Music v. 48-49

1. Interview a friend about his or her music interest.

Present the answers orally to the class either by recording yourself or live in front of the class.

These are the questions:
What sort of music do you prefer to listen to?
Do you listen to a certain kind of music when you are happy, sad, angry, work out etc?
How important is music for you? Motivate!

What band/singer would you like to watch live? Why?
Is there any kind of music that you do not like to listen to?
How many hours a day do you listen to music?
Do you have a favourite band/singer? If so, what is so special about it/him/her?
How often, where and when do you sing yourself?
Can you play a musical instrument?
If so, what do you play?
How long have you been playing?
If you could start a band, what type of music would you play? Why?

Write like this: I have interviewed ……...

2. Choose a English lyric and analyse it! Search the Internet for info about the artist!

This is a writing task that you are going to hand in to your teacher!

Copy the lyrics into pages.

Answer the questions like this: The lyric is about…….the message is……. When I listen to……..
What is the lyrics about?
Who is it about?
What is the message?
What do you feel/think of when you listen to it?
Do you have any special memory connected to this song that you want to share?

Find out some facts about the band/artist!
Name
Age
Home country
What made him/her/them famous?
If there is a story behind the song. Ex. When and why he or she created the song?
Latest news/interesting news about him/her/them.

Facts artists 

Write your name and class and save it as ”My song”. Hand it in on schoolsoft!

3. Practice words to do with music.

Music words
Music beginner words

4. Listen to conversations about music and be prepared to tell the teacher what it was all about.

Interview with a music group 

5. Reading

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