Teaching Reading
Mattayomsuksa 5
Unit: Western Culture and
Eastern Culture
Topic: Beliefs
Pre-Study
Telling Experiences
Direction
1. Make a group of 5.
2. Discuss about you experience in the
superstitions in your group for 5 minutes.
3. The representative of each group come to
tell the class the experiences in the
superstitions.
Video
Vocabulary
superstition (n.)

Lots of superstitions are still believed in.
beliefs (n.)
I have a firm belief in his innocent.
lucky (adj.)

Seven is a lucky number.
unlucky(adj.)
It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
breed (v.)
Rabbits breed quickly.
crucify (v.)

They will continue to crucify her.
evil (adj.)
The ceremony is to turn away evil spirits.
scare (v.)
I was very scared of snakes.
spirit (n.)
The evil spirit was driven away from the house.
supernatural
(adj.)

He believes in the supernatural.
fairy (n.)
I acted the part of a fairy.
fertility (n.)
Rabbit is a symbol of the fertility.
prosperity (n.)
The prosperity of a country depends upon its citizens.

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