Project a picture of one of the famous festivals in your country. Elicit from the Ss what it is and give a short information about it. Ask them which famous festivals they have in their countries. Have them in groups of threes discuss what they usually do in one of the famous festivals they celebrate. Elicit some random answers from the class.

Have Ss read the text quickly and find the number of festivals mentioned in the text. Set a time limit of one minute. Have them compare their answers in pairs. Check answers with the whole class.

Elicit the vocabulary items (travel, throw, a kilo, garlic) from the Ss. Concept check the meaning. Drill the pronunciation and put the words up on the board.

Have Ss read the article again and answer the questions. Set a time limit of 4 minutes. Get them compare their answers in pairs before having a whole class feedback. Ask for justifications if there is a disagreement.

Have Ss in pairs discuss which festival they liked and why and which two festivals they would like to go. Monitor and help if necessary. Get random answers from a couple of Ss. Collect errors to be discussed in the delayed error correction session.

Put Ss into pairs A and B and give each student an appropriate worksheet. Give them time to study the information on their worksheets. Give them some help with the useful language. After they get ready have them share the information that they have on their cards. They have to ask questions and fill in the gaps they have. Get feedback from random pairs.

Write a couple of mistakes made in the follow-up and free speaking practice stages on the board. Elicit the corrections from Ss.