The Guitar Activity 1

Pre-Reading

Cut out the cards and shuffle them. Get into pairs / groups. Take it in turns to
pick out a card. Read aloud the questions or tasks on the cards. Answer the
questions or perform the tasks.

Can you play a musical instrument? If yes, Sing the song ‘Arkadaşım Eşek’.
what is it? If you can’t, tweet like a bird.

What is your biggest dream? Sing the song ‘Gülpembe’.

If you can’t, walk like a penguin.

Do you learn by ‘trial and error’ or by Sing the song ‘Domates, Biber, Patlıcan’
following the instructions or rules? Give an If you can’t, jump like a kangaroo.
example.

If you bought a guitar, would it be classical or Have you ever watched a street band
electric? Why? perform? If yes, what was it like?

If you bought a guitar, what colour would you Do you know any musicians who can play
prefer? Why? the guitar? If yes, name them.

Have you ever given up something you liked If you had the chance, what instrument
doing very much? What and why? would you learn to play?

Imitate someone playing the drums. If you learned how to play the guitar, what
would you play as your first song? Why?

Imitate someone playing the clarinet. When you ask your parents to buy
something, do you ever think about whether
they can afford it or not?

Imitate someone playing the violin. If you needed to practice a musical

instrument, in which room of the house
would you do it? Why?
 The Guitar Activity 2
Pre-Reading

Look and read the title of the story. What words do you think you will see
throughout the story? Note your guesses in the bubbles below.

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The image was drawn on Microsoft Paint by Merve Oflaz.
 The Guitar Activity 3
Pre-Reading

Look at the ‘wordle2’ below and predict the story using the words. The bigger
the word, the more times it appears in the story.

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Created on wordle.net

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
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Pre-Reading

Read the first and last sentence of the story. What do you think happened in
between? Make predictions and take notes. Then share with your friends.