LESSON PLAN

NAME: MONICA-ALINA LAZEA SCHOOL: COLEGIUL NATIONALAVRAM IANCU CAMPENI DATE: 16th of May, 2008 OBJECT : ENGLISH LANGAUAGE GRADE : 9TH GRADE TEXTBOOK: ENGLISH MY LOVE , L1 LESSON: DISCOVERING MUSIC NO OF STUDENTS: 16 TIME: 50 MINUTES. AIM OF LESSON: By the end of the class the students will be able to speak about their favourite style of music and their favourite singer or band. OBJECTIVES : - to open a discussion on music and discuss the role of music in your life -to enable students to use the adjectives in describing feelings, and to give nouns corresponding to the following adjectives. - to read the given text and then work in groups of four to act out a dialoque between a teenager singer and her parents support. - to remenber the most important knowledge and reinforce the most important and interesting facts from the text. METHODS AND TEACHING TECHNIQUES: conversation, discussion, brainstorming, pair- work, explanation, dialogue. SKILLS : reading, speaking, listening and writing. AIDS :posters, annexes, slides, schemes, markers ,blackboard,worksheets BIBLIOGRAPHY: English my love- students book , and teachers book L1, 9th Rada Balan, Miruna Carianopol, Stefan Colibaba... Ready for exams students contests, -Radu Lululeasa, Alina- Antoanela Stefaniu

PROCEDURE ACTIVITY 1 / WARM UP TEACHERS ACTIVITY : Teacher tries to create a pleasant and comfortable
atmosphere by means of routine conversation: Greetings. Oral questions (Whos on duty today? Whos absent? How are you today?). STUDENTS ACTIVITY: Students answer the teachers questions. The students greet the teacher Hello teacher! .. is on duty. .. is absent! METHODS : Conversation EVALUATION: Oral evaluation INTERACTION: T SS, SS T

TIME:1-3 min PURPOSE: - to warm up the class atmosphere; - to get students to relax and to get ready
for the lesson;

ACTIVITY 2 AIM: - to open a discussion on music and discuss the role of music in your life PROCEDURE: The teacher asks the sts. to do brainstorming for the word MUSIC and
for followed by STYLES OF MUSIC and finaly to NAME SINGERS OR BANDS FOR EACH TYPE OF MUSIC you have already brainstorm. The sts. at first express their feelings about music, secondly they brainstorm styles of music and singers as many as they can. JAZZ
STYLES OF MUSIC NAME SINGERS OR BANDS FOR EACH STYLE OF MUSIC

RELAX ME

MADONNA

INTERACTION: T-SS, SS-SS METHODS : brainstorming, conversation ESTIMATED TIME: 10 min POSSIBLE PROBLEMS: most sts. -will have problems with the pronunciation of a
few singers names or bands and to classify the singers after the style they sing.

ACTIVITY 3 AIM: -to enable students to use the adjectives in describing feelings, worksheet no.1 and to give nouns corresponding to the following adjectives: PROCEDURE: The teacher gives the sts. a worksheet with 2 columns: The column A contains adjectives and column B contains titles of songs the sts. have to choose the most suitable adj. to describe the sensations when you listen them and match them with the right song ,the sts. may use more then one adj. for a song. WORKSHEET NO. 1 1. Choose the most suitable adj. to describe the sensations you receive when you listen this songs. A B
Depressed Calm Glad Relaxed Agressive Happy Lonely Angry Sad Excited Optimistic Overjoyed Funny Heart broken Fantastic Sensitive CARELESS WHISPER- GEORGE MICHAEL I DONT WANT TO MISS A THING- AEROSMITH WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD-LOUIS ARMSTRONG UMBRELLA - RIHANNA FEAT. JAY-Z PLEASE DON'T STOP THE MUSIC- RIHANNA PIECE OF ME - BRITNEY SPEARS CRAZY LOOP - DAN BALAN VISION OF LOVE- MARIAH CAREY NOTHING ELSE MATTERS- METALLICA UNBREAK MY HEART - TONI BRAXTON WIND OF CHANGE- SCORPIONS LOV STORI -CA$$A LOCO BLUE EYES - BZN WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS -QUEEN YELLOW SUBMARINE- THE BEATLES OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA - THE BEATLES

WORKSHEET NO. 2. 1. Give nouns correspondind to the following adjectives: ADJECTIVES

NOUNS

Personal Young Interesting

INTERACTION: T-SS, group work METHODS : The teacher asks the sts. to activate their vocabulary in order to transform
this adjectives in nouns. The sts. are grouped in groups of four sts. , each sts. has a worksheet , in order to write the correct answer. ESTIMATED TIME: 10 min

ACTIVITY 4 AIM: to read the given text and then work in groups of four to act out a dialoque between the teenager and her parents CONTEXT: a text about a teenager who is a already a teenager singer and her parents sacrifices for accomplish her dream. WORKSHEET NO. 3

MEET A TEEN DIVA

At 17 years old CHARLOTE CHURCH is like any other normal school girl. She likes pizza, sleepover parties and giggling with her friends. But Charlote is different from them in one way. She has an extraordinary voice and is the latest discovery of the music industry . It may come as a surprise that she sings songs from opera and the works of classical composers rather than pop music. Her first album Voice of an Angel was a runaway success and she is the youngest solo artist to enter the TOP 30 US album charts. Whenever she performs, she is electrifying. She is every record producers dream. Not only has she got a remarkable voice but she is also photogenic and has an engaging personality. She is the only child of working-class parents from a suburb of Cardiff in South of Wales anf they are intensely proud of their daughter. Her father works for a security firm and her mother gave up her job for being with her on tour. This means Im not worried about her when she is abroad. She had auditions many times for singing parts in theater musicals, she appeared on a talent show on TV and this give her hope. An executive from Sony Music UK saw her, was excited by her voice and offered her a contract. In the following two years , her career exploded. At weekends and during her school holidays, her schedule is very busy. Sometimes she gets tired of the lifestyle and misses her friends, but not often. Next week she is travalling to Tokio to try to conquer the important Japanese market. One day she hopes shell sing the lead role in Puccinis opera Madame Buterfly at LA SCALA IN MILAN. In the history of show business, there are many examples of young people with talent in music, film or on the stage- who have not lived up to their early promis.

PROCEDURE: The teacher asks the sts. to read the following a text about a teenager who is a already a teenager singer and her parents sacrifices for accomplish her dream. Imagine a dialogue between the teenager and his/ her parents.The students work in groups of four.
USE THIS TIPS: ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

THE TEENAGER: HER PARENTS: INTERACTION: T-SS, group work METHODS : role-play ESTIMATED TIME: 15 min POSSIBLE PROBLEMS: the students may have problems in formulating the questions on the given topic ACTIVITY 5 AIM: to remenber the most important knowledge and reinforce the most important and interesting facts from the text. They have already read and discuss the text in class. PROCEDURE: The teacher asks the sts. to scan the text and answer the following questions: WORKSHEET NO. 4 1. Name 3 typical instruments used in jazz 2.Name a jazz singer who won a Grammy Award 3. Name the most beautiful jazz song in your opinion 4. Who is internationaly known as the AMBASSADOR OF JAZZ 5. Name 5 subgenres of rock. 6. Name 3 bands of rock music 7.Name 2 singers from reggae style 8. Say 3 reggae songs your favourite 9. Name 3 typical instruments used in pop music 10. Name 5 subgenres of pop music. 11. Name the king and the Queen of pop music. 12. What is your favourite ROCK singer/band? 13. What is your favourite REGGAETON singer/band? 14. What is your favourite R& B singer/band? 15. What is your favourite POP singer/band? INTERACTION: T-SS, group work METHODS : conversation, discussion , dialogue. ESTIMATED TIME: 10 min Homework: Write a composition about your favourite music style, singer and his/her hits. If you wish, illustrate it with a picture. 2 minutes