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Unit 13 festivals
Lesson 4 Write
A. The objectives
- Content: Rice cooking festival, past simple tense
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to revise the vocab and tructures about the rice-cooking
festival. They’ll use the language to write a report on a festival they’ve joined recently
B. Materials: Pictures, OHP, transparencies, posters
Work arrangements: Individuals, pairs, groups, T-WC
Anticipated problems: Ss have rarely taken part in festival so they’ve known little about them and
it’s difficult for them to report back
C. Procedure
I. Warmer
Running dictation
Ask ss to work in groups of 8
Ss write on the transparencies, show them
on the OHP
Check the origin
II. Checking the old lesson
Group 1: There’s a river about one …
Group 2: The fire is made ….
Group 3: Six people from each team …
III. New lesson
Pre-writing
Gap-fill exercise
Ask ss to work individually to complete the
report on the rice-cooking festival
Pair and compare
T gets some ss to read the completed report
aloud
Checking the understanding
What’s the name of the festival?
Where was the festival held?
How long did the festival last?
Were there any competitions?
How was/ were the activity/ activities
organized?
How many people took part in each activity?
What did you think about the festival?
I. Write
1. Fill the information in the report
1. rice-cooking
2. one/ a
3. water-fetching
4. run
5. water
6. traditional
7. bamboo
8. six
9. separate
10. added
The roce-cooking festival
In the communal house yard
One day
There were three competitions
In the water-fetching, …
The festival was wonderful
While-writing
What festival is celebrated in Mid Fall do
you know?
Eliciting the activities, …
Ask ss to work in groups of four to write
report on the Round Moon festival
Ss write on the transparencies
T gets FB on the OHP
This report shows how the Mid Autumn
festival was held.
This festival was specially organized for
children.
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It was held in the yard of the culture House
in the village. The festival lasted one day
and the main festival was in the evening
when the moon is at its fullest. During the
festival children took part in various
activities like: singing, dragon dancing,
wearing masks, parading on the roads and
banging the drums.
The festival was really exciting.
Post-writing
Ask ss to look at the pictures and elicit the
names and activities of the festivals
Have ss choose a festival and write a report
on the festival they took part in/ liked.
IV. Consolidation
Past simple tense to report a festival
V. Homework
Study vocab by heart
Read the report on the rice-cooking festival
again, write dictation and translation
Write similar reports on other festivals
Prepare new lesson
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