English in Action II Stage 4 INSIDE READING WHY DOES MUSIC MOVE US?
During this stage we will work with your “Inside Reading” Book. This one
Question: Why does music move us?
Possible Answers ★ Music can remind people. ★ It can remind you what you have done before in your past. ★ You can have a bad mood, and music makes you feel better. ★
PARTS OF THE ARTICLE, “WHY DOES MUSIC MOVE US? ★ Reading comprehension ★ Reading skill ★ Vocabulary activities
READING COMPREHENSION Main idea: The connection between emotional reactions to music and biology. Before we start, I would like to ask these questions to you: 1. Is there any kind of music that sounds good to most people? 2. What kind of music do you like most? What makes this music interesting to you? 3. Do you think there will someday be a pill that cam make people more creative? Would you take it?
SETTING ● Researchers are beginning to unlock the secrets of the brain. ● They are trying to explain why we get addicted to nicotine or how our neural pathways were changed because we studied piano as children. ● There is an explanation that connects music and biology.
(Arguments and Supporting Details) Why does music move us? ★ The brain hears and translates sound into music. ★ Scans show that the brain is much more actively engaged with music than with speech. ★ Music is a basic human condition. ★ Our attraction to music is not only for enjoyment. It also brings people together. ★ The recognition of pitch can be altered by as much as one and a half tones with medication. ★ We know how the ear catches sound and how the sound waves are translated by about 30,000 auditory nerves into electrical and chemical signals that are transmitted to the brain.
Activity Instructions: Mark each sentence as T (true) or F (false) according to the information in Reading 1 and the class or PPT. ____ 1.- Sound waves themselves do not enter the brain. ____ 2.- Music is everybody´s human experience. ____ 3.- People need to learn how to speak before they can appreciate music. ____ 4.- There is evidence that music may help people with brain injuries. ____ 5.- Music is only for pleasure.
READING SKILLS What we need to know is that identifying the subject of the sentence in a reading article is a better way to understand or comprehend it through finding the perpetrator. Perpetrator = the subject of the sentence = it is doing something Examples: In the sentence “Researchers are beginning to unlock the secrets of the brain.” The subject of the sentence or the perpetrator is “researchers”. These researchers are doing something.
When the topic is technical and the style formal, Writers often skip the perpetrator. It is not important, not known, or too obvious. Example : “Dissonance is generally perceived as unpleasant.” (No perpetrator is indicated, but we know it is “people” because of the context. Considering the previous sentence. We can reword it to show the perpetrator. Example: “People generally perceive dissonance as unpleasant.” (The perpetrator is “people”) IMPORTANT TO KNOW: When situations or sentences have passive verb forms. We can add a prepositional phrase (by/ with) to show the perpetrator. Example: “The movie was watched by thousands of people.”Here “thousands of people” is the perpetrator
Activity Instructions: Look at the following ideas in context to determine the perpetrator and then write it in the blank. Write “unknown” if it is not possible or it is too obvious to determine the perpetrator from the context. 1.- If gramar is transmitted during the class. ____________________ 2.- The musicians are incorporating new styles to their songs. ___________________ 3.- That mail was written by Mr. Led. ______________________ 4.- People usually shake the body as a way of relaxation. __________________ 5.- The rhythm of this song can be danced with a new physical move. ___________________
WORDS TO KNOW ★ Diminish(verb).- To become smaller, weaker, etc. ★ Transmit(verb).- To send something ★ Fundamentally(adverb).- Basically; in every way that is important ★ Incorporate(verb).- To include something ★ Prime(verb).- To prepare somebory for a situation. ★ Foundation(noun).- A principle, a fact that something is based on ★ Conference(noun).- A meeting at which people have discussions
Vocabulary activity Instructions: Fill in the blanks with a target Word from the previous vocabulary that completes the sentence in a grammatical and meaninful way. 1.- Music is_______________a product of the brain and its neural mechanisms. 2.- The human auditory organs and the brain seem to be _________to respond to music. 3.- Neurons ___________ information via chemical and electrical synapses in the brain. 4.- Will our appreciation of art _____________ if we learn the secrets of human creativity. 5.- Art almost certainly _________________ the artist´s personal experiences.
CONCLUSIONS The power of music when we hear or feel it depends on some biological factors in a certain way. One thing we are sure of is that music is a basic human condition. It means we were born primed to put sound in some sort of coherent order. Music is basically a response of the brain and neural mechanisms. Our emotional reactions of how we perceive the music we like or dislike are signals that demonstrate the connection between music and biology. To conclude, we can say that our attraction to music is not only for enjoyment. It is much more.Wars, agreements, and peace are treated with music to bring people together.
English in Action II Stage 4 INSIDE READING Guitars: The Quest for Volume Quest: /kwest/ = a long or arduous search for something.
Hi Student! Do you know how to play a musical instrument? Yes? I bet you know how to play the basic rhythms like the famous “ tun data, tun data ” in a guitar, right? But do you know how the instruments produces sound? Describe it by writing it on your notebook.
Watch the following video by clicking Level 4 Unit 4 Video on this link: http://insidereading.convergecreative.com/students/ins idereading/insidereading_level4_unit4video.html User: OUP Password: EltOUP8521 Student Resources www.oup.com/elt/student/insidereading
Level 4 Unit 4 Video Answer the following questions on a Word Document and upload it in the folder Stage 4 “Activity 4.1 Video” in your Google Classroom group. 1.What´s the topic of the video? 2.What´s Mr. Glenn Schifano profession? 3.What does he do in Schneider Children’s Hospital? 4.Write one of the examples the reporter mention in the video. 5.What are the effects of music in the patients?
Vocabulary Guess what? It is Vocabulary time! You will learn new vocabulary in this article, however some of them are written and have the same definition as in Spanish. Check the correct pronunciation below each word. WORD DEFINITION 1 diminish to reduce or be reduced in size or importance. /dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ/ 2 fundamental forming the base, from which everything else develops. /ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/ 3 incorporate to include something as part of something larger. /ɪnˈkɔːr.pɚ.eɪt/ 4 intrinsic being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or /ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪk/ thing. 5 magnet an object that attracts other objects toward it, either naturrally or /ˈmæɡ.nət/ because of an electric charge.
WORD DEFINITION 6 physical of or relating to material things or to the body /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/ 7 pluck to play the strings of a guitar by pulling with the fingers or with a pick. /plʌk/ 8 project to calculate an amount or number expected in the future from information already /ˈprɑː.dʒekt/ known. 9 refinement the process of making a small change to improve something. /rɪˈfaɪn.mənt/ 10 stress to play a musical note with greater force than others in a group. /stres/ 11 theory a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are /ˈθɪr.i/ suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation. 12 transmit to pass something from one person or place to another. /trænsˈmɪt/
Now read the article Guitars: The Quest for Volumen on your book page 56. Then come back to continue with your class
What are the parts of a Guitars called?
Now let´s analyze the article.
Vocabulary Activities Word Chart
Vocabulary Activities A. Fill in the blanks with a target word from the chart that completes the sentence in a grammatical and meaningful way. Be sure to use the correct form. 1. Although it is __________ possible for a guitar to be made of a single wood, most guitars use a variety of woods. 2. Wood is popular material for guitars because it van be __________ in many ways, incluiding shaping, bowing, and slicing. 3. Woods are selected for their ability to impart sound, their beauty when finished, and their ability to withstand the __________ of the day-to-day playing. 4. Several approaches are available for __________ sound in large spaces. 5. The technology for amplifying acoustic guitars is still being __________.
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