Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 2

Jaxtina - TC - Activity Book - Lesson 2

by Ngọc Nguyễn

​Overview

​Content Objectives

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• ​write an anecdote

• ​talk about a holiday celebration

​Language Objectives

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• ​practice reading and analyzing a passage about holidays.

• ​quantifiers

• ​practice listening and predicting a story

​READING

​Practice 1.

​Look at the picture in Practice 2. What are the people doing?

Poll

Practice 2. READING SKILL - Predict the topic. Read the title and look at the picture.What do you think you are going to read about? Check (✔) one of the ideas.

"EVERY DAY is a HOLIDAY!"

• a story about someone’s birthday

• an article about celebrating unusual days of the year

• a blog about celebrations around the world

Multiple Choice

Practice 3. Read the text again and choose the correct option.

1. When do people in Japan celebrate Health and Sports Day?

• July 4

• October 8

Multiple Choice

Practice 3. Read the text again and choose the correct option.

2. Who told the writer about Take a Selfie Day?

• her boss

• a colleague

Multiple Choice

Practice 3. Read the text again and choose the correct option.

3. What is the writer’s favorite Day of the Year?

• Make Music Day

• World Yoga Day

Multiple Choice

Practice 3. Read the text again and choose the correct option.

4. What day of the week is World Sleep Day on?

• Monday

• Friday

Open Ended

Practice 4. THINKING SKILL – Analyze.

What holidays are celebrated in your country but not in other countries?

National Holidays in Vietnam

• ​Tet Holiday

• ​Reunification Day

• ​Independence Day

• ​Dien Bien Phu Victoday Day

• ​Vietnamese Women's Day

• ​Vietnamese Teacher's Day

• ​Mid-Autumn Festival

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

1. agreed upon or arranged by people in power (adjective)

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

2. a chart with days of the year showing seasonal information (noun)

​calendar (n)

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/ˈkæl.ən.dər/ lịch

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

3. when you don’t have to go to work or school (phrase)

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

4. do something to recognize an important or special event (verb)

​celebrate (v)

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/ˈsel.ə.breɪt/ ăn mừng

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

5. a person who is in charge at work (noun)

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

6. make plans for an event (verb)

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

7. get something from someone (verb)

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 5. Match the bold words from the text in Practice 2 to the definitions.

8. a person you work with (noun)

​colleague (n)

​

/ˈkɒl.iːɡ/ đồng nghiệp

Open Ended

​Thinking questions?

Who do you prefer to spend time with on your holiday?

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• twins

• single parent

• large family

• single

• only child

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• divorced

• single parent

• large family

• single

• engaged

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• divorced

• adopted

• large family

• single

• only child

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• divorced

• adopted

• engaged

• single

• only child

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• divorced

• adopted

• engaged

• single

• only child

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• divorced

• adopted

• engaged

• single

• only child

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• divorced

• adopted

• engaged

• single

• large family

Multiple Choice

Practice 6. Match the words and phrases from the box to the pictures

• divorced

• adopted

• engaged

• single

• large family

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

1. My sister and I are

. She was born 10 minutes before I was. We look the same, but we are different.

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

2. Jack comes from a

. He has eight brothers and sisters.

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

3. I am

, but I want to get married in the future.

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

4. I am an

. When I was growing up, I wanted a brother or sister.

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

5. My parents are

. My mom got married again last year.

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

6. Dan is a/an

. His wife died about five years ago, so he takes care of his kids on his own.

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

7. We got

last year. We’re getting married this summer.

Fill in the Blanks

Practice 7. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from Practice 6.

adopted, only child, divorced, single, engaged, single parent,

large family, twins

8. Lois’s parents

her when she was six weeks old.

Open Ended

​Thinking Questions???

- ​Is anyone in the class a single child?

- Does anyone in the class come from a large family?

​- Does anyone in the class has a twin brother or sister?

​- Would anyone in the class like to become a single parent?

​Grammar: Quantifiers

SOME, ANY, TOO MUCH/MANY, A LOT OF, A LITTLE, A FEW

Function: We use quantifiers to talk about amounts. Some quantifiers go with countable nouns, some go with uncountable nouns, and some go with both.

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Open Ended

Practice 8. Choose the correct quantifier.

Pasteles de hoja are a popular dish in Puerto Rico, but they are also made in the Dominican Republic,Colombia, and El Salvador. They are usually made around Christmas and families often spend (1) a little/ a few days preparing them. It’s common to make (2) a lot of / a few pasteles at the same time (usually between 50 and 200!). Here is the basic recipe: Make a vegetable dough from green banana flour. Fill the dough with (3) some / a few meat. Don’t add (4) too many / too much meat because you have to add the chickpeas, raisins, and olives, too. Wrap the pasteles in banana leaves and steam them. People usually freeze some of them to enjoy on Three Kings Day on January 6. Or they take (5) a little /some boxes of pasteles as a gift to family or friends. They are delicious, but very big, so you may not want to eat (6) too much / too many!

​Practice 8 - Answerkey

Pasteles de hoja are a popular dish in Puerto Rico, but they are also made in the Dominican Republic,Colombia, and El Salvador. They are usually made around Christmas and families often spend (1) a few days preparing them. It’s common to make (2)a lot of pasteles at the same time (usually between 50 and 200!).Here is the basic recipe: Make a vegetable dough from green banana flour. Fill the dough with(3)some meat. Don’t add (4)too much meat because you have to add the chickpeas, raisins, and olives, too. Wrap the pasteles in banana leaves and steam them. People usually freeze some of them to enjoy on Three Kings Day on January 6. Or they take (5)Some boxes of pasteles as a gift to family or friends. They are delicious, but very big, so you may not want to eat (6)too many!

​LISTENING

Open Ended

Practice 9. Look at the picture.What do you notice about the people?

​anecdote (n)

/ˈænɪkdəʊt/

​giai thoại, chuyện vặt

Open Ended

Practice 10. LISTENING SKILL - Predict the story.

Listen to the first half of an anecdote about an amazing coincidence.

What happened? When it happened?

Where it happened?

What do you think will happen next?

Open Ended

Practice 11. Listen to the second half of the anecdote to check. Were you correct?

Write about their family.

Open Ended

Practice 12. Now listen to the whole anecdote. Write the sequencing phrases you hear.

about two years ago, about six months ago, a week later, a month later, about a month after that, about three months later, later that day, later on, the next day, a few days later, finally, in the end

Open Ended

Practice 13. THINKING SKILL - Understand. What was the coincidence in this anecdote? Summarize.

What tenses were used in the anecdote?

​WRITING

​Practice 16.

​Think of an interesting anecdote that happened to you or someone you know.Make notes about the following:

• who the anecdote involves • describe their family 

•when it happened • where it happened

• what happened  • what the people were doing

• how they felt • why you think the anecdote is interesting

Open Ended

Practice 16

​Think of an interesting anecdote that happened to you or someone you know. Make notes about the following:

• who the anecdote involves • describe their family 

•when it happened• where it happened • what happened • what the people were doing

• how they felt • why you think the anecdote is interesting

Audio Response

​Speaking

​Let's talk about your anecdote. Use sequencing words and phrases to connect the events in an anecdote. Use past progressive and simple past tenses.

​About three months ago . . . / Two weeks ago . . . / Last week . . .After that . . . / Then . . .In the end . . . / Finally . . .

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