LESSONPLAN

NAME:
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

RELAX ME
NAME SINGERS
OR
BANDS
FOR EACH
STYLE OF MUSIC

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
National
Human
Scientific
Tragic
Strong
Beautiful
Curious
Friendly
Real
Happy

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