ORAL ENGLISH SUPERSTITION, TV, Reading, Music and Musicians Professor: Casimir Week6, Lesson 5 and 6 3/27-31/14

MIDTERM TOPICS: PICK ONE TOPIC TO PREPARE – 3 MINUTES Your definition of beauty (unit 2) Animal or human cloning (unit 3 Genetically modified foods (unit 3) The college entry exam The one child policy in China Superstition (unit 4) Your definition of success (unit 6) Remember, this is a 3 minute talk: No less than 2.5 & no more than 3 minutes You must use 1 or 2 visual aid (s)during your presentation

OBJECTIVES: During this session, students should be able to discuss their favorite TV program, books, 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, articulation and intonation. Game: vocabulary Game and “What music is best”

ROLLING STONES:

TELEVISION AND READING If you had a choice between reading and television for entertainment, which one will you pick and why?

Page 36 Exercise A: Read these blog posts about TV programs. WHAT’S ON? Page 36 Exercise A: Read these blog posts about TV programs. Which program would you like the most to watch / the least? Why?

SOME POPULAR BOOKS

Answer in full sentence! SPEAKING ON READING What is your favorite book type and why? Answer in full sentence!

What role does reading plan in your life? READING TODAY Read the opinion listed about reading on page 40 (starting point), do you agree or disagree with these comments? What role does reading plan in your life?

LISTENING: BENEFITS FROM READING CD #22-23 Practical things view points escape Other countries writing style creative writing

DISCUSSION: TELEVISION PROGRAMS What are your favorite TV programs? What do you like about them? Answer in full sentences!

Class: What talent do you have in music? DO you play any instrument? 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?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC/MUSICIAN? WHY?

SAMPLE SITCOM

SOAP OPERA CLIP Sample of soap opera

MUSICALS!

VOCABULARY EXERCISES Page 36 and 40 Exercise A and B

READING: BOOK REVIEW Scan Read Read and answer questions page 43 Do exercise A-C in pairs

Follow with the hand out given in class! DRILLS ON LINKING Follow with the hand out given in class!

DRILLS ON LINKING What is linking?

TONGUE TWISTER: B AND BL A big black bug bit a big black bear and the big black bear bled blood. This black bug bled blue-black blood while the other black bug bled blue.

MUSIC AND MUSICIANS Music by Beatles/Rolling Stone

Awesome Latin beat Jam- pack Exhilarating Frenetic Evocative Haunting VOCABULARY: Awesome Latin beat Jam- pack Exhilarating Frenetic Evocative Haunting Mellow Soothing Soft jazz Soundtrack Clean cut Cutting edge

VOCABULARY --UNIT 4 Game show Sport programs Talk show Soap Opera sketch comedy clichéd Reality TV cooking show hilarious Cartoon Sitcom jam packed Genuine mediocre gripping viewer convincingly formulaic Documentary News program Drama series

Monotonous Classical-opera Orchestra Nursery rhymes Boutique Overplay VOCABULARY-UNIT 5 Catchy punk rock Monotonous Classical-opera Orchestra Nursery rhymes Boutique Overplay Rock and roll Disco Pop music Rap Hip Hop

WHO DOES THIS WORD REMINDS YOU OF? Awesome Latin beat Exhilarating Frenetic Evocative Haunting Mellow Soothing Soft jazz Soundtrack Clean cut Cutting edge

VOCABULARY: DESCRIBING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES Pair: Do Exercises A and B, p 46 and 48

DISCUSSION: MUSIC PREFERENCES Group: Do exercises A & B Class: Exercise C page 46

TYPES OF MUSIC Classical Rock and Roll Country Soft Rock Pop Easy Listening Disco Blues Reggae Punk rock Blue Grass Orchestra

COUNTRY

MY FAVORITE SINGER IS: CARRIE UNDERWOOD

BLUE GRASS

REGGAE

DISCO

JAZZ

CLASSICAL

MUSICAL: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF: MUSICAL! If I were a rich man!”

ROCK AND ROLL: ROLLING STONES:

IDIOMS IN THE MUSIC WORLD PG 48

MUSIC What’s your favorite music style and why?

What is your music taste? 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: DOUBLE COMPARATIVES In pair: Exercise B and C, page 45

LISTENING: POPULAR TV PROGRAMS CD # 20 and 21 What is the reason for their successes?

LISTENING: GUITAR BLUES PAGE 50 CD # 26-27 LISTENING: GUITAR BLUES PAGE 50

DISCUSSION: SECRET OF SUCCESS PAGE 50 What is the secret to their success: the TV shows, Comedies, famous writers, musicians and Singers. What do they have in common? What is your definition of Success?

READING: THE BEATLES VS. THE ROLLING STONES Scan and look up new words Read quietly Do Exercise A, and B

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 & pick the most appropriate music style to be played for each public event. 10 mins

HOMEWORK: Prepare to talk about your favorite singer/ musician/TV program or book for 1 minute next week: what is special about it/ why you like him or her, how did he or she begin a career in music and where is he or she now? OR Or watch a movie of your choice, be ready to share! Grammar: Page 37, 45, 49: exercises B and C Read Unit 6-7 for next session and CD self study Midterm on 4/7-10/2014