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Period 30 - Lesson 5: WRITE (p50-51) UNIT 5: STUDY HABITS Period 30 - Lesson 5: WRITE (p50-51) A LETTER

New words 1. Lunar New Year Festival 2. Mid-Autumn Festival = Moon Festival 4. enjoyable (adj) 5. a result

Identify the sections A. Body of the letter 1 B. Heading – writer’s address and the date 2 C. Closing – Your friend / Regards / Love 3 4 D. Opening – Dear

Label the sections with the correct letter 12 Tran Hung Dao St. Ha Noi February 10, 2014 Dear Tim, Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation. We received our first semester report a few days ago. I got good grades for Science, English and History, but my math result was poor. My Math teacher asked me to spend more time on it. I must study harder next semester. It is almost Tet. That’s the Lunar new year Festival in Viet Nam. I think I told you about it in my last letter. We’re going to Hue tonight to celebrate the festival with my grandmother. I’ll send you a postcard from there. Write soon and tell me all your news. Regards, Hoa. B. Heading – writer’s address and the date Heading D. Opening – Dear … , Opening A. Body of the letter Body of the letter C. Closing – Your friend / Regards / Love Closing

Useful languages Heading Opening Body of the letter Closing 12 Tran Hung Dao St. Ha Noi February 10,2014 12 Tran Hung Dao St. Ha Noi February 10,2014 Dear Tim, Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable Christmas vacation. We received our first semester report a few days ago. I got good grades for Science, English and History, but my math result was poor. My Math teacher asked me to spend more time on it. I must study harder next semester. It is almost Tet. That’s the Lunar new year Festival in Viet Nam. I think I told you about it in my last letter. We’re going to Hue tonight to celebrate the festival with my grandmother. I’ll send you a postcard from there. Write soon and tell me all your news. Regards, Hoa. Heading Dear Tim, Opening Thanks for your letter. Body of the letter Write soon and tell me all your news Looking forward to hearing from you soon Hope to hear from you soon Take care Regards Love Closing Hoa

Answer the questions Hoa’s letter to Tim 12 Tran Hung Dao St. Ha Noi February 10,2014 Tim had an enjoyable Christmas vacation Hoa received her first semester report a few days ago She got good grades for Science, English and History Hoa’s math teacher asked her to spend more time on Math Tet – That’s the Lunar New Year Festival in Vietnam   1/ Tell about Hoa’s address and the date of the letter. 2/ Which vacation did Tim have? 3/What did Hoa receive a few days ago? What subjects did Hoa get good grades for?    4/ What did Hoa’s Math teacher ask her to do? 5/ What festival is there in Vietnam?

Complete Lan’s letter Hoa’s letter to Tim Lan’s letter to Donna. 12 Tran Hung Dao St. Ha Noi February 10,200… Tim had an enjoyable Christmas vacation Hoa received her first semester report a few days ago Hoa got good grades for Science, English and History Hoa’s math teacher asked her to spend more time on it Tet – That’s is the Lunar New Year Festival in Vietnam Kimgiang Junior high School Hanoi October 29. 2014 Help Lan write a letter to her pen pal Donna in San Francisco. Use the information in the box You/ an enjoyable Mother’s day You had an enjoyable Mother’s day I received my second semester report last month. I got good grades for Geography, Physics and Math I/ second semester report/ last month. I/ good grades/ Geography/ Physics Math My teacher told me to improve my English and History My teacher/ tell/ improve my English and History Mid -Autumn Festival / Moon Festival Mid –Autumn Festival – That’s the Moon Festival

Kimgiang Junior High School Ha Noi October 29, 2014 Dear Donna, Thanks for your letter. I’m pleased to hear you had an enjoyable Mother’s Day. I received my second semester report last month . I got good grades for Geography, Physics and Math, but my English and History results were poor. My teacher told me to improve them. I think I have to study harder next school year. In a few weeks, Mid-Autumn Festival will come. That’s Moon Festival in Vietnam. I think I told you about it in my last letter. I’m going to Ha Long Bay with my aunt and uncle by bus this afternoon. I’ll send you a postcard from there. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Love, Lan

HOMEWORK Rewrite the letter. Do exercise 9 (Page 37 - Workbook) Review the simple past tense

Marking scheme √ : Good point Sp : Spelling G : Grammar Vocab : Wrong word ˄ : Missing word ∕ : Too many words ? : Not clear at all ∩ : Word order