UNIT 3: MUSIC

LESSON 3- Reading :”American Idol”

Subject: English 10: Class:…
Time: 45 minutes
I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Enrich the vocabulary with words or phrases related to a famous TV music show:
series ;eliminate; musical instrument; talennted ;semi-final; perform; identify with ; in
search of; stage ;…etc.
- Know more about one of the most famous Tv music show in the world.
-Read for specific information in text about a famous TV music show.
2. Competences: In the lesson, students should be able to:
- Form some competences like self - reliance, self- study, problem solving: be active when
learning and finding information in the field of a famous TV music show.
- Develop co-operative and interpersonal communication competences: Actively take part in
group work, discussion or giving speech about a reality music competition show on TV.
- Have abilities to deal with the kinds of related exercises and be confident when speaking
about this topic.
- Improve speaking and reading skills when doing the tasks:
+ Reading skills: skimming for main ideas and scanning for specific information
when reading about famous TV music show.
+ Speaking skills: discussing and talking about other TV music show:Vietnam Idol.
3. Quality: During the lesson, students should be able to:
- Respect other people: Have good attitude to work together/ coorperate; respect and have
right and friendly attitudes with friends, teachers in the new lesson.
- Be eager to learn: be interested in learning English, tend to apply what they have learned in
real situations
- Be responsible: take responsibility to do the duty, get ready and voluntarily do the exercises,
recognize different musical shows.
II. TEACHING AIDS AND MATERIALS
1. Teacher: Textbooks, teaching plan, teacher’s book, paper, powerpoint, chalks, projector,
computer, handout, posters, pictures.
2. Students: Student’s book, pens, notebook.
III. CONTENT AND PROCEDURE
* Class organization (1 minute): greeting and checking sts’ attendance.
* Homework checking: no checking.
A. WARM UP: Guessing GAME “WHO ARE THEY ?” (5 minutes)
a. Aims: Get students be more excited about the new lesson and lead the students to the topic
of the lesson by watching a music video and guessing from a clue.
b. Content: Students work in groups,listen to the song and guess the name of singers.
c. Output: Students improve their knowledge about a person who have particpated in
Vietnam Idol.
d. Conducting steps:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Transfer the -Prepares a video related to” the list - Listen to the rule given by the
duty of famous singer who have teacher and work in groups,be
participated in Vietnam Idol through ready to take part in the game.
a decade”.
- Ask the students to works in groups
of 4, watch the video and answer the
teacher’s questions.
1.Who are they?
2.What is the show that they have
participated in ?

Perform the - Plays the video and shows on the
duty, report screen.
and dicuss - Observes and invites any groups
who raise hand to give the
answers .If the answer is not correct ,
ask another group contribute the
answer.
- Encourages the students to take part
in the game. Observes and decide the
winners
-Observe and discuss quickly with
the teammates , try to guess the
answers and raise the hand to give
the answers orally.
- Each group has the second
chance if the first answer is wrong.

Conclusion -Confirm the correct answer: - Pay attention to the teacher’s

1.Nguyen Ngoc Phuong Vy comment and information from the
Tran Quoc Thien teacher
Tran Nguyen Uyen Linh
Ya Suy
Nguyen Trong Hieu
2.Vietnam Idol

- Asks students to give some

information about that music show. - Volunteer to give more answer.
Expected answer: Vietnam Idol- a
reality music competition franchised
from American Idol with the aim to
 find Vietnamese talented singer.
- Teacher compliments the winners,
give a small gift and encourage the
incorrect answers. Then leads to the
new lesson. - Listen to the teacher and open the
book and notebook

B. KNOWLEDGE FORMATION ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Discuss the questions (5 minutes)
a. Aims: To provide students with new words, phrases related to the topic and lead sts to the
topic: American Idol.
b. Content: Students guess the meaning of the new words looking at the pictures, then using
words given to answer the questions.
c. Output: Students can use words given in the right context to answer the questions,
remember some related words/phrases.
d. Conducting steps:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Transfer the - Has students work in pairs to look - Pay attention to teacher’s guide
duty at the pictures and discuss the given and requirements.
questions.
- Focuses their attention on the - Discuss with a partner, have a
activities of people o the pictures , look at the pictures , be ready to
tho logos include the names of the take part in the activity.
shows
- Sets 3 minutes for this activity

Perform the - Asks the pairs to do the task. Goes
duty round the class to observe and make
sure that all students get involved.
- Encourages weak students to take
part in the task and gives help if
necessary.
- Work in pairs, look at the
pictures,discuss the given
questions to get the answer and
write down their answers
-Offer to help if necessary

Reporting - Invites some pairs to report in front

- Some pairs present their answer
and of the class orally. by onse student ask and other give
discussing the answer.
- Asks others to give comments for - Other students listen and compare
the pairs above. with their own answersto give
comment.
Conclusion - Gives the final feedback and - Listen to the comments and
compliments tto the best students and feedback from the teacher, and
encourage weak students to be more then take notes.
active.
 Expected answers
+ American Idol: a famous TV
realitymusic show from America
+ The X Factor: a television singing
competition from England

C. PRACTICE ACTIVITIES
Activity 3.Read the text about a famous music show.Match the highlight words and
phrases in the meaning below.(10 minutes)
a. Aims: Help students practice guessing the meaning of words and phrases in context so that
they can understand text better.
b. Content: Students use the context and clues in the texts to complete the words with their
definitions.
c. Output: Students know the meaning of the some key words and have a further
understanding about the text.
d. Conducting steps:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Transfer the - Uses some techniques to teach - Look at the text quickly to find
duty vocabulary: new words, then underline them
+Ask students to skim the text and and ask the teacher or friends to
find out some new words support.
+ Collect the new words that - Volunteer to support the class ,
students need and write them on the then write the new words in the
board. notebook.
+ Asks other students who know - Listen and read the vocabularies
these words to explain. in chorus
+ Listens to the students’
explanations ,give feedbacks and
asks students to write the new words
in their notebook.
New words
1.reality (n):using real people (not
actors) in real situations,presented as
entertainment
2. stage(n): a period or state that
something/ somebody passes through
while developing or making progress
3.semi-final(n): one of the two
games or parts of a sports
competition that are held to decide
who will complete in the last part(the
final)
4. play a role in (idiom): be involved
in or have an effect on
 5. ordinary(adj): not unusual or
different in any way

- Asks the whole class to read the

vocabulary one more time.

Perform the - Shows the highlight words and - Look at the board and listen to
duty phrases and the meanings on the teacher’s guide and requirements.
screen
-Explain the requirement to the - Listen carefully to get the ideas.
student:” You still have to work in
groups of 4 , read the tect and match
the words and phrases with the
approricate meanings.First write
answers in drafts.You have 5 minutes
for this duty.”
- Give pre-suggestion to the sts:You
should pay attention to the context of
each highlighted word/pharase and
look for the clues you can use to get
the meanings.
- Asks the groups to do the task. - In pairs, read the text, the
Goes round the class to observe and highlighted words/phrases and the
make sure that all students get meanings: find the related
involved. sentences in the text, underline the
- Encourages weak students to take and try to guess the meanings; find
part in the task and gives some help the related sentences in the text,
when necessary. underline the, and try to guess the
meanings; write down their
* Anticipated problem: Sts may answers un the drafts.
have difficulties in finding the - In the same groups, pre-check,
necessary information. mark the evidence in the texts and
* Solution: Teacher gives definition get ready to report the results.
in English or examples for students
to withdraw the meanings of the
words

Reporting - Invites some groups to stick their - The representative of each group,
and answers on the board, then ask the write the answers on the board
discussing own authors to give the explanation after 4 minutes, give their
and evidence. explanations.

- Asks others to give comments for - Other students look at the board
the groups above. and give comments.
 Conclusion - Gives the final feedback by - Listen to the teacher’s feedback
showing the answers on the screen. and compare with their own
Expected answer: answers.
1.series – b.a set of TV or radio - Look and write down the correct
programmers on the same subjects answers in notebook. Then, read
2. identify with - a. feel that they are after the teacher to practice
similar to and can understand them pronunciation
3. in search of - d.looking for
4. eliminated - c. removes from the
competition
- Ask sts to read the words after the
teacher

Activity 4. Read the text again and choose the best answer. (9 minutes)
a. Aims: Help students practice reading for specific information.
b. Content: Students read the two text once againand choose the correct answer.
c. Output: Students can answer the questions, and understand more about the content of the
two stories.
d. Conducting steps:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Leading in - Asks the whole class to look - The whole class pay attention to
through the task and gives some the teacher’s leading, think and
short questions: give quick answer orally.
1. How many questions are there ? 1. There are 5 questions.
2.What do you have to perform in 2. We have to answer to the 5
this task ? questions basing on the
information in the text.
Transfer the - Asks the students still work in - Pay attention to teacher’s guide
duty groups of 4,discuss and write the and requirements
answer in large draft. - Get back their own groups, have
Suggestions: a look through the task,be ready to
Question 1: What, American Idol. take part in the activity.
Question 2: What, statements,
correct.
Question 3: Who, wins.
Question 4: Which, statements.
Judges ,NOT mentioned.
Question 5: What, inferred,
competition, Viet Nam.
-Asks students to try answer the - Try to answer the questions
questions before reviewing thr before reviewingg the options.
options.
-Set 5 minutes for this activity.

Perform the - Asks the groups to do the task. - In groups of 4, read the text
 duty Goes round the class to observe and
make sure that all students get
involved.
- Encourages weak students to take
part in the task and gives some help
when necessary.
* Anticipated problem: Sts may
have difficulties in finding the
necessary information.
* Solution: Teacher gives
suggestion - asks sts to underline
the sentences that contain the
information.
again, then underline the sentences
that contain the necessary
information and look at the
sentences around to get the answer;
discuss to get agreement and write
down their answers on the papers.
– In the same groups, pre-check,
mark the evidence in the texts and
get ready to report the results.

Reporting and - When time’s up, asks all groups to
discussing exchange the papers to check for
each other.
- Invites 2 groups to stick their
answers on the board, then ask the
own authors to give the explanation
and evidence.
- Asks others to give comments for
the 2 groups above.
Conclusion - Gives the final feedback by
showing the answers on the screen
Expected answers:
1.B. A game show on TV.
2.A. From the semi-final, singers
who can go to the next stage are
decided by the audience vote.
3.A. The singer with the highest
number of votes on the final night.
4.C. They are not in favour of
choosing orrdinary people.
5.C. It can help development
participant’s singing carreers.
- Give some more explanation and
show the evidence for each answer
- Exchange the poster for pre-
checking: help each other to find
any errors.
- Some groups present their
answers by sticking their papers on
the board then give explanation in
front of the whole class.
- Other groups listen and compare
with their answers to give
comments: pay attention to the
evidence and explanation
- Listen to the comments and
feedback from the teacher, and
compare with their own
answers ;write the correct answers
in notebook.

D. APPLICATION ACTIVITY
Activity 5: Discuss with a partner. (10 minutes)
a. Aims: Help students uses the ideas and language in reading to talk about whether they
want to talk about Vietnam Idol and give reasons.
b. Content: Students work in pairs to discuss the question in the book with a partner, using
the words they’ve learnt
c. Output: Students remember the vocabulary related to the topic and understand how to give
opinion.
d. Conducting steps:
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Transfer the - Asks students to work in pairs to - Pay attention to listening to
duty discuss the requirement of the task, requirement from the teacher.
then make a small talk using the
ideas given.
- Gives a model: Teacher calls a - A student takes part in the model
student to work with: with the teacher. The whole class
Teacher: Do you want to take part observe to get the ideas.
in Vietnam Idol ?
Student: Yes, I do.
Teacher: Why do you want to take
part in this one?
Student: Because I love singing
and I want to be a celebrity in the
future.
- Gives sts 3 minute to prepare.

Perform the - Goes round to assist if necessary.
duty - Observes to make sure that all
students get involved.
- Encourage weak and shy students
to take part in the task.
Reporting and - When the time’s up, teacher
discussing invites 2 pairs to perform the talks
in front of the class.
- Asks other students to give
comments.
Conclusion - Gives comment about students’
speaking like intonation,
pronunciation, content in speaking.
- Teacher compliments the pairs
having good speaking and
encourages weak ones.
- In pairs, sts discuss and prepare
to make a short talk as the model:
one asks, one answers, then change
the roles.
- Be ready to perform the talk
when being asked.
- 2 pairs volunteer to come to the
stage and start the talks, try to
perform as naturally as possible.
- Some students give further
comment for the volunteers, pay
attention to the content and
pronunciation.
- Listen to the feedback given from
teacher.

E. CONSOLIDATION – RECOMMENDATION – HOMEWORK (3 minutes)

1. Consolidation: Teacher asks students to summarize the main points of the lesson by
giving some short questions:
 (1) What are the main points of the lesson?
(2) Which part(s) of the lesson do you like/ dislike most?
-> Some students give short answer orally. Then the teacher feedbacks:
(1) The main points of the lesson include:
+ Vocabulary: words and phrases related to a famous TV music show: series;
identify with ;in search of; etc.
+ Skills: reading for specific information in the text about a famous TV music show.
2. Recommendation: Teacher recommends other shpw that students can find and watch on
TV:” The X-factor.”
3. Homework:
- Teacher asks sts at home: Find information about another music TV show on TV ( The
X-factor), then write a report (80-90 words) in a paper. The report should include:
+ General information of the origin of the show
+ The ways to apply for.
+ The prizes that thr participants win in the competition.
+ Some famous singers who has won the prize.
Hand in the report in the next lesson.