To incorporate Music into English Classes,
teachers need and should make use of technological tools. This portfolio contains 4 activities to teach
speaking, writing, listening and reading skills. They can be used most likely in high school classes.
ENGLISH - III CYCLE - 7Th GRADE
TARGET CONTENT N° 6: LOCATION OF PEOPLE AND
OBJECTS
Warm up Activity
Ask your
students to listen to "Family Portrait" by Pink, and write as many words
and phrases as they hear. Then, ask them to listen again and share with a
classmate what they think the song is about.
Show them the video to reinforce the song
meaning with images.
Activities
Take
advantage of the song to teach other skills like grammar, in this case,
prepositions.
- First, explain to the students what prepositions are and give some examples.
- Then, ask your students to listen to the song and fill in the blanks with the missing prepositions.
In this
webpage you will find the worksheet to do so.
- Finally, give your students the chance to analyze the prepositions and its usage in the song. Give them time to ask questions as well.
If you want
to reinforce the topic ask your students to write a paragraph about their
families and of course to use prepositions, they should underline the prepositions
to show they understood their usage.
ENGLISH - 11Th GRADE
TARGET CONTENT N° 7: MORAL AND VALUES
Warm up Activity
Ask your students these questions to check prior knowledge.
- What are you listening to?
- What types/genres of music do you like to listen to?
- What is you favorite group/singer?
- What’s the artist role in society?
- Should artists be judged by their behavior?
- Do you play any instrument?
Using http://www.wordle.net/ syntetize the most important words said by your students to the previous questions.
Activities
- Create groups for your students to discuss the values a singer or an artist must have.
- Then, ask your students to prepare a debate. Some students are in favor of artists being a model in the society. Some are against it. To support their ideas, the students research about the topic. They talk about the influence artists have in young people and in society. They prepare interviews to local artists to know their opinion about the topic. If possible they record the interviews and present them during the debate. They also create brochures o info graphics to support their arguments. They can exchange information through e-mail or some other applications.
- If there were students who play an instrument or sing, they can perform after the debate.
READING ACTIVITY
ENGLISH - 8Th GRADE
TARGET CONTENT N° 9: GRAMMATICAL FUNCTIONS OF WORDS
Reading is always difficult to teach. Here there is an
idea to help your students to improve their reading skills.
Ask them to read this article "Why listening to music is the key to good health" by Naomi Coleman: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-137116/Why-listening-music-key-good-health.html
After that check their understanding using this tool. Here there is the link to a jeopardy game about the article: "Why listening to music is the key to good health" by Naomi Coleman
After that check their understanding using this tool. Here there is the link to a jeopardy game about the article: "Why listening to music is the key to good health" by Naomi Coleman
Note: you can
play some music to help your students concentrate while they are reading, and
of course during the game play music for them to have fun and get enthusiastic
about it.
WRITING ACTIVITIES
ENGLISH - III CYCLE - 9Th GRADE
TARGET CONTENT N° 2: LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF FAMOUS ATHLETES AND MUSICIANS
Warm up Activity
Ask your students to comment on their favorite musicians and athletes. Ask them to share with a classmate what they know about them.
Activities
- Students read and complete this exercise: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6424
- They search for information regarding their favorite musician or athlete and his or her more important achievements.
- They write a paragraph describing their famous athletes, musicians' life and achievements.
ACTIVITY ABOUT EMOTIONS
Warm up Activity
The
fallowing video contains vocabulary regarding emotions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsISd1AMNYU
After
watching the video, ask your students how they feel so that they can learn to
express their emotions using the English language.
Activities
- Play this video to show how music and emotions can be related.
- Then, each student chooses a tune to create a story. The story must response to the emotion inspired by the music. Using narrative techniques, students make out a story on storybird.com
- Finally, they present the story to the rest of the class.
Useful Writing Skill’s
Checker
Use this
link to check your writing skills. It gives you feedback on several issues like
the title’s quality, grammar mistakes and some others.
