Activity 1: Warm-up · 10 minutes
Tet wishes and a guessing game
a) Aims
Ss activate the Tet vocabulary and the idea of making positive wishes, and get ready to read the project brief.
b) Content
Ss look at the pictures of peach flowers, apricot flowers, lucky money and a family gathering. They answer the questions: 'What do families do during Tet?' and 'What wish do you have for your family?' Then T reads a short wish aloud without the name of the speaker and Ss guess who might have said it.
c) Expected outcomes
A list of 6 to 8 Tet words on the board (decorate, celebrate, relative, lucky money, peach flower, apricot flower, wish, gather) and 2 or 3 guessed wishes, each with a short reason in English.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the pictures and asks: 'What do families do during Tet?' and 'What do you usually wish for at Tet?' T explains that today Ss will do a project called 'Our Tet holiday' and that the project is about making a wish tree.
Students
Ss look at the pictures and listen carefully to the questions and the project title.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T guides Ss to brainstorm words. T reads one anonymous wish, for example: 'I wish my family good health.' T asks: 'Who might say this? Why?'
Students
Ss work in pairs, call out Tet words they know and guess who might have said the wish. Expected answers: 'Parents might say it because they care about health.' / 'A grandmother might say it because she wants everyone to be healthy.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 2 or 3 pairs to share their words and guesses. T writes the words on the board and corrects the pronunciation of decorate, celebrate, relative and apricot.
Students
Ss share their words and guesses. Expected answers: 'decorate, celebrate, lucky money, peach flower.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the vocabulary and says: 'Today you will read the brief, study the model and create your own wish. Remember: a wish is positive, short and clear.'
Students
Ss copy the key vocabulary into their notebooks and write the title 'Our Tet holiday – Project' on the top of the page.