June is a month full of emotions: excitement as the summer holidays are coming closer, nerves because everyone wants to do well in their tests, sadness because we may not see our classmates for some time, happiness because we will be able to enjoy the sunshine and make exciting plans. This month we want to explore emotions and music. Our C1 and B2 candidates can learn about (music) festivals. Music will inspire our B1 candidates and will help them write their own stories. Our A2 Key and A2 Flyers candidates can also use their talent to tell stories using music and the little ones can express how music makes them feel. Happy teaching!

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June
June is a month full of emotions: excitement as the summer holidays are coming closer, nerves
because everyone wants to do well in their tests, sadness because we may not see our
classmates for some time, happiness because we will be able to enjoy the sunshine and make
exciting plans. This month we want to explore emotions and music. Our C1 and B2 candidates
can learn about (music) festivals. Music will inspire our B1 candidates and will help them write
their own stories. Our A2 Key and A2 Flyers candidates can also use their talent to tell stories
using music and the little ones can express how music makes them feel. Happy teaching!
1. Festivals ............................................................................................................................................2
2. Write your story................................................................................................................................5
3. Write your story................................................................................................................................7
4. Music to my ears..............................................................................................................................9
4. References......................................................................................................................................10

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1. Festivals
Level: B2 First / C1 Advanced
Skills: speaking and reading
Interaction: whole class, in pairs and individual activity
Time: 25 minutes
Warm up (10’) – in pairs activity
• Do you like listening to music? Why (not)?
• What’s your favourite type of music?
• Do you have a favourite singer or band?
• When do you usually listen to music?
• Have you ever been to a festival?
• Do you know any festival in Spain, Europe or the rest of the world?
Reading (15’) – individual activity
You are going to read an article about four famous festivals. For questions 1 to 8, choose from
the four festivals. Each option may be chosen more than once.
Which festival:
1. takes place near the beach?
2. offers a luxurious accommodation option?
3. has been running for less than a decade?
4. is so big that it is difficult to put it into words?
5. gives visitors the option to relax before the music starts in the afternoon?
6. strives to reinforce bonds between visitors to create a community?
7. includes an unconventional way of showing appreciation?
8. recommends protecting yourself from the sun?

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Festival A
UK
Festival heaven for: Ageing hippies, middle managers
It’s difficult to convey quite how vast this festival is, with whole worlds of activity taking place
outside the arena as well as an awe-inspiring musical line-up ranging from pop to reggae to
rock to dubstep to metal to folk to techno. Everywhere you turn there’s vitality to be found –
especially if you stumble into some of the more anarchic cabaret tents and stages dotting the
woods and fields far from the Pyramid-stage hordes. And in terms of sheer scale, this festival
remains untouchable as a pilgrimage for people of all stripes, where all the ley lines of British
pop culture converge. Usually, by day four, you find yourself in an immense, blasted muddy
heap on the floor.
Festival B
Spain
Festival heaven for: People who like sunbathing.
This festival is a perfect combo of holidaying and festival. For the former, you’ve got the
eponymous town 20 minutes away, with a glistening sea to dip into. For the latter, you’ve got
one of the best music line-ups year in and year out. There’s a reason that it’s gone from 50K
capacity in 2009 to 150K over the whole weekend last year; it’s a beautiful festival, in a beautiful
location, with lots of beautiful people. The days are also made for kicking back and chilling
out, since the music only starts at 5pm and then goes throughout the night until the next
morning. It’s officially the best way to get a great tan and listen to some cutting-edge music:
that ain’t a fib.
Festival C
USA
Festival heaven for: Sun lovers, celebrities, fashion bloggers, those who use the Mayfair
filter in Instagram
Held on polo grounds in the desert, this festival is a camping destination, unlike most urban
American festivals, though the sand-adverse seeking five-star shelter can stay nearby. It
inherently seems like an industry leader, the first to announce big reunions and to nab long-
awaited comebacks, ranging from nostalgic critical bait (Ride) to dinosaurs (AC/DC, Steely
Dan). Keep an eye out for daytime pool parties, and stock up on hats, water and sunblock.
You’re going to need to hydrate well before the sun sets spectacularly behind the mountains.
Festival D
Australia
Festival heaven for: Nostalgic hippies and eccentric indie kids
It is a beautiful festival throwback to a time before corporate sponsors came along and slapped
their names on anything and everything. In keeping with the no-logo, collective ethos, visitors
are encouraged to bring whatever they like to the campsite as long as it doesn’t ruin the
communal vibe (even armchairs and a couch, according to their website). Over its twenty-year
history the festival has developed some quirky traditions: most famous of all is The Boot, a

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salute from the crowd to the best performers at the festival in the form of shoe or boot being
held aloft.
Based on https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-music-festivals-in-the-world
KEY
1. Which festival takes place near the beach? Festival B
2. Which festival offers a luxurious accommodation option? Festival C
3. Which festival has been running for less than a decade? Festival B
4. Which festival is so big that it is difficult to put it into words? Festival A
5. Which festival gives visitors the option to relax before the music starts in the afternoon?
Festival B
6. Which festival strives to reinforce bonds between visitors to create a community?
Festival D
7. Which festival includes an unconventional way of showing appreciation? Festival D
8. Which festival recommends protecting yourself from the sun? Festival B

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2. Write your story
Level: A2 Key / A2 Flyers
Skills: speaking and writing
Interaction: whole class and in groups
Time: 35 minutes
Warm up! (10’) – whole class activity
The teacher can ask the students to close their eyes and listen to the music.
After some time the teacher can turn the music down slightly and ask the pupils these
questions:
Imagine that you are the one of the characters in this story:
1. Where are you?
2. Who are you with?
3. What’s the weather like?
4. What are you doing?
Write your story (25’) – in groups of three or four
Teachers can ask their students to draw their story either based on the answers given to the
warm up questions or not related at all. Students can work in groups of three or four.

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When they have finished, the can write their story in 20 words or more.
One person from every group should join another group to give them ideas using these tips.
They can create their own posters and display them on the walls.
They can share their ideas using Penfriends
Give names to people
and use places.
Use shorter and
longer sentences.
Check the things that
are the same and the
things that are different
in the pictures.
Add time words like
one day, first, then,
later…

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3. Write your story
Level: B1 Preliminary
Skills: speaking and writing
Interaction: whole class and in groups
Time: 35 minutes
Warm up! (10’) – whole class activity
The teacher can ask the students to close their eyes and listen to the music.
After some time the teacher can turn the music down slightly and ask the pupils these
questions:
Imagine that you are the one of the characters in this story:
1. Where are you?
2. Who are you with?
3. What’s the weather like?
4. What are you doing?
Do the activity again using Gustav Holst’s Jupiter (from 18:39)

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Writing (20’) – in pairs or individual activity
Write your story in about 100 words.
Follow up – whole class activity
Students can tell their story to the rest of the class and their classmates can decide which
song they based their story on.

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4. Music to my ears
Level: Pre-A1 Starters, A1 Movers
Skills: speaking, listening and writing
Content: emotions vocabulary, music
Interaction: whole class and group activity
Classroom equipment: digital board, speakers
Time: 35 minutes
Warm up (10’) – whole class activity
1. How are you feeling today?
2. Do you like music?
3. When do you listen to music?
Speaking (10’) – whole class activity
The teacher can play this music and ask the students how this music makes them feel.
• How do you feel? Why?
• Do you agree? Why?
Gustav Holst’s Mars
Lascia ch'io pianga, Händel
Vivaldi’s Spring
Chopin’s Nocturne Op.9
Novos Baianos’ Um Bilhete para Didi
Writing (10’) – in groups activity
Students can create poster with words and images of things that make them feel sad,
sleepy, angry, happy, energetic, scared, etc.

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4. References
Chopin, F. (1846). Nocturnes. [online]. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb3vj9zTHX0 [Accessed 14th May 2019].
Händel, G.F. (1708). Lascia ch’io Pianga. [online]. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxnBjAaJWCc [Accessed 14th May 2019].
Holst, G. (1918). The Planets, Jupiter. [online]. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs
Holst, G. (1918). The Planets, Mars. [online]. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs [Accessed 14th May 2019].
Marcin Dampc (2018). Group of People Having Neon Party. [image/jpeg]. Available at:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/group-of-people-having-neon-party-1684187/
[Accessed 14th May 2019].
Mikky Koopac (2018). Group of People Watching Concert. [image/jpeg]. Available at:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/adult-audience-band-celebration-625644/ [Accessed
14th May 2019].
Mohamadi, J. (2018). Photo of a Boy Listening in Headphones. [image/jpeg]. Available at:
https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-a-boy-listening-in-headphones-1490844/
[Accessed 14th May 2019].
Morricone, E. (1996). The Ecstasy of Gold. [online]. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2fg3bR2osU
Novos Baianos (1972). Um Bilhete para Didi. [online]. Available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44YEBGKSVo [Accessed: 16th
May 2019]
Rawpixel.com (2018). Macbook Near Wireless Headphones, Mug and Saucer. [image/jpeg].
Available at: https://www.pexels.com/photo/macbook-near-wireless-headphones-
mug-and-saucer-1498964/ [Accessed 14th May 2019].
Time out London (2019). The 50 best music festivals in the world. [online] Available at:
https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-50-best-music-festivals-in-the-world
[Accessed 13th May 2019].
University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (2019). Penfriends. Available at:
https://penfriends.cambridgeenglish.org/ [Accessed: 22nd
April 2019].
Vivaldi, A. (1721). Spring. [online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-
dYNttdgl0 [Accessed 14th May 2019].