TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PRE-LISTENING TASK 1 a) Matching – Part 1 2 b) Discussion 3 c) Matching – Part 2 3 d) Mind Map 4 e) Presentations 4 TASK 2: a) Describing pictures 5 b) Questions 5 c) Pro-/Con-Discussion 6 VOCABULARY TASK 1: Crossword Puzzle 7 TASK 2: Verb matching 8 LISTENING COMPREHENSION TASK 1:Tick True or False 8 TASK 2: Answering questions 9 READING COMPREHENSION TASK 1: Reordering the text 10 TASK 2: Mediation 11 TASK 3: Guided writing 11 POST-LISTENING Full text 12 Answer Key 13 Sources 15

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 2 of 15

PRE-LISTENING

TASK 1: a) Are you a music expert? – Part 1 Matching: Combine the six pictures (PIC 1 – PIC 6) of British singer-songwriters with their corresponding names (A-H). There are two names that you do not need. Complete the grid below.

Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3

Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6

D) Gary Barlow A) Sam Smith B) Chris De Burgh C) James Bay

F) Jonathan H) Benjamin E) Ed Sheeran G) Morrissey Jeremiah Clementine

PIC 1 2 3 4 5 6

NAME:

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 3 of 15

b) Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partner first and then in class.

- Do you know all the British singer/songwriters in the previous task? If so, who do you know? - Have you go a favourite British musician? - What do you know about British music in general? - Do you know any female British singer/songwriters? - Do you know any songs by the singer songwriters in the previous task?

c) Are you a music expert? – Part 2 Find two songs for each of the following musicians. Complete the grid below.

A) Sam Smith B) Chris De Burgh C) James Bay D) Gary Barlow F) Jonathan H) Benjamin E) Ed Sheeran G) Morrissey Jeremiah Clementine

1) Perfect 2) London 3) Stay With Me 4) Let Me Go

5) The Lady in Red 6) Too Good At 7) Happiness 8) Spent the Day in Goodbyes Bed 9) Suedehead 10) Castle on the 11) Let it Go 12) Gold Dust Hill 13) Jupiter 14) Forever Love 15) Hold Back the 16) High on River Emotion

A) Sam Smith B) Chris De Burgh C) James Bay D) Gary Barlow E) Ed Sheeran F) Jonathan Jeremiah G) Morrissey H) Benjamin Clementine

d) Mind map:

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 4 of 15 Create a mind map with your spontaneous ideas. Discuss your ideas with your partner first and then in class.

Why do people decide to become professional musicians?

Pic 7

e) Presentations: Divide your class into groups. Each group picks one of the following British musicians.

A) Sam Smith B) Chris De Burgh C) James Bay D) Gary Barlow

E) Ed Sheeran F) Jonathan G) Morrissey H) Benjamin Jeremiah Clementine I) Adele J) Freddie Mercury K) Annie Lennox L) Amy Winehouse

Try to include the following aspects:

- General facts - Career - Personal life - Artistry - Discography - Awards and Achievements - Any other interesting aspect

Try to create a PowerPoint presentation with pictures and videos. Duration: 5-10 minutes

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 5 of 15

TASK 2: a) Describe the pictures to each other without showing them to each other.

PIC 4

Pic 8

Pic 9

b) Questions to think about and discuss. Always try to give reasons for your answers. - What similarities and differences can you see in the two pictures? - What do you think when you see buskers? - Have you ever stopped to listen to a busker or even donated some money? - Where have you seen or listened to buskers? - What kind of music do buskers often play? Do you like it? - Do you think buskers can get rich and famous? - What kind of people might buskers be?

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 6 of 15

c) Pro-/Con-Discussion

Find each five pros and five cons and discuss about them with your partner first and then in class.

Statement A: Buskers should be banned from cities.

PROS CONS

______

Statement B: Most buskers make music only for the money.

PROS CONS

______

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 7 of 15

VOCABULARY

TASK 1: Crossword Puzzle Read the definitions below and find the corresponding nouns in the grid.

ACROSS: DOWN: 2 (in Britain) a wide road, with at least two 1 the state of having no home lanes in each direction, where traffic can travel fast for long distances between large towns. You can only enter and leave these roads at special junctions. 4 a place to which somebody/something is 3 a piece of music someone has written going or being sent 5 the story of a person’s life written by 8 an underground railway/railroad system somebody else; this type of writing in a city 6 a piece of soft paper that absorbs liquids, 9 a raised area, usually in a theatre, etc. used especially as a handkerchief where actors, dancers, etc. perform 7 the activity of performing music in a public place and asking for money from people passing by 9 a flat board, made of wood, metal, glass, etc., fixed to the wall or forming part of a cupboard/closet, bookcase, etc., for things to be placed on 10 a collection of poems; poems in general

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 8 of 15

TASK 2: Verb matching

Look at the definitions on the left (a-f) and combine them with the corresponding verbs on the right (1-11). Be careful! There are two verbs that you do not need. Complete the grid below. a) to be successful in an exam 1) to imitate b) to produce a book, magazine, CD-ROM, etc. and sell it to the 2) to fail public c) to not be successful in achieving something 3) to pass d) to write a letter, etc. usually with a lot of care and thought 4) to earn e) to make something available to the public 5) to save f) to form an idea of the cost, size, value etc. of something, but 6) to compose without calculating it exactly g) to copy somebody/something 7) to record h) to perform music so that it can be copied onto and kept on tape 8) to publish i) to get money for work that you do 9) to estimate 10) to release

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i)

LISTENING COMPREHENSION click: key TASK 1: Listen to the text and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). T F a) Benjamin Clementine only plays music by other singers and bands.

b) Benjamin Clementine has got five older siblings.

c) Benjamin Clementine didn’t go to school regularly.

Benjamin didn’t like to play classical music on the piano. d)

e) The only exam he passed at school was English literature. f) At the age of 19, he moved to Paris but was still homeless. g) Benjamin’s success came overnight one day in Paris. After his breakthrough as a musician, Benjamin’s live became quite h) peaceful. i) He didn’t get to the North Sea Jazz Festival in time in 2013. j) Benjamin Clementine has released four albums so far.

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 9 of 15

Listen to the text and answer the questions. You do not have to write a full sentence, but one word isn’t enough. a) Why can Benjamin Clementine be described as a multi-talented musician? ______b) What did young Benjamin do at the library? ______c) What happened to Benjamin after a fight with his family? ______d) What happened over the years to Benjamin in Paris? ______e) Why didn’t Benjamin get to the North Sea Jazz Festival 2013 in time? ______f) Why is it not easy to describe his music style? ______

click: key

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 10 of 15

READING COMPREHENSION click: key

TASK 1:

The text has been mixed up in several parts. Put them in the correct order.

In love with music: Benjamin Clementine

MUSIC From homelessness and subway-busking to playing big stages worldwide.

AMERICAN ENGLISH By Lars Galling

He tried to earn some money playing in bars and hotels, but he was still homeless at the time. When he had eventually saved up enough money, he bought a half-broken guitar and a cheap keyboard. For the next three years, Clementine wrote and composed songs, and played them in subway stations. Success didn’t happen overnight for the young busker, but over the years he slowly became a cult figure in the Parisian music scene. When Benjamin was 11, his older brother Joseph bought a piano and allowed Benjamin to play it when he had finished his daily practice. He had fallen in love with music, but his father wanted him to study law instead and didn’t allow him to play the piano – Benjamin did it anyway. He says he quickly got “bored with pop music” and focused on classical works instead. Despite this, two years later he was offered another spot at the same festival. In March 2015, while playing a concert in Paris, he cut one of his fingers and started to bleed, but kept on playing until an audience member threw tissues on the stage. He later said: “That's what happens when you fall in love with music; you get hurt.” His love for music can be felt in his songs. His unusual vocals and piano compositions are not easily put in a single genre like classical music or pop. Benjamin Clementine’s fourth album, ‘I tell a fly’ was released in October 2017. If you haven’t heard of classical singer/songwriter Benjamin Clementine yet, you should definitely catch up on this multi-talented musician: he writes his own songs, plays the piano, has a beautiful voice – and his biography reads like an adventure story. Thanks to a series of fortunate events in 2012, he was finally able to record and publish his music. Before Clementine signed a major record deal, he got to play at the famous jazz festivals in Montreux, Switzerland, and Montreal, Canada. But even after his breakthrough success, Benjamin’s life continued to be quite adventurous. In 2013 he was booked to play at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, but he couldn’t get there in time: he was kicked off the train on the way to Rotterdam for being unable to show a valid ticket. He could not read music, but started imitating the styles of composers like Erik Satie and Claude Debussy after listening to them on the radio. Benjamin left school at age 16 after failing most of his GCSEs, passing only English literature. He had a fight with his family and ended up homeless and without any money in Camden Town, London; he lived like this for over two years. At age 19 he finally moved to Paris, where he had always wanted to live someday. Benjamin Clementine was born in Crystal Palace, London, the youngest of five children. He grew up in a middle-class family in Edmonton, in the north of the capital. Benjamin was bullied at school and spent a lot of time on his own. Very early on, he began reading poetry. He often skipped school and spent all day at the library, picking random books off the shelves and reading them. He told the train attendant that he didn’t have enough money to buy one because his tour manager hadn’t paid him. He then tried to travel to Rotterdam on foot. However, the journey was in fact 45 km, which was much longer than he had estimated. He tried to stop passing cars, walking along the motorway, but nobody would stop and help. It took him about 10 hours to complete the journey and he arrived at his destination with bleeding toes.

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 11 of 15

TASK 2:

Beantworten Sie die folgenden Fragen stichpunktartig auf Deutsch. Es sind keine ganzen Sätze notwendig, aber ein Wort genügt nicht als Antwort.

a) Was erfährt man über den familiären Hintergrund von Benjamin? (3 Aspekte) ______

b) Wie kam Benjamin zum Klavierspielen? ______

c) Was geschah als Benjamin 19 Jahre alt war? ______

d) Welche Ereignisse erlebte Clementine in Jahr 2012 (3 Beispiele) ______

e) Weshalb benötigte Clementine 10 Stunden um nach Rotterdam zu kommen? ______

TASK 3: Guided writing

Write a blog entry for your school website about British singer/songwriters. Include the following aspects:

 General facts about British singer/songwriters  Musicians/songs you like or don’t like click: key  Benjamin Clementine  Your personal opinion of Benjamin Clementine’s music

Write about 200 words.

Hinweis: Sie können Ihre Vorlage aus dem Read On Übungsmaterial für Ihren eigenen Unterricht gerne vervielfältigen. Ihre Zugangsdaten dürfen Sie jedoch nicht an Dritte weitergeben. Jede Art der Mehrfachnutzung Ihres persönlichen Abos verstößt gegen das Urheberrecht.

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 12 of 15

Full text:

In love with music: Benjamin Clementine

From homelessness and subway-busking to playing big stages worldwide.

AMERICAN ENGLISH

By Lars Galling

If you haven’t heard of classical singer/songwriter Benjamin Clementine yet, you should definitely catch up on this multi-talented musician: he writes his own songs, plays the piano, has a beautiful voice – and his biography reads like an adventure story. Benjamin Clementine was born in Crystal Palace, London, the youngest of five children. He grew up in a middle-class family in Edmonton, in the north of the capital. Benjamin was bullied at school and spent a lot of time on his own. Very early on, he began reading poetry. He often skipped school and spent all day at the library, picking random books off the shelves and reading them. When Benjamin was 11, his older brother Joseph bought a piano and allowed Benjamin to play it when he had finished his daily practice. He had fallen in love with music, but his father wanted him to study law instead and didn’t allow him to play the piano – Benjamin did it anyway. He says he quickly got “bored with pop music” and focused on classical works instead. He could not read music, but started imitating the styles of composers like Erik Satie and Claude Debussy after listening to them on the radio. Benjamin left school at age 16 after failing most of his GCSEs, passing only English literature. He had a fight with his family and ended up homeless and without any money in Camden Town, London; he lived like this for over two years. At age 19 he finally moved to Paris, where he had always wanted to live someday. He tried to earn some money playing in bars and hotels, but he was still homeless at the time. When he had eventually saved up enough money, he bought a half-broken guitar and a cheap keyboard. For the next three years, Clementine wrote and composed songs, and played them in subway stations. Success didn’t happen overnight for the young busker, but over the years he slowly became a cult figure in the Parisian music scene. Thanks to a series of fortunate events in 2012, he was finally able to record and publish his music. Before Clementine signed a major record deal, he got to play at the famous jazz festivals in Montreux, Switzerland, and Montreal, Canada. But even after his breakthrough success, Benjamin’s life continued to be quite adventurous. In 2013 he was booked to play at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, but he couldn’t get there in time: he was kicked off the train on the way to Rotterdam for being unable to show a valid ticket. He told the train attendant that he didn’t have enough money to buy one because his tour manager hadn’t paid him. He then tried to travel to Rotterdam on foot. However, the journey was in fact 45 km, which was much longer than he had estimated. He tried to stop passing cars, walking along the motorway, but nobody would stop and help. It took him about 10 hours to complete the journey and he arrived at his destination with bleeding toes. Despite this, two years later he was offered another spot at the same festival. In March 2015, while playing a concert in Paris, he cut one of his fingers and started to bleed, but kept on playing until an audience member threw tissues on the stage. He later said: “That's what happens when you fall in love with music; you get hurt.” His love for music can be felt in his songs. His unusual vocals and piano compositions are not easily put in a single genre like classical music or pop. Benjamin Clementine’s fourth album, ‘I tell a fly’ was released in October 2017.

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 13 of 15

ANSWER KEY

PRE-LISTENING

TASK 1 a) Are you a music expert?

PIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 NAME: C E H A D F b) Are you a music expert? – Part 2 A) Sam Smith 3 6 B) Chris De Burgh 5 16 C) James Bay 11 15 D) Gary Barlow 4 14 E) Ed Sheeran 1 10 F) Jonathan Jeremiah 7 12 G) Morrissey 8 9 H) Benjamin Clementine 2 13

VOCABULARY

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 14 of 15

TASK 2: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) 3 8 2 6 10 9 1 7 4

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

TASK 1: a) F b) T c) T d) F e) T f) T g) F h) F i) T j) T

TASK 2: a) he writes his own songs, plays the piano, has a beautiful voice b) he picked random books off the shelves and read them c) he ended up homeless and without any money in Camden Town d) he slowly become a cult figure in the Parisian music scene e) he was kicked off the train, he couldn’t show a valid ticket f) his unusual vocals and piano compositions are not easily put in a single genre

READING COMPREHENSION

TASK 1: E He tried to earn some money playing in bars and hotels, but he was still homeless at the time. When he had eventually saved up enough money, he bought a half-broken guitar and a cheap keyboard. For the next three years, Clementine wrote and composed songs, and played them in subway stations. Success didn’t happen overnight for the young busker, but over the years he slowly became a cult figure in the Parisian music scene. C When Benjamin was 11, his older brother Joseph bought a piano and allowed Benjamin to play it when he had finished his daily practice. He had fallen in love with music, but his father wanted him to study law instead and didn’t allow him to play the piano – Benjamin did it anyway. He says he quickly got “bored with pop music” and focused on classical works instead. H Despite this, two years later he was offered another spot at the same festival. In March 2015, while playing a concert in Paris, he cut one of his fingers and started to bleed, but kept on playing until an audience member threw tissues on the stage. He later said: “That's what happens when you fall in love with music; you get hurt.” His love for music can be felt in his songs. His unusual vocals and piano compositions are not easily put in a single genre like classical music or pop. Benjamin Clementine’s fourth album, ‘I tell a fly’ was released in October 2017. A If you haven’t heard of classical singer/songwriter Benjamin Clementine yet, you should definitely catch up on this multi-talented musician: he writes his own songs, plays the piano, has a beautiful voice – and his biography reads like an adventure story. F Thanks to a series of fortunate events in 2012, he was finally able to record and publish his music. Before Clementine signed a major record deal, he got to play at the famous jazz festivals in Montreux, Switzerland, and Montreal, Canada. But even after his breakthrough success, Benjamin’s life continued to be quite adventurous. In 2013 he was booked to play at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, but he couldn’t get there in time: he was kicked off the train on the way to Rotterdam for being unable to show a valid ticket. D He could not read music, but started imitating the styles of composers like Erik Satie and Claude Debussy after listening to them on the radio. Benjamin left school at age 16 after failing most of his GCSEs, passing only English literature. He had a fight with his family and ended up

In love with music – Benjamin Clementine

February 2018 Issue • page 5 page 15 of 15 homeless and without any money in Camden Town, London; he lived like this for over two years. At age 19 he finally moved to Paris, where he had always wanted to live someday. B Benjamin Clementine was born in Crystal Palace, London, the youngest of five children. He grew up in a middle-class family in Edmonton, in the north of the capital. Benjamin was bullied at school and spent a lot of time on his own. Very early on, he began reading poetry. He often skipped school and spent all day at the library, picking random books off the shelves and reading them. G He told the train attendant that he didn’t have enough money to buy one because his tour manager hadn’t paid him. He then tried to travel to Rotterdam on foot. However, the journey was in fact 45 km, which was much longer than he had estimated. He tried to stop passing cars, walking along the motorway, but nobody would stop and help. It took him about 10 hours to complete the journey and he arrived at his destination with bleeding toes.

Task 2:

a) er kam in Crystal Palace, London, als jüngstes von 5 Kindern zur Welt; er wuchs auf in einer bürgerlichen Familie in Edmonton, im Norden der Hauptstadt b) als er elf Jahre alt war, kaufte sein Bruder Joseph ein Klavier und erlaubte Benjamin darauf zu spielen sobald er seine täglichen Übungen gemacht hatte c) er zog schließlich nach Paris, wo er ohnehin irgendwann hin wollte d) er konnte schließlich seine Musik aufnehmen und veröffentlichen; er unterschrieb einen großen Plattenvertrag und spielte auf großen Jazz-Festivals in Montreux, Schweiz und Montreal, Canada. e) er musste aus dem Zug aussteigen, weil er kein gültiges Ticket hatte, danach wollte er die 45km nach Rotterdam zu Fuß gehen; er wollte Autos auf der Autobahn anhalten, aber keines hielt um ihm zu helfen; er kam dort mit blutenden Zehen an

SOURCES: PIC 1: James Bay By InfoGibraltar (James Bay 03) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/James_Bay_%2821190308916%29_%28cropped%29.jpg PIC 2: Ed Sheeran By [1] (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Ed_Sheeran_performing_live.jpg PIC 3: Benjamin Clementine Iamjoelivingstone at English Wikipedia [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Benjamin-Clementine-Copier.jpg PIC 4: Sam Smith By marcen27 from Glasgow, UK Uploaded by C.Jonel (Sam Smith 2) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/20150319174535%21Sam_Smith_%28Oct.jpg PIC 5: Gary Barlow By vagueontheshow [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Gary_Barlow_on_stage_in_2009_crop.jpg PIC 6: Jonathan Jeremiah By Jan Piet Hartman (wikiportret.nl) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Jonathan-jeremiah-1350846194.jpg PIC 7: Microphone https://pixabay.com/de/mikrofon-musik-b%C3%BChne-veranstaltung-298587/ PIC 8: buskers By Bryan Ledgard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ledgard/6778900751/) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Leeds_buskers_with_flying_child_%286778900751%29.jpg PIC 9: subway buskers By Alexander Farley from Toronto (Subway busker 3 Uploaded by Skeezix1000) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Subway_busker_Toronto_2011.jpg

Table of Contents