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?
Cải lương
What kinds of traditional Vietnamese performance do you know about?
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Chèo
Hát ca trù
(Hát ả đào)
Tuồng
Quan họ
Bắc 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?
Period 32nd - Unit 4: Music and Arts
Lesson 5 : SKILLS 1
WATER PUPPETRY
Have you ever seen a water puppet show ? It is so special and fantastic. It’s a unique Vietnamese tradition. Children love the 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 11th 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
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began
performed
rural
festivals
Reading
* 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?
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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.
Speaking
Ex3. Match the types of music in A with the adjectives to describe them in B
1 - _____ 2 - _____ 3 - _____ 4 - _____ 5 - _____
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Learn the new words
Practice reading again
Do all the exercises again
Prepare: Skill 2
HOMEWORK
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