Lesson PlanningTESL Certificate

Activity #1: Recalling previous knowledge

Warm-up

Lesson Objectives

Activity # 2: Matching Game: Test your memory!

Activity #3: Your favorite types of music

Wrap-up

Purpose:

To evaluate your background knowledge about music.

Instructions:

Write your favorite type of music on a piece of paper

Fold it and put it in the box

Pick someone else’s piece of paper

Help your classmates guess what type of music iswritten on the piece of paper you picked. Giveclues, without saying the name.

Purpose:

To identify 4 types of popular music in the UnitedStates

Instructions:

Look at the following pictures

Acknowledge the type of music each singer represents

Pop

Hip-Hop

Rock

Reggae

Identify at least 3 types of popular music in the UnitedStates

List at least 2 types of music you like

Apply vocabulary learned when talking about types ofmusic you like

Purpose:

To match each singer´s picture with the type of musicthey represent.

Instructions:

Work in pairs

Shuffle all cards and set them upside down

Take turns to choose 2 cards and flip them rightside upto see if they match

Verify your answers after listening to the music

Purpose:

•To discuss different types of music you like

Instructions:

•Think of 3 types of music you like

•Work in pairs

•Ask your partner about his/her preferences using:

What type of music do you like? Why?

•Share your ideas

I like _________ because it makes me feel ________

I love _________ because it reminds me of ________

My favorite type of music is _________ because__________

Purpose: To review what you learned today

Instructions: Discuss the following questions with the whole class:

* What types of music did you learn today?

* What structure can you use to talk about your music references?

* What was something challenging for you?

* What was something easy for you?