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Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words, comprehension. Grammar: Present simple, past simple and continuous, future will, must, should. Time: 15 mins.
1) Write the following words on the board: pure man do eye place face by plan sure you
2) Students match the rhyming pairs. Key: pure sure / man plan / do you / eye by / place face 3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and rhymes (the rhyming words occur together!). 4) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 3). 5) Allow them to check their answers with other students, then play the complete song again. 6) Correct, and sing together. Further Comprehension Practice: (The following exercises may be done as homework, if theres isnt enough time in class.) 1) Answer the questions: 1-Where is the song set? 2-Why does he say hell never be with her? 3-What happened between them?
Key:1-In the subway (English: underground); 2-Because he knows she has a boyfriend and that they havent actually met; 3- She smiled at him. 2) Multiple choice: Choose the correct answer. 1-The singers love is for 2-He realizes that 3-They meet 4-They share 5-Hes aware A B C A B C A B C A B C A B C an angel a smiling face on a poster a woman with a man she has a boyfriend shes an angel shes a ghost in a crowded street in their dreams in a busy underground train a dream a journey a short glance his love is impossible shell be his wife someday theyll meet soon.
Key: 1-C, 2-A, 3-C, 4-C, 5-A. The following grammar exercise may also be suggested as a follow up activity. Find all the verbs in this song. Put them in the base forms and write which tenses they occur in. (e.g.Be present simple :Youre, is, Im, its; past: she was ,I was; future: Ill be )
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1) Write the following words on the board: afternoon around bed car do down far head joy me power room see shower sky toy tree view why you (twice)
2) Students match the rhyming pairs (NB: there are two different rhyming words for you, and one group has three words, not two). Point out that some are not in fact direct rhymes, but follow the vowel sounds. 3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and rhymes (rhyming words usually happen together!). 4) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 3). 5) Listen again. Students correct and complete. 6) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the complete song again. 7) Correct, and sing together.
Further Grammar Practice: Rewrite the verbs in the song in two columns named Present Simple and Present Continuous.
Key 1) : afternoon room / around down / bed head / car far / do you / joy - toy / me see tree / power shower / sky why / view - you
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1) Write the following verbs on the board, and ask students to write the Past Participles. do - know make - mean save - show - sing 2) Play the song (as far as the third verse, around 2 mins 30 secs). Students listen, check their answers to 1) and put the verbs in the correct order (you can point out that they will first hear the base form of the verb, then the Past Participle.) 3) Write the following words on the board, and ask students to write the opposites. everything - everyone everywhere - hard (difficult) 4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to insert the missing verbs, as listed in 1), in the correct gaps, based on their answers to 2). 5) Play the song. Students listen and check in pairs 6) Correct, and sing together.
Key to 1): done - known - made meant saved - shown - sung (Note: the regular Past Participle of show is also showed) Key to 3): nothing no-one nowhere - easy
Note: At the end of the song you can hear some words from two other famous Beatles songs: Yesterday and She Loves You.
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_______ you can _______ that isn't _______. _______ you can _______ that isn't _______. Theres _______ you can _______ that isn't where you're meant to be. It's _______. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need
All you need is love (All together, now!) All you need is love. (Everybody!) All you need is love, love. Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need.
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Nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. Theres nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need
All you need is love (All together, now!) All you need is love. (Everybody!) All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need.
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1) Write the following words on the board: lead (verb) nobody nothing old - yesterday 2) Students write the opposites alone or in pairs. Key: follow everybody everything new - tomorrow 3) Play the song. Students listen for the new words, numbering them in the order they appear. Key: 1. new 2. everything 3. tomorrow 4. follow 5. everybody 4) Feedback. Make sure they have the correct opposites at this stage. 5) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Ask them to change the words on the right to fill in the gaps (with unbroken lines). They should also try to insert the words as listed above, in the correct gaps (with broken lines). 6) Play the song again. Students complete the text. 7) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again. 8) Correct, and sing together.
Follow up: The singer is very angry with the political situation in his country. How do you feel about the situation in your own country?
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national hysterical
tense
argument
paranoid
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1) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. The right hand column has Elviss exgirlfriends replies to his questions. Students complete the questions. 2) The following words are at the bottom of the worksheet: around - bare change cue - down - heart - part - strange - there - two Students match the rhyming pairs. 3) Play the song. Students correct part one, and complete part two 4) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and correct if necessary. Then play the song again. 5) Correct, and sing together.
Follow up: The singers ex-girlfriend has met another man. Write the questions she asks him on their first date.
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_________________....a bright summer day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? _______________________empty and bare? No, ______________________________________ No, And picture me there? ______________________________________? No, ______________________________________? No, Tell me dear ______________________________________? No,
No, Im not lonesome tonight No, I dont miss you tonight No, Im not sorry we drifted apart Yes, my memory strays to a bright summer day the chairs in my parlour dont seem empty... I dont gaze at my doorstep my heart isnt filled with pain! dont come back again! Im not lonesome tonight
Spoken: I wonder if you're lonesome tonight You know someone said that the world's a stage And each must play a _________ Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweet _________ Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a _________ Then came act _________, you seemed to _________, you acted _________ And why I'll never know Honey, you lied when you said you loved me And I had no cause to doubt you But I'd rather go on hearing your lies Than go on living without you Now the stage is _________and I'm standing _________ With emptiness all _________ And if you won't come back to me Then they can bring the curtain _________
No, my heart isnt filled with pain! No, dont come back again! No, Im not lonesome tonight
______________________________________?
around - bare change cue - down - heart - part - strange - there - two
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Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart? Does your memory stray to a bright sunny day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? Do the chairs in your parlour seem empty and bare? Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there? Is your heart filled with pain? Shall I come back again? Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight? Spoken: I wonder if you're lonesome tonight You know someone said that the world's a stage And each must play a part Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange And why I'll never know Honey, you lied when you said you loved me And I had no cause to doubt you But I'd rather go on hearing your lies Than go on living without you Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there With emptiness all around And if you won't come back to me Then they can bring the curtain down Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight
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1) Write the following words on the board (do not write the asterisk!): heart day people room true town mud colours forever hero love * * * * * * * cloud * red luck * over * friend * beautiful * road * night teach * blue * girl
2) Ask students to choose eight of these words. 3) Explain that you will play the song. Students listen for their words, and tick them as they hear them (similar to Bingo). Play the complete song. (Fifteen of the listed words are in the song) 4) Correct by eliciting the words used in the song, then check if there is a winner. 5) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Ask them to predict the missing words, based on context and rhymes. 6) Play the song again. Students check their predictions in 5) and correct the words. 7) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the complete song again. 8) Correct, and sing together.
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Beautiful Day U2
The (1)____________ is a bloom Shoots up through the stony ground There's no (2)____________ No space to rent in this town You're out of (3)____________ And the reason that you had to care The traffic is stuck And you're not moving anywhere See the world in green and (12)____________ You thought you'd found a (4)____________ See China right in front of you To take you out of this place Someone you could lend a hand In return for grace It's a (5)____________ day Sky falls, you feel like It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away You're on the (6)____________ But you've got no destination You're in the (7)____________ In the maze of her imagination You love this town Even if that doesn't ring (8)____________ You've been all over And it's been all (9)____________ you It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away It's a beautiful day Touch me Take me to that other place Reach me I know I'm not a hopeless case What you don't have you don't need it now What you don't know you can feel it somehow What you don't have you don't need it now Don't need it now Was a beautiful day See the canyons broken by (13)____________ See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out See the Bedouin fires at (14)____________ See the oil fields at first light And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth After the flood all the (15)__________came out It's a beautiful (10)____________ Don't let it get away It's a beautiful day Touch me Take me to that other place (11)____________ me I know I'm not a hopeless case
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1.Rewrite the following words in rhyming pairs. (Some of them do not strictly rhyme, but have the same vowel sound.)
begun fear done white wrong year fight fun young strong
2.Write the verbs in the Past Simple to complete the information about the song War Is Over (If You Want It)
John Lennon and Yoko Ono ________(write) and ________(record) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in New York in 1971. The Harlem Community Choir ________(help) with backing vocals. The song ________(be) a protest song about the Vietnam War, but is still relevant 35 years later. John and Yoko regularly ________(campaign) for peace, and in 1969 ________(rent) billboards and posters in eleven cities around the world with the message "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko." The record ________(not/be) a hit in America when it first ________(come) out, but ________(do) very well in the UK, and ________(return) to the charts after Lennons death in 1980.
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4.Check with a partner, then sing the song with your class.
Complete John Lennon & Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band
3.(Happy Christmas Kyoko
Happy Christmas Julian) So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas (War is Over, if you want it) For weak and for strong The rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong And so happy Christmas For black and for white For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas (War is over, if you want it) And what have we done Another year over And a new one just begun And so happy Christmas We hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear (War is over, if you want it War is over now)
Background information:
"Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas", although some people consider it disrespectful to Christ. You can find more detailed information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas (in English) and http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas (in Italian). Kyoko is Yoko Onos daughter from her previous marriage to American jazz musician Anthony Cox. Julian is John Lennons son from his previous marriage to Cynthia Powell.
John Lennon and Yoko Ono __wrote___(write) and _recorded___(record) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in New York in 1971. The Harlem Community Choir __helped____(help) with backing vocals. The song ___was___(be) a protest song about the Vietnam War, but is still relevant 35 years later. John and Yoko regularly _campaigned___(campaign) for peace, and in 1969 __rented__(rent) billboards and posters in eleven cities around the world with the message "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko." The record _wasnt__(not/be) a hit in America when it first __came__(come) out, but __did__(do) very well in the UK, and __returned___(return) to the charts after Lennons death in 1980.
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1) Write the following words on the board Yes stop goodbye high I dont know 2) Students write the opposites alone or in pairs. Point out that the opposite for I dont know is the question which provokes this answer. 3) Key (but at this stage, any correct opposite is acceptable) No go hello low why 4) Play the song. Students listen for the opposites, correcting as necessary, and numbering them in the order they appear. 5) Feedback on opposites. 6) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Play the song. Students complete the text. 7) Allow them to check their answers with other students, correct, and sing together.
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You say ______, I say ______ You say ______and I say ______ Chorus Oh no, You say ______and I say ______ _______ _____ I dont know why you say ______, I say ______ _______ _____ I dont know why you say ______, I say ______ I say ______, you say ______ You say ______and I say __________ Repeat Chorus Why, why, why, why, why do you say goodbye, goodbye? Repeat Chorus You say ______, I say ______ You say ______, and I say ______ Repeat Chorus ______ ______ I dont know why you say ______, I say ______, ______ ______ Hey-la Hey-la Hey-la Hey-la hey-aloha hey-aloha hey-aloha hey-aloha
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You say yes, I say no You say stop and I say go, go, go Chorus Oh no, You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello I dont know why you say goodbye, I say hello Hello hello I dont know why you say goodbye, I say hello I say high, you say low You say why and I say I dont know Repeat Chorus Why, why, why, why, why do you say goodbye, goodbye? Repeat Chorus You say yes, I say no You say stop, and I say go Repeat Chorus Hello hello I dont know why you say goodbye, I say hello, hello Hello Hey-la Hey-la Hey-la Hey-la hey-aloha hey-aloha hey-aloha hey-aloha
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Im a Believer Notes
Activity type: gap fill. Grammar: Past Simple. Time: 20 mins
1) Write the following verbs on the board: to be cant - to get - to give - to haunt to mean (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) to need to see - to seem to think - to try 2) Students write the past tense of these verbs. Key: was/were - couldnt got gave haunted meant needed - saw thought tried 3) Play the song. Students listen and tick the words they hear, correcting if necessary. 4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song again ask them to try to insert the missing verbs, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context. 5) Play the song. Students complete the text. 6) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again. 7) Correct, and sing together.
Follow up: How do you feel about love? Are you a believer? Students discuss, or write.
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I _________ love was only true in fairy tales _________ for someone else but not for me. Love _________ out to get me Thats the way it _________. Disappointment _________ all my dreams. Then I _________ her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I _________ leave her if I _________. I _________ love _________ more or less a given thing, Seems the more I _________ the less I _________. Whats the use in trying? All you get is pain. When I _________ sunshine I got rain. Then I _________ her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I _________ leave her if I _________. Love _________ out to get me Thats the way it _________. Disappointment _________ all my dreams. Then I _________ her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I _________ leave her if I _________. Yes, I _________ her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I _________ leave her if I _________.
to be cant - to get - to give - to haunt to mean (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) to need to see - to seem to think - to try
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Im a Believer Complete
(written by Neil Diamond)
I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me. Love was out to get me Thats the way it seemed. Disappointment haunted all my dreams. Then I saw her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I couldnt leave her if I tried. I thought love was more or less a given thing, Seems the more I gave the less I got. Whats the use in trying? All you get is pain. When I needed sunshine I got rain. Then I saw her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I couldnt leave her if I tried. Love was out to get me Thats the way it seemed. Disappointment haunted all my dreams. Then I saw her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I couldnt leave her if I tried. Yes, I saw her face, now Im a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind. Im in love, Im a believer! I couldnt leave her if I tried.
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1) Write the following verbs on the board: believe break carry climb crawl feel find - hold kiss - loose (note: the correct verb in loosen) run - scale speak 2) Play the song, students number the verbs in the order they hear them, in any form. Key: 1. climb 2. run 3. crawl 4. scale 5. find 6. kiss 7. feel 8. speak 9. hold 10. believe (in the song this verb first appears at this point, on the gapped worksheet it is number 13) - 11. break 12. loose 13. carry 3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Play the song. Students try to fill in the blanks. 4) Point out the construction of the verb forms (note that the correct Past Participle for speak is spoken. Point out the singers artistic license, both here and with the verb loosen). If you are using this song as an introduction to the Present Perfect, students may not be aware of the use of the auxiliary have and the Past Participle. 5) Play the song again. Students complete the text. 6) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again. 7) Correct, and sing together.
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I _______ ________ highest mountain I _______ ________ through the fields Only to be with you Only to be with you I _______ ________ I _______ ________ I _______ ________ these city walls These city walls Only to be with you But I still _______ But I still _______ ________ what Im looking for ________ what Im looking for
I _______ ________ honey lips _______ the healing in her fingertips It burned like fire This burning desire I _______ ________ with the tongue of angels I _______ ________ the hand of a devil It was warm in the night I was cold as a stone But I still _______ But I still _______ ________ what Im looking for ________ what Im looking for
I believe in the kingdom come Then all the colours will bleed into one Bleed into one Well yes I______ still ________ You ________ the bonds and you ________the chains ________the cross Of my shame Of my shame You know I ________it But I still _______ ________ what Im looking for But I still _______ ________ what Im looking for But I still _______ ________ what Im looking for But I still _______ ________ what Im looking for...
believe break carry climb crawl feel find - hold kiss - loose run - scale speak
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Past Simple: 1. Write the following verbs on the board: to be - can - to change (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) - to do - to feel to grow to have to keep - to know (Past Participle, different to Past Simple) to learn - to make (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) to spend - to take to try to walk 2. Students write the past tense of these verbs. Key: was/were - could changed did felt grew had - kept known learned made spent - took tried walked 3. As below. Rhyming Words: 1) Write the following words on the board: afraid - alive anymore - apart cry die - door face free - give goodbye - heart - high - I - key - live - love me new side space strong survive - wrong - you 2) Students match the rhyming pairs. 3) Play the song. Students listen and tick the words they hear, correcting if necessary. 4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song again ask them to try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and the rhymes. 5) Play the song. Students complete the text. 6) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again. 7) Correct, and sing together.
Follow up: Six months later the singer meets her ex-boyfriend at a party. Imagine their conversation.
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to be - can - to change (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) - to do - to feel to grow to have to keep - to know (Past Participle, different to Past Simple) to learn - to make (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) to spend - to take to try - to walk
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(Rhymes)
First I was afraid, I was _________ Kept thinking I could never live without you by my _________ But I spent so many nights thinking how you did me _________ And I grew _________, I learned how to carry on And so you're back from outer _________ I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your _________ I should have changed my stupid lock I should have made you leave your _________ If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother _________ Chorus: Go on now go walk out the _________ just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome _________ weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with _________ you think I'd crumble you think I'd lay down and _________ Oh no, not _________ I will _________ as long as I know how to love I know Ill stay _________ I've got all my life to _________ I've got all my love to _________ and I'll _________ I will _________ Hey hey It took all the strength I had not to fall _________ kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken _________ and I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to _________ But now I hold my head up _________ and you see me somebody _________ I'm not that chained up little person still in love with _________ and so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to be _________ now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving _________ Repeat chorus twice
afraid - alive anymore - apart cry die - door face free - give goodbye - heart - high - I - key - live - love me new side space strong survive - wrong - you
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to be - can - to change (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) - to do - to feel to grow to have to keep - to know (Past Participle, different to Past Simple) to learn - to make (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) to spend - to take to try - to walk afraid - alive anymore - apart cry die - door face free - give - goodbye heart - high - I - key - live - love me new side space strong survive wrong - you
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1) Write the following verbs on the board: cry - eyes - fast - guy - hide - past 2) Students match the rhyming pairs (note that here there are in fact four rhyming words, and one rhyming pair!). 3) Play the song. Students listen and tick the words they hear. 4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song again ask them to try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and the rhymes. 5) Play the song. Students complete the text. 6) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again. 7) Correct, and sing together.
Follow up: Have you been hurt by anyone? Students discuss, or write.
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cry
eyes
fast
guy
hide
past
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1.
Make copies of the worksheet for every three or four students. Cut the worksheets indicated, and mix the verses.
2.
Divide class into groups of three or four. Give each group a copy of the cut up worksheet.
3.
Students listen to the song and put the verses in the correct order.
4.
Sing together.
Follow up: What other things have changed in the singers life now that she is rich and famous. Write sentences using used to.
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_______________________________________________________________________ Children grow and the women produce And the men go work And some go stealin Everyone's got to make a living _______________________________________________________________________ L.O.X...yeah J.Lo...yeah Geah, geah, yo, yo.. We off the block this year Went from a low to a lot this year Everybody mad at the rocks that I wear I know where I'm goin' and I know where I'm from, you hear.. _______________________________________________________________________
LOX in the air.. Geah, we're at the airport out D-block From the block where everybody air-forced-out With a new white T.U.fresh Nothin' phony with us Make the money, get the mansion, bring the homies with us _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________ From "In Livin' Color" to movie scripts From "On the 6" to "J.Lo" to "This"
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Headline clips, I stay grounded as the amounts roll in I'm real I thought I told ya (I'm real...) I'm real even on Oprah (I'm real...) That's just me, nothing phony Don't hate on me, What you get is what you see, oh... (South, South Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx)
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________ I'm down to Earth like this, rockin' this business I've grown up so much, I'm in control and lovin' it Rumors got me laughin' kid I love my life, and my public Put God first, and can't forget To stay real... (real) To me it's like breathin'... yeah... _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________
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Yo, yo.. It takes hard work to cash checks So don't be fooled by the rocks that I got they assets You get back what you put out Even if you take the good route can't count the hood out _______________________________________________________________________
After a while, you don't know who to blend with Just keep it real with the ones you came in with Best thing to do is stay low, LOX and J.Lo They act like they don't but they know, Yeah "Everyone's got to make a living..." _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________
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1) Write the following words on the board: above air alone blame despair feels game here know love man pray safe say understand way (three times)
2) Students match the rhyming pairs (NB: there are three different rhyming words for way). Point out that many are not in fact direct rhymes, but follow the vowel sounds. 3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and the rhymes. 4) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 3) and complete the text. 5) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again. 6) Correct, and sing together.
Follow up: The singer is disappointed with how her relationship has worked out. When was the last time you were disappointed by someone or something?
Key to 1): way safe / despair air / above love / say way / know alone / feels here / way pray / game blame / man - understand
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This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity Tune into English 2005 www.tuneintoenglish.com
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity Tune into English 2005 www.tuneintoenglish.com