Unit5MusicPeriod5ReadingforWriting

Warming-up“Musicisthemedicineofthemind.”—JohnA.LoganHowdoyouinterpretthissentence?Thinkandshareyourview.

ReadingActivity1:Lookatthepictureandmakeaprediction.SarahWilliamsWhatdoyoufindaboutSarahinthepicture?Where?What?How?…

ReadingActivity2:Readthespeechandanswerthequestions.1.WhatwasSarah’sproblem?2.Howdidmusichelpherduringherdifficulttime?3.Whatisheradvicetoothers?Sarahhadaseriousdiseasewhichwasdifficulttocure.Itmadeherfeelmuchbetterbecauseitisthe“medicineofthemind”.Heradvicetoothersistousemusictohelpwhenyouhaveproblems.

ReadingActivity3:Listentothespeechandthinkaboutthequestion.Whatarethecharacteristicsofthelanguagethattheauthorusestointroduceherstoryandherfeelings?Goodmorning!MynameisSarahWilliams.It’sanhonourtobehereandtosharewithyouthestoryofhowmusichashadanimpactonmylife.(Paragraph1)

ReadingHaveyoueverfacedatimewhenthingslookeddarkandyouhadnohopeatall?Twoyearsago,IwastoldIhadaseriousdiseasewhichwasdifficulttocure.Mybodyachedallthetime,andthusIthoughtIdidn’thavemuchlongertolive.IwasveryafraidandIfeltsoaloneanddiscouraged.(Paragraph2)Thenoneday,Ihadtogothroughatwo-hourmedicaltreatment.Thedoctorwantedmetorelax.Sohehadmelistentosomemusic,andoneofthesongswas“Happy”.ThesongmademefeelsomuchbetterthatfromthenonIbegantolistentomusicallthetime.JohnA.Logansaid,“Musicisthemedicineofthemind.”Andit’strue.Musichelpedmerecover.(Paragraph2)Activity3:Listentothespeechandthinkaboutthequestion.

ReadingOfcourse,IhopenoneofyouhavetogothroughthesamekindofsufferingthatIdid.Atthesametime,weallgothroughvariousperiodswhenwefeelsadoralone.Duringthosetimes,musiccanhelpyouin