17th February 2012

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[201202-03] Adele Dominates Grammy Awards| February 17th 2012

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three?

Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Wooden Spoon b) Award c) Title d) Trophy

My Reason… _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words?

|Music|

Warm Up | 3 World Musicians

Read the list of 10 famous musicians/groups below.

Which countries do the musicians/groups come from?

Write the name of the country next to musician/group.

1: Adele ______ 6: Scorpions ______ 2: Jay-Z ______ 7: Rihanna ______ 3: Wyclef Jean ______ 8: Zamora ______ 4: Uzi ______ 9: Neil Young ______ 5: AC/DC ______ 10: Jiří Bělohlávek ______

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World Musicians | Which Country…?

Which country is correct for each musician/group?

A:

Czech

Republic

B:

Canada

C:

USA

D:

United

Kingdom

E:

The

Bahamas

F:

Australia

G:

Haiti

H:

Venezuela

I:

Germany

J:

Japan

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about the 2012 Grammy Awards Ceremony

Remember if you don’t know – use the internet to help or GUESS!

1: Which city was the 54th 2012 Grammy Awards Ceremony held in? a: New York b: Los Angelis c: Chicago

2: What year did the Grammy Awards begin? a: 1949 b: 1959 c: 1969

3: Which singer won the most awards? a: Jay-Z b: Rihanna c: Adele

4: Which American musician was the host for the 2012 Grammy Ceremony? a: LL Cool J b: Paul McCartney c: Wyclef Jean

5: Which American singer died the night before the Grammy Awards Ceremony? a: Whitney Houston b: Michael Jackson c: Amy Winehouse

6: How many awards did British singer Adele win? a: Zero b: Three c: Six

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E1: How many awards were given out at the 2012 Grammy Award Ceremony? a: 108 b: 98 c: 78

E2: Which musician won ‘Best Historical Album’ for Band on the Run? a: The Rolling Stones b: Mozart c: Paul McCartney

E3: Which photo below is a picture of a Grammy Award?

a: b: c:

END OF PART 1

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| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentences below are from a paragraph in the news story. The sentence order has been mixed-up. Un-jumble the sentences and put them

into the correct order.

a. Foo Fighters the band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl won five awards including Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song.

b. The 54th Grammy Award Ceremony was a great night for British singer Adele and American rock group Foo Fighters.

c. Last year was a remarkable year for the 23-year-old singer whose album “21” sold 17 million copies world-wide.

d. Adele won six awards, including Best Record, Best Song and Best Album of the Year.

Correct order: ___ / ___ / ___ /

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story ~ Houston Death Overshadows Grammys

Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1: Jennifer Hudson sang a tribute to Whitney Houston. [T] [F] 2: Adele is a British singer. [T] [F] 3: Adele’s album ‘21’ sold 27 million copies. [T] [F] 4: Paul McCartney won his 16th Grammy Award. [T] [F] 5: The Award’s Ceremony was held in the USA. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Antonyms

An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right.

All the antonyms in black are from the News Story.

1: Overshadow 6: Formed A: Ordinary F: Lighter

2: Death 7: Behind B: Lost G: Bought

3: Famous 8: Including C: Birth H: Ahead

4: Sold 9: Best D: Broke I: Worst

5: Remarkable 10: Won E: Excluding J: Unknown

END OF PART 2

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| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening Houston Death Overshadows Grammys

Find the Mistakes | Help

Find the mistakes. There are 10 errors in the text, circle the mistakes. Listen / Read the rest of the sentence to help with your understanding.

Houston Death Overshadows Grammys

The 2011 Grammy Awards Ceremony held last night in New York was overshadowed by the sudden death of singer Whitney Houston. The American artist, famous for songs such as How Will I Know and I Will Always Love You was found dead in her hotel room on Sunday aged just 48. LL Cool J, the host of the Award Ceremony, started the evening with a prayer for Whitney Houston and Jenifer Hudson sang Houston’s most famous song – I Will Always Love You in tribute to the actress.

The 64th Grammy Award Ceremony was a great night for American singer Adele and German rock group Foo Fighters. Adele won six awards, including Best Record, Best Song and Best Album of the Year. Last year was a remarkable year for the 23-year-old singer whose album “21” sold 17 million copies world-wide. Foo Fighters the band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl won five awards including Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song.

In total the 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony handed-out 178 Awards including one for former Beatle Paul McCartney. His 1973 album, Band on the Run won the “Best Historical Album” award, McCartney’s 25th Grammy prize. Although McCartney is still 16 Grammy Awards behind Georg Solti who holds the record for most wins with 31.

Other award winners included Kanye West who won four Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Song and Best Rap Award. British singer Amy Winehouse, who died in July 2011, won the Best Pop Duo/Group award for her performance of Body & Soul with legendry American singer Tom Bennett.

Wrong Word | 10 Mistakes

1: ________ to __________ 6: ________ to ________ 2: ________ to __________ 7: ________ to ________ 3: ________ to __________ 8: ________ to ________ 4: ________ to __________ 9: ________ to ________ 5: ________ to __________ 10: ________ to ________

What Do You Think? | The Beatles Do you think The Beatles are the greatest music band in history? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________

END OF PART 3

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| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story?

Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer.

If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

1: Which song did Jennifer Hudson sing? 2: How old is Adele?

___ 3: Which band started in 1994?

_ 4: How many Grammys has Paul McCartney won? _______ 5: Who has won the most Grammy Awards? _ ________________ 6: How many Grammy Awards did Kanye West win? __________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B E7: Which artist won “Best Song”? ___________________________

E8: What month did Amy Winehouse die? ________________ _____

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

[A1] Dave Grohl. [Q] _____________________________?

[A2] 17 million copies. [Q] _____________________________?

[A3] 23 years-old. [Q] _____________________________?

[A4] Whitney Houston. [Q] _____________________________?

[A5] 4 Grammy Awards. [Q] _____________________________?

END OF PART 4

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| PART 5 | Extra Help |

English Extra I Common Connectors

In English, a ‘connecting word’ links two words, phrases, clauses or ideas together to make a better sentence.

The 4 most used connectors are ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘because’ & ‘so’. Basic Connectors: Read the four examples below, which is the correct

connector for each explanation?

but because so and

a) Connects two words, phrases or ideas: ________

b) Used to explain the result of something. ________

c) Used to explain the reason for something. ________

d) Connects contrasting ideas. ________

Re-write each sentence to include one connector. Reduce the 2 sentences > 1 sentence.

Example: I like football. I don’t like tennis > I like football, but I don’t like tennis.

Many women wore mini-skirts during the 1970s. Now their daughters wear them. ________________________________________________________

Max has his weekly football training today. He is wearing his training gear. _________________________________________________________

Most of his friends wear old jeans. Flynn prefers combat trousers. _________________________________________________________

I usually like to cycle to work. Not when it is raining though. _________________________________________________________

Jaro doesn’t like to cook after he comes home from work. He usually doesn’t come home until around 9pm. ____________________________________________________

7 to Chinwag Popular Music

ENW Podcast Topic | Popular Music

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1: What did you think when you read this week’s topic title? 2: What do you think of when you think about ‘popular music’? 3: What is the best way to buy music? 4: Why do you think about the Grammy Awards Ceremony? 5: What is the best thing about the listening to music? 6: What is the worst thing about buying music? 7: What is your favourite album?

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Writing Popular Music

What do you think about popular music? Do you think music awards are important? Write about the good/bad points about music awards?

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END OF PART 5

And Finally | X & Z | A4 Did You Know…?

That the oldest person to win a Grammy Award was Pinetop

Perkins x: _______ he was 97-years-old when he won the

Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album in 2011. The

Youngest Grammy Award winner is LeAnne Rimes who was

only 14-years-old when she won Best New Artist z: ___ Best

New Country Vocal Artist in 1997.

The End

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Visual | TV Links

BBC | (UK) 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17011410 [0:41]

Grammy.com | (USA) 2: http://www.grammy.com/ [1:52]

You Tube | USA 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXR7bmCNs_o [5:18]

Search: Grammy Awards 2012

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

A – Wooden Spoon B, C, D all refer to winning something GOOD.

Warm Up 3 | Mix & Match

1 – D 2 – C 3 – G 4: J 5 – F

6 – I 7 – E 8 – H 9: B 10 - A

Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – B 2 – B 3 – C 4 – A 5 – A 6 - C

E1 – C E2 – C E3 – C

Answers | Part 2 Pre Listening / Reading

Jumbled Sentences

B /D /C / A /

True or False

1 – T 2 – T 3 – F 4 – F 5 – T

Antonyms

1 – F 2 – C 3 – J 4 – G 5 – A

6 – D 7 – H 8 – E 9 – I 10 – B

Answers | Part 3 Listening

Houston Death Overshadows Grammys

The 2012 Grammy Awards Ceremony held last night in Los Angelis was overshadowed by the sudden death of singer Whitney Houston. The American artist, famous for songs such as How Will I Know and I Will Always Love You was found dead in her hotel room on Saturday aged just 48. LL Cool J, the host of the Award Ceremony, started the evening with a prayer for Whitney Houston and Jenifer Hudson sang Houston’s most famous song – I Will Always Love You in tribute to the singer.

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The 54th Grammy Award Ceremony was a great night for British singer Adele and American rock group Foo Fighters. Adele won six awards, including Best Record, Best Song and Best Album of the Year. Last year was a remarkable year for the 23-year-old singer whose album “21” sold 17 million copies world-wide. Foo Fighters the band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl won five awards including Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song.

In total the 54th Grammy Awards Ceremony handed-out 78 Awards including one for former Beatle Paul McCartney. His 1973 album, Band on the Run won the “Best Historical Album” award, McCartney’s 15th Grammy prize. Although McCartney is still 16 Grammy Awards behind Georg Solti who holds the record for most wins with 31.

Other award winners included Kanye West who won four Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Song and Best Rap Award. British singer Amy Winehouse, who died in July 2011, won the Best Pop Duo/Group award for her performance of Body & Soul with legendry American singer Tony Bennett.

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

Q & A

1 – I will always love you 5 – Georg Solti 2 – 23 6 – 4 3 – Foo Fighters E1 – Adele 4 – 15 E2 – July

A & Q | Example Questions

A1 – Who started Foo Fighters band? A2 – How many copies did ‘21’ sell? A3 – How old is Adele? A4 – Who died on Saturday? A5 – How many Grammy Awards did Kanye West win?

English Extra

Many women wore mini-skirts during the 1970s and/so now their daughters wear them.

Max has his weekly football training today so/and he is wearing his training gear.

Most of his friends wear old jeans but Flynn prefers combat trousers.

I usually like to cycle to work but not when it is raining though.

Jaro doesn’t like to cook after he comes home from work because he usually doesn’t come home until around 9pm.

And Finally X & Z

X – because / Z – and

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References Episode 38

MAIN PHOTO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grammy.jpg BAFTA PHOTO http://www2.hull.ac.uk/news_and_events/news_archive/2009_news_archive/april/bafta.aspx PALME D’OR PHOTO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Palmed%27or.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_received_by_Paul_McCartney#Grammy_Awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Fighters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Grammy_Awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_(singer) www.adele.tv www.grammy.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17007642