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3 now look at these tet activities. tick ( ) the activities children should do at tet. cross (X) the cOMMUnIcATIOn
activities they shouldn’t. 4 read the four paragraphs below. use the

Thank you 1 match the flags with the countries. then match pictures in 3 to help you decide which group

the countries with their nationalities. of people celebrates new year that way.
Japanese Scottish Thai H’Mong
new year People
1. behave well 2. eat lots of sweets 3. plant trees 4. break things 1 4 6

Viet Nam, Holland, a. On New Year's Eve, each family
kills a rooster. They take some
Japan, the USA, red feathers from the rooster
Scotland, Thailand, and stick them to the drawings
2 Korea, Australia 7 of the Sun in their house. This
will start the New Year.
5. go out with friends 6. make a wish 7. fight 8. play cards all night
b. Their New Year is in April, the

4 use the activities in 3, write down the sentences. 3 5 8 hottest time of the year. One
Grammar Example : We should make a wish. Japanese, American, Scottish, Vietnamese, tradition is to throw water over
will and won’t (will not) We shouldn’t fight. Australian, Dutch, Thai, Korean people. They believe that this
activity will bring a lot of rain in
1 read Phong’s letter to tom. the New Year.

Hi Tom, 2 Game
c. At midnight on December 31,
How are you? Prepare pictures of flags. Walk around and meet temples all over their country
Tet is coming. people. Tell them where you are from. They will tell ring their bells 108 times. They
It’s our New Year celebration. you your nationality. believe that the ringing bells
Before Tet, my father will repaint our house. I will go shopping with can remove their bad actions
Mum. We won’t buy fireworks. We will buy red envelopes for lucky Example: from the previous year.
money and some new clothes. At Tet, we won’t buy banh chung. I will
help my parents cook banh chung in a very big pot. I can’t wait! A: Hi, I’m from England. A: I’m from America. d. To welcome the New Year, they
Banh chung Festival I’ll write again soon to tell you more! B: You’re English. B: You’re American. clean their houses. The first footer
Phong is very important. They believe
that the first footer on New Year's
3 People in different countries celebrate Day decides the family's luck for
3 Phong is thinking about his tet. Write sentences
2 use the information from the letter and write about what he will and won’t do. new year differently. match the four groups of the rest of the year.
full sentences in the two columns. people with the pictures.

Will Won’t visit relatives go out The H’Mong, Viet Nam The Japanese, Japan 5 Find and check the meaning of some new words
Example: Example: The Scottish, Scotland The Thai, Thailand as they are used in the text by matching them
with the definitions.
My father will repaint We won’t buy banh
our house. chung. 1 3 text word definition

a feathers an adult male chicken

b rooster the covers of a rooster,
chicken or bird
c remove the first person to enter your
X home after New Year’s Eve

Watch out! get lucky money study 2 4 d first footer take away
Don’t use ‘to’ with will or won’t. X 6 Group work
Example: give a present Each student chooses two facts from the four
Dad will to repaint the house. X Example: paragraphs he/ she is most interested in. Write
Dad will repaint the house. them down and take turns to read them aloud to
1. Phong will visit his relatives. his/ her group. The group decides which group of
people he/ she is talking about.

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