English What instrument

Pedagogical Module 3 would you like to play?

Curricular Thread: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Oral Communication, Reading, Writing, Language Through the Arts

Fifth Grade EGB

Interviews 4

Ecuadorian
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Values

7 Respect

Violinist from age 2!

Alex Jimbo Viteri is a young musician
from Guayaquil. He began to play the violin
at age 2 and played his first solo at age 6.

When he was 10 years old, he won

the competition “Young Ecuadorian
Soloists.” Today, he plays in many
countries with many different orchestras.
What a talented Ecuadorian!
You can find out more about this talented
musician at: https://bit.ly/2qWiokN
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Do you think that it is easy to be a musician? Do you know any musicians your age?

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 Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Value: Respect

What’s your opinion? Everyone has an opinion

about things! It’s important to listen to others’
opinions and respect those opinions.

• Sit in two circles in the classroom. You need

a pencil and a small piece of paper. On the
paper, write the name of a musician or a
group. Write your opinion. “I like Shakira.”
or “I don’t like Shakira."
• Crumple up your paper. Make it small.
• The teacher will point at you
and say: “Go!” Throw the paper
to a classmate.They should open Ask your
the paper and say the sentence teacher if you don’t
out loud to the class. They know a word!
can use this structure: "(Your “How do you say
name) like/doesn't like (name cantante
of singer).” Then, that student in English?
can throw their paper to the
another classmate.
• Continue until everyone has
a chance to throw their paper.

Guess the word!

Look at the context and the
words around “crumple.”
It says to make the paper small.
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paper ball.
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 Oral Communication
Look at all the types of music! They are called genres.
How many genres do you know?

Alternative rock Punk Reggaeton Soul blues

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Lullabies Sing-along Modern pop Classic rock

Opera Country music Electronic music Salsa Jazz

• Make a list of 5 genres you are familiar with. You can ask:
• Put a plus sign (+) beside the ones you like. Put - Which genres do you like?
a minus sign (-) beside the ones you do not like. Oh, so you like ...
- Why do you like ...?
• Write the reason you like them or the reason - Which genre do you like
you don’t like them. You can write, “I like jazz the best?
because…” or “I don’t like jazz because…”
• Then, change so that the other classmate can ask
• Put a star (*) next to the genre you like the best. the questions.
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his/her choices. Genre is pro
nounced
with a zh sou
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Vocabulary
“Best” is used to compare
more than two objects. genre. type of music
It means more than good! reason. tells why; similar to the Spanish word razón

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Reading
Here is an interview with Justin Bieber. He is on the
program Music Scene at Radio 567 about Tip
a concert in Mexico next week.
Interview sounds like a similar word
Before you read the interview, you need to review in Spanish: entrevista. Did you see that?
the vocabulary for instruments:

1 Guitar

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5 Maracas
6 Accordion
4 Saxophone

3 Harp
2 Keyboard/Piano Interview with Justin Bieber
Here we are at Radio 567, with our program
Music Scene. Last night we talked to Justin
Bieber in a phone interview to ask him about
his favorite instruments. You can listen to our
7 Violin interview now.
8 Drums
Music Scene: Hey, Justin, how are you tonight?
Grammar Tip
Justin: I’m doing just fine. I have a big concert
When you want to compare two things, next week in Mexico.
add -er to the adjective with one syllable
+ than. If the adjective has more than one Music Scene: Well, we wanted to ask about
syllable, add “more” + than. your favorite instruments.
Justin: Great! I love drums. They are louder
Exercise 1. Listen to the names of the instruments. than the maracas. I really like guitars. They
Practice the names of the instruments with sound cooler than the saxophone. And, my
a classmate. Listen again and practice again. favorite is the keyboard. I can play it louder
or softer than the other instruments.
Now, read the interview and check your answers.
Music Scene: Thanks for your time Justin!
Exercise 2. Take turns reading the parts of the Good luck with your concert next week.
dialogue in the interview in the box on the right
the right side outloud. One classmate can take
Exercise 3. Use these adjectives to make sentences
the role of Justin, and the other takes the role
to compare two instruments.
of the of the radio show host. Then, change.

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cool. great
Exercise 4. Underline the comparisons in the
loud. a lot of volume
dialogue with Justin.
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soft. a little volume

Example: The harp is softer than the drums.
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 Writing

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Exercise 1. Now, you try it. Sing with the music.
Exercise 2. Here’s a challenge! Fill in the empty
Rewriting Lyrics
spaces with your own instruments. Then, practice
Words in a song are called “lyrics.” singing it together.
Here is a popular song with words missing.
Listen to the song and write the words you
hear in the blanks. The more we sing together, the more we

The more we sing together, the more we play together, the more we sing together,

together, the more the happier we’ll be.

we together, The more we play the

the happier we’ll be. the more we play the ,

The more we play the the more we play the ,

the more we play the , the happier we’ll be.

the more we play the , The more we play the

the happier we’ll be. the more we play the ,

The more we play the the more we play the ,

the more we play the , the happier we’ll be.

the more we play the ,

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the happier we’ll be. Vocabulary

challenge. something difficult

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Language Through the Arts
Musical Instruments from South America
There are many different instruments that musicians in the Andes use
to play music. Some of them are string instruments; others are types of
drums, and most of them need the musicians to blow to make sounds.

Charango

Quena

Wankara
Tarka
Siku

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Interesting fact Exercise 1. Imagine you are part of an Andean band and you can
choose any musical instrument to play. Draw the instrument inside
Did you know that Ecuador the box. Why did you choose it? Write two reasons on the lines.
has an Andean Instrument Share your drawing and reasons with a classmate.
Symphony orchestra with
more than 20 musicians?

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Exercise 2. Choose a traditional musical instrument and find 3-5

interesting facts about the instrument. Prepare a small poster with
drawings and a list of all the information you have. Share your poster
with the class.
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The Quichua Mashis are a Latin folk music band from Ecuador.
They have performed in many parts of the in the United States.
Now they have their own music company called QM records in
Seattle, Washington, and they have produced several CDs.

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Exercise 1. Listen to a dialogue between the manager
of the Mashis and a music producer who wants them
to come to Guayaquil.
Before you listen, predict what the two people might talk
about. Write three questions you think the manager or the
producer might want to know. Now, share your questions
with the whole class.
a.
b.
c.

Exercise 2. Now, listen to the dialogue. The manager

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asked three questions. Did you guess which questions

he was going to ask?
Listen to the dialogue again. Work with a classmate
and write the three questions.
Audio
• Listen to the dialogue
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might. maybe, possibly

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 Lesson B

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Young Musicians Around Even though Serena is talented, she has to

the World work very hard to be an excellent pianist.
She practices four or five hours
Serena Wang was 10 years old when she played a day, every day.
the piano for the first time with a symphony
orchestra in China. Can you imagine playing
the piano in front of 500 people with 50 other
musicians? After that concert, everyone was
astonished by Serena’s talent. When she was
15, she was invited to play with the United
Nations in a special ceremony. In December,
2016, she appeared as a soloist with the China
Philharmonic Orchestra when they toured
the United States.
Serena started her piano lesson when she was
four. After playing for only eight months, she
won a prize. When she was five, she became
the youngest winner for piano playing at a

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university in the United States. Since then,
she has won award after award, and she
became quite famous!

Everyone has special talents. Maybe your talent will not be the best Exercise 2. Pair work. One
in the world, but it makes you different from others. classmate asks these questions
and the other classmate answers
Exercise 1. Look at the boxes and identify the talent in each one. Then,
them. Then, change.
mark them with the amount of talent you have for each one using: None
(N), Some (S), or a lot (AL). a. Do you play the piano?
Would you like to learn?
b. What are your special talents:
sports, cooking, math,
writing, singing, drawing,
or something else?
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c. Do you practice your talent

every day? Do you practice
for hours each day? What do
you think would happen if
you practice your talent for
four hours every day?
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 Oral Communication
Interview With a Musician

Insertar photos de estos musicos:Shakira, Marta Gomez,

Katy Pery, Jorge Drexler, Justin Biever

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Exercise 1. Choose your favorite musician. Imagine they are coming
to Ecuador for a concert! Work with another classmate to prepare an
interview with them by phone. Write four interview questions together.
Then, role play the interview. One student can be the interviewer, and
the other student can be the musician. Then, change partners, and repeat
the interview with the new questions.
Sample questions: How long…how many...when...why...who...where?

Interviewer: Good evening. This is (your name) in (name of your

town). Can I ask you some questions about your concert in Ecuador?
Musician: Of course! I'm happy to answer!
Interviewer:
Musician:
Interviewer:
Musician:
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Interviewer: Ok, thank you so much!

Musician: Any time!

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Language Through the Arts
Solve a Problem in Your Classroom

“Why is having music in the

classroom sometimes
a good/bad idea?”

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Exercise 1. Problem: Students want to have Another person can be the secretary. They write
music in the classroom while they work silently. the answers. Then, several students write the ideas
Many teachers want silence. What happens in on the board.
your classroom?
f. The teacher decides if the reasons are good, and
a. In your notebook, write the question: if the students can listen to music sometimes,
“Do you like to have music in our class when or on special occasions. Remember, you have
you work silently?” to respect the teacher’s decision.
b. Then, ask five classmates the question.
Write their answers.
c. The teacher can then ask the class to raise their
hands if they would like to have music in the
classroom sometimes. She can then write the
number of students on the board, and ask the
students to give reasons for their proposal.
d. The teacher then divides the students into two
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class and those that don't.

e. In your group, list three reasons to support Vocabulary
your proposal. One person should be the leader.
proposal. plan

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 Oral Communication

Do you like poems?

Exercise 1. Poems often are the base of the Read the poem silently.
lyrics (words) for a song. Here is a silly poem
with rhythm. It’s full of the letter “r”. Look at Then, read it aloud to yourself. Now, listen to
the pronunciation tip before you read and listen the poem again. Then, get with a partner and
to the song. read the poem.
Say the poem to your classmate. Then, ask them to
tell you which words you said correctly with the "r"
and which words you need to work on. You can ask:
"Am I pronouncing the "r" correctly in the word...?
Red Rock Roll
Rhythm
Tip
Rosey is a red hen, a red hen,
a red hen. The “r” in English is pronounced with the tip
of the tongue curled up at the bottom
Rosey has rhythm, of your mouth. In Spanish, you touch the top
rhythm, rhythm. of your mouth when you pronounce it. In
Rosey is a red hen, a red hen, English, you do the opposite!
a red hen,
Rosey is a red hen who likes
Exercise 2. With a classmate, make a list of all
rock and roll.
the words you know with “r” in your notebooks.
Then, practice saying the words on your list.

Words with “r”:

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your list. Then, practice saying those sentences out

loud. Remember the pronunciation tip!
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Reading

Do you think music can make us healthy?

Exercise 1. Think! Do you agree or disagree that

English and Spanish words are similar? Discuss why
or why not with a classmate.
When you read a story or an article you do not have
to know all of the words to understand the ideas. You
can use the words you know in Spanish to help you
understand new words in English!
For example, what do you think the word "calm"
means? Yes, "calma." In the following paragraph,

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there are many words that are similar to Spanish.
Exercise 2. See if you can guess the meaning of the
underlined words. Write the underlined words.
Work with a classmate. Ask him/her: “What do
you think “music” means in Spanish?”

1. Music can help us to be healthy. Did

you know that thousands of years ago, Exercise 3. Write True (T) or False (F) next to
kings used to have singers sing their each sentence.
songs to help them keep calm. a. Music is healthy for us.
2. The military use music to build
b. Music can build confidence.
confidence and courage.
3. Soccer events provide music to get c. Music can make soccer teams win games.
people enthusiastic. d. Music can only help students in one way.
4. School-children use music to memorize
e. Music makes dental patients nervous.
their ABCs.
5. Music also helps you to concentrate
and focus more than just being Exercise 4. Some of the sentences in the paragraph
in silence. show how music can make us healthy. One sentence
is not really healthy.
6. Shopping malls play music to get
people to stay in the mall and buy Which one is not really healthy? Why?
more things.
7. Dentists play music to help calm Tip
nervous patients.
8. Plants grow faster and greener when “dis” makes a word opposite
they are exposed to soft classical music.
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Grammar Tip Vocabulary

Did you see the comparative forms faster and agree. think the same
greener in the paragraph? disagree. think differently

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 Writing
Social Studies

Exercise 1. Read the Music Culture online newsletter on young,

Ecuadorian musicians.

May 20, 2019

A new generation of talented musicians are
emerging in Ecuador, preserving the country’s
musical traditions, and at the same time,
creating new music. Here is an important,
new musician.

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Mateo Kingman
Mateo Kingman has emerged as one of the most
interesting young musicians in Ecuadorian music,
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present. He incorporates hip-hop with folklore.
His music is filled with jungle-like sound effects,
and many of his songs have nature as a central
theme. Mateo grew up in the Amazon city of
Macas, near the Shuar tribe, which influenced
how he sees the world.

Exercise 2. Imagine it is 10 years from now and you are becoming an

important Ecuadorian musician.

Here is a new musician you should know about:

(Your name)
(Your name) has emerged as
one of the key musicians in Ecuadorian music.
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combine. to put together

jungle. many trees together,

in a tropical climate, like in
the Amazon

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Assessment

Reading
1. Read the story.

Akim Camara was only two yea

rs old and still wearing
diapers and speaking baby-talk
, but he could remember
the songs he heard and the nam
es of all of the orchestral
instruments. His father asked
a teacher to teach him the
violin. Akim participated happil
y and, with lots of practice,
he learned how to play very fas
t. He performed at the age of
three in a Christmas concert.
The famous violinist Andre
Rieu heard of the child’s talent
, and took him to play in a
large concert. The audience cla
pped and clapped for the
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little violinist. Since then, he has

played all over the world.

2. Answer the questions.

a. How old was Akim Camara when he first played in public?
b. What was his talent?
c. Did he like to play and practice?
d. Who is Andre Rieu?
e. Where does Akim Camara play now?

Listening Speaking
Listen to the story of Akim, told by one of his 1. Prepare a small presentation about a musician
violin teachers. Look at the questions before you or a group that you like to listen to. Give three
listen! Then, listen to the audio again. Answer True reasons why you like their music and when you
(T) or False (F). usually listen to it.
a. Akim’s teacher talks about You can start your presentation like this:
a concert when Akim was “One of my favorite singers/bands/
two years old. groups is …”
b. Akim listened to a song 2. Practice your presentation to yourself,
many times, and then, in a low voice.
he memorized it.
3. Then, get into a small group of three or
c. Akim practiced four students. Each one practices his/her
the violin every day. presentation for the group. The other
students listen and give a thumbs up or
d. Akim and his teacher thumbs down after they listen. If they
were very happy when give a thumbs down, they should give
he was playing the violin.
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a reason why.
e. Akim didn’t like 4. Finally, give your presentation to the
his teacher. entire class.

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 Assessment What instrument would¿Xxxxxxx?
you like to play?

Writing Vocabulary
Write a paragraph describing the music that Complete the sentences with the words from the box:
you prefer to listen to. Use a topic sentence.
Give three reasons for your opinion. Then, music sing musician
include a concluding sentence. Use the simple
present tense.
concert show

a. I want to go to a high school musical

next month.

b. I prefer to listen to classical

, not rap.

c. My neighbors in Italian,
and no one understands what they say.

d. Akim will perform on a TV

on Channel 9,
Sunday afternoon.

e. He was a very famous

when he was alive, and he had many fans.

Grammar
Fill in the blank with the correct

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comparative forms.
a. Akim is (young) than his violin teacher.
b. Akim is probably the (good) baby violinist in the world.
c. Akim probably learned (fast) than other children.
d. Serena was (old) than Akim when she started playing music.
e. Andean music is (popular) than classical music in Ecuador.

I’m completing this self-evaluation of what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I do it I do it I can’t do it
Topics I can improve.
very well. somewhat well. without help.
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I can interview a musician.

I can compare things.
I can write about my favorite music and musician.

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 Lesson C

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Music

Children all over the world like to sing

and play instruments. Here is an adaptation
from a traditional song in Africa.
Most rivers in Africa depend on the rain.
During the dry season, they look like
a brown, curvy snake. In the rainy season,
it rains and rains and rains. There is
thunder and lightning. And horrible

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flying ants always appear right before
the first big storms!

Tip Where Is the Rain?

Rhyme looks like a word • The giraffe and the elephant went for a walk.
in Spanish. Can you guess They stopped near a tree and started to talk;
the word? • "I wish it would rain," said the giraffe with a sigh.
"I'm tired of watching the clouds pass by!"
• "Yes," said the elephant, "Where is the rain?
I wish I could eat green leaves again.
• The sun is so hot, and the ground is so dry;
Vocabulary When will the rain fall from the sky?"

snake. a long, thin reptile • Later in the day the sky turned grey,
The flying ants flew out to say,
thunder. a loud noise
when it rains • "The rain is coming! We smell it in the air!
lightning. a flash of bright
And in the distance, thunder we hear!"
light in the sky that is
• The giraffe and the elephant looked up at the sky
produced by electricity
when it rains And heard the black eagle give his cry,
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ant. a tiny insect • "The rain has come; the rivers will flow;
The dry season is over; now the green grass
sigh. a sound that people
make when they are sad
will grow!"

cloud. white shapes in the sky

leaf/leaves. the small, green

parts that grow on trees Exercise 1. Pair work. In your notebooks, write the words at the end
ground. earth of the lines that rhyme. Some of them are not exact rhymes. Put a star
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next to those.
smell. to perceive
with your nose Exercise 2. Listen to the song as a chant. Get into pairs. Practice
saying two lines. Then, all of the class stands up, and the pairs
eagle. a large bird
recite the song.
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 Oral Communication
Your Very Own Rap
Directions:
1. Choose a topic. Make sure you know lots of
words in English about the topic. It could be
food, family, school, music, or something else.
2. Think of all of your words and make a list.
Use only short words.

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3. Try to find words that rhyme with words in
your list. Ask your classmates and your teacher
for help with words that rhyme. You can ask:
“What word rhymes with...? Snoop Dog

TOPIC: weather
(but now you can’t use this one)
• Words and rhymes:
(other words that rhyme
with them)

rain/game

sun/fun
snow/blow

coat/cold (not a rhyme, but it

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sounds similar and that's ok too)

4. Create a rap on your topic, and add some rhythm to it (you can
use a musical instrument if you want). Each sentence should have
3-4 words to keep the rhythm. Write 2-3 lines. You could have
something like this: “I like the sun. It is fun. I hate the snow.
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Go, go, go.”

5. Ask a classmate for help. Then, share your rap with him/her.
Then, share with the class.
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Reading

Kidz Kidz Bop is a singing

Bop
group of children who sing
contemporary popular songs.
The group has existed for a
long time. When the children
grow up, they leave the group,
and different children apply to
enter. The songs they sing are
the most poular songs on the
charts or on the radio. Because
the songs they sing are for
other children, they often
change the lyrics that are not
appropriate for young people.
They make the lyrics more
“kid friendly.”
The group is popular with
many children, teenagers,
and even adults. The
company has sold more
than 16 million albums,
and today, has expanded to
include merchandise, music
videos, and talent search
competitions.
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ercise 1. Pair work. W ith a classmate, write two quest
Ex swer
er pair of students, ask and an
about the reading. With anoth Vocabulary
the questions. existed. similar to the
rt
, decide you are going to sta
Exercise 2. With a classmate ?
Spanish word existe
hat’s the name of your group
a children’s singing group. W y charts. give information
to sing in it? Where are the
How many children are going about many things
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group to the class.

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going to sing? Present your merchandise. things

to buy and sell

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Grammar Tip Exercise 1. Compare the groups Kidz Bop and the
Quichua Mashis.
Remember, when we compare two nouns,
we use the comparative form of the adjective. Use your opinion, the information from the texts,
When we compare three or more nouns, and the adjectives below.
we use the superlative form.
famous old young cool
Comparatives
Add -er to the adjective, and than, popular well-known interesting
when the word is short.
Example: The Quichua Mashis group is newer than
Example:
the Kidz Bop group.
faster than richer than older than
a.
Add more... than when the adjective
has three syllables or more. b.

Example: c.
more intelligent than
d.
more wonderful than
e.
f.
Superlatives
g.
Add the and -est to the adjective when
the word is short.
Example:
the smartest the biggest the coldest

Add the most to the adjective, when the

word has three syllables or more.
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Example:
the most beautiful
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the most impressive

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Language Through the Arts

Mind Mapping
Mind mapping is a way
to organize information
on a topic that you are
familiar with. It is an
easy way to brainstorm
your thoughts. Because
you use colors, it helps
you to visually structure
your ideas to help
remember things.
A mind map is a diagram
that helps you see how
the information in your
diagram is related.

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Exercise 1. Get out your colors!
a. Draw a circle in the middle
of a blank page. Turn the page
on its side. Write “MUSIC”
in the circle.
b. Draw 4-5 very short
lines going away from the
circle. Now, change colors.

Music
At the end of each line, draw
another circle, a little bit
smaller than the one in the
center. Write words related to
music. For example, one word
can be “musicians.” Change
colors again! Draw two lines
from each new circle and two
new circles. In the new circles,
write words related to the
new word.
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c. Now you have a mind map!

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Now, do two or three more

mind maps about any topic
you want!

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 Oral Communication

What is the most popular song you know right now?

Beto works for a large music company in Mexico.

He gets information on all of the music that is
played on radio stations. He checks to see how
many people listen to the song. Then, he puts all
of the information on charts, and decides which
songs are the most popular songs of the week.

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Exercise 1. Pair work. With a classmate, make Exercise 2. Share your Number 1 song with the
a list of the songs you think should be on Beto’s class. The teacher can keep track of the songs on the
list this week. board to see which song is Number 1 in the class.
Exercise 3. Again, with a partner, write five
questions you want to ask Beto about his work.
Most Popular
Use the present tense.
Songs of the Week

1
Questions for Beto
2
1.
3 ?
2.
4
?
5 3.
?
Student A: Which song do you want
to put first? 4.

Student B: I think .... goes first. ?

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Student A: I agree/I don’t agree. 5.

I think that .... goes ?
first this week.

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Assessment

Reading
My band is such a gr
eat group! Alan is in
Read the following description of a band charge of playing th
e drums and he likes
and then make a drawing of it. It's ok to use hit them with sticks to
like a rockstar! Jose
comic drawings! our guitar hero and ph is
he is always creatin
songs and lyrics. N g new
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and she has a swee ng er
t voice that every au
likes to hear. My br dience
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violin, and I play th th e
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Listening Speaking
Dictation: Listen to your teacher and write the Imagine that you have the chance of writing a song
comparative and superlative forms that will become very famous in the future. Present
of the adjectives you hear. your choices to the class.
a. a. Describe what the song will be about.
b. b. Say what language you will write the
song in.
c.
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c. Choose a group who can sing your song.

d.
d. Name several countries where the group
e. will sing your song.
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 Assessment What instrument would you like to play?

Grammar
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjective.

a. Salsa is (loud) than baby lullabies.

b. The violin has the (beautiful) sound of all the instruments.

c. Shakira is the (good) dancer of all.

d. The drums are (difficult) to play than the guitar.

e. I think Marta has the (pretty) voice of all of the singers.

Writing Vocabulary
Write a paragraph about your favorite music Write sentences with vocabulary words related to
group. Use a topic sentence. Give three reasons music. Write as many words as you can!
why you like them. Use a concluding sentence.

I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I do it I can’t do it
Topics I do it very well. I can improve.
somewhat well. without help.
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I can write questions about a reading.

I can write a story about an animal musician.
I can use the comparative and superlative
form of the adjectives in my sentences.

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 Project

Making
Materials
a Balloon
you will need:
Drum
• A large can, a bowl
or a flower pot.
• A large balloon. Maybe
you need two or three,
in case you pop one!
• Scissors
• Tape

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Steps to make the drum:

1. One end of your can or pot needs to be open.
2. Cut the balloon at the smallest part. Vocabulary

3. Stretch the balloon over the opening. balloon. plastic circle that
expands when you blow in it
4. Ask a classmate to help hold the balloon while you put the
tape around the balloon. pop. explode
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5. Now you are ready to play. What can you use for sticks? stretch. expand

sticks. plural of stick; long,

Ask your teacher to bring some music for you to play along
thin pieces of wood used to
with. The whole class can play together. play the drums

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