COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH UNIT5,

Music and Musicians PROFESSOR: MS. K. CASIMIR

WEEK5, LESSON4

12/4/13

MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

• Music tune by Beatles/Rolling Stone• John Denver

FIVE BEST SONGS

•Pair works: What are the five best songs from the past three years? Make a list of songs you agree on.•Class: What talent do you have in music? DO you play any instrument?

OBJECTIVES:

• During this session, students should be able to discuss their favorite music types, reading and sharing personal views on music, expressing preferences (personal taste and style of music), listening to people’s opinion about music, vocabulary on music, comparing and contrasting view on music, reading on the Beatles and Rolling Stones, comparing and contrasting ideas. Grammar focus: Double comparatives. Drills: Linking, Stress and intonation. Game: vocabulary Game and “What music is best”

SOAP OPERA CLIP

•Sample of soap opera or sitcom

TONGUE TWISTER: B AND BL

•A big black bug bit a big black bearand the big black bear bled blood.•This black bug bled blue-black blood

while the other black bug bled blue.

TONGUE TWISTER: S SH AND MIDDLE S

•Sister Susie went to seaTo see the sea, you see.The sea she saw was a saucy sea,•Since she sells sea shells by the sea shoresA sort of saucy sea saw she.

TONGUE TWISTER: S SH AND MIDDLE S

•Sister Suzy‘s sewing shirts for soldiersSuch skill at sewing shirts my shy young sister Suzy showsSome soldiers send epistles usuallySaying they’d sooner sleep on thistlesThan the short serge shirts for soldiers shy young sister Suzy sews usually.

MUSICAL CLIP

• Fiddler on the Roof “If I were a rich man”

STUDENT PRESENTATION

DRILLS ON LINKING

•What is linking?

DRILLS ON LINKING

•Follow with the hand out given in class!

DRILLS ON INTONATION AND STRESS

VOCABULARY• Catchy punk rock•Monotonous Classical-opera• Orchestra Nursery rhymes• Boutique Overplay• Rock and roll Disco• Pop music Rap

Hip Hop

VOCABULARY:

•Awesome Latin beat•Exhilarating Frenetic•Evocative Haunting•Mellow Soothing•Soft jazz Soundtrack•Clean cut Cutting edge

WHO DOES THIS WORD REMINDS YOU OF?

•Awesome Latin beat•Exhilarating Frenetic•Evocative Haunting•Mellow Soothing•Soft jazz Soundtrack•Clean cut Cutting edge

WHO DOES THIS WORD REMINDS YOU OF?•Catchy Punk rock•Monotonous Classical-opera•Orchestra Nursery rhymes•Boutique Overplay•Rock and roll Disco•Pop music Rap

Hip Hop

VOCABULARY EXERCISES

• Work in pair: Do exercise 2 page 36

MUSIC

• What’s your favorite music style and why?

GAME: WHAT IS THE BEST MUSIC?

• Group: You are working for a company that specializes in making music al decisions for public events. Three choices are given for each case scenario. Discuss and pick the most appropriate music style to be played for each public event.

10 minutes

MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

• What is your music taste?• What kind of things do you look for in a new song or an

artist?

LISTENING: AWESOME TUNES

• Listen to Cd 24-25.• 1. Do exercise A• 2. DO exercise B complete the chart! Page 44

GRAMMAR FOCUS: DOUBLE COMPARATIVES

• In double comparative, a conditional relationship is expressed. The condition is always expressed in the first clause. • The verb “to be” is optional in the first clause. “The more I practice my guitar, which one Is the

the better I become” conditional clause?

GRAMMAR:

• In pair: Exercise B and C, page 45

DESCRIBING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

• A and B: Vocabulary exercises

DISCUSSION: MUSIC PREFERENCES

• Group: Do exercises A and B• Class: Exercise C page 46

READING: THE BEATLES VS THE ROLLING STONES

• Scan and look up new words• Read quietly• Do Exercise A, and B

IDIOMS IN THE MUSIC WORLD

HOMEWORK:

• Prepare to talk about your favorite singer: what is special about this singer, why you like him or her, how did he or she begin a career in music and where is he or she now?• Read Unit 7• Your next oral quiz will be on 12/18/13