Unit 5 Lesson 4 Let’s Dance
Objectives
To read a text with gapped sentences and be able to complete the gaps using topic,
linking and reference clues.
To practise vocabulary related to music and dancing.
Pre-Reading
Listen to the music extracts and identify the dances in the box.
Example 1 Chinese folk dance
Key Words
disco, classical ballet, Chinese folk dance, waltz, breakdance
Answers: 1 Chinese folk dance; 2 classical ballet; 3 waltz; 4 breakdance; 5 disco
Listen to the tape and tell types of dances mentioned.
Show students all kinds of pictures about dancing, asking student to tell what kind of
dance to arise their interest.
Reading
Put the sentences below in the correct gaps in the text. Use the Strategies to help you.
a) In the mid-1980s, break dancing became popular.
b) They are easy to learn and are usually danced in couples.
c) Other kinds of folk dances are the sword dance and the colorful peacock dance.
d) One of the most famous ballets is called “Swan Lake”.
e) In the 1960s, people danced without touching their partner.
Answers: 5 3 2 1 4
True or False
1. Folk dance are usually popular for only a short time.
2. The Unite States is the home to Tango.
3. Ballet can date back to the 15th century in Russia and France
4. Folk dance exists only in China.
5. Social dance wasn’t popular with common in Europe until the eighteen centuries.
6. Folk dances come from social dance.
7. Waltz is a kind of popular dance.
8. Ballet uses music and actions to express feelings.
Answers: FTFFTFFT
Post-Reading
Read the text again and answer these questions
Do the exercise 4
Encourage students to use their own languages without looking at the text..
Vocabulary
Do the exercise 5 and 6
Speaking
Read this questionnaire and think about your answers. Then in pairs, tell your partner
about yourself.
DO YOU WANNA DANCE?
1 Do you like dancing?
2 What kind of dance do you like?
3 What kind of music do you like dancing to?
4 How well can you dance?
5 What special dances can you do?
6 What dance would you like to learn?
Homework
Do the exercise on page 72 and 72