English 7 unit 4 music and arts lesson 5 skills 1

SKILLS 1 Reading - What kinds of traditional Vietnamese performance do you know about?. C i l ải lương ương ngWhat kinds of traditional Vietnamese performance do you know about?... GUE

English 7

Unit 4: Music and arts

SKILLS 1 Reading

- What kinds of traditional Vietnamese performance do you know about?

- Do you know about water puppetry?

- Have you been to a water puppet show? If yet, did you

like it? Why / Why not?

C i l ải lương ương ng

What kinds of traditional

Vietnamese performance do you

know about?

4 4

Chèo

Hát ca trù

Tu ng ồng

Quan h ọ

B c Ninh ắc Ninh

Water puppetry

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GUESSING

Where is water puppetry performance from? ( Southern/Northern or

Central of Viet Nam )

Where does the show perform? ( on the field/ in the sea/ in a pool)

Can the puppets move themselves?

Are the puppets made of stones/wood/rubber?

Are the shows normally about country life or city life?

Skills 1

English 7

Unit 4: Music and arts

WATER PUPPETRY

Have you ever seen a water puppet show ? It is so special and fantastic It’s a unique Vietnamese

performance, and tourists who come to Viet Nam greatly enjoy this kinds of art.

Water puppetry is a traditional art form It began in the 11 th century

It originated in the villages of the Red River Delta of North Viet Nam The show is performed in a pool The puppets are supported by strings under the water and controlled by the puppeteers behind a screen, so they appear to

be moving on the water The puppets are made of wood and then painted.

The themes of the puppet shows are rural: the

performances shows everyday life

in the countryside and folk tales There are stories

about rice farming, fishing and Vietnamese

village festivals.

Ex1 Find the

words in the text

which mean:

1 special or different

2 started

3 showed or

presented

4 from the

countryside

5 events or

celebrations

=

=

=

=

=

unique

began

performed

rural

festivals

* Vocabulary

water puppetry (n): nghệ thuật múa rối nước

puppeteer (n): người điều khiển con rối

perform (n): biểu diễn

support (v): giúp đỡ, chống đỡ

string (n): sợi dây

theme (n): chủ đề

rural (adj): thuộc nông thôn

Ex2 Answer the following questions

1 When did water puppetry begin?

2 Where does a water puppet show take place?

3 Who are the puppets controlled by?

4 What are the puppets made of?

5 What are water puppet shows normally about?

 They are about everyday life in the countryside and about folk tales

 They are made of wood

 They are controlled by puppeteers

 It takes place in a pool

 It began in the 11th century

SKILLS 1

Reading

Speaking

Ex3 Match the types of music in A

with the adjectives to describe them in

1 pop music

2 folk music

3 rock and roll

4 hip – hop / rap

5 blues

B

a old, emotional

b lively, exciting

c quick

d sad, melodic

e popular, pleasant

1 - _ 2 - _ 3 - _ 4 - _ 5 - _

e

d

c

b

a

Learn

the

new

word

s

Practic

e readi

ng again

Do all

the exerci ses again

Do exercise

s 4 (page 30/

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k)

Prepar

e: Skill 2

HOMEWORK