TESTING YOUR MUSIC KNOLEDGE!
Who are these
characters?
What do you know about
them?
Do you like them? Why?
Why not?
SPEAKING ACTIVITY
Tell your classmates about your favourite singer considering:
Name
Style of music that she/he has or they have
Your favourite songs
MICHAEL JACKSON BIOGRAPHY
Michael Jackson was born in august 29 th, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, United
States.
He started his music career with his brothers in the band “The Jackson 5”.
In 1970 they released 4 songs; all of them top 1, in the charts.
Two years later Michael
scored his first number 1 single
as a solo artist with “Ben” and
also obtained an Oscar
nomination.
In 1979 he released his
first solo album as an adult “off
the wall” produced by Quincy
Jones, with singles like “Don’t
stop till you have enough” and
“Off the Wall”.
The greatest moment of
his career was in 1982. Back
then he released the biggest-
selling album of all times,
“Thriller”, staying in the charts
for two years.
In 1987 his album “Bad”
was released with 5 singles
debuting in the number 1.
His problem started when he was accused of molesting a 13 year old boy,
issue that haunted him during the rest of his life.
In 1995 he married Lisa Marie Presley, but only lasted 19 months. A year
later he married Debbie Rowe and they had two children, Prince Michael Jackson
Junior and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.
Two years later Michael was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
celebrating with a massive party at Madison Square Garden.
In 2001 he received the award for “Artist of the Millennium” in the MTV
Movie Awards. Eight years later, he announced his comeback to the stages with a
50 date run of shows in London.
Michael Jackson died in June 25th, 2009; the investigation about his death is
still being done.
Did you know that…?
Michael Jackson’s fortune is estimated in 236 million dollars.
“Thriller” sold more than 68 million copies around the world.
Michael Jackson is very well known as the King of the Pop
The singers Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson are brothers.
Activity—
Say if the statements are “TRUE” putting a T and if they are “FALSE”
putting an F.
1. __ In 1972 Michael scored his first number 1 single as solo artist.
2. __The album “Thriller” was released with 5 number 1 singles.
3. __In 1996 he married Debbie Rowe.
4. __ He earned more than 236 million dollars with the concerts in London.
5. __ His two kids are product of his first marriage.
Let’s Sing!
Black or White- M. Jackson
Fill in the blanks! Have you ever dreamed
about becoming a
I took my baby I am tired of this devil don’t tell me you agree
on a saturday bang I am tired of this stuff with me musician?
boy is that girl with you
yes we’re one and the
I am tired of this business
sew when the
when I saw you kicking
dirt in my eye
How do you think is being
same going gets rough on tour?
I ain’t scared of But, if
your brother you’re thinking about my What would you like to
Activities—
Now I believe in miracles
and a miracle I ain’t scared of no sheets baby
has happened tonight I ain’t scare of nobody It don’t matter if you’re sing?
But, if
girl when the
going gets mean
black or white
Past
Identify, from
you’re thinking
about my baby (l. t. b. rap performance)
I said if
you’re thinking of
the we
Tenses
It don’t matter if you’re Protection being my baby In Michael Jackson’s Biography
black or white for gangs, clubs
and nations
It don’t matter if you’re
black or white identified several verbs in thebiography
past.
They print my message causing grief in text, all the
in the Saturday sun human relations I said if
I had to tell them It’s a turf war you’re thinking of The simple past tense is used to talk
PAST
I ain’t second to none on a global scale being my brother about actions that happened atREGULAR
a specific
I’d rather hear both sides It don’t matter if you’re
time in the past.
And I told about equality
an it’s true
of the tale
see, it’s not about races
black or white
VERBS you
either you’re wrong
or you’re right
just places
faces
ooh, ooh
yea, yea, yea now You form the simple past of acan verbfind.
by
Where your blood ooh, ooh adding –ed into the end of a REGULAR
But, if comes from yea, yea, yea now
you’re thinking is where your space is VERB (smiled, cried,stopped),
Searchbut, PAST
about my baby I’ve seen the bright it’s black, it’s white IRREGULAR VERB form is more
IRREGULAR
It don’t matter if you’re get duller it’s tough for you
black or white I’m not going to spend to get by complicated (knew, caught, run), they
VERBS and make
my life being a colour it’s black , its white, have to be learned. sentences using
whoo
them.
it’s black, it’s white “In 1972 he released his first album
it’s tough for you
to get by “Off the wall”-
it’s black , it’s white, Here we can see that the past form of
whoo
release is released.
“The meaning of life is contained in every
single expression of life. It is present in the
infinity“He began
of forms his singing
and phenomena thatcareer
exist at the age
in all ofof
creation.”
four”
Here we can see that past form of begin
is began.
Look at the following past tense boxes
Which box contains the regular past verbs?
Which box contains the irregular past verbs?
Try to think of the meaning of each verb:
BOX A
BOX B
Celebrated, designed, Beat, became, began,
enjoyed, entertained, fixed,
guessed, happened, helped,
bit, blew, broke,
identified, imagined, jumped, brought, caught,
knocked, lived, marked, chose, cut, dealt,
related, painted, relaxed, drew, drove, ate, felt,
shopped, stopped, suggested,
thanked, touched, worked, fought, got, grew,
used, wished. hung, kept, knew.
Time to hear about me!
Do you recognize me?
I like
Hello kids, my real name is Raymond Michael
Ayala but youJackson
know me as Daddy Yankee. I was born
Music
on February 3rd in 1976, Río Piedras, butRico.
Puerto I prefer
As you already know I’m a reggeaton is
singer.
Word Transformation
singing Reggeaton.
My fame came from my hit song “Gasolina” which is included in the album “Barrio Fino”
that I released in 2004. release
My album sold over 1,000,000 copies in Puerto Rico alone and also it sold millions of copies sell
in the United States and Europe. He has appeared on over 50 albums other than his own,
including "Más Flow" and "Blin Blin Vol. 1".
I’m famous for recording songs in both English and Spanish.
I was first involved in music in the early 1990s alongside Playero DJ, a pioneer of reggaeton
spain
music.
I performed with Nicky Jam, Luny Tunes, DJ Blass, DJ Eric, Eliel and with Nas at Madison
Square Garden. And I recorded with DJ Tony Touch and many others. I started my first record
American and Latin America reggaeton music tour on August 27th, 2005. I also sang on the sing
2005 MTV Music awards show together with other reggaeton artists from Puerto Rico
including Don Omar and Tego Calderon.
I performed in a film that represents the difficult lives of me and others living on the streets performe
of Latin America, I think it is a pioneering work since there isn't any other Spanish-language
movie that represents life in the barrio. My movie is a "real good", it was expected and it is a
famous.
Guess the riddle!!
Three really fat women walked in the
streets under only one umbrella, but
neither of them got wet, Can you guess
why?