Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 7 - Unit 9: Festivals around the world. Lesson 4: Communication

Unit 
HOBBIES 
Unit 
FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD 
9 
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION 
OBJECTIVES 
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to: 
1. Knowledge: 
- express disappointment 
- understand the concept of festival symbols and their meanings 
- talk about the concept of festival symbols and their meanings 
2. Core competence: 
- develop communication skills and creativity 
- be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork 
- actively join in class activities 
3. Personal qualities 
- develop self-study skills 
WARM-UP 
PRESENTATION 
PRACTICE 
PRODUCTION 
Game: Name the festivals 
Express disappointment 
Everyday English 
Task 1: Listen and read the conversation. Pay attention to the highlighted sentences. 
Task 2: Work in groups. Make a similar conversation for each situation below. 
Festival symbols 
Task 3: Listen to Mark talking about festival symbols. Fill in each blank with ONE word. 
Task 4: Work in pairs. Match each festival with its symbol and meaning. 
Task 5: Work in groups. Choose a festival and talk about its symbol(s) and meaning. 
CONSOLIDATION 
Wrap-up 
Home work 
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION 
WARM-UP 
Lesson 4: Communication 
Stage aims: 
to activate students’ knowledge 
to get students interested in the topic 
Name the festivals 
Warm up 
Name the festivals 
Halloween 
Warm up 
Name the festivals 
Tet 
Warm up 
Name the festivals 
Diwali 
Warm up 
Name the festivals 
Rock in Rio 
Warm up 
Name the festivals 
Songkran (Water Festival) 
WARM-UP 
PRESENTATION 
Game: Name the festivals 
Express disappointment 
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION 
Presentation 
Listen and read the conversation. Pay attention to the highlighted sentences. 
1 
Mi: How was the music festival last Sunday? Mark: It was disappointing! Mi: Why? Mark: The band was late. 
Trang: And the singers weren’t very good either. It was a big disappointment. 
Other expressions: 
* That’s too bad! 
* What a disaster! 
* That’s so disappointing! 
WARM-UP 
PRESENTATION 
PRACTICE 
Game: Name the festivals 
Express disappointment 
Everyday English 
Task 1: Listen and read the conversation. Pay attention to the highlighted sentences. 
Task 2: Work in groups. Make a similar conversation for each situation below. 
Festival symbols 
Task 3: Listen to Mark talking about festival symbols. Fill in each blank with ONE word. 
Task 4: Work in pairs. Match each festival with its symbol and meaning. 
Task 5: Work in groups. Choose a festival and talk about its symbol(s) and meaning. 
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION 
1 
Everyday English 
Work in groups. Make a similar conversation for each situation below. 
2 
1. Your friend went to a film festival for teenagers, but there were not many films he / she liked. 
2. Your friend went to the market to buy decorations for the Mid-Autumn Festival. But there were not many decorations to choose from. 
2 
Festival symbols 
Listen to Mark talking about festival symbols. 
Fill in each blank with ONE word. 
3 
think 
1. A symbol is an image we use or _________ of when celebrating a festival. 
2. A symbol usually has a special _________. 
3. The Christmas tree is the symbol of a long _________. 
4. Santa Claus is the symbol of joy and _________. 
meaning 
life 
happiness 
2 
Work in pairs. Match each festival with its symbol and meaning. 
1. Mid-Autumn Festival 
A. black cat 
a. It is the symbol of a new life because it has a lot of babies. 
2. Halloween 
B. The Golden Palm 
b. It is the symbol of the moon, prosperity and family reunion. 
3. Easter 
C. moon cake 
c. It is the symbol of bad luck. 
4. Cannes Film Festival 
D. Easter Bunny 
d. It is the symbol of the winner’s prize. 
4 
Festival symbols 
1-C-b 
2-A-c 
3-D-a 
4-B-d 
WARM-UP 
PRESENTATION 
PRACTICE 
PRODUCTION 
Game: Name the festivals 
Express disappointment 
Everyday English 
Task 1: Listen and read the conversation. Pay attention to the highlighted sentences. 
Task 2: Work in groups. Make a similar conversation for each situation below. 
Festival symbols 
Task 3: Listen to Mark talking about festival symbols. Fill in each blank with ONE word. 
Task 4: Work in pairs. Match each festival with its symbol and meaning. 
Task 5: Work in groups. Choose a festival and talk about its symbol(s) and meaning. 
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION 
2 
Work in groups. Choose a festival and talk about its symbol(s) and meaning. 
5 
Production 
Example: 
When we talk about Christmas, we think of the Christmas tree. It is the symbol of a long life. 
WARM-UP 
PRESENTATION 
PRACTICE 
PRODUCTION 
Game: Name the festivals 
Express disappointment 
Everyday English 
Task 1: Listen and read the conversation. Pay attention to the highlighted sentences. 
Task 2: Work in groups. Make a similar conversation for each situation below. 
Festival symbols 
Task 3: Listen to Mark talking about festival symbols. Fill in each blank with ONE word. 
Task 4: Work in pairs. Match each festival with its symbol and meaning. 
Task 5: Work in groups. Choose a festival and talk about its symbol(s) and meaning. 
CONSOLIDATION 
Wrap-up 
Home work 
LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION 
WRAP-UP 
1 
Consolidation 
In this lesson, we have learn to 
use lexical items related to festival activities and festival symbols 
express disappointment 
HOMEWORK 
2 
Consolidation 
Make a conversation, video and upload on given drive link 
Prepare for the next lesson: Skills 1