Exercise 1.You are going to listen to three pieces of music by Beethoven. What images come to mind?

How do you think Beethoven felt when he wrote each of them? Choose from the following: Calm Upset Cheerful Heroic Sad Pessimistic Optimistic Angry Lonely Joyful Depressed Excited Confused

THE MASTER
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. He was the eldest of three boys. His father and grandfather were musicians. Ludwig started learning the violin and piano at a very early age. In 1783 he published his first composition. He was only 13. In 1787 he travelled to Vienna to study under Mozart, but returned to Bonn because his mother was dying. After her death, he moved to Vienna. He never returned to his hometown. In 1795 he gave his first public performance as a pianist. It was a success. In the late 1790s, Beethoven began to lose his hearing and by 1819 he was completely deaf. It was during this period that he wrote some of his most famous compositions like Moonlight (1801), Eroica (1804), Pastoral (1808) and Emperor (1809). After he became deaf, he continued to compose great music which was joyful and optimistic. In his later years, he was lonely and depressed and didnt write much. Although he fell in love several times he never married. Beethoven died on March 26, 1827 in Vienna after he caught pneumonia. More than 10,000 people came to his funeral. Beethoven was the first composer who used music to express deep feelings and ideas, such as his belief in freedom and heroism. Even today he is, for many people, the greatest composer ever.

Exercise 2.Read the text again and complete the sentences bellow. Then explain the words in bold.

Exercise 3.Find the past simple form of the following verbs from the text. Which are regular/irregular? How is the past simple formed? BeContinueStartFallPublishMarryTravelDieReturnCatchGiveComeWriteBeginBecomeExercise 4.Use the dates to tell your partner about Beethoven: 177017831787179518011804180918191827-

Exercise 5. Choose the right profession: 1. She/He teaches pupils in school. a.chef b.driver c.teacher 2. He keeps order on the street and directs traffic. a.policeman b.sailor c.nurse 3. He/She cures people at the hospital. a.fireman b.doctor c.zookeper 4. He/She takes temperature and looks after sick people. a.nurse b.astronaut c.teacher 5. He feeds the animals in the zoo. a.zookeper b.doctor c.postman 6. He/She cooks delicious food and works in the kitchen. a.chef b.postman c.driver 7. She works in an office, types letters and answers the phone. a.secretary b.sailor c.soldier 8. He puts out the fire. a.baker b.fireman c.singer 9. He flies with the rocket into space. a.astronaut b.postman c.driver 10. He is in the army. a.soldier b.cleaner c.businessman

Exercise 6. Which of the adjectives below can describe the job of a shark scientist, doctor, teacher, detective, porter? There are more than one option. Tell the class.

Exercise 7. Which of the activities below do you rarely/often/sometimes/usually/ always do? Which do you do every day/morning/afternoon? once/twice a week? at weekends?

Exercise 8. Which tense expresses: a habbit/routine? actions happening now/ temporary actions? Exercise 9. Imagine you are visiting a crazy zoo. Look at the pictures on the board and say what the animals are doing.

Exercise 10. Listen and match the people to what they are doing this weekend.

Exercise 11. Fiona has made some notes about next week. Look at her notes and ask and answer questions as in the example: