer it but they get 2 points and
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they can get another number . if they choose a question , they have to answer it
if they answer right , they also get 2 points . if which team has more point is
winner .

1.How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA ?
- The Christmas tree came to the USA in the 1800s
2. Lucky number
3.Why did the English man have someone design a card ?
- Because he wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends
4.When were Christmas songs first performed ?
- Christmas songs were first performed 800 years ago
5. Lucky number
6.Who wrote the poem A Visit form Saint Nicholas ?
- An American professor named Clement Clarke Moore wrote A visit from Saint
Nicholas .
7. Lucky number
8. What is Santa Claus based on ?
- Santas Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in the poem .
T: get Ss to write their answers in their note-books
4. Post-reading: