Step 1 : today's music

When and why do you listen to music? How does it make you feel?

Listening to music while working helps me focus.

Listening to music while I’m on the bus helps me relax.

I listen to music all the time because it relaxes my mind and calms my spirit.

 Listening to music while I'm alone makes happy

Listening to music when feeling dejected soothes the mind.

Listening to music when I'm sad makes me feel even more depressed.

Listening to music when I'm unhappy either helps me cry or calms me down

Listening to music when I am downhearted cheers me up.

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Happy, gleeful, ecstatic, excited, cheerful, elated, overjoyed, light-hearted, cock a hoop, carefree…

 

Sad, down in the dumps, dejected, downcast, miserable, melancholic, low-spirited, crestfallen, heartbroken, broken-hearted, depressed, gloomy…

 

Angry, depressed, frustrated, upset, crossed, vexed, irritated, displeased, aggrieved, annoyed, crabby, raging, indignant…

 

  • Listening

  • Reading

  • Do you share the journalist’s point of view?

 

 

 

 

When I’m angry, listening music makes me feel even more upset.

Listening to music makes me feel light- hearted because it helps me escape everyday life.

Listening to music when I'm very frustrated helps me relax and calm down.

when I feel sad, listening to music helps me to get in a better mood.

I am always overjoyed when I listen to music, even if it is is kind of melancholic.

When I'm frustrated I don't listen to music, I prefer to calm down first.

If I’m listening to music while I am crabby, it makes me cry a lot.

Step 2: Music of yesterday

Do young people know about the 70s music?

  1. Look at the picture and guess what the blind test is going to be about.
  2. Do you recognize any ot the artists?

3. Before you watch the video, listen and repeat some keywords.

    musical; karaoke, lyrics, the wind blowing in your hair, widely speculated, focused, iconic.

4. Watch the video and describe the people's feelings.

     a. Do they react as you imagined?

     b. Note down the words and expressions they use to describe

          - the artists

         - the music

          - the lyrics

They look excited, they move along the rhythm.

The tunes they listen to makes them feel elated, overjoyed and cheerful too.

Step 3 :

  • Prepare a blind test homework for the next class (May 26th)

1.  Select several songs about the 70s, 80s, 90s or 2000s and collect information about them

(dates, name of the artist/band, number of records sold, other hits…).

2.  Record a few seconds of the song you want the other groups to guess.

3. Submit your blind test to the other groups

(record your hints beforehand if your microphone doesn’t work).

Wordbank:

nouns

verbs

Adjectives

 

Backing singer: choriste

Ballad: balade, slow

Bass: basse (instrument)

Beat: rythme

Charts: hits parades

Flow : debit (de paroles)

Hit: musique à succès

Rhythm : le rythme

Riff : solo de guitare

Songwriter : auteur-compositeur

Soundtrack : bande-son d’un film

Tune : mélodie

 

 

To record : enregistrer

To tour : faire une tournée

To rap 

To sing/sang/sung

To release: sortir (un album)

To perform: interpreter

To hit/hit/hit the charts: faire un succès

 

 

Accoustic

Instrumental

Mainstream

Catchy: qui reste en tête

Upbeat music : entraînante

 

 

  • Reading and acting out

 

  • Grammar: improving your speaking and writing skills

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