Talk with a partner. Do you play any musical instruments? What musical istruments do you want to learn to play?

Talk with a partner. What do you think the title means?

Look at the title and the photo. What do you think the article is about?

a. a concert

b. a famous musician

c. a special musical instrument

Take a poll. Ask your classmates to arte each kind of music using the chart below. Add other types of music to thebottom of the box. Find out the most popular kind of music in your class. Then turn to page 134 and follow the instructions. 

Listen. Write the number of syllables. Then listen again and underline the stressed syllable.

Listen. Write the number of syllables. Then listen again and repeat. 

 Do an experiment. As a class, create a list of ten random words. Then get into two groups.

Group 1: Remember the words on the list by reading them.

Group 2: Remember the words on the list by signing them.

Use any song you know. Cover the list and say the words in order. Count the number of words people in each group remembered correctly.

Listen to the music. Check the feeling you think each pieces represents. Then compare results as a class.

Your brain on music

Does music make you cry or feel happy?

Most people agree on what music sounds “happy” and what sounds “sad”. But no one really understands why music makes us feel different emotions.

Researchers say that music makes our brain active. It makes our brain “feel happy”. This explains the importance of music in cultures all over the world.