1. Unit 5 Write a Concert Review

2. Have you ever watched a live concert or a concert on TV? Step 1 Pre--writing

4. Singer guitar drum solo brilliant exciting fantastic boring poor excellent

5. stage lighting Special effects disappointing excellent

6. Songs and words clear incomprehensible unclear

7. Speaking: describe the concert. Use the Adverbial Clauses we learned in this Unit. 1.Time Clauses: 2.Concession Clauses: 3.Cause Clauses: 4.Result Clauses: 5.Purpose Clauses: when, while, until, as soon as, immediately, the moment, before, after though, although, even though/if, no matter when/how/what/who/whom because, for, since, as, now that, so…that, such…that, so that, in order that,

8. A concert review singing songs (words) the audience reaction the guitar special effects Summary : What can we write about a concert? lighting stage design the viewer’s opinion costumes …

9. The Concert Positive adjectives Negative adjectives the music, the singing, the drum, the guitar brilliant, exciting, fantastic quite good boring, poor the stage design, the lighting, the special effects disappointing the soundclearpoor the songs, the wordsclearunclear excellent, extraordinary How can we describe it?

10. A concert review singing songs (words) the audience reaction the guitar special effects Summary : What can we write about a concert? lighting stage design the viewer’s opinion costumes …

11. Step 2 Writing 2.Structure (P90): 1)Start of concert (when/ where/who/ introduction) 2)The performance (the stage, music, the player, your reaction) 3)Audience reaction (how the audience reacted) 4)End of the concert (your thinking of it)

12. Key words to describe a concert, a ball and a party Adjectives: disappointing, brilliant extraordinary, popular, famous, traditional, unclear, clear, incomprehensible, creative, powerful, ordinary, unique, Special, Excellent, Wonderful Fantastic, Poor, solid/ weak distorted Verbs Dance / skip to music/ rhythm Perform social dance Watch/ enjoy the performance Combine games with performances Sing along Run more than two hours Be popular with young people Choose songs from…. Finish the party with… Be impressed by… Jump up and down to the music

13. Sentences The hostess was full of … On stage Different styles of songs Throughout the party The atmosphere was… It was a success. We were excellent performers. Nouns Audience, fans, lighting, special effects, stage design, lyrics, songs Group singing, sound quality, Strong and powerful voice

14.  A singing competition review(expressions)  hold /take part in,in memory of,December 9th Movement,hundreds of students,performers,audience  the school song, revolutionary song,to express love and joy,begin with, encourage people to fight,the first to go on stage,the eighth to perform,one’s,turn to do sth,take turns to do,as loud as possible, be decorated with,with decorations of,special costumes

15.  the first chorus /class,warm up,sing along to the rhythm of,excellent,joyful(ly),clap and cheer, sound effect,lighting,cause a few problems,disappointing, enjoy the competition  end with,angel,dance on stage,wonderful,win the first/third prize, be awarded,make a speech,think highly of,learn a lot from,leave the hall,feel excited

16.  A Singing Competition Review  Some good sentences:  During the three –hour game,students from 14 classes took turns to sing for us.  Though thwe tape caused a few problems,the performers could perform well,and the audience all lost themselves in the songs.  At the end of the three hours,the headmaster made us a speech.  He had a high opinion of the activity,and alse gave us some advice.  In short,I think the competition was a success.

17.  For example,our class prepared a lot of special clothes to attract the audience.  Everyone tried his or her best to sing.  He was so excellent that his performance was wonderful.  Although it was cold outside we warmed it up in here.  I was deeply impressed by the last performance.the audience were extremely excited at the amazing performance.

18. One possible version  Last night,our school held a singing competition in the school meeting hall in memory of December 9th Movement.Hundreds of students from grade one took part in it.They were both prformers and audience.Each class was supposed to sing two songs---the school song and a song chosen by the class themselves.  The competition began at 6:30.The first to go on stage was Class 12.When they got on the stage the hall became deadly silent.As soon as the music rose,the audience started clapping and cheering.Students,especially the boy conductor,from class 12 were deeply imprerssed on the audience.Every class had their style of singing and they all performed wonderfully.

19.  Some classes combined singing with dancing and some even lighted candles to express love and good wishes.  My class was the eighth/thirteenth to perform.We sang the school song and the Twinkling Red Star.When it was our turn to go on stage,I was not only excited but also very nervuos.In spite of that, I tried my best to sing and lost myself in the singing.  When the 14 classes took turns to perform on stage,the audience below were very excited.they clapped heatedly to encourage the schoolmates,and some sang to the rhythm of the music.Though the sound effects and the lighting were disappointing

20.  they could still enjoy the performances.  The competition lasted about three hours and it ended with the songs sung by Class 7.they even had two little girls dance on stage as angels.How wonderful it was! In the competition class 3 got the first prize and our class was awarded the third prize.At the end of the activity the headmaster made a short speech.He spoke highly of the work done by students,and taught us how to appreciate a concert.I learned a lot from what he said.At about 9:30 we left the hall feeling excited.I think I will feel proud of ourselves and our grade forever!