Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 7 - Unit 9: Festivals around the world. Lesson 6: Skills 2

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung 
 Quang Trung secondary school 
UNIT 9 : FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD 
Lesson 6: Skills 2 
LESSON 6: SKILLS 2 
Unit 
FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD 
9 
OBJECTIVES 
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 
1. Knowledge: 
- listen for special information about a festival 
- write an email to describe a festival 
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 
LISTENING 
WRITING 
PRODUCTION 
(Post-Listen and Write) 
Bingo 
* Listening 
Task 1: Look at the animal . Discuss the questions with a partner. 
Task 2: Listen to Mark talking about how his family celebrates a festival . Check your answers. 
Task 3: Listening again and decide whether the following statements are true or false . 
* Writing 
Task 4: Think about a festival that your family usually celebrates . Fill in the blanks with your answers. 
Task 5: Write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark about the festival. Use the notes in 4. 
LESSON 5: SKILLS 2 
CONSOLIDATION 
Wrap-up 
Home work 
Task 6: Class gallery. 
WARM-UP 
Game: Bingo! 
LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED 
Aims of the stage: 
To waken up students’ interest. 
WARM-UP 
LISTENING 
Bingo 
* Listening 
Task 1: Look at the animal . Discuss the questions with a partner. 
Task 2: Listen to Mark talking about how his family celebrates a festival . Check your answers. 
Task 3: Listening again and decide whether the following statements are true or false . 
LESSON 5: SKILLS 2 
PRE-LISTENING 
Look at the animal below. Discuss the following questions with a partner. 
1 
What is it? 
What festival is it a part of? 
WHILE-LISTENING 
Listen to Mark talking about how his family celebrates a festival . 
Check your answers . 
2 
1. What is it? 
2. What festival is it a part of? 
A turkey. 
Thanksgiving. 
WHILE-LISTENING 
Listening again and decide whether the following statements are true or false . 
3 
True 
False 
1. Only people from the USA celebrate Thanksgiving. 
2. People celebrate it on the third Thursday of November. 
3. Family members and friends usually gather to have a feast. 
4. In his family, only adults prepare the feast. 
5. Cornbread is one of the traditional dishes. 
6. After the feast, they play board games. 
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WARM-UP 
LISTENING 
WRITING 
Bingo 
* Listening 
Task 1: Look at the animal . Discuss the questions with a partner. 
Task 2: Listen to Mark talking about how his family celebrates a festival . Check your answers. 
Task 3: Listening again and decide whether the following statements are true or false . 
* Writing 
Task 4: Think about a festival that your family usually celebrates . Fill in the blanks with your answers. 
Task 5: Write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark about the festival. Use the notes in 4. 
LESSON 5: SKILLS 2 
PRE-WRITING 
Think about a festival that your family usually celebrates. Fill in the blanks with your answers. 
4 
What festival is it? 
__________ 
What food does your family eat? __________ 
When do you celebrate it? 
__________ 
What activities does your family do? 
__________ 
Do you like the festival? Why or why not? 
__________ 
WHILE-WRITING 
Now write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark about the festival. Use the notes in 4. 
5 
Mid Autumn Festival. 
 Moon cakes, autumn fruits. 
 In the middle of the eighth lunar month. 
Watch lion dances and eat mooncakes. 
Watch lion dances and eat mooncakes. 
WHILE-WRITING 
Now write an email of about 70 words to tell Mark about the festival. Use the notes in 4. 
5 
Dear Mark, 
How are you? I’m going to tell you about Mid Autumn Festival. It takes place in the middle of the eighth lunar month. My family and I often eat moon cakes, autumn fruits and watch lion dances. I like the festival very much because it was funny and meaningful. 
I hope one day you can join the festival with us. 
Cheers, 
PRODUCTION 
Class gallery 
Students can: 
go and see other’s work 
give comments to each other 
WRAP-UP 
1 
CONSOLIDATION 
In this lesson, we have learnt to: 
- listen for special information about a festival 
- write an email to describe a festival 
HOMEWORK 
2 
CONSOLIDATION 
Prepare for the next lesson: Looking back & Project