UNIT 6 OUR TET HOLIDAY
Lesson 1: Getting started
I OBJECTIVES
By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to:
1. Knowledge
Use the lexical items related to Tet
Use the vocabulary and structures to describe things and activities at Tet
2. Competences
Develop communication skills and creativity
3. Personal qualities
Develop self-study skills
Develop their understanding of Tet holiday
II MATERIALS
Grade 6 textbook, Unit 6, Getting started
Language analysis
Vietnamese
Form Pronunciation Meaning
equivalent
to show that a day or an event is
1. celebrate (v) /ˈselɪbreɪt/ important by doing something ăn mừng
special on it
to make something look more
2. decorate (v) /ˈdekəreɪt/ trang trí
attractive by putting things on it
3. family gathering
/ˈfæməli all members of a family meeting sum họp
ˈɡæðərɪŋ/ together for a social event gia đình
(n. phr.)
money placed in a red envelope
4. lucky money
/ˈlʌki ˈmʌni/ and given as a gift, usually for tiền lì xì
(n. phr.)
Lunar New Year
5. peach flowers /piːtʃ red or pink flowers, represent hoa đào
luck and prosperity for a new
year and bring the spirit of
(n. phr.) ˈflaʊə(r)z/ spring to households
6. apricot yellow flowers, symbolising
/ˈeɪprɪkɑːt good luck, wealth, good health,
flowers hoa mai
ˈflaʊə(r)z/ happiness and love
(n. phr.)
Assumption
Anticipated difficulties Solutions
1. Students may lack Use more pictures and videos which describe
knowledge and experiences activities at Tet to make the lesson more
about the topic. attractive and easy to understand.
2. Students may have Students can play the recording many times if
underdeveloped listening and necessary.
speaking skills. Provide a chance for students to try again in
each activity.
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III PROCEDURES
Teacher organises a Tet fair called “Đoán đúng trúng lì xì”
There are 5 booths at the Tet fairs: TÁO VI HÀNH, CÂU ĐỐI ĐỎ, TẾT GÕ CỬA,
CÀNH MAI VÀNG, BÁNH CHƯNG XANH. In each booth, students will have to
complete the challenges to get the lucky money envelopes with secret things inside.
Students try to get all the envelopes for the final mission at the end of the lesson.
1. BOOTH 1: TÁO VI HÀNH
a. Objectives
To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson
To lead into the new unit
To know more about new year around the world
b. Content
Watch a video: “New year around the world”
c. Expected outcomes
Ss learn more about new year celebrations around the world.
d. Organisation
TEACHER’S STUDENTS’
CONTENTS
ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES
- Teacher lets students - Students complete - New year celebrations
watch a video about new challenge 1 of booth 1 by around the world.
year celebrations in three choosing the names and Answer: Nigeria, Korea
countries: Nigeria, Korea flags of the three countries and America
and America. mentioned in the video.
- Students open their first
lucky envelope.
Secret things of booth 1: Used carton boxes
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2. BOOTH 2: CÂU ĐỐI ĐỎ
a. Objectives
To introduce some vocabulary related to the topic.
To help students be well-prepared for the listening and reading tasks.
b. Content
Vocabulary pre-teaching
+ Challenge 1: pronunciation challenge
+ Challenge 2: vocabulary challenge
c. Expected outcomes
Students know how to pronounce the new words correctly and use them in
appropriate situations.
d. Organisation
TEACHER’S STUDENTS’
CONTENTS
ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES
Vocabulary pre-teaching New words:
- Teacher introduces the vocabulary. - Students listen to 1. celebrate (v)
- Teacher explains the meaning of the teacher’s 2. decorate (v)
the new vocabulary by pictures. explanation and 3. family gathering
note down the (n. phr.)
words into their 4. lucky money (n. phr.)
notebooks. 5. peach flowers (n. phr.)
6. apricot flowers (n. phr.)
Challenge 1: Pronunciation challenge
- Teacher gives the first - Students /ˈselɪbreɪt/
challenge of booth 2: Pronunciation join the website
/ˈdekəreɪt/
challenge and record their
- Teacher asks students join the pronunciation. /ˈfæməli ˈɡæðərɪŋ/
website “Speakable.io” and record
/ˈlʌki ˈmʌni/
their pronunciation of the words
they’ve just learnt. The website will /piːtʃ ˈflaʊə(r)z/
grade their pronunciation
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immediately. /ˈeɪprɪkɑːt ˈflaʊə(r)z/
Challenge 2: Vocabulary challenge
- Teacher gives the second - Students
challenge of booth 2: Vocabulary drag the words to
challenge the boxes next to
- Teacher asks students match the picture.
the words/phrases with the picture.
Secret things of booth 2: Green and yellow paper
3. BOOTH 3: TẾT GÕ CỬA
a. Objectives
To set the context for the introductory text.
To help Ss get the main idea of the text.
To help Ss scan the text for the information to fill the blanks.
b. Content
Challenge 1: Listen and read for main ideas: What are Linda and Phong
talking about?
Challenge 2: Listen and read for details: Complete the sentences about Tet
with the information from the conversation in 1.
c. Expected outcomes
Students can read and understand general and specific information about Tet
holiday.
TEACHER’S STUDENTS’
CONTENTS
ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES
Challenge 1: Listen and read for main ideas: What are Linda and Phong
talking about?
- Teacher asks students what - Students choose the Answer key:
exactly Phong and Linda are correct answer. B. Tet in Vietnam
talking about.
- Teacher confirms the correct
answer. (They are talking about
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Tet in Viet Nam.)
Challenge 2. Complete the sentences about Tet with the information from the
conversation in 1.
- Teacher asks students to fill - Students do as instructed Answer key:
each blank with the word(s) from to complete the task. 1. January
the conversation. 2. homes
- Teacher corrects the exercise 3. gatherings
and explains the answers. 4. lucky money
5. break
Secret things of booth 3: a pair of scissors.
4. BOOTH 4: CÀNH MAI VÀNG
a. Objectives
To allow Ss opportunities to practice and reinforce the knowledge they’ve
just learnt through a fun game called “CÀNH MAI VÀNG”
b. Content
Answer questions about Tet holiday.
c. Expected outcomes
Students can identify which activities or things related to Tet holiday.
d. Organisations
TEACHER’S STUDENTS’
CONTENTS
ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES
Game - CÀNH MAI VÀNG
- Teacher asks students to decorate - Students answer Answer key:
the apricot tree to make it looks the questions and Question 1:
more attractive by answering 3 help decorate the + January to February
questions about Tet holiday. apricot tree. + Luna New Year
Question 1: Question 2: peach
+ Tet is celebrated between: flowers, lucky money,
March, January, April, February // apricot flowers, chung
January, April, February, March cakes
+ Another name for Tet is: Question 3:
A. Luna New Year
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B. Halloween to make
C. Mid-autumn festival something
Question 2: Choose the items that look more
wish
belong to Tet holiday: attractive by
Pumpkin lanterns, moon cakes, putting things
peach flowers, lucky money, apricot on it
flowers, chung cakes.
the pattern of
Questions 3: Match the words with
colorful
their definitions decorate
explosions in
to make something
the air
look more attractive wish
by putting things on it a desire or
hope for
the pattern of colorful fireworks
decorate something to
explosions in the air
happen.
a desire or hope for
fireworks
something to happen.
Secret things of booth 4: some two-sided tapes
5. BOOTH 5: BÁNH CHƯNG XANH
a. Objectives:
To help students do a DIY projects using the things that they’ve got throughout
the challenges
To help students know more about other ethnic groups’ celebration for Tet
holiday
To integrate cutural value into the lesson
To raise awareness of recycling rubbish and turn them into decorations for Tet
holiday
b. Content
Do DIY project and watch a virtual art gallery
c. Expected outcomes:
Students can make chung cakes and tet cakes from used carton boxes
Know more about other ethnic groups’ celebrations for Tet holiday
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d. Organisation
TEACHER’S STUDENTS’
ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES
DIY project
- Teacher asks students to use all the things - Students watch the video and make
that they have received from 4 booths to their own products using the given
make Chung cake and Tet cake. materials.
- Teacher lets students watch a turorial video
to know how to do the DIY project.
- Teacher asks students to upload the images
of their products on Padlet link.
Virtual art gallery: Tet of ethnic groups
- Teacher lets students join a virtual art - Students watch the virtual art
gallery in the website called “artsteps” gallery
IV CONSOLIDATION
a. Wrap-up
Teacher shows a mindmap summarizing the content of the lesson
Teacher lets students listen to a song for relaxing
b. Homework
Complete the exercise assigned on Google Form:
https://forms.gle/pFxLaVcgN7yFQquG8
Prepare for Lesson 2: A closer look 1
Upload DIY products on Padlet link:
https://padlet.com/phuongtran1_2/unit-6-our-tet-holiday-diy-project-s6l2618wuzy8s4lo
