LESSON PLAN

UNIT 12: MUSIC

A-READING
I. Class detail:
 Class: 10B5
 Grade level: 10
 Class size: 40 students
II. Time allotted: 45 minutes
III. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 Develop the skill of guessing meaning of the words based on the text.
 Understand about the roles of music.
 Enrich their types of music vocabularies.
IV. Lexical iterms: communicate, emotion, integral part, lull, delight,
mournful, soleum.
V. Lesson focus: Reading
VI. Teaching aids and materials:
 Teacher: laptop, textbook, handouts, picture, projector, speaker.
 Students: textbook.
VII. Anticipated problem and solution:
1. Anticipated problems: Students may encounter certain difficulties in
doing tasks related to the topic (e.g. students don’t understand the
question or difficult words).
2. Solution: Teacher tries to give explanations and instructions as clearly
as possible.
VIII. Procedure (T: teacher; Ss: students).
Stage/ Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Work
Timing arrangement
Warm-up Game: What kind of song is it? Work in
(6 mins) group
 -T divides class into 2 groups, - Students listen the
group A and group B. instruction carefully
-T gives instructions: “I will play and play the game.
7 songs. When the song is played,
any group who can guess the kind
of that song can raise their hands
to answer. If the answer is correct,
that group will get 1 mark, In the
end, the group with the hightest
score will be the winner”.
-T checks the instructions:
1. “What are you going to do?” -Guess the kind of
2. “Will you work in group or in songs.
pairs?” -In group.
- Teacher keeps control over the *Expected answers:
game, gives feedback to students’ 1. Pop music
answers, checks the makes and 2. Folk music
claims the winner. 3. Rock music
4. Classical music
5. Jazz
6. Country music
*Lead-in: (1 minute) 7. Ballad music
-T questions “Who can guess the
topic today?” -Ss answer, “Music”.
-T says “Yes, today we will know
more about the lexical words and
the importance of music. Now we
move on to unit 12-Music, part A-
Reading.
-T writes the name of the lesson
on top of the board.

Pre-reading I. Activity 1: Teaching T Ss
(15 mins) vocabulary
-T says “Before you read, I will
give you some new words”
Steps for teaching vocabulary:
-T elicits the new words by some
techniques.
-T reads each word three
times and asks all Ss to -Listen to T and
repeat it chorally. repeat chorally the
-T asks four or five Ss to read individually.
all the words loudly in front of
the class.
-T listens and helps Ss to
correct their pronunciation.
-T repeats the same process for
the other word.
-T asks Ss copy them down. -Ss copy them down.
*Vocabulary (written on the
left side of the board)
1.Integral (adj): thiết yếu,
cần thiết.
Eliciting technique: translation
T asks, “How do you say -Ss answer, “Integral”
‘Thiết yếu’ in English?”
2.Solemn (adj): trang nghiêm
Eliciting technique: visuals

-T asks, “What are they -Ss answer, “They

like?” 3.Lull (v): ru ngủ are soleumn”.
Eliciting technique: visuals

-Ss answer, “She

-T asks, “What is mother doing?” is lulling baby”
 4.Funeral (n): Đám tang
Eliciting technique: Visuals

-Ss answer, “This is a

-T asks, “What is this?”
funeral”.
5. Mournful (adj): tang thương,
buồn thảm
Eliciting technique: explanation
-T asks, “How do you feel when
-Ss answer, “it’s very
you look at the picture or present
at funerals?” sorrow or mournful”.
II.Activity 2: Checking 
vocabulary T Ss

*Filling in the blanks

-T delivers handouts (handout 1)
-Ss receive handouts
for the whole class.
from T.
-T asks Ss to work in pairs and do
-Ss discuss and fill in
the task in handout.
the blanks.
-T goes round and provides helps
if necessary.
-T calls some Ss to read aloud
-Some Ss read their
their answers.
-T gives the correct answers. answer.
While- I.Activity 1: Decide if the Work
reading statements are true (T) or false individually
(16 mins) (F).
-T asks Ss to work individually.
-T gives instructions: “Open your -Ss listen to T and read
book on page 125, read the the passage
passage carefully in 5 minutes. individually.
-After that, T delivers handouts -Ss receive handouts.
(handout 2) and asks Ss to work in
pairs.
 -T gives instructions: “Work in Work in
pairs, discuss and do the task in pairs
handout. Decide if the statements
are true or false in 7 minutes”.
-T checks the instructions:
1.Do you work in group or in 1. In pairs.
pairs?
2.How much time do you have? 2. 7 minutes.
-T lets Ss to do the task and goes -Ss work in pairs in
round to supervise. order to do the task.
-T calls some representatives from -Some Ss read their
each pair to read their answer. answer.
-T writes Ss’ answers on the
board.
-T checks and shows the correct -Ss copy it down.
answers. Expected answers:
-T gives feedback. 1.F; 2.T; 3.F; 4.T; 5.T
II.Activity 2: Multiple choice
-T delivers handouts (handout 3) -Ss receive handout.
-T gives instructions: “Work in -Ss listen to T’s
group of 4, complete the task in instructions carefully.
handout in 3 minutes.
-T goes round to supervise. -Groups do the task.
-T calls some representatives of -Representatives read
each group to read their answer. their answer.
-T checks and give feedback. Expected answers:
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. C
Post- Work in
reading pairs
(7 mins) Activity: Discussion -Ss watch the video.
-T show a video. -Ss work in pairs and
-T asks Ss to work in pairs and write down after
discuss the importance of music in discussing.
our lives in 2 minutes. 1. Discuss the
-T checks instructions: importance of music in
1. What are you going to do? our lives.
 2. in 2 or 3 minutes? 2. 2 minutes.
-T calls a representatives of some -Ss present in front of
pairs to present. the whole class.
-T gives feedback.
Homework -T asks Ss learn vocabularies by -Copy homework into The whole
heart and prepare for the speaking notebook. class
(1 minute)
lesson.

APPENDIX
Handout 1:
Complete the sentences by using the words/pharses in the box below.
emotion communicate integral part solemn
lull delights mournful

1. If you know English, you can _____________ with people from

the English-speaking world easily.
2. Every night, the mother tells her daughter a fairy tale to _____________
her to sleep.
3. Nam’s success at school ______________ his parents.
4. He is an _____________ of the team, we can’t do without him.
5. The teacher criticized him with a __________ expression on his face.
6. Like a lot of men, he finds it hard to express his ________________ .
7. With a ____________ look on his face, he told us about his uncle’s death.
Handout 2:
Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
T F
1. Language is thing that make humans different from other
animals.
2. Music is a powerful means of communication because it
can express ideas, thoughts and feelings.
3. Music adds sadness to the atmosphere of a festival and
makes a funeral more solemn and mournful.
4. Music makes people happy and excited. It delights the
senses.
5. Music always been a big business because it is a billion-
dollar industry.

Handout 3:
Task 2: Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
1. Two things that make humans different from all other animals
are__________.
A. language B. emotion and music C. Language and music
2. __________ can express one’s anger, love, hate or friendship.
A. Dream B. Will C. Music
3. Music is __________ during almost all important events and on
occasions.
A. made B. played C. turned off
4. The atmosphere of a festival will be __________ if it has music.
A. sad B. joyful C. sorrow
5. It is ___________ to imagine what our lives would be like without music.
A. easy B. hard C. difficult