Stage -Stage aim

Procedure

Warm-up

To introduce and lead in the topic

Chatting

* Teacher shows the picture of the Tulip Festival and asks students some related questions:

-         What can you see in the picture?

-         Can you guess the name of the festival?

-         Have you ever heard of this festival? If yes, what do you know about it?

** Students raise hands to answer the questions.

*** Teacher and students discuss the questions.

**** Teacher accepts all students’ questions.

Presentation

(Vocab-
pre-teach)

- To provide students with vocabulary.

- To help students well-prepared for the listening and reading tasks.

Vocabulary:

* Teacher introduces the vocabulary by giving definitions/ examples/ pictures of the words.

** Teacher writes all students’ answers on the board.

*** Teacher circles or highlights the following words and discuss the meanings of these words:

1. folk dance (n)

2. costume (n)

3. float (n)

4. parade (n)

5. feast (n)

6. fireworks display (n)

**** Teacher checks students’ pronunciation and gives feedback. Teacher reveals that these words will appear in the reading text and asks students to open their textbook to discover further.

Practice

-   To have students get to know the topic.

-   To have students get specific information of the text.

- To introduce some more vocabulary related to the topic festivals.

-    To help Ss practise the words/phrases in 3.

To check Ss’ knowledge of some familiar festivals.

Task 1: Listen and read (p.92).

* Teacher can play the recording more than once.

** Students listen and read.

*** Teacher invites some pairs of students to read aloud.

**** Teacher checks students’ pronunciation and gives feedback.

Task 2: Read the conversation again. Who did the following activities? Tick the correct column. Sometimes you need to tick both (p.93).

* Teacher tells students to read the conversation again and work independently to find the answers.

** Students do the task individually.

*** Teacher allows students to share their answers before discussing as a class and encourages them to give evidence.

**** Teacher calls some students to give the answers and gives feedback.

Answer key:

Task 3: Write a word or phrase from the box under each picture (p.93).

Game: Who is faster?

* Teacher divides the class into 2 teams. Each team sends a leader to play the game on the board.

-         Teacher explains the instructions of the game:

Ø Teacher gives each team a set of cards with word/phrases from the box.

Ø The two leaders of the teams come to the board and pin the cards under the correct pictures. 

Ø Who can finish faster with more correct answers will be the winner.

** Students play the games in team mode.

*** Teacher has students write down the correct answer.

**** Teacher confirms the answers and gives feedback. Teacher can ask for translation to check their understanding.

Answer key:

1. parade

2. costumes

3. feast

4. float

5. fireworks display

6. folk dance

Task 4: Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from 3. You may have to change the form of the word or phrase (p.93).

* Teacher asks students to work individually to complete the task. Remind them to change the form of the words/phrases of needed.

** Students fill in the blanks with the most suitable form of word/phrase.

*** Teacher allows students to share answers before discussing as a class.

**** Teacher can ask for translation to check their understanding.

Answer key:

1. folk dances

2. fireworks display

3. feast

4. parades

5. floats; costumes

Task 5: Quiz. What festival is it? Match each description with a festival (p.93).

* Teacher lets Ss work in groups of 4-6.

** Ss work in groups to find the answers.

*** Teacher can go around to help weaker students.

**** Teacher calls the first group to come up with the answers to share.

Answer key:

1. e

2. a

3. d

4. c

5. b