VII. Listening
T: - Today we’ll listen to the text about world-known British group.
a) Pre-listening task.
T: - Before you’ll listen to the text look at the photo of the members of the group.
Try to guess what is the text going to be?
P1: - The text is going to be about “The Beatles”.
T: - What type of music do they represent?
P2: - They represent rock music.
T: - Do you remember where this group from is?
P3: - They are from Liverpool.
T: - Can you name the members of it?
P4: - John Lennon. Paul McCartney, George Harrison and…?
T: - OK. The last member of “The Beatles” you’ll name after you listen to the text.
Let’s listen to the text about “The Beatles”. Be attentively.
In 1961, Brian Epstein was helping in his father’s record shop in Liverpool where a teenager came in and asked for a record by a local band. Epstein didn’t have it but the teenager seemed so excited that he decided to look for the group. They were called the Beatles and were playing in a Liverpool club called The Cavern when he found them. He was so impressed with their music that he became their manager.
The Beatles developed their sound by playing together for years. John Lennon started his own band in 1957 while he was studying Art at college and Paul McCartney went to hear them play. Paul was 15 and still in school. He joined the group a few days later and brought George Harrison who was in the same school. The last member, Ringo Starr, joined in 1962 and played together until the end of the sixties.
B) Post- listening task
T: - Answer the questions.
Who was the Beatles’ first manager?
What was John Lennon doing when he formed his group?
When did Paul McCartney join John Lennon’s group”
Who was the last member of “Beatles”?
Can you name all members of this group?
VIII. Speaking
T: - The group consisted of four Englishmen: George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul
McCartney and Ringo Starr. Lennon and McCartney wrote and sang most of
Beatles’ songs. Harrison played the lead guitar, Lennon played the rhythm
Guitar, McCartney played the bass guitar, and Ringo Starr played the drums.
What songs of this group do you know?
(Possible answers: “Yesterday”, “Yellow submarine”, “And I love her”, “Love you to”, “Something”, etc.)
T: - What is the most famous their song? (“Yesterday”)
Today we’ll learn and sing it all together. Look at the slide. There are the
words of this song. Read it and say what is this song about?
Yesterday
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly I’m not half the man I used to be.
There’s a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don’t know, she wouldn’t say.
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why she had to go, I don’t know, she wouldn’t say.
I said something wrong,
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
T: - Listen to the song “Yesterday”. Let’s sing it all together.
(Pupils, teacher and guests are singing the song)
T: - Thank you very much. You’re really great! And now can you fill in the third
column of our word- map? Go to the blackboard and write down the musical
professions on it. Do it one by one.
IX. Summing-up. Home assignment
T: - So, pupils, by the end of the lesson you had to create your own project
concerning music. You had to fill in three columns of the word-map: types
of music, musical instruments and people. Have you done it?
Look at our word- map. Answer the questions.
What are different kinds of music? Look at the first column of our word-map. Read them.
What music do you prefer?
What musical instruments do you know? Look at the second column of the
word- map and read them.
Do you play a musical instrument? Are you good at it?
What people concerning music can you name? Look at the third column of
the word- map.
T: - I knew you could do it- I’m proud of you!
T: - What did we do at the beginning of the lesson?
P: - We’ve talked about the importance of music in our life.
T: - Have you changed your mind during our lesson? Can you add something
more?
Today we’ve talked about role music in our life. We’ve listened to some types
of music and some sections of the orchestra and the whole orchestra. We’ve
got some information about the most famous rock band in the world- “The
Beatles”, and learned their world- known song “Yesterday”. And today we’ve
created the word- map concerning music. At home write a paragraph about
your attitude to music and the importance of it in your life.
Today you’ve demonstrated your talents and knowledge on the topic. All of
you’ve deserved the highest marks. You’re really great! Thank you for the
lesson. Good bye.