Giáo án Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Period 73 to 77, Unit 12: Music - Năm học 2008-2009 - Nguyễn Văn Tạo

Date: February 22th, 2009
Period 73
	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
1
2
5
4
6
7
3
8
-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. 
-Ss guess the meaning of the words based on the contexts in the sentences. 
-Ss work individually and do the task.
7 minutes
Task 2 – Answering questions. 
-T asks Ss to work individually to do the task.
-T asks Ss to discuss their answers with their peers.
-T calls on some Ss to give their answers and asks them to explain their choices. 
-T comments and gives the suggested answers. 
* Suggested answers:
1. Language and music.
2. It can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.
3. It adds joyfulness to the atmostphere of a
 festival and makes a funeral more solemn and
 mournful. 
4. It makes people happy and excited. It delights
 the senses.
5. It is a billion-dollar industry. 
-Ss work individually and do the task. 
-Ss present their answers in front of the class. 
-Ss listen T’s comment and write down the correct answers. 
Post – reading
10 minutes
-T asks Ss to work in groups of 5 to discuss the tow questions in the book.
-T assigns the groups leader of each group to make sure that every members contributes evenly to the discussion. 
-T goes around to help the groups when necessary.
-When all groups have finished, T asks every two groups to share ideas with each other. 
-T calls on some groups to report their ideas to the class.
-T correct errors if necessary.
Group work and whole class. 
Homework
3 minutes
-T summarises the main points in the lesson. 
-T asks Ss to learn all of the new words by heart 
 and prepare SPEAKING for the next period. 
- Ss listen and take notes. 
Date: February 23th, 2009
Period 74
	Unit 12 	 MUSIC 
	Lesson 	 SPEAKING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
ask and answer questions about music.
talk about favourite kinds of music. 
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: revision 
New words: keep sb happy, cheer sb up, band . . . 
III. Teaching Aids: textbooks, pictures . . . .
IV. Procedures:	
Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
Warm – up
(7 minutes)
Competition game – Matching
- T prepares a set of pictures of foreign singers and slips of paper containing their names. 
-T asks Ss to work in groups of 4 and match the singers with their right names. Which groups finishes first and has all the correct answers will be the winner. 
-T can ask Ss what they know about these singers and name some of their songs. 
-Ss work in groups of four. 
Pre – speaking
10 minutes
Task 1 – Answering questions based on the 
 reading
-T asks Ss to read aloud the passage.
-T may elicit or teach some words or expression. 
+ keep sb happy: make sb happy
+ cheer sb up: make sb feel less sad
+ band (n): a groups of musicians who play
 together. 
+ easy to listen to
-T asks Ss to work in pairs to do the task.
-T goes around to observe Ss working.
-T calls on some Ss to give their answers in front of the class.
-T gives feedbackand correct answers.
* Suggested answers: 
1. She likes pop music.
2. Because it keeps her happy.
3. The Backstreet Boys
4. She listen to music all the time. 
-Ss read through the task and take note new words given and explained by T.
-Ss work in pairs and do the exercise. 
-Ss write down the correct answer. 
While – speaking 
15 minites
Task 2 – Asking and answering about muic taste. 
-Before Ss do the task, T asks Ss to look at the first column of the table which includes 5 items they should ask their friends about. 
-T gives out some suggested questions:
+ What kind of music do you like?
+ Why do you like it?
+ Who is your favourite singer / musician?
+ What is your favourite song /piece of music?
+ When do you listen to music?
-T goes around to observe, offering help and collecting mistakes. 
-T calls on some Ss to talk about their ideas and asks others Ss to add more.
-T gives feedback and correct answers.
-Ss work in pairs
-Ss listen to T and take notes. 
-Ss work in pairs. 
Post – speaking
10 minutes
Task 3 – Reporting on the information
-Before Ss report, T elicits the srtuctures they can use:
+ Both A and B like . . .
+ A likes . . . , and so does B.
+ A likes . . . , and B does, too.
+ A likes . . . , but B prefers . . . 
-T calls on some Ss to report what they have found out about their partners.
-T takes note of Ss’ mistakes for later correction.
-T writes some typical mistakes and errors on the board for peer correction.
-Ss work in individual and present their ideas in front of the class. 
-Ss listen to T and correct mistakes. 
Homework
3 minutes
-T summarise the main points in the lesson. 
-T requires Ss to prepare LISTENING for the next period. 
- Ss listen and take notes
Date: February 24th, 2009
Period 75
	Unit 12 MUSIC 
	Lesson 	 LISTENING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
listen to get specific information.
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: revision
New words: rousing, lyrical, rural . . . 
III. Teaching Aids: pictures in the textbook, cassette, extra board . . . . 	
IV. Procedures:	
Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
Warm – up
(5 minutes)
Competition game – Network
-T asks Ss to work in groups to complete a network with the word “musician” as quickly as possible. T can print this handout and distribute one copy to each group. 
-The first group to produce the correct and complete network will be the winner.
-Ss play the game held by the T in groups. 
Pre –listening
10 minutes
Talking about Van Cao
-T asks Ss to look at the picture on apge 127 and tell the class anything they know about Van Cao.
-Then T reads the names of the songs on page 128 out loud. Whenever T speaks out a song name, Ss say whether it is a Van Cao’s song or not. 
* Suggested answers:
+ Van Cao’s songs: Suoi Mo (1), Tien Quan
 Ca (3), Truong Ca Song Lo (4), Lang Toi (5)
+ Tinh Ca was written By Hoang Viet
+ Ha Noi Mua Thu was written by Vu Thanh
Vocabulary pre-teaching
-T elicits / teaches some of these words or those taken from the listening passage:
+ rousing (adj): filling people with passion,
 emotion and enthusiasm.
+ lyrical (adj): widely enthusiastic and emotional
 about something.
+ rural (adj): found in or living in the
 countryside.
-T asks Ss which of the adjectives provided can be used to describe Van Cao’s music. 
-Ss work individually. 
-Ss listen to T’s guidance and take note new words, practise pronouncing them. 
-Ss listen to teacher and take note new words. 
While-listening
10 minutes
Task 1 – True / False
-T asks Ss to read through the statements before listening to the tape.
-T plays the tape once for Ss to do the task.
-T invites some Ss to explain their answers in front of the class. 
-T plays the tape the second time for Ss to compare their answers.
-T comments and gives out the correct answers.
* Expected answers: 
1. F (The guest is Quang Hung)
2. F (He likes some Vietnamese musicians)
3. T
4. F (It was written in 1944)
5. F (He always feels proud of his country when
 he hears the song)
- Ss work individually to listen to the tapes and do Task 1 
-Ss give out the results after listening to the tape.
- Ss compare their answers with a friend and present them on the board. 
8 minutes
Task 2 – Answering questions 
-T asks Ss whether they can do the task based on the previous times of listening.
-If Ss can, T asks them to give the answers and write them on the board.
-T plays the tape once for Ss to check their answers.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs to compare their answers.
-If there are a lot of Ss having the same wrong answer, play that point of the tape for Ss to check the answers again.
-T gives feedback and correct answers.
* Expected answers:
1. It’s “My Favourite Musician”.
2. Tien Quan Ca
3. It’s hard and solemn; it makes him great and proud of his country.
- Ss work in individual to listen to the tapes and do Task 2. 
-Ss give out their guesses before listening to the tape three times. 
- Ss compare their answers with a friend and present them on the board. 
-Ss take note the correct answers on the extra board. 
Post- listening
10 minutes
Find someone who agree or disagree with Quang Hung’s ideas. 
-T draws the following table on the board and asks Ss to summarise Quang Hung’s ideas about Van Cao’s music. T writes their ideas in the first column.
Quang Hung’s ideas
Person who agree
Person who disagree
Reasons
1. The best Vietnamese musician of all times is Van Cao
2. Tien Quan Ca is hard and solemn
3. His songs about rural life in Vietnam are sweet, gentle and very lyrical. 
-T asks Ss to go around interviewing different Ss to complete the table. 
-T gives Ss 5 minutes to interview. After that time, any Ss who finish filling the table will be the winners. 
-T calls on some Ss to report the resuls to the whole class. 
-T gives feedback and any necessary corrections. 
-Ss work individually. 
-Ss report the result to the whole class. 
-Ss listen to T’s remarks.
Homework
2 minutes
-T summarize the main points. 
-T asks Ss to learn by heart all new words 
-T asks Ss to prepare WRITING for the next period. 
- Ss listen and take notes
Date: February 28th, 2009
Period 76
	Unit 12 	 MUSIC 
	Lesson 	 WRITING
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
write a profile based on prompts provided. 
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: revision 
New words: revision
III. Teaching Aids: an extra board, textbook . . . 
IV. Procedures:
Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
Warm-up
(7 minutes)
Competition game – Guessing
-T prints the following handout with simplified profiles of several Vietnamese and foreign singers and musicians.
1. Bornon Feb. 28, 1939 in Lac Giao (a highland in the middle part of Vietnam). Grew up in Hue. Wrote more than 990 songs including Uot Mi, Diem Xua, Noi Vong Tay Lon . . .Died on April 1, 2001 in Ho Chi Minh City.
2. Born in 1967 in Hanoi. Famous for such songs as Chieu Xuan, Thi Tham Mua Xuan, Co Tam Ngay Nay, Ban Mai Xanh . . .
3. Born on August 19, 1975 in Hanoi. Graduated from Hanoi Conservatory in 1907. Has received many honours including the first prize in Hanoi’s Singing Competition, the Gold Medal in the National Competion in 1995, the Golden Voice of Asian in 1998. Famous albums: Van Hat Loi Binh Yen, Toc Ngan I & II, Made in Vietnam, Chat Voi Mozart . . .
4. Born on March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada. Won the Academy Award for Best Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by A Duo or Group with Vocal with the song “Beauty and the Beast”
Famous for songs both French and English: The Power of Love, My Heart Will Go On . . .
5. Born at 6:30 p.m on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England. The founder and leader of the Beatles. Famous songs: Let It Be, Imagine, Yesterday . . . Shot dead on December 8, 1980. 
-T divides the class into 8 groups and gives each group a handout.
-T asks Ss to read the profiles and find the names of each singer and musician as quickly as possible.
-The winner will be the group with the quickest and correct answers.
* Suggested answers:
1. Tring Cong Son
2. Ngoc Chau
3. My Linh
4. Celine Dion
5. John Lenon
-Ss play the game in groups 
Pre-writing
12 minutes
Task 1 – Sentence completion
-T asks Ss to look at the handout again and asks Ss what a profile is and what to be included in a profile.
-T introduce some features of a profile.
-T reminds Ss to use tenses of verbs appropriately when writing profiles. 
-T asks Ss to do the task in groups of 6. Each member will write a sentence. 
-T goes around to help Ss.
-T calls on some Ss to go and write their answers on the board.
-T asks Ss to exchange their answers with each other. 
-T gives feedback and correct answers. 
* Suggested answers: 
1. He learnt to play music when he was very young.
2. Scott learnt to play the works of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart as well was to compose music. 
(To be continued) 
-Ss work in groups.
-Ss listen to T’s guidance and do the task. 
-Ss go the board to write their sentences. 
-Ss take notes the correct answers. 
While-writing
17 minutes
Task 3 – Profile writing 
-T asks Ss to read through the prompts. 
-T asks Ss to work individually to write the frofile in 10 minutes. 
-While Ss write the letter, T should go around to observe and provide help. 
Feedback on Ss’ writings
-T asks Ss to exchange their paragraph with another student for peer correction.
-T goes around and collect mistakes and errors.
-T collects some wrtings for quick feedback.
-T writes typical errors on the board and elicits self and peer correcttion. 
-T gives general comments on the paragraphs.
-Individual work 
-Pair work and whole class
Post- writing
7 minutes
Talking
-T asks Ss to work in groups of 4-5 to tell about their favourite singer or musician.
-Ss work in groups
Homework
2 minutes
-T summarise the main points in the lesson. 
-T asks students to complete all of the tasks in the textbook.
-T asks students to prepare Language Focus for next period. 
-Ss listen and take notes
Date: March 2nd, 2009
Period 77
	Unit 12 	 MUSIC 
	Lesson 	 LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
distinguish and pronounce the sound / s/ and / z / correctly.
use to + infinitive to express purposes and make Wh-question appropriately. 
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: as the above 
New words: 
III. Teaching Aids: Textbooks	
IV. Procedures:	
Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities
Warm-up
(5 minutes)
Singing contest
-T divides the class into two groups and asks them to write as many words having the letter “s” and “z” in each word as possible. 
-Ss work in groups, playing the game as guided. 
Pro-nunciation
7 minutes
Activity 1 – Listen and repeat
-T demonstrates the sounds / s / and / z / by pronouncing them exactly and clearly.
-T instructs the ways to pronounce two sounds. 
-T asks Ss to pronounce the sounds several times.
-T makes sure that Ss are aware of the difference between the two sounds. 
-T reads the wortds in each column all at once.
-T reads the words again, each time with a word in each column to help Ss distinguish the differences between the sounds in the words.
-T reads the words and asks Ss to repeat them.
-T asks Ss to practise pronouncing the words in pairs.
-T goes around to provide help.
-T gives feedback.
Activity 2 – Practise these sentences
-T reads the sentences and asks Ss underlined the words with the sound and / s / or / z / under them.
-T asks Ss to practise the sentences in pairs.
-T goes around the class and provides help if necessary. 
-T gives feedback.
 -Ss observe and listen to teacher’s guidance. 
-Ss listen. 
-Ss practise pronuncation. 
-Ss listen carefully & work in pairs to read the sentences. 
-Ss work individually.
Grammar 
Vocabulary
10 minutes
To + infinitive to express purposes
-T writes some sentences on the board and underline the to+ infinitive.
+ I get up early every morning to cook breakfast.
+ Women should eat a lot of fruit to stay young
 and beautiful.
-T asks Ss to comment on the use of to + infinitive in these examples.
-T tells Ss that in these sentences to + infinitives are used to expressed purposes. 
-T asks some Ss to give some similar examples. 
- Ss listen to teacher’s explanations and take notes.(Whole class)
-Ss give out some examples. 
10 minutes
Exercise 1&2
-T asks Ss to do Exercise 1 and 2.
T goes around to provide help.
-T asks them to compate their answers with others.
-T asks Ss to go to the board to write their answers.
-T gives correct answers.
* Expected answers:
Exercise 1
1. to tell her the good news
2. to buy a cassette player
3. to win the singing contest
4. to sing French songs
5. to set a good example for the class
Exercise 2
1. to read 2. to buy 3. to post
4. to invite 5. to learn 
-Ss work individually, doing the exercise, then exchange the results with a partner to take peer correction. 
- Ss listen and take notes.
10 minutes
Exercise 3
-T asks Ss to make up some Wh-questions and writes them on the board.
-T elicits question words and how to make Wh-questions from Ss.
-T revises Wh-questions.
-T asks Ss to do exercise 3 in pairs.
-T asks them to compare answers with other pairs.
-T calls on some Ss to read out their answers.
-T feedbacks and gives correct answers.
1. What will you do if it rains?
2. What sort of music does your father enjoy
 listening to?
3. When did he leave for Ho Chi Minh city? 
(To be continued) 
-Ss work in pairs. 
Homework
3 minutes
- T asks Ss to continue doing the remaning exercises. 
- T asks Ss to prepare Unit 13
-Ss listen and take notes