UNIT 4.
MUSIC AND ARTS
Lesson
4

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION
Warm up: Watch a mole
Everyday English:
• Task 1: Listen and read the dialogue, paying attention to
the highlighted parts.
• Task 2: Work in pair. Ask and answer about your
preferences.
Music and arts in school:
• Task 3: Choose the correct answer to each question.
• Task 4: Read and underline the words related to the topic
of arts and music.
• Task 5: Talk about how you learn music and arts.
Compare Susie's school with your school.
Consolidation:
• Wrap-up
• Homework

Warm up

VIDEO 1

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- If students answer correctly, hit
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VIDEO 2

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My school is ___ your school.
We both have big libraries.

A. like

B. different
from

C. as big as

This park is not ___ the one near
my house. It's much smaller.

A. as large as

B. like

C. different from

VIDEO 3

This city is ___ the one I lived in
before. It has bigger parks and
more attractions.
A. like

B. different
from

C. as large as

This park is not ___ the one near
my house. It's much smaller.
A. different
from

B. like

C. as large as

Choose the correct meaning of the
following word:

composer

A. a person who
sings songs.

B. a person who

plays the drums.

C. a person who
writes music.

VIDEO 4

Choose the correct meaning of the
following word:

painter

A. a person who plays
musical instruments in a
band.

B. a person who creates
artwork using paint.

C. a person who repairs
cars.

Choose the correct meaning of the
following word:

actress

A. a person who directs
movies and television
shows.

B. a man who performs
in plays, movies, or
television shows.

C. a woman who
performs in plays,
movies, or television
shows.

Reorder the sentence:
difficult/ as/ Playing/ is/ piano/
guitar/ playing/ as/./
A. Playing guitar is as
difficult as playing the
piano.

B. Playing is guitar
difficult as the piano as.

C. Guitar playing as is as
piano difficult playing.

VIDEO 5

Reorder the sentence:
horse/ run/ a/ Can/ fast/ as/ a/ as/
train/?/
A. A horse can run fast
as a train as?

B. Can a horse run as
fast as a train?

C. Can a train run as fast
as horse a?

Everyday
English

EVERYDAY
ENGLISH
- Prefer sth
- Like sth better
I prefer folk music.
I like modern art better.

Review
game

Dragon Slayer

I ____ classical music better than rock because it's
more relaxing.
A. like

B. prefer

C. love

D. enjoy

She ______ modern art to classical art because it's
more creative.

A. prefer

B. like

C. prefers

D. likes

He _______ playing the guitar better.

A. likes

B. enjoys

C. prefers

D. love

He ______ playing drums to singing in the band. It's
more fun for him.

A. like

B. prefers

C. likes

D. prefer

He ______ playing the guitar better than playing the
piano.

A. likes

B. like

C. prefer

D. love

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EVERYDAY
ENGLISH

Work in pairs. Make similar conversations.

MUSIC AND ARTS IN
SCHOOL

3 Choose the correct answer to each question.
1. Who is the composer of Viet Nam's national anther “Tien Quan Ca”?
A. Pham Tuyen

B. Van Cao

C. An Thuyen

2. Where in Viet Nam did water puppetry originate?
B. In the North

B. In the central region

C. In the South

3. What is Bac Ninh famous for?
C. Quan Ho singing

B. Vi Dam singing

C. Cai Luong opera

4. Mozart is one of the world's greatest ______ .
A. singers

B. composers

C. poets

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MUSIC AND ARTS IN
SCHOOL
Read and
underline the words related to the topic of
arts and music.

Hi. My name is Susie. I'm from Australia. I'm in grade 7. My school
teaches arts and music to all the students. Some forms of art such
as painting, or drama are optional: you can choose to learn them if
you like. Music and dancing are compulsory: all of us must study
them every week. The school even has a choir, and they perform
every month. There are also different art clubs, and you can join
any of them.

Review
Reading

Gun the monsters

A. Canada

Where is Susie from?

B. New Zealand
C. Australia
D. England

A. Painting and drama

Which subjects are
compulsory at Susie's school?

B. Science and math
C. History and geography
D. Music and dancing

A. Every week

How often does the
school choir perform?

B. Every semester
C. Twice a year
D. Every month

There are no art clubs at
Susie's school.

A. False
B. True

Students can choose to
join any of the art
clubs.

A. True
B. False

FUTHER
PRACTICE

5 Work in groups. Talk about how you learn music and arts.
Compare Susie's school with your school.

My school is different from Susie's
school. We don't need to study
dancing. We focus on studying singing
and drawing. On Monday, our class
study music with our music teacher.
And we study arts on Thursday every
week. We don't have any arts or
music clubs like Susie's school.  

We focus on studying singing and drawing. On Monday, our class study music with our music teacher. And we study arts on Thursday every week. We don't have any arts or music clubs like
Susie's school.

1 WRAP-UP

CONSOLIDATIO
N

In this lesson, we have:
 Learnt how to expressing
preferences
 Practised using some grammar
points and vocabulary related to

CONSOLIDATIO
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2HOMEWORK
Do exercises in the workbook.