Unit 04. Music and Arts. Lesson 5. Skills 1

English 7
Unit 4: Music and arts
Kiểm tra bài cũ
Ex1. Fill each blank with a word from the box to complete the sentences.
Her hobbies are _______________ photographs and collecting coins.
A funny man or woman in a film is a _______________.
A person who writes pomes is called a _______________.
Viet Nam has some kinds of traditional _______________ such sa ‘Cheo’ or ‘Cai luong’.
talking
comedian
poet
opera
Kiểm tra bài cũ
Ex2. Use the words / phrases below to write complete sentences.
My friends / enjoy / the Children’s Painting Exhibition / I / too.


performance / she / give / last night / marvellous.

Each / my three sisters / be / very different / the others.

painting / he / make / recently / much / same / old one.

the children / rehearse / play / school / celebration / moment.
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My friends enjoy the Children’s Painting Exhibition, and I do too.
The performance she gave last night was marvellous.
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My friends enjoyed the Children’s Painting Exhibition, and I did too.
Each of my three sisters is very different from the others.
The painting he made recently is much the same as the old one.
At the moment, the children are rehearsing the play for the school celebration.
Skills 1
English 7
Unit 4: Music and arts
SKILLS 1
Reading
Before reading, dicuss the questions below with a partner.
- What kinds of traditional Vietnamese performance do you know about?
- Do you know about water puppetry? Have you been to a water puppet show? If yet, did you like it? Why / Why not?
Cải lương
7
Chèo
Hát ca trù
(Hát ả đào)
Hát then
Hát xoan
Tuồng
Quan họ
Bắc Ninh
Water puppetry
Reading
* Vocabulary
Water puppetry (n): nghệ thuật múa rối nước
Puppeteer (n): người điều khiển con rối
Perform (n): biểu diễn
Support (v): giúp đỡ, trống đỡ
String (n): sợi dây
Control (v): điều khiển
Theme (n): chủ đề
Rural (adj): thuộc nông thôn
WATER PUPPETRY
Have you ever seen a water puppet show ? It is so special and fantastic. It’s a unique Vietnamese tradition. Children love the performance, and tourists who come to Viet Nam greatly enjoy this kinds of art.
Water puppetry is a traditional art form. It began in the 11th century. It originated in the villages of the Red River Delta of North Viet Nam. The show is performed in a pool. The puppets are supported by strings under the water and controlled by the puppeteers behind a screen, so they appear to be moving on the water. The puppets are made of wood and then painted.
The themes of the puppet shows are rural: the
performances shows everyday life in the
countryside and folk tales. There are stories
about rice farming, fishing and Vietnamese
village festivals.
Ex1. Find the words in the text which mean:
1. special or different

2. stared

3. showed or presented

4. from the countryside

5. events or celebrations
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unique
began
performance
rural
fantastic
Ex2. Answer the following questions
1. When did water puppetry begin?

2. Where does a water puppet show take place?

3. Who are the puppets controlled by?

4. What are the puppets made of?

5. What are water puppet shows normally about?
They are about everyday life in the countryside and
about folk tales
 They are made of wood
 They are controlled by puppeteers
 It takes place in a pool
 It began in the 11th century
SKILLS 1
Reading
Speaking
Ex3. Match the types of music in A with the adjectives to describe them in B
1 - _____ 2 - _____ 3 - _____ 4 - _____ 5 - _____
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b.
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Learn the new words
Practice reading again
Do all the exercises again
Do exercises 4 (page 30/ workbook)
Prepare: Skill 2
HOMEWORK
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