Unit 4: Lesson 5

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 yes, did you
like it? Why / Why not?


What kinds of traditional
Vietnamese performance do you
know about?

Cải lương


Chèo

4

4


Hát ca trù

(Hát ả đào)


Tuồng


Quan họ
Bắc Ninh


Water puppetry


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?
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English 7

Period 30:Unit 4: Music
Lesson 5: Skills
and arts
1

I. Vocabulary
water puppetry  /ˈwɔː.tər ˈpʌp.ɪ.tri/(n): nghệ thuật múa rối nước
puppeteer /ˌpʌp.ɪˈtɪər/(n) :
người điều khiển con rối
perform /pəˈfɔːm/(n)
:
biểu diễn
support /səˈpɔːt/(v)
:
giúp đỡ, chống đỡ
string /strɪŋ/(n)
:
sợi dây
theme /θiːm/(n)
:
chủ đề
rural /ˈrʊə.rəl/(adj) :
thuộc nông thôn


Ex1. Find the words in the
text which mean:
1. special or different
= unique
2. started
= began
3. showed or
presented
= performed

4.
= from
rural the
countryside
= festivals

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

II. READING
Ex2. Answer the following questions
1. When did water puppetry begin?
 It began in the 11th century
2. Where does a water puppet show take place?
 It takes place in a pool
3. Who are the puppets controlled by?
 They are controlled by puppeteers
4. What are the puppets made of?
 They are made of wood
5. What are water puppet shows normally about?
 They are about everyday life in the countryside and
about folk tales


III. SPEAKING
Ex3. Match the types of music in A with the adjectives
B
to describe Athem in B
1.
2.

pop music
folk music

3.
4.
5.

rock and roll

hip – hop / rap
blues

1 - _____

2 - _____

a.
a.
b.
b.
c.
c.
d.
d.
e.
e.

3 - _____

4 - _____

old, emotional
lively, exciting
quick
sad, melodic
popular, pleasant

5 - _____

Speaking

4. GAME: TIC TAC TOE

With a partner, draw a tic tac toe board, like the one below. 
Then, write numbers 1 to 9 in the boxes. You can put the 
numbers anywhere you like!
1. Give the names of two Vietnamese musical instruments.
2. Sing a song in English.
3. Who is your favourite singer? Why?
4. Talk for 30 seconds about what you see when you visit an art 
gallery.
5. How often do you go to a concert? Tell your partner about 
the last concert you went to.
6. Who is your favourite Vietnamese musician? Why?
7. Talk for 30 seconds about your favourite instrument.
8. Name one of your favourite painters.
9. Who can draw the best in your class? What does he/she 
often draw?
Decide which partner is 'X', which is 'O' and who will go first. 
The first player chooses a box and calls out a number.

Example:
Player 1: I want number 2.
Player 2: OK, sing a song in English!
Then he/she has to sing a song in 
English to get that box.

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Tic-Tac-Toe Rules
1. Team X goes first and selects a square.
2. Each Tic-Tac-Toe square contains 1 question with 3 possible answers.
• If answered correctly X gets the square
• If answered incorrectly O gets to steal the question.
→If answered correctly O gets the square
→If answered incorrectly X gets the square
3. Team O selects a square and the process outlined in point 2 is repeated,
but with X getting a chance to steal the question.


HOMEWORK

1

Learn
the
new
word

2
Practic

3
Do all

e
readin

g
again

the
exerci
ses
again

4

Do
exercises
4 (page
30/
workboo
k)

5
Prepar
e:
Skill
2