Lesson Plan

Name of the Lesson: Music Genres

Music and Literature Unit
Grade Level: 1 D
Expected
Outcomes:

Subject: Listening

Date: 29-10-2014

Expected Time: 90 min.

The students will be able to: Distinguish music genres - listen and identify general and specific

information- Listen and give general information -Discriminate basic sounds inside the Vocabulary - use of Whquestions- appreciate the value of music.

Topics: Music Genres Contents:

Grammar : Wh-questions / Whats your favourite kind of music? Whos your favourite
singer? Vocabulary: related to music/ Song-Melody-Lyrics-Instruments-Singer-Orchestra-Concert-CD-DVDMP3-Musician-Chorus.
Functions: Appreciate the music genres as a means of transmitting ideas feelings and
values, also the information gained through songs activities.

Stage

Activity
Teacher

Student

Timing

Type of Interaction

Give a brief introduction

about different styles of
music.
(music genres) rock, pop,
punk etc.
Warm-up

Students - Teacher
Interaction.
Without listening the
flashcard, students
find out what is the
music genre, the
picture represent.

10min.

Students
listen
and
reproduce the sound in
each word given by the
teacher.

15 min.

Use musical flashcards

and ask what types of
music they believe the
flashcard represent, before
reproduce the sound.
Show musical flashcards
to differentiate the music
genres

Body
Teacher will give some
words related to the topic
(music)
Discriminated the sounds in
each word.
Song /s/ Melody /mld/
Lyric /lrk/ Singer /s/
Watch and listening a short
dialogue between Mary and
her friend talk about their
favourite kind of music.

Students- Teacher
Interaction
Feedback

Recognize the thematic unit

vocabulary ( meaning)

- listen and identify general

10 min.

information as what kind of

music Mary likes.
and
specific
information
vocabulary related to music.

Content Interaction

15 min.
Ask different questions related
to the dialogue.
Whats Mary favourite kind of
music?
What other genres Marys
friend mentioned during the
dialogue?

Answer
the
questions
related to the dialogue.
Work in pairs and compare
their answers.

10 min.
-

Answer

the

questions

Teacher - Student

Teacher- StudentStudent interaction

Teacher - Student
interaction

Start a round of question

about personal interest
about music
What is your favourite kind
of music?
Whos your favourite
singer?

Closure

play a video with 12

different types of song.
(music genres)

Rock
Pop
Punk
Jazz
Classical
Hip Hop
Rap
Metal
Latin Music
Folk
Country
Reggae

related to personal music

interest
My favourite Kind of music
is ...
My favourite singer is...

Associated the songs with

the artist and their music
genre.
Eg. The singer is Madonna,
She sings pop music.

Musical Flashcards, Data Show, Musical Videos, dictionary, CD.

Resources:

15 min.

Student - Teacher
Interaction

Comments:
This activity is create to motivate learners of English to get involved and participate actively in the
learning
Process, bring real world context into the classroom, and enhance students use of English in a
flexible and communicative way.