English Pedagogical Module 3: Music Everywhere

English What instrument
Pedagogical Module 3 would you like to play?

Curricular Thread: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Oral Communication, Reading, Writing, Language Through the Arts
Fifth Grade EGB
Interviews 4
5 Music from Africa
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6 Biographies
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Comparatives,
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Music,
Adjectives 1
Values
7 Respect
Violinist from age 2!

Alex Jimbo Viteri is a young
musician from Guayaquil. He began
to play the violin at age 2, and
played his first solo at age six. At
your age, when he was 10 years old,
he won the competition “Young
Ecuadorian Soloists”. Today, the
young man plays in many countries
with many different orchestras.
What a talented Ecuadorian!
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You can find out more about this

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talented musician at:

https://bit.ly/2qWiokN
Do you think that it is easy to be a musician? Do you know any musicians your age?
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Lesson A
Communication and Cultural Awareness
Value: Respect
What’s your opinion? Everyone has an opinion about things!

It’s important to listen to others’ opinions and respect those opinions.
• Sit in two circles in the classroom. You need

a pencil and a small piece of paper. On the
paper, write the name of a musician or a
group. Write your opinion. “I like Shakira”.
or “I don’t like Shakira".
• Crumple up your paper.
Make it small.
• The teacher will point at you
and say: “Go!”. Throw the paper
to a classmate. He/she should
open the paper, and report Ask your
the sentence. He should say: “ teacher if you don’t
(Your name) likes/doesn’t like know a word!
(singer). Then, he/she throws “How do you say
his/her paper to the next cantante
classmate. in English?
• Continue until everyone has a
chance to throw his/her paper.
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Guess the word!

Look at the context and the

words around “crumple”. It
says to make the paper small.
Here is a drawing of
a crumpled paper ball.
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Oral Communication
Look at all the types of music! They are called genres.
How many genres do you know?
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Alternative Rock Punk Reaggeton Soul Blues
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Lullabies Sing-Along Modern pop Classic rock

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Opera Country music Electronic music Salsa Jazz
• Make a list of 5 genres you are familiar with. Tip
• Write a + beside the ones you like. Write a - beside the ones “Best” is used to compare
you don’t like. more than two objects.
• Write the reason you like them, or the reason you don’t like It means more than good!
them. You can write “I like jazz because…” or “I don’t like
jazz because…”
• Put a star (*) next to the genre you like the best.
• Pair work. Ask a classmate about
his/her choices. Vocabulary
You can ask: genre. type of music
- Which genres do you like? reason. almost like the

Spanish word; tells why

Oh, so you like …….
- Why do you like ……?
- Which genre do you like Tip
the best? Genre i
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• Then, change so that the other with a z ronounced
h sound
classmate can ask .
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Reading
Before reading
Tip
Here is an interview with Justin Bieber. He is on
the program Music Scene at Radio 567 about Interview sounds like a similar word in
a concert in Mexico next week. Spanish: entrevista. Did you see that?
Before you read the interview, you need to review
vocabulary for instruments:
1 Guitar
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5 Maracas
3 Harp 6 Accordion
4 Saxophone
2 Keyboard/Piano
Interview with Justin Bieber
Here we are at Radio 567, with our program
Music Scene, Last night we talked to Justin
7 Violin 8 Drums
Bieber in a phone interview to ask him about
his favorite instruments. You can listen to our
interview now.
Grammar Tip
Music Scene: Hey, Justin, how are
When you want to compare two things, add you tonight?
-er to the adjective with one syllable + than.
If the adjective has more than one syllable, Justin: I’m doing just fine. I have a big concert
add “more” + than.. next week in Mexico.
Music Scene: Well, we wanted to ask about
1. Listen to the names of the instruments. Practice your favorite instruments.
the names of the instruments with a classmate. Justin: Great! I love drums. They are louder
Listen again, and practice again. than the maracas. I really like guitars. They
Now, read the interview and check sound cooler than the saxophone. And, my
your answers. favorite is the keyboard. I can play it louder
or softer than the other instruments.
2. Take turns reading the parts of the dialog in Music Scene: Thanks for your time. Good luck
the interview in the box on the right side. with your concert next week.
aloud. One classmate takes the role of Justin,
and the other takes the role of the radio 3. Use these adjectives to make sentences to
station. Then, change.
compare two instruments.
soft, loud, big, small, cool,

Vocabulary interesting, expensive
cool. great
4. Underline the comparisons in the dialog
loud. big volume
with Justin.
soft. small volume
Example: The harp is softer than the drums.
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Writing
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1. Now, you try it. Sing with the music.
2. Here’s a challenge! With a classmate, fill in the
Rewriting Lyrics
blanks with your own instruments, practice,
Words in a song are called “lyrics”. and then sing your song to another pair.
Here is a popular song with words
missing. Listen to the song, and write
the words you hear in the blanks. The more we sing together, the more we
play together, the more we sing together,
The more we sing together, the more we the happier we’ll be.
together, the more
The more we play the
we together,
the more we play the ,
the happier we’ll be.
The more we play the the happier we’ll be.
The more we play the
the happier we’ll be.
The more we play the the happier we’ll be.

the happier we’ll be. Vocabulary
challenge. something difficult
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Language Through the Arts
Musical Instruments from South America
There are many different instruments that musicians in the Andes
use to play music. Some of them are string instruments; others are
types of drums, and most of them need the musicians to blow to
make sounds.
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1. Imagine you are part of an Andean band, and you can choose
any musical instrument to play. Draw the instrument inside
the box. Why did you choose it? Write two reasons on the lines.
Share your drawing and reasons with a a classmate.
Interesting fact
Did you know that Ecuador

has an Andean Instrument
Symphony orchestra with
more than 20 musicians?
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2. Choose a traditional musical instrument and find from 3-5

interesting facts about the instrument. Prepare a small poster
with drawings and a list of all the information you have. Share
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Oral Communication
The Quichua Mashis are a Latin, folk music band from Ecuador.
They have performed in many states in the United States. Now,
they have their own music company, called QM records, in Seattle,
Washington, and they have produced several CDs.
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1. Listen to a dialog between the manager of the Mashis and a
music producer who wants them to come to Guayaquil.
Before you listen, with a classmate, predict what the two people
might talk about. Write three questions you think the manager
or the producer might want to know. Now, share your questions
with the whole class.
a.
b.
c.
2. The manager asked three questions. Did you guess which

questions he was going to ask?
Listen to the dialog again. Work with a classmate and write
the three questions.
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Vocabulary
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Lesson B
Young musicians around the world

Serena Wang was 10 years old when she played the piano for the first time with a symphony
orchestra in China. Can you imagine playing the piano in front of 500 people with 50 other
musicians! After that concert, everyone was astonished by Serena’s
talent. When she was 15, she was invited to play with the
United Nations in a special ceremony. In December, 2016 she
appeared as a soloist with the China Philharmonic Orchestra
when they toured the United States.
Serena started her piano lesson when she was four. After
playing for only eight months, she won a prize. When she was
five, the became the youngest winner for piano playing at a
university in the United States. Since then, she has won prize
after prize, and has become quite famous!
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Even though Serena is talented, she has to work very hard to

be an excellent pianist. She practices four or five hours
a day, every day.
Everyone has special talents. Maybe your talent will not be the best
in the world, but it makes you different from others.
1. Mark the areas that you might have talent in. Mark None (N),
Some (S), A lot (AL), I don’t know; I have never tried it (?)
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2. Pair work. One classmate asks the questions; the other answers
the questions. Then, change.

a. Do you play the piano? Would you like to learn?
b. What are your special talents: sports, cooking, math, writing,
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singing, drawing, or something else?

c. Do you practice your talent every day? Do you practice for
hours each day? If you practice your talent for four hours
every day, what happens?
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Oral Communication
Interview with a musician
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1. Choose your favorite musician. Imagine he/she is coming to
Ecuador for a concert! Work with another classmate to prepare an
interview with him/her by phone. Write four interview questions
together. Then, role play the interview. One student is a reporter,
and the other student is the musician. Then, change partners,
and repeat the interview with the new questions.
Sample questions: How long…how many...when...why...who...where.
Reporter: Good evening. This is (your name) in (name of your town). Can I ask you some
questions about the concert in Ecuador?
Musician: Of course! Happy to answer!
Reporter:
Musician:
Reporter:
Musician:
Reporter:
Musician:
Reporter: OK, thanks so much. Great to talk to you!
Musician: Any time!
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Solve a problem in your classroom!
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1. Problem: Students want to have music in the d. The teacher divides the students into
classroom while they work silently. Many several groups, those who want music
teachers want silence. What happens in and those who don’t.
your classroom?
e. In your group, list three reasons to support
a. In your notebook, write the question: your proposal. One person should be the
“Do you like music in our class when leader. He/she asks:
you work silently?”
b. Then, ask five classmates the question. sroom
music in the clas
Write their answers. “Why is having /bad idea?”
sometimes a good
c. The teacher then asks the class to raise
their hands if they would like to have music
in the classroom sometimes. She writes the
Another person is the secretary. He/she

number of students on the board, writes the answers. Then, several students
and asks the students to give reasons write the ideas on the board.
for their proposal.
f. The teacher decides if the reasons are
good, and if the students can listen to
Vocabulary
music sometimes, or on a special occasion.
proposal. plan Remember, you have to respect the
teacher’s decision.
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Oral Communication
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Tip
1. Poems often are the basic of the lyrics
(words) for a song. Here is a silly poem with R: The “r” in English is pronounced with the
rhythm. It’s full of the letter “r”. Look at the tip of the tongue curled up at the bottom
Pronunciation Tip box before you read and of your mouth. In Spanish, you touch the
listen to the song. top of your mouth when you pronounce it.
In English, you don’t!
2. With a classmate, make a list of all the words

you know with “r” in your notebooks. Then
Rosey is a red hen, a red hen, a red hen. practice your list.
Rosey has rhythm, rhythm, rhythm. Words with “r”:
Rosey is a red hen, a red hen, a red hen,
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Rosey is a red hen who likes rock and roll.
Read the poem silently.

Then, read it aloud to yourself. Now, listen to

the poem again. Then, get with a partner, and
read the poem.
Have him/her listen for the “r’s”. Ask him/
her to tell you which “r” words you pronounce
well, and which “r” words need work.
You can ask: “Am I pronouncing the R 3. Make sentences with your words, and practice
correctly in the word…..?” the sentences.
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Reading
Before reading
In Module 2, you learned about food and health. Do you think
music can make us healthy?
1. One student asks the class to show “thumbs up” if they agree
or disagree.
Reading
When you read a story or an article, you
do not have to know all of the words to
understand the ideas. You can use your
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Spanish to guess new words.
For example, what do you think the
word "calm" means? Yes, "calma". In the
following paragraph, there are many
words that are similar to Spanish.
While reading 1. Music can help us to be healthy. Did

you know that
thousands of years ago, kings used to
have singers sing
2. See if you can guess the meaning their songs to help them keep calm.
2. The military use
of the underlined words. Write the music to build confidence and courag
e. 3.Soccer events
underlined words. Work with a provide music to get people enthusiast
ic. 4. School-
classmate. Ask him/her: “What do children use music to memorize the
ir ABCs. 5. Music
you think music means in Spanish?” also helps you to concentrate and foc
us more than
just being in silence. 6.Shopping ma
lls play music to
get people to stay in the mall and buy
more things.
Did you see the comparative 7.Dentists play music to help calm ner
vous patients.
forms faster and greener in 8. Plants grow faster and greener wh
en they are
the paragraph? exposed to soft classical music.
After reading
3. Write True (T) or False (F) next to each sentence.
Tip
a. Music is healthy for us.
“dis” makes a word opposite b. Music can build confidence.
c. Music can make soccer teams win games.

d. Music can only help students in one way.
Vocabulary e. Music makes dental patients nervous.
agree. think the same 4. Some of the sentences in the paragraph show how music can
disagree. think differently make us healthy. One sentence is not really healthy.
Which one is not really healthy? Why? Work with a partner.
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Writing
Passback Story: Instructions
1. You are going to write a story with all of the classmates in your
row! Remember to use past tense for the story.
a. You need a blank piece of paper and pen. d. Next, you pass your paper to the person
behind you. The last person in the row,
b. Choose a famous musician and write runs to the front of the class and gives his/
the first sentence: “.... (put the name of her paper to the first student in the row.
the musician) had a concert last week.
Something surprising happened during e. When the teacher says, “Start”,
the concert”. Continue to write about the you continue the story on your
musician. You can write more than classmate's paper.
one sentence.
f. Again, the teacher sets a timer.
c. The teacher sets a timer (2 minutes); when
the timer rings, you stop writing, even in g. When you receive your own paper again,
the middle of a sentence. you write a conclusion to your story,
and share it with a classmate.
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Assessment
Reading
1. Read the story.
Akim Camara was only two yea

rs old and still wearing
diapers and speaking baby-ta
lk, but he could remember
the songs he heard and the na
mes of all of the orchestral
instruments. His father asked
a teacher to teach him
the violin. Akim participated
happily and learned ver y
fast. He performed at the age
of three in a Christmas
concert. The famous violinist
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Andre Rieu heard of the

child’s talent, and took him to
play in a large concert.
The audience clapped and cla
pped for the little violinist.
Since then, he has played all
over the world.
2. Answer the questions.

a. How old was Akim Camara when he first played in public?
b. What was his talent?
c. Did he like to play and practice?
d. Who is Andre Rieu?
e. Where does Akim Camara play now?
Listening Speaking
1. Listen to the story of Akim, told by one of 1. Prepare a small presentation about a
his violin teachers. Look at the questions musician or a group that you like to listen
before you listen! Then, listen two times. to. Give three reasons why you like his/
Answer True (T) or False (F). her/their music and when you usually
listen to it.
a. Akim’s teacher talks about You can start your presentation like this:
a concert when Akim was “One of my favorite singers/bands/
two years old. groups is …..”
b. Akim listened to a song 2. Practice your presentation to yourself,
many times, and then, in a low voice.
he memorized it.
3. Then, get into a small group of three or
c. Akim practiced four students. Each one practices his/
the violin every day. her presentation for the group. The other
students listen and give a “thumbs up,
d. Akim and his teacher
thumbs sideways, or thumbs down” after
were very happy when
they listen. If they give a thumbs down,
he was playing the violin.
they should give a reason why.
e. Akim didn’t like
4. Finally, give your presentation to the
his teacher.
entire class.
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Assessment What instrument would ¿Xxxxxxx?
you like to play?
Writing Vocabulary
1. Write a paragraph describing the music 1. Complete the sentences with the words from
that you prefer to listen to. Use a topic the box:
sentence. Give three reasons for your
opinion. Then, include a concluding music sing musician concert show
sentence. Use the simple present tense.
a. I want to go to a high school musical

next month.
b. I prefer to listen to
classical , not rap.
c. My neighbors
in Italian, and no one understands
what they say.
d. Akim will perform on a TV

on Channel 9,
Sunday afternoon.
e. He was a very famous

when he was
alive, and he had many fans.
Grammar
1. Comparisons:
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative forms.
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a. Akim is (young) than his violin teacher.
b. Probably Akim is the (good) baby violinist in the world.
c. Akim probably learned (fast) than other children.
d. Serena was (old) than Akim when she started playing music.
e. Andean music is (popular) than classical music in Ecuador.
I’m completing this self-evaluation of what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I do it I do it I can’t do it
Topics I can improve
very well somewhat well without help
I can interview a musician.

I can compare things.
I can write about my favorite music and musician.
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Project 1
Making Materials
a Balloon you will need:
Drum • A large can, or a bowl,
or a flower pot.
No glass, please
• A large balloon. Maybe
you need two or three,
in case you pop one!
• Scissors
• Tape
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Steps to make the drum:

1. One end of your can or pot needs to be open.
2. Cut the balloon at the smallest part. Vocabulary
3. Stretch the balloon over the opening. balloon. plastic circle that
expands when you blow in it
4. Ask a classmate to help hold the balloon;
you put on the tape. pop. explode
5. Now you are ready to play. What can you use for sticks? stretch. expand
sticks. plural of stick; long,

Ask your teacher to bring some music for you to play along
thin pieces of wood used to
with. All of the class can play together! play the drums
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Let's Review
1. What can you do now? What did you learn

in this module? Circle the phrases that you
can do now in English.
Understand vocabulary
Play the violin
about instruments
Listen to interviews
about music
Read about
young musicians
Practice a musical
instrument
Talk about
your favorite singer
Compare two things
Write a song
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Listen respectfully
Describe musical to your classmates’ opinions
instruments
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Lesson C
Music
Children all over the word like to sing and

play instruments. Here is an adaptation
from a traditional song in Africa.
Most rivers in Africa depend on the rains.
During the dry season, they look like a
brown, curving snake. In the rainy season,
it rains and rains and rains. There is
thunder and lightning. And horrible flying
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ants always appear right before the first
big storms!
Tip Where Is the Rain?
Rhyme looks like a word • The giraffe and the elephant went for a walk.
in Spanish. Can you guess They stopped near a tree and started to talk;
the word? • "I wish it would rain," said the giraffe with a sigh.
"I'm tired of watching the clouds pass by!"
• "Yes," said the elephant, "Where is the rain?
I wish I could eat green leaves again.
• The sun is so hot, and the ground is so dry;
When will the rain fall from the sky?"
Vocabulary
• Later in the day the sky turned grey,
snake. a long, thin reptile
The flying ants flew out to say,
thunder. a loud noise • "The rain is coming! We smell it in the air!
when it rains And in the distance, thunder we hear!"
lightning. a z-shaped light
• The giraffe and the elephant looked up at the sky
in the sky when it rains
and thunders And heard the black eagle give his cry,
ant. a tiny insect that • "The rain has come; the rivers will flow;
can carry a lot The dry season is over; now the green grass
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sigh. a sound that people

will grow!"
make when they are sad
cloud. white shapes in the sky
leaf/leaves. grows on trees 1. Pair work. In your notebooks, write the words at the end of the
ground. earth lines that rhyme. Some of them are not exact rhymes. Put a star
next to those.
smell. to perceive
with your nose 2. Listen to the song as a chant. Get into pairs. Practice saying
eagle. a large bird two lines. Then, all of the class stands up, and the pairs
recite the song.
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Oral Communication
Your very own Rap
Directions:
1. Choose a topic. Make sure you know lots of
words in English about the topic. It could be
food, family, school, music, or something else.
2. Brainstorm all of your words on a sheet
of paper in a list. Use only short words.
3. Try to find words that rhyme with words
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in your list. Ask your classmates and your
teacher for help with words that rhyme. You
can ask: “What word rhymes with ………?
For example: Snoop Dog
TOPIC: weather
(but now you can’t use this one!!!)
• Words and rhymes:
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(not all words will have rhymes)
/ chain
pik
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Fr
rain
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snow/blow
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sun/fun
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coat/cold (not a rhyme, but

sounds similar. That’s OK, too!)
4. Create a rap on your topic, and put some rhythm to it (you can
use a musical instrument if you want). Each sentence should
have 3 or 4 words to keep the rhythm. Write 2 or three lines.
You could have something like this: “I like the sun. It is fun.
I hate the snow. Go, go go.
5. Ask a classmate for help. Then, share your rap with him/her.
Then, share with the class.
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Reading
Kidz Bop is a singing group of children who appropriate for young people. They make
sing contemporary popular songs. the lyrics more “kid friendly”. The group
The group has existed for a long time, since is popular with many children, teenagers,
2001. When the children grow up, they and adults, too. The company has sold more
leave the group, and different children than 16 million albums, and today, has
apply to enter. Their songs are popular expanded to include merchandise, music
songs that are high on the charts or on the videos, and talent search competitions.
radios. Because they sing for other children,
they often change the lyrics that are not Summary of an article from the magazine, "Kids and Music".
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1. Pair work. With a classmate, write two questions about

Vocabulary
the reading. With another pair of students, ask and answer
exist. just like Spanish the questions.
chart. box with information 2. With a classmate, decide you are going to start a children’s singing
group. What’s the name of your group? How many children are
merchandise. things to buy
and sell
going to sing in it? Where are they going to sing? Anything extra
you want to say? Present your group to the class.
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Writing
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Remember, when we compare two nouns, we use the
comparative form of the adjective. When we compare three
or more nouns, we use the superlative form.
Comparatives Superlatives
Add -er to the adjective, and than, when the Add the and -est to the adjective when the
word is short. word is short.
Example: Example:
faster than richer than older than the smartest the biggest the coldest
Add more... than when the adjective has Add the most to the adjective, when the
three syllables or more. word has three syllables or more.
Example: Example:
more intelligent than more wonderful than the most beautiful the most impressive
1. Compare the groups Kidz Bop and the Quichua Mashis.

Use your opinion, the information from the texts,
and the adjectives below.
famous old young well-known popular interesting cool
Example: The Quichus Mashis group is newer than the Kidz Bop group.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
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Mind Mapping
Mind mapping is a way to
organize information on a
topic that you are familiar
with. It is an easy way to
brainstorm your thoughts.
Because you use colors, it
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helps you to visually structure
your ideas to help remember
things. A mind map is a
diagram that helps you see
how information is related.
1. Get out your colors!

• Draw a circle in the middle of a blank page. to music; for example, one word can be
Turn the page on its side. Write “MUSIC” in “musicians”. Change colors again! Draw
the circle. two lines from each new circle and two
new circles. In the new circles, write words
• Draw 4 or 5 very short lines going outward. related to the new word.
Now, change colors. At the end of each line,
draw another circle, a little bit smaller than • Now you have a mind map! Now, do two
the one in the center. Write words related or three more mind maps.

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Oral Communication
Beto works for a large music company in
Mexico. He gets information on all of the
music that is played on radio stations. He
checks to see how many people listen to the
song. Then, he puts all of the information
on charts, and decides which songs are the
Most Popular songs of the week.
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1. Pair work. With a classmate, make a list 2. Share your Number 1 song with the class.
of the songs you think should be on Beto’s The teacher can keep track of the songs on
Most Popular list this week. the board to see which song is the Number 1
in the class.
Most Popular 3. Again, with a partner, write five questions

Songs of the Week you want to ask Beto about his work.
Use question words and present tense.
1
Questions for Beto
2
•
3 ?
•
4
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5 •
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Student A: Which song do you want

to put first? •
Student B: I think .... goes first. ?
Student A: I agree/I don’t agree. •

I think that .... song goes ?
first this week.
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Lesson D
Social Studies
1. Read the Music Culture online newsletter on young,

Ecuadorian musicians.
May 20, 2019

A new generation of talented musicians are
emerging in Ecuador, preserving the country’s
musical traditions, and at the same time,
creating new music. Here is an important,
new musician.
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Mateo Kingman
Mateo Kingman has emerged as one of the most
interesting young musicians in Ecuadorian
music, combining musical traditions past and
present. He incorporates hip-hop with folklore.
His music is filled with jungle-like sound effects,
and many of his songs have nature as
a central theme. Mateo grew up in the Amazon
city of Macas, near the Shuar tribe, which
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influenced how he sees the world.
Vocabulary 2. Imagine it is the year 2025, and you are becoming an important
Ecuadorian musician. Using the newsletter as a model, write
emerge. to start
a similar newsletter from Music Culture of yourself!
preserve. to keep
combine. to put together Here is a new musician you should know about:
jungle. many trees together, (Your name)
in a tropical climate, like in
the Amazon (Your name) has emerged
as one of the key players in Ecuadorian music.
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Oral Communication
Musicians Move Forward Game
1. Pair work. With a classmate, read the instructions for the game.
When you finish, try to tell each other the instructions that you
understood.
Then, play the game with the class.
Instructions:
able
To play this game, you need to go outside or be
to start in a line and move forward through the
classroom rows.
a
Each student writes his/her favorite musician on
piece of paper. The teacher collects the papers, and
puts them in a box on his/her desk.
the
One of the students is the leader. He/she goes to
s one
front of the classroom, next to the box. He take
es
of the papers and says: “.............. (musician) mov
forward one/two/three steps.” All of the students
with that name move forward. The students who
arrive to the speaker first win the game!
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Reading
Paca the Frog

a
ged the day she watched
Paca the Frog ’s life chan t,
time. It was a rock co er
nc
singer on TV for the first ir.
with the singer’s long ha
and Paca was fascinated
want to have long hair!”
"Oh! What pretty hair. I
ol
She hadn’t been to scho
But Paca was only a frog.
gs don’t have hair, so
and didn’t know that fro
ir would grow if she gave
she thought that her ha
work with rock music,
concerts. Her croak didn’t She
ng and sang some more.
opera or pop, but she sa ain s,
, to the sea and mount
went to towns and cities
until one day she gave
into streets and gardens
.
a concert in a beauty salon
er
ce of hair from a custom
Paca sang, and a large pie e
! How happy Paca was! Sh
fell onto Paca’s head. Oh
finally had hair!
ted.
ir; I have hair!” she shou
“I’m so happy. I have ha
auty salon, woke up with
Blackie the cat in the be ,
ir moving on Paca’s head
the noise. He saw the ha ir
se. He jumped on the ha
and thought it was a mou e
ped and hopped out of th
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on Paca ’s he ad . Paca jum

the hair.
beauty salon,...without
Tip
Main idea: the most important idea that
summarizies a story. “beauty salon” is like
a phrase in Spanish. Can
Can you choose the main idea?
you guess what it means?
Tip: The main idea does not Salón...
talk about small details.
Vocabulary
1. Mark the sentences with Main Idea (MI)
or Details (D). There is only ONE main idea. croak. the soung frogs make
a. Blackie jumped on Paca’s head. sea. ocean
b. Paca was a frog. garden. plants and flowers near a house
customer. a person who buys in a store

c. Paca wanted something
she didn’t have. shout. make a very loud voice
d. Paca sang in a beauty salon. mouse. a very small little grey animal; a little rat
hop. to jump on one foot or two feet at a time

e. Paca hopped out of the beauty salon.
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Writing
Comparatives Superlatives
The adjective GOOD has this form: better than. The adjective GOOD has this form: the best.
The adjective BAD has this form: worse than. The adjective BAD has this form: the worst.
1. Write your own story about an animal who is a musician.

Tip
Make him/her the best musician in the world or the worst
musician in the world. Include:
Use a Mind Map to
• The name of your animal organize your ideas!
• A description of your best/worst musician
• What instrument he/she plays
• What he/she does to be the best/worst musician
• A problem he/she has
• A solution to the problem!
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Game: Play Tag
Do you remember Comparatives and 4. As soon as he tags someone, everyone

Superlatives that you learned in this module? stops. The tagged person shouts out
Now you are going to use them to play Tag a sentence using a comparison.
with your friends outside the classroom. Here
are the rules: 5. The first student goes to the side
and sits down.
1. The teacher designates a student
to start. 6. He counts to three, and everybody
runs again.
2. At the count of three everybody runs all
around the patio. 7. Then, this new student starts running
trying to tag someone else.
3. The selected student tries to tag
another classmate. 8. Repeat the steps until everybody sits down.
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Oral Communication
It’s not easy to be a musician. You have to be really good, as there is
so much competition. You have to practice for many hours every day.
Sometimes you have to play one song a hundred times to perfect it.
Then, you have to play the same song over and over again in different
concerts. When you perform, you have to smile and be energetic
during the concert, even if you are sick and feel terrible. All musicians
have lots of difficulties.
1. What does difficulty mean to you? Make a mind map with at

least five related words, and then write them all around the
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circle. Then, make more circles for each different, related word.
2. Now think of a personal situation where

you had a difficult problem and you overcame it.
It was a moment when

Now, share your difficult situation with a classmate.

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Assessment
Reading
My band is such a
great group! Alan
1. Read the following description charge of playing is in
the drums, and he
of a band and then make a drawing of it. hit them with stic likes to
ks like a Rockstar!
It's OK to use comic drawings! is our guitar hero… Jo seph
he is always creati
new songs and lyri ng
cs. Nathaly is the
singer and she has vo cal
a sweet voice that
audience likes to he ever y
ar. My brother Erne
plays the violin, an st
d I play the triang
the flute, dependin le an d
g on the song and
melody that we ne the
ed.
Listening Speaking
1. Imagine that you have the chance of

1. Dictation: Listen to your teacher and write writing a song that will become very
the comparative and superlative forms famous in the future. Present your choices
of the adjectives you will hear. to the class.
a. a. Describe what the song will be about.

b. b. Say what language you will write the
c. song in.
d. c. Choose a group who can sing your song.
e. d. Name several countries where the group

will sing your song.
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Assessment What instrument would you like to play?
Grammar
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjective.
a. Salsa is (loud) than baby lullabies.
b. The violin has the (beautiful) sound of all the instruments.
c. Shakira is the (good) dancer of all.
d. The drums are (difficult) to play than the guitar.
e. I think Marta has the (pretty) voice of all of the singers.
Writing Vocabulary
1. Write a paragraph about your favorite 1. Write a sentence for five vocabulary words
music group. Use a topic sentence. related to music.
Give three reasons why you like them.
Use a concluding sentence. Remember
to indent five spaces.
I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me

I do it I can’t do it
Topics I do it very well I can improve
somewhat well without help
I can write questions about a reading.
I can write a story about an animal musician.
I can use the comparative and superlative
form of the adjectives in my sentences.
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Project 2
ers
k t h a t teach s
thi n sse
Do you ic in their cla d out!
s fin
use mu jects? Let’s
er s u b
for oth
Instructions:
1. Choose a partner. During recess,
or if your teacher gives you
permission during class, ask
three teachers if they use music
in their classes. If they
use music, ask them how they
use it. If they don’t use music,
ask them why!
2. Of course, you will have to
ask the teachers in Spanish!
That’s OK, because you will be
reporting the answers to your
class in English.
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3. When you have the answers,
get with another group.
Now, you will be four students
working together.
4. Fill in the following chart:
Teacher Do they use music in the Reason for using

Subject they teach
Nº. classroom? Yes or No. or not using music
1
2
3
4
5
5. One of your group will

report to the class. “We interviewed _____ (number) teachers. Most of the
teachers (use/don’t use) music in their subjects. Most of them
said they (use/don’t use) music because (give some reasons).”
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Pedagogical Module 3 would you like to play?

Fifth Grade EGB

5 Music from Africa

Violinist from age 2!

You can find out more about this

talented musician at:

Communication and Cultural Awareness

What’s your opinion? Everyone has an opinion about things!

• Sit in two circles in the classroom. You need

Guess the word!

Look at the context and the

Lullabies Sing-Along Modern pop Classic rock

• Make a list of 5 genres you are familiar with. Tip

You can ask: genre. type of music

- Which genres do you like? reason. almost like the

Spanish word; tells why

compare two instruments.

soft, loud, big, small, cool,

The more we play the the happier we’ll be.

challenge. something difficult

Did you know that Ecuador

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2. Choose a traditional musical instrument and find from 3-5

your poster with the class.

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2. The manager asked three questions. Did you guess which

might. maybe, possibly

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Young musicians around the world

Even though Serena is talented, she has to work very hard to

the questions. Then, change.

singing, drawing, or something else?

Insertar photos de estos musicos:Shakira, Marta Gomez,

Another person is the secretary. He/she

2. With a classmate, make a list of all the words

Rosey is a red hen who likes rock and roll.

Read the poem silently.

Then, read it aloud to yourself. Now, listen to

While reading 1. Music can help us to be healthy. Did

c. Music can make soccer teams win games.

1. Read the story.

Akim Camara was only two yea

Andre Rieu heard of the

2. Answer the questions.

a. I want to go to a high school musical

d. Akim will perform on a TV

e. He was a very famous

I’m completing this self-evaluation of what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I can interview a musician.

Steps to make the drum:

sticks. plural of stick; long,

1. What can you do now? What did you learn

Compare two things

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Children all over the word like to sing and

Tip Where Is the Rain?

sigh. a sound that people

cloud. white shapes in the sky

• Words and rhymes:

Fickr / Steven Depolo

coat/cold (not a rhyme, but