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Friday 230922 B
Friday 230922 B
Lesson goals
To exercise reading comprehension through an article
To discriminate invitations between one person to a lot of people
To recognize invitation that are more formal and less formal
A Do you have these four seasons in your country? Which months are in each season?
D Read the article again. Check (✓) the sentences that are
true for each festival.
GOAL CHECK
1. Think of a festival in your country. Make notes about ...
• its time of year / dates.
• its length (one day? a week?).
• what people can see at the festival.
• what is most important. Music? Color? Flowers?
2. Work in groups. Describe and compare your festivals.
What is similar? What is different?
Writing
A Do you ever give or receive invitations? What are the invitations for?
B Read the three invitations. Which invitations are to one person?
Which is an invitation to a lot of people?
People watching fireworks in Montreal, Canada, for the city’s 375th anniversary. Many cities have
celebrations or festivals on anniversaries.
D Read about more and less formal writing. Then underline examples of more and
less formal writing in the three invitations. Which invitation is the most formal?
Communication
E Work in groups. Choose one of the situations. Discuss your plans and make
notes in the table.
• Your school is fifty years old this year. Plan an anniversary celebration.
• Your company is seventy-five years old. Plan an anniversary party for the staff.
• Your town is three hundred years old. Plan a weekend of activities in the
local park.
What is the event?
When is it?
At what time?
Where is it?
Other information?
(e.g., music, food)