3.1.5 Music Genres and Passives Review Lesson Plan

Lesson Procedure:

1. Classify the Passives. Before a repeat viewing of the movie Music Genres (L3U1L5), prepare the Passives Table and the Passive Sentence Strips (see Preparation). Students can complete the table either during or after the movie.
   On a repeated viewing of the movie, partners can sequence the sentence strips according to the movie.
   As an extension to this activity, encourage students to discuss what the movie says about music genres. Using the Passive Sentence Strips as a reference point, students discuss their opinions and responses to the statements the movie makes about classical music and jazz. Encourage the use of the passive voice. For example, I don’t agree that Classical music is meant to make people feel relaxed. Some classical music is very exciting.
2. Hear It, Say It. Students listen, and record their voices for each clip. After students finish recording for each clip, have students call out which tense the sentences are in. They can use the Passives Table for reference.
3. Tell Me About It. Ask students to say a sentence in the passive voice in any tense about one of the following topics. This can be done in a roundrobin exercise, as students take turns adding a sentence. When they can’t think of a new sentence, the next student starts a new topic.
   Suggested topics: Jazz, classical music, digital music, a favorite musician, a favorite singer, a favorite song, a concert, music genres, a musical instrument, the Moonlight Sonata, or Beethoven.
4. Music Genre Game. Assign a music genre to each small group of students. Instruct them to look up examples of musicians, singers, or composers from that genre, and the titles of their songs or pieces of music, and write each one on an index card. For example: Beethoven: the 5th Symphony. Collect all the cards and shuffle them. Create a game on the board by writing all of the genres in sections across the top. Then have students randomly select a card (or pass them out), and tape the cards into the correct genres (columns) on the board. As they place their cards, they must give a sentence in the passive voice. For example: The 5th Symphony was composed by Beethoven. Possible music genres include: classical, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, country, Latin, Brasilian, pop, rock, rap, hip hop, electronic, house, disco, k-pop, folk, reggae, opera.
5. My Kind of Music. Have students choose any music genre they want and prepare a short presentation or report about it for the class. It can be a type of music they like, or one they want to learn more about. BrainPOP is a good source for movies about different music genres. Students should write at least one paragraph, and include an explanation of the genre, and some examples of artists and songs or musical pieces. Tell students to write at least one sentence in the passive voice. They can include illustrations and play an example of the music when they make their presentations.