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English in Action II

Stage 4 INSIDE READING

WHY DOES MUSIC MOVE US?

During this stage we will work with your “Inside Reading” Book. This one

Question:

Why does music move us?

Possible Answers

★ Music can remind people. ★ It can remind you what you have done before in your past. ★ You can have a bad mood, and music makes you feel better.

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PARTS OF THE ARTICLE,

“WHY DOES MUSIC MOVE US?

★ Reading comprehension ★ Reading skill ★ Vocabulary activities

READING COMPREHENSION Main idea: The connection between emotional reactions to music and biology. Before we start, I would like to ask these questions to you:

• 1. Is there any kind of music that sounds good to most people?
• 2. What kind of music do you like most? What makes this music interesting to

you?

• 3. Do you think there will someday be a pill that cam make people more

creative? Would you take it?

SETTING

• Researchers are beginning to unlock the secrets of the brain.
• They are trying to explain why we get addicted to nicotine or how our

neural pathways were changed because we studied piano as children.

• There is an explanation that connects music and biology.

฀Why does music move us?

★ The brain hears and translates sound into music.

★ Scans show that the brain is much more actively engaged with music than with speech. ★ Music is a basic human condition. ★ Our attraction to music is not only for enjoyment. It also brings people together. ★ The recognition of pitch can be altered by as much as one and a half tones with medication. ★ We know how the ear catches sound and how the sound waves are translated by about 30,000 auditory nerves into electrical and chemical signals that are transmitted to the brain.

(Arguments and Supporting Details)

฀Activity ฀ ฀Instructions: Mark each sentence as T (true) or F (false) according to the information in Reading 1 and the class or PPT. ฀ ฀____ 1.- Sound waves themselves do not enter the brain. ฀____ 2.- Music is everybody´s human experience. ฀____ 3.- People need to learn how to speak before they can appreciate music. ฀____ 4.- There is evidence that music may help people with brain injuries. ฀____ 5.- Music is only for pleasure.

READING SKILLS

฀What we need to know is that identifying the subject of the sentence in a reading

article is a better way to understand or comprehend it through finding the perpetrator. ฀ ฀Perpetrator = the subject of the sentence = it is doing something ฀ ฀Examples: In the sentence “Researchers are beginning to unlock the secrets of the brain.” The subject of the sentence or the perpetrator is “researchers”. These researchers are doing something.

฀When the topic is technical and the style formal, Writers often skip the perpetrator. It is not important, not known, or too obvious. ฀฀Example: “Dissonance is generally perceived as unpleasant.” (No perpetrator is indicated, but we know it is “people” because of the context. ฀฀Considering the previous sentence. We can reword it to show the perpetrator. ฀Example: “People generally perceive dissonance as unpleasant.” (The perpetrator is “people”) ฀IMPORTANT TO KNOW: When situations or sentences have passive verb forms. We can add a prepositional phrase (by/ with) to show the perpetrator. ฀Example: “The movie was watched by thousands of people.”Here “thousands of people” is the perpetrator

Activity

Instructions: Look at the following ideas in context to determine the perpetrator and then write it in the

• blank. Write “unknown” if it is not possible or it is too obvious to determine the perpetrator

from the context.

฀ ฀1.- If gramar is transmitted during the class. ____________________ ฀2.- The musicians are incorporating new styles to their songs. ___________________ ฀3.- That mail was written by Mr. Led. ______________________ ฀4.- People usually shake the body as a way of relaxation. __________________ ฀5.- The rhythm of this song can be danced with a new physical move. ___________________

WORDS TO KNOW

★ Diminish(verb).- To become smaller, weaker, etc. ★ Transmit(verb).- To send something ★ Fundamentally(adverb).- Basically; in every way that is important ★ Incorporate(verb).- To include something ★ Prime(verb).- To prepare somebory for a situation. ★ Foundation(noun).- A principle, a fact that something is based on ★ Conference(noun).- A meeting at which people have discussions

฀ Vocabulary activity ฀Instructions: Fill in the blanks with a target Word from the previous vocabulary that completes the sentence in a grammatical and meaninful way. ฀1.- Music is_______________a product of the brain and its neural mechanisms. ฀2.- The human auditory organs and the brain seem to be _________to respond to music. ฀3.- Neurons ___________ information via chemical and electrical synapses in the brain. ฀4.- Will our appreciation of art _____________ if we learn the secrets of human creativity. ฀5.- Art almost certainly _________________ the artist´s personal experiences. ฀

฀CONCLUSIONS ฀ ฀The power of music when we hear or feel it depends on some biological

factors in a certain way. One thing we are sure of is that music is a basic human condition. It means we were born primed to put sound in some sort of coherent order. Music is basically a response of the brain and neural

• mechanisms. Our emotional reactions of how we perceive the music we like
• r dislike are signals that demonstrate the connection between music and
• biology. To conclude, we can say that our attraction to music is not only for
• enjoyment. It is much more.Wars, agreements, and peace are treated with

music to bring people together.

English in Action II

Stage 4 INSIDE READING

Guitars: The Quest for Volume

Quest: /kwest/ = a long or arduous search for something.

Hi Student!

Do you know how to play a musical instrument? Yes? I bet you know how to play the basic rhythms like the famous “tun data, tun data” in a guitar, right? But do you know how the instruments produces sound? Describe it by writing it on your notebook.

Watch the following video by clicking

• n this link:

http://insidereading.convergecreative.com/students/ins idereading/insidereading_level4_unit4video.html

User: OUP Password: EltOUP8521 Student Resources www.oup.com/elt/student/insidereading

Level 4 Unit 4 Video

Answer the following questions on a Word Document and upload it in the folder Stage 4 “Activity 4.1 Video” in your Google Classroom group. 1.What´s the topic of the video? 2.What´s Mr. Glenn Schifano profession? 3.What does he do in Schneider Children’s Hospital? 4.Write one of the examples the reporter mention in the video. 5.What are the effects of music in the patients?

Level 4 Unit 4 Video

Guess what? It is Vocabulary time! You will learn new vocabulary in this article, however some of them are written and have the same definition as in Spanish. Check the correct pronunciation below each word.

WORD DEFINITION

1 diminish /dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ/ to reduce or be reduced in size or importance. 2 fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/ forming the base, from which everything else develops. 3 incorporate /ɪnˈkɔːr.pɚ.eɪt/ to include something as part of something larger. 4 intrinsic /ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪk/ being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing. 5 magnet /ˈmæɡ.nət/ an object that attracts other objects toward it, either naturrally or because of an electric charge.

Vocabulary

WORD DEFINITION 6 physical /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/

• f or relating to material things or to the body

7 pluck /plʌk/ to play the strings of a guitar by pulling with the fingers or with a pick. 8 project /ˈprɑː.dʒekt/ to calculate an amount or number expected in the future from information already known. 9 refinement /rɪˈfaɪn.mənt/ the process of making a small change to improve something. 10 stress /stres/ to play a musical note with greater force than others in a group. 11 theory /ˈθɪr.i/ a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation. 12 transmit /trænsˈmɪt/ to pass something from one person or place to another.

Now read the article Guitars: The Quest for Volumen

• n your book page 56.

Then come back to continue with your class

What are the parts of a Guitars called?

Now let´s analyze the article.

Vocabulary Activities

Word Chart

Vocabulary Activities

1. Although it is __________ possible for a guitar to be made of a single wood, most guitars use a variety of woods. 2. Wood is popular material for guitars because it van be __________ in many ways, incluiding shaping, bowing, and slicing. 3. Woods are selected for their ability to impart sound, their beauty when finished, and their ability to withstand the __________ of the day-to-day playing. 4. Several approaches are available for __________ sound in large spaces. 5. The technology for amplifying acoustic guitars is still being __________.

• A. Fill in the blanks with a target word from the chart that completes the

sentence in a grammatical and meaningful way. Be sure to use the correct form. ฀

Vocabulary Activities

1. consultant / stress / need / better quality control The consultant stressed the need for better quality control. 2. teacher / stress / read Chapter 5 very carefully 3. assign / too many tasks at once / stressful 4. must / greater stress on / open / new markets for our products 5. psychologist / stress / multitasking / not a reliable strategy for saving time 6. feel stress / work / go to school / at the same time .

• B. In the reading, stress refers to physical force, but it can also refer to

emphasis or to psychological pressure. In your notebook, write sentences that link these words in a meaningful and grammatical way. str

Check this example

Word Chart Vocabulary Activities

1. Drawing on several studies, some child development specialists have proposed a __________ that has been called the “Mozart Effect.” They claim that listening to Mozart´s music may __________ several advantages on children, calming them and helping them think spatially. 2. Other researchers feel they have uncovered __________ flaws in the studies and doubt that briefly listening to Mozart before attempting a task has any significant effect. 3. They warn that the “Mozart Effect” is a rapidly __________ one. In fact, any mental stimulation before doing a task showed a similar effect. 4. By the age of six, Mozart had mastered the __________ of keyboard instruments and the violin. Already a composer, he began touring and giving concerts.

• E. The chart above shows some common collocations, or word partners, for

selected target vocabulary. Refer to the chart and complete these sentences.

Vocabulary Activities

• 5. The clavichord, a stringed keyboard, sounds beautiful but has one __________ limitation: its

lack of volume means it cannot be heard well when other instruments are playing.

• 6. By the 18th century, violin-making had become highly __________, and violins from that era still

set the standards for violin perfection.

• 7. Several __________ changes were made to violins in this era, most noticeably in the length and

angle of the neck.

Vocabulary Activities

Learning Resources.

Richmond, Kent. (2012) Inside Reading 4. The Academic Word List in Context. Second

• edition. New York: Oxford University Press

References Images.

www.uanl.mx Microsoft images

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