Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 8 Global Success - Unit 5: Our Customs And Traditions - Lesson 7: Looking Back & Project

 Good morning class !!! WARM-UP Match the pictures and the names of the festivals
 PELMANISM
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boat racing Hung 
 Buddha’s King Da Lat Flower Lunar Giong 
 festival
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 festival Unit 5 OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
 LESSON 7: LOOKING BACK & PROJECT
 LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
 VOCABULARY REVIEW
 GRAMMAR REVIEW
 Unit
 PROJECT WARM-UP * VOCABULARY
 1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
1. It is becoming a ______ for many families in Viet nam to celebrate 
Women’s day and family day. 
 A. habit B. custom 
2. ______, we hold the Spring festival on the 15th of January in lunar 
calendar. 
 A. Traditionally B. In the past 
3. Janet is from a family of doctors, but she broke with ______ when 
she went to an art college. 
 A. tradition B. habit 1 Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
4. having dinner at my grandparents’ house on Saturdays is one of 
the customs our family ______.
 A. does B. practises 
5. Story telling is a great way to ______ the local tradition alive. 
 A. maintain B. keep 2 Fill in each blank with the suitable form of the word given.
1. Kien was so tall that no one recognized him at the family _______reunion last 
summer. (union)
2. My mum puts in a lot of effort to prepare ________offerings to worship our 
ancestors. (offer) 
3. The festival ______goers gathered on the riverside to cheer the boat racers. (go) 
4. Dragon-snake (Rong ran len may) is a __________traditional Vietnamese game for 
children. It is very enjoyable. (tradition) 
5. We happened to see some locals ___________worshipping animals in their village 
temples. (worship) * GRAMMAR
 3 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or Ø (zero article).
1. These days, many teenagers write ______Ø emails instead of 
letters. 
2. My dad bought ______an ornamental kumquat tree for Tet. 
3. I don’t like that restaurant. ______The food there isn’t very good.
4. Don’t wear ______a hat when you go into a temple or a pagoda.
5. It’s becoming a custom for us to stay out very late on ______Ø 
New Year’s Eve. 4 Complete the text with a, an, the or Ø (zero article).
 Here are two easy ways to raise children’s awareness of 
 (1) ______Ø customs and traditions. First, it is (2) ______a 
 good idea for parents to teach children to cook. By 
 doing this, children can learn and preserve their family 
 recipes. Second, parents can take children to (3) ______Ø 
 local festivals. This helps them discover (4) ______the 
 culture of their community and develop (5) ______an 
 understanding of local traditions. * PROJECT
LOCAL CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS * Work in groups. 
1. Choose a custom or tradition practised in your hometown.
 Lunar New Year 3. Report your finding to your class. You can use visual aids to illustrate your report.
 Lunar New Year, or Tet, is considered the most important festival and holiday in Vietnam. All 
 schools, companies, factories are temporarily closed. It is the occasion for family unions and 
 gatherings when people return to their families. To prepare for this special day, most Vietnamese 
 people prepare by cleaning and decorating their houses as well as cooking delicious foods. There are a 
 lot of special Vietnamese customs during this time that you could learn. For example, the importance 
 of the first person visiting the house on the new year, wishing greetings of New Year, ancestral 
 worship, and giving lucky money to elderly people and children . During Tet, Vietnamese people will 
 visit their relatives, go to pagodas and temples to pray for a better upcoming year. 2. Search for information about that custom or tradition. You can ask 
your parents or grandparents about it.
 - Who practises it?
 - Where and when do people practise it?
 - What do people do?
 - Why do people practise that custom / tradition? * CONSOLIDATION
Vocabulary review
Grammar review
Project: Local customs and traditions CONSOLIDATION
2 Homework
 ØLearn the new words by heart.
 ØPrepare for the next lesson.