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GAME: QUICK EYESWrite the names of the festivals you have seen

CHRISTMAS

1, VocabularyChristmas tree (n):

Christmas card (n):

Christmas Carols (n):

Santa Claus (n):

Patron saint (n):

Decorate (V):

Cây thông Noel

Thiếp mừng Noel

Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh

Ông già Noel

Thánh đỡ đầu

Trang trí

Wishing you a very Happy and warm Christmas

Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 3: READ

Wishing you a very Happy and warm Christmas

5, Christmas tree (n)

1, Christmas card

4, Christmas Carols

3, Santa Claus

6, Decorate

2, Patron saint

1, Vocabulary

Christmas tree (n):

Christmas card (n):

Christmas Carols (n)

Santa Claus (n):

Patron saint (n):

Decorate (V):

Cây thông Noel

Thiếp mừng Noel

Những bài hát thánh ca Giáng sinh

Ông già Noel

Thánh đỡ đầu

Trang trí

Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 3: READ

*Open prediction: Guess four special things at Christmas ?

2, READ. Christmas is an important festival in many countries around the word.

The Christmas TreeOne Christmas Eve in the early 1500s, some people decorated a tree and put it in the market place in the Latvian city of Riga. This custom spread throughout Europe, and finally to America the 1800s

The Christmas CardIn the mid-nineteenth century, an Englishman wanted to send Christmas greetings to his friends, so he had someone design a card. Forty years later, cards were a part of the Christmas tradition

READ.

Christmas CarolsEight hundred years ago, Christmas songs were performed for people in towns and villages. These songs were stories put to music and most people enjoyed them. The leaders of the Church, however, did not. They said the songs were unsuitable, but about 180 years ago, the songs became popular again.

Santa ClausIn 1823, the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas appeared in a poem called A Visit From Saint Nicholas. The character in the poem was a fat jolly man who wore a red suit and gave children presents on Christmas Eve. The poem, which was written by Clement Clarke Moore, an American professor, became popular in the USA. Santa Claus is based on the description of Saint Nicholas in this poem.

Christmas card

Santa Claus

Christmas tree

Christmas Carols

1. Complete the table.

Christmas Specials Place of origin Date

Riga

mid-19th century

Christmas carols

The USA

The Christmas Tree early 1500s

The Christmas Card England

(no information) 800 years ago

Santa Claus 1823

Designed by J. Horsley

Unit 13: FESTIVALS Lesson 3: READ

Questions:Questions:

a. 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 ?

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3, Retell

Write it up: - Use the information in the map to write the brief paragraphs.

- Learn grammar: passive voice

-Do exercises 1, 5, 6 in the workbook.

- Prepare Unit 13: Write

How long ago did the Christmas tree come to the USA?

More than a century ago

Why did the Englishman have someone design a card?

He wanted to send Christmas greeting to

his friends.

When were Christmas songs first performed?

800 years ago

Who wrote the poem A Visit from

Saint Nicholas?

An American professor Clement Clarke Moore

What is Santa Claus based on?

On the description of Saint Nicholas in professor Moore’s

poem.

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FILLING THE MISSING WORDS IN THE SONG

Jingle BellsDashing though the snow

In a one – horse open sleigh,

O’er the fields we go

Laughing all the way

........... on bobtail ring,

Making spirits bright,

What fun it is to ride and .........,

A sleighing song ...........

Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells!

Jingle all the way!

.........., what fun it is to ride

In a one – horse open sleigh!

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23

4

Bells

sing

to night !

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Thank you!