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What Do You Do in Your Free Time? English What do you do in Pedagogical Module 1 your free time? Curricular Threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness, Oral Communication, Reading, Writing, Language Through the Arts Ninth Grade EGB Connecting words 4 Social Studies Music festivals: 5 Tomorrowland Simple present and continuous 3 Urban music Art 6 and soccer Language and Literature Strong adjectives 2 and adverbs Free EnglishEnglish Blog post: writing 7 a post for a blog Time about hobbies Determiners and Activities gerunds: ing forms 1 ValuesValues 11 Tolerance 10 Freedom of speech 9 Human rights 8 Interculturality Time Management is the Key to Success and Having Fun It’s common for everybody to spend their free time Nowadays, people can choose from a lot of hobbies to doing interesting activities. For example, playing have fun or learn something new. There are indoor sports, listening to music, reading books, etc. and outdoor activities, paid or free, in groups or alone. You decide, the time you spend on yourself is priceless. Pixabay • What do you usually do after school? • Are you interested in starting a new hobby? Which one? Why? Non-Commercial Licence Non-Commercial 1 Lesson A Communication and Cultural Awareness What kind of music do you like? The Importance of Music Value: Interculturality Did you know that you can manage stress and cure an illness with music? Music can make people feel In some universities in the United better in so many ways. It has Kingdom (UK), professors offer their the incredible power to connect students the opportunity to lower people and change their mood. their stress level by listening to music All music such as pop, jazz, or learning to play an instrument. reggaeton, salsa, bachata, It works effectively because people who are unique and valuable. relax with music before or after any activity feel better and they study happily. Freepik All the courses start in a quiet environment. Participants listen to classical or instrumental music in a quiet room. Then, a lovely voice says: “Breathe, and feel the music in your heart.” After this short meditation, students go to their different classes. For example, guitar, piano lessons, or hip-hop. They learn about instruments and music theory. Finally, students have the opportunity to compose songs and play in a band. Grammar Tip As Nietzsche said: “Without music, life is a mistake.” Adverbs are words that describe verbs. In English, many of them end in –ly: 1. Answer the questions below in complete sentences using your own words. • Adjective + ly:sad = sadly They sadly walked home. a. According to the reading, what are the two main benefits of music • Adjective ending in “y” = therapy? change “y” to “i”, add “-ly” Happy = happily They happily sang the song. b. How do the courses start? c. Why is it important to relax before a difficult task? 2.. Complete these students’ opinions about music therapy. Choose an adjective from the box and write its corresponding adverb in the blank. quick happy effective correct Vocabulary stress. feeling of pressure “For me, music therapy works . My performance in and anxiety class is great.” –Kelly cure. to make an illness or injury better “After piano lessons, I study . I always smile.” –Robert illness. sickness, not feeling “I do all my math homework . I get only 10.” –Mia well “I run in Physical Education class. I’m fast.” –Ben mistake. error, not correct Non-Commercial Licence Non-Commercial 2 Oral Communication How do you feel before an exam? Stressed, relaxed, confident? Preparing for Exams Vocabulary relieve. to reduce or eliminate festival. large party with a common idea like arts, Freepik music, movies 1 1. Listen to Gina and Bob talk about a music festival and decide if the statements are True(T) or False(F). Audio Listen to the dialogue. a. Gina has to take four exams today. b. Gina is ready for the exams. c. Bob really likes rock music. d. Gina and her cousin play in a band. Tip You can use these expressions 2. Listen again and answer the following questions in complete sentences. to express surprise: a. Why does Bob want to go to a pop music festival? • Gosh! • Poor thing! • Oh my goodness! Really? b. Why does Gina enjoy music festivals? • Wow! • Great! • Oh no! 3. Write a similar conversation about music. Use the conversation strategies you heard on the recording. Student A: Student B: Student A: Student B: Freepik Student A: Student B: Non-Commercial Licence Non-Commercial 3 Reading Social Studies Why do you think electronic music is popular? Music Festivals: Tomorrowland Do you love electronic music? Go to Tomorrowland. It happens once a year (every summer in June or July) and it takes place in Belgium. A lot of people go every year. Electronic music lovers of all ages go there to experience the music with DJs and music producers. Each festival Freepik has a different theme. For example, the 2018 theme was “The Story of Planaxis”. What about the tickets and their price? This is the difficult part: the tickets are sold out in minutes. The prices depend on the type of ticket and the accommodation you choose. People spend between 98€ and 6000€. Yes, it’s very expensive! The performers are musicians and DJs like David Guetta, Martin Solveig, Armin van Buuren, Steve Angelo, Axwell Ingrosso, Dimitri Vegas, and others. Tomorrowland is not only about music; it is an amazing theatrical production with Value: Freedoom of speech mind-blowing sets. Pop, hip-hop, reggaeton, salsa, cumbia, vallenato, etc. It does not matter what your favorite music is, just do not forget an important thing: Music does not define you as a person, your values and actions do. / Free-Photos Pixabay 1. Answer the following questions in your own words based on the reading. a. How old are the people who go to this event? b. How much do people spend on the tickets? c. Are you interested in this event? Why or why not? 2. Some friends are considering going to the Tomorrowland festival. Choose the correct verb and write it in the present simple or present continuous form. Add words if needed (is, are). Vocabulary plan love buy like theme. a topic/subject for an event or party accommodation. a place Joseph Tomorrowland festival, so he to sleep away from home a trip to Belgium for the next year. Charles and Stephanie like a hotel pop music, but they know nothing about electronic mind-blowing. amazing, music. Today they a David Guetta CD to listen incredible to this kind of music. Non-Commercial Licence Non-Commercial 4 Writing Which school parties and events do you like going to? Planning a Social Event 1. Imagine you are the principal of your school and you are organizing a social event for all the teachers and students. Follow these simple steps to write an invitation: a. Choose the kind of event you want to organize such as a dance or dinner. Give it a theme! Freepik b. Decide the place, the date, and the time. c. Decide the cost and the activities that people can do at the event. 2. Write an invitation for an event. Follow this format: End of term party Grammar Tip Come and join us at this event. The school is organizing a great party at The Lovers Bar on Eloy Remember that you use: Alfaro Avenue. The party starts at 6:00 pm, and it finishes at • AT + time. The match midnight. There will be some activities like live music, fast-food, is at 9:30 pm. and many surprises. It’s a free event. We hope you can come. • ON + days. The concert is on Saturday. • IN + months. The championship is in January. • ON + complete date. My birthday is on July 27th. Title: Place, date, and time: Activities: Vocabulary Price: social event. a party or dinner that many people from work or school go to Non-Commercial Licence Non-Commercial 5 Language Through the Arts Art How do you describe urban music? Urban Music Defining urban music is very difficult because the most popular music belongs to this genre, and it changes every day. Urban music began in the 1980s and includes a multicultural diversity of amazing artists. A large, mostly young audience listens to this music. Today’s popular artists belong to the urban genre. Some examples of urban music are reggaeton and hip-hop. It has influences from traditional Pixabay / StockSnap Pixabay rhythms such as Latin pop, dance, soul, salsa, cumbia, and merengue, but it isn’t related to jazz or rock. Those are different genres. The Latin Grammy Awards is an important ceremony that gives prizes to the best urban songs, singers, and bands. Value: Human rights 1. Circle the correct answers based on the article. Everybody has the right to express themselves as they • Urban music is: like. Music, no matter the a. a modern genre b. old Latin music c. easy to define genre, is a way of cultural expression. • Urban music genre is related to: a. rock music b. hip-hop c. jazz • Young audiences listen to a. jazz b. urban music c. soul 2. Each of these people are interested in music, but in different ways. Match the sentence parts to make simple present sentences. dance hip-hop music Irene usually with my friends. Peter doesn’t listen to music like to while he works. create a dance school Freepik Freepik I like to in our neighborhood. My cousin sings reggaeton while and I want to she is cooking. Vocabulary genre. a specific type of music or movie such as rock, hip hop, fiction, comedy Non-Commercial Licence Non-Commercial 6 Oral Communication What kind of concerts do you like to go to? Who would you like to see in concert? Going to a Concert 1.
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