8TH GRADE. UNIT 4. HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS

UNIT OBJECTIVES

By the end of the unit Ss will

- be able to use the active vocabulary of the unit
- be able to differentiate between Past Simple Active and Past Simple
Passive and use them in speech
- have revised the use of Present Simple Passive, Conditionals 0 and 1, articles with dates
- have practised reading and listening about different holidays in English-speaking countries and Belarus
- be able to ask for and share information about memorable dates and holidays in the UK, the USA and Belarus
- be able to describe Christmas traditions in Belarus, to compare holidays in Belarus and the USA and the UK
- be able to write an email to recommend a Christmas event to visit

COMMUNICATIVE AREA

1) speaking about: different holidays, Belarusian holidays, Mother's Day in Belarus and the UK;
2) describing Christmas traditions in Belarus;
3) asking for and giving information about Victory Day in Belarus;
4) asking questions about holidays and memorable dates in the UK;
5) recommending an event.

VOCABULARY

Catholic, commemorate, constitution, customs, dedicate, harvest, independence, memorable, memorial, memory, moreover, observe, on the one hand, on the other hand, 

Orthodox, public holiday, remembrance, root, saint, significant, silence, Thanksgiving, tragedy, union, veterans.

PRONUNCIATION

new vocabulary

GRAMMAR

1) Present Simple Passive;
2) articles with dates;
3) Past Simple Passive;
4) questions (revision);
5) Conditional 0 and Conditional 1 (revision).

LISTENING

1) information about holidays;
2) a TV programme report about Victory Day;
3) a poem about the Gunpowder Plot;
4) a reporter taking interviews about Bonfire Night;
5) a conversation between Kate and Thomas about preparations for Mother's Day;
6) information about Christmas in the UK and the USA.

READING

1) an article about: Labour Day, holidays in the UK, federal holidays in the US; 
2) a calendar of holidays and celebrations: in Belarus, in Scotland, in the USA; 
3) comments about Belarusian holidays on the website;
4) information about: Belarus in the Great Patriotic War, four holidays in the UK, unique American holidays, Mother's Day in the UK, Christmas in Belarus, The Day of the National Emblem and Flag; 
5) a story about Guy Fawkes Night.

SPEAKING


1) discussing the questions about: holidays, Belarusian holidays;
2) asking and answering questions about: Victory Day, four holidays in the UK
3) a role-play of: the interview in the street, a conversation of people from three different countries about their holidays and memorable dates, a conversation about preparations for
Father's Day;
4) comparing: American and Belarusian holidays, Mother's Day in the UK and Belarus

WRITING

1) a paragraph about one of the holidays;
2) questions about British holidays;
3) an email describing Christmas time in Belarus and recommending some events to visit.