Date:February 23 rd,2009
Period : 77
Unit 12 MUSIC
Lesson READING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
use vocabulary items related to music.
guess the meaning of words based on contexts and components of the words.
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: Revision
New words: express, convey, funeral, solemn, sense . . .
III. Teaching Aids: overhead projector, cassette player, textbook . . . .
IV. Procedures:
Stages/
Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities




Warm – up
(7 minutes)
Music Crossword Puzzle
-T divides the class into small groups of 3 – 4 Ss. Then T distributes the following crossword puzzle handouts for Ss to do in their own groups. Which group finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner.
-T introduces the topic “Music”
Across:
2. a person who sings.
5. a person who writes music.
7. the words of a song
8. a collection of recordings issued as a single
item.
Down:
1. a person who plays a musical instrument.
3. style of music with strong and loud beats.
4. a large group of musicians.
6. the systematic arrangement of musical sounds.
* Suggested answers:
1. musician
2. singer

3. rock
4. orchestra

5. composer
6. rhythm

7. lyrics
8. album





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-Ss enjoy playing the game in groups of 3 – 4 Ss.





Pre –
reading



10 minutes
Matching
-T asks Ss to read aloud the types of music in column A to make sure that they pronounce them correctly.
-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 the answers.
-T gives feedback and correct answers.
* Suggested answers:
1.b 2.e 3.d 4.a 5.c
-T encourages Ss to provide some more types of music.
+ country music: popular music, based on the
traditional music of the rural South and the
cowboy music of the West of the USA, whose
songs express strong personal emotions.
+hip-hop: a style of popular music of US black and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing.
Pre-teaching vocabulary
+express (v): state thoughts or feeling in words, show meaning by gesture, behaviour . . .
+convey (v): express sth
+funeral (n): ceremony for someone who has died
+solemn (adj): humorless, formal
+sense (n): physical faculty

-Ss give the Vietnamese equivalents of the types of music.

-Ss work in pairs and do the task.















-Ss listen to T’s explanation and take notes new vocabulary.





While – reading






8 minutes
Task 1 – Gap filling based on meaning
guessing.
-T writes these words on the board: emotion, lull, communicate, delight, integral part, mournful, solemn
-T instructs Ss to read the passage quickly and stop at the lines that contain these words to guess their meanings.
-T checks that Ss understand the words correctly by asking them to provide the Vietnamese equivalents to the words.
-T goes around to help Ss when necessary.
-T asks Ss for their answers and asks other Ss if they agree with their friend’s answers.
-T gives the correct answers.
* Expected answers:
1. communicate
2. lull
3. delights

4. integral part
5. slolemn
6. emotion

7. mournful






Whole class, individual work and pair work.