Date of Preparing: 27 /3/2016 Date of teaching: 30/3/2016. Class:8C


Period 86. Unit 13. FESTIVALS
Lesson 5. WRITE

1. The aims
a. Knowledge
By the end of the lesson, sts will be able to write a report on a festival which they have joined
b. Skill:
- Write a bout a festival using suggested questions or guidelines
c. Attitude:
-Educate the students the love for subject and tradition.
2. Preparing.
a. Teacher’s: student’s book, lesson plan, teacher’s book.
b. Students’: student’s book, note books, prepare the lesson carefully.
3. Procedures:
a. Checking the old lesson:
( Combined in the lesson)
b. The new lesson.
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities

1. Warm up :(5’)
- Guide ss to play games: body language
+ A s uses the word the teacher will give and expresses it by acting actions. Ss say what it means: they can answer in Vietnamese.
(Push rod, tug, shoot crossbow, fire -making, water-fetching, rice – cooking)
- Introduce the lesson:
? When are those games usually played?
? How do we report them in English?
We’ll learn about it today.
2. Pre- writing (12’)
- Ask ss look at the picture and answer the questions (slide 2)
- Ask ss to work in groups, read the report and the dialogue on page 121 again then choose the suitable words to fill in the gaps in the report.
- Call ss to give keys (slide 3)
- Correct and give keys
1. rice-cooking 6. traditional
2. one/a 7. bamboo
3. water-fetching 8. six
4. run 9. separate
5. water 10. added
- Introduce tenses, sentence and layout of the report (slide 4)
- Analyze main information in a report (Slide 5)
3. While- writing (18’)
- Show the pictures about rod – pushing and tug of war contests. (slide 7)
? What are the names of the contest?
? Where or when are they played?
? How many people take part in each contest?
? How are they played?
? How do the audiences feel?
- Explain the order of exercise:

- Show outline and guide to write (slide 8)
Name: The 26th of March festival
Place: In school yard….
How long: about 2 hours……
Activities: Tug of war and Rod – pushing
How organized:- Tug of war: pull the rope back until go over the center point.
- Rod – pushing: push each other out of the circle.
Number of people: Tug of war: ten… and Rod-pushing: two
Comment: Wonderful/ interesting/ exciting/ happy
- Show detailed outline, and ask ss write in 3 groups, (slide 9)
The 26th of March festival

+ …festival was held on….. of March in ….. . it lasted …… hours. There were …. competitions: ……... and……..

+ ………..…from each team took ….in the Tug of war contest. They had to pick up the rope…pull …. back and away … other team until the marker (or flag) went over … center point.

+…. Rod- pushing contest ……. from two team had to hold …bamboo (or wooden) rod and push each other out of ……..

+ After the contests, … points were added …….. team won. The festival……….
- Ask ss to stick their writings on the board
- Base on ss’ writing to comment, correct






















4. Post-writing (7’)
- Ask sts to look at the mixed report and reorder in pairs. (slide 11)

1. 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.
2. The festival was held on 15th of August the school yard. The festival lasted 3 hours. There were many activities such as: singing and shouting, wearing masks, parading on the roads and banging the drums.
3. The children were interested in a special cake “Moon cakes”. Children went on playing traditional games until mid-night.
4. The Mid- Autumn festival
- Ask 2 pairs to read their key in front of the class.
- Comment, correct. (slide 12)
4, 2, 3, 1

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