Unit 12 Music

LESSON PLAN Date of planning: March 8 th , 2008 Guiding teacher: Do Thi Thien Huong Date of delivery: March 12 th , 2008 Student teacher: Nguyen Thi Thu Nhan Unit 12: MUSIC Lesson 1: READING I. Objectives 1. Educational Aims: music makes humans different from the other animals and makes our life more beautiful and diverse 2. Knowledge: a. General Knowledge: helps Ss recognize the importance of music in our life and the kinds of music b. Language: vocabulary about music field: to express: feeling, anger, to convey, occasion, to set, sense, emotion, joyfulness, atmosphere, to imagine 3. Skills: - Vocabulary comprehension: gap-fill - Passage comprehension II. Method: communicative approach III. Teaching Aids: extra boards, pictures, handouts, textbooks IV. Procedures Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 7’ 8’ 1. Warm up - T passes out handouts, whose content is the lyric of a song, with some dropping words to each of the student - T asks Ss to work individually to choose from a word box a suitable word to fill in each blank - T has Ss listen to the song and check out the answers - T asks Ss to share the answers to each other - T checks the answers. The student who get all the right answers will get a ‘+’ mark 2. Pre-reading Instruction: Who can tell me what topic we are going to learn in Unit 12? That is “music”. - T asks Ss to give the equivalents of the types of music. Instruction: Look at the pictures in the book. What kinds of music are they playing? - T asks Ss to work in pairs to match each type of music in column A with its description in column B - T asks some Ss to give the answers - T checks the answers and write down on the board Instruction: Can you tell me some more kinds of - Use the given words to fill in the blanks - Listen to the song and check out their answers - Share the answers - Give the equivalents of the types of music in the book - Look at the pictures in the book and answers the questions - Expected answers: they are playing folk music, rock music and classical music - Work in pairs and match types of music with their descriptions - Suggested answers: 1. B 2. E 3. D 4. A 5. C 7’ 8’ music? Vocabulary (on handouts): 1. express (v): to convey, to reveal c. funeral (n): the religious ceremony of burying or burning a dead person d. solemn (adj): serious, formal e. lull (v): make people feel sleepy by sing songs f. sense (n): body’s organ receive outside action g. emotion (n): feeling h. integral part (exp.): important portion i. mournful (adj): sorrowful for the death of someone j. delight (v): give great pleasure to someone 3. While reading Instruction: You are going to read a passage about music. While you are reading, do the tasks in the book. Task 1. - T asks Ss to read the sentences in task 1 and tell what the part of speech of each blank is. T writes the answers on the board Instruction: Now class, work in pairs, read the passage in the book quickly, then complete the sentences in task 1 with the words or phrases in the box. You should stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings. - T goes around for help if necessary. - T calls on some Ss to answer. Asks them why they choose the word. Task 2: Instruction: You are to quickly read the passage again and answer the questions in the book. - some strategies to do the task: • read through the question quickly • underline the key words • find the position of the key words in the passage • read carefully to find the answer - T asks Ss to work in pairs to do the task - T calls on some Ss to write their answer on the board - T checks the answers, and ask them how they find the answer - Take notes - Read sentences - Identify the part of speech of each blank - Work in pairs and read the passage quickly - Fill in the blanks - Expected answers: 1. Communicate 2. Lull 3. Delight 4. Integral part 5. Solemn 6. Emotion 7. Mournful - Work in pairs, read and answer the questions - Suggested answers: 1. Language and music 2. Because it can express ideas, thoughts and feelings 7’ 6’ 2’ 4. Post-reading - T asks Ss to work in groups of 4 to discuss the questions in the book and write their answers on a piece of paper - T goes around to help - When they have finished, asks every two groups to exchange their ideas - T calls on some groups to report their ideas to class - T gives feedback to the answers 5. More exercise • GAME: BINGO - T asks Ss to draw a nine-square box and use the vocabulary on the board to fill in the squares - Explain the game: I will read the words one by one. Who get three words in a row is the winner - Vocabulary: 1. hip hop 2. rap music 3. blue music 4. world music 5. country music 6. pop music 7. dance music 8. R & B music (Rhythm and Blues) 9. soul music 10. disco music 6. Homework - Learn by heart all the new words - Find the information about a singer that they love 3. It adds joyfulness to the atmosphere of a festival and makes a funeral more solemn and mournful 4. It makes people happy and excited. It delights the senses 5. Because it is a billion-dollar industry - Work in groups, discuss the questions and answer - Suggested answers: 1. There are 5 roles: + making humans different from all other animals + communicating + setting the tone for almost important events and special occasions + entertaining + being a big business 2. Depending on Ss’ answers - Draw a nine-square box - Fill in the squares with given words Giao vien huong dan . rap music 3. blue music 4. world music 5. country music 6. pop music 7. dance music 8. R & B music (Rhythm and Blues) 9. soul music 10. disco music. in Unit 12? That is music . - T asks Ss to give the equivalents of the types of music. Instruction: Look at the pictures in the book. What kinds of music