Activity 1: Warm-up · 8 minutes
Music Mind-map
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of music performance and recall the unit vocabulary, so they are ready to review the language in Looking back.
b) Content
Ss look at the title of the unit and answer the questions: What kinds of music do you like? Have you ever performed in front of an audience? Who are the judges in a music contest? Ss then write as many words related to music performance as they can in 2 minutes, in pairs.
c) Expected outcomes
A pair mind-map with at least 8 words, including at least 3 of the unit vocabulary items: audience, performance, contestant, judge, rehearse, traditional.
Example answer: audience, performance, rehearse, judge, contestant, stage, song, traditional music.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T writes the unit title MUSIC on the board and asks the three warm-up questions. T says: "Work in pairs. Draw a mind-map around the word MUSIC. You have two minutes."
Students
Ss listen to the questions and discuss them briefly with their partner.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors and prompts pairs who get stuck with questions such as "What do you do before a performance?"
Students
Ss write words on their mind-map. Expected answers: rehearse, performance, audience, judge, contestant, song, singer, stage.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 2–3 pairs to read out their words and writes the unit vocabulary on the board. T asks: "Which of these words are in our unit today?"
Students
Ss read out their words. Expected answer: audience, performance, contestant, judge, rehearse, traditional.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the vocabulary and says: "Today we will review how to join ideas, how to use infinitives after some verbs, and how to stress words correctly. These will help you talk about music."
Students
Ss copy the lesson focus into their notebooks.