LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: BAHAN AURICA

SCHOOL: LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC “TOMSA VODA” SOLCA

DATE: Feb5th, 2020

GRADE: 11th B vs. 12th B(L2)

TOPIC: ‘REMEMBER THE BEATLES!’

OPTIONAL: TEACHING ENGLISH THROUGH SONGS

TYPE OF LESSON: developing skills and abilities

TIME: 50’

OBJECTIVES:

a) cognitive objectives

By the end of the class, students will be able :

-to provide background information on the band

- to recognize various songs from The Beatles
- to improve listening skills and locate specifically required information

b) affective objectives:

- to get students familiar with the music of the Beatles

- to learn English while having fun
- to make students confident in the ability to use English
- to stimulate group-work and increase the spirit of competition

TEACHING AIDS: audio speaker, laptop, headphones, blackboard , posters, markers, large

sheets of paper

SKILLS: listening, writing, speaking

ORGANIZATION: group-work
 Stages of the lesson

Activity 1: Warm-up

Aim:- to create the atmosphere for the lesson

Procedure: T greets Ss and asks them how they feel
Interaction: T-Ss
Timing: 2’
Skills: speaking

Activity 2: Lead in

Aim: -to stir interest in the topic

Procedure: T draws attention that the competition they have prepared for, is about to get started and
gives Sts details about it ( how many rounds, what they consist in etc.)
Interaction: T-Ss
Timing: 2’
Skills: speaking

Activity 3- First round: QUIZ: BEATLES’ BIOGRAPHY

Aims: -to check understanding of the new contents

-to use language in meaningful contexts

Procedure: T prepared a set of questions based on Beatles’ biography. The two opposite teams listen
to the questions and give answers. (Appendix 1)
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-Ss
Timing: 10’
Skills: speaking, writing

Activity 4- Second round: IDENTIFY THE SONG!

Aims: - to score knowledge of the Beatles’ songs by title

-to get them familiar with the music of the legendary Beatles

Procedure: T has given students a full list of songs to prepare for the competition. T plays a few songs
and Sts have to identify the songs and write their names. ( Appendix 2)
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-Ss
Timing: 15’
Skills: listening, writing

Activity 5-Third round: FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE NEXT LINE!

Aims: -to develop sts’ ability to memorize lyrics

- to foster learning of the language through music mnemonics
-to improve listening and writing skills
Procedure: T has given Ss a short list with songs to learn by heart. T starts playing the music and after
a few lines, suddenly she stops and Ss have to come up with the right following line of the song.
(Appendix 3)
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-Ss
Timing: 5’
Skills: listening, writing

Activity 6-Fourth round: GUESS THE NAMES!

Aims: -to scan to locate specifically required information

- to learn English while playing
- to improve listening and writing skills
Procedure: T asks Ss to find specific pieces of information, based on the acquired knowledge of the
songs. (Appendix 4)
Interaction: : T-Ss, Ss-Ss
Timing: 14’

Activity 7: ‘’AND THE WINNER IS……’’

Aim: -to score Ss’ points in the competition

-to assess Ss’ results
Procedure: T counts the points, assesses the results and , if time allows, makes a karaoke song with all
the participants.
Interaction: T-Ss
Timing: 2’
Appendix 1

FIRST ROUND:

1. QUIZ: BEATLES’ BIOGRAPHY

1. Write down the name of each member of the group as they apear in the given poster.

2. So, Beatles means George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Two of
them are still alive and they continue to make music. Put down the names of the two.

John Lennon was shot dead by a fan in1980, and George Harrison died because of lung
cancer.

3. Where did the Beatles come from?

4. Before calling themselves simply The Beatles, they went through several name changes.
Three, to be more precise. Can you put down one?

The Quarrymen, Johnny and the Moondogs, The Silver Beatles.

5. Beatles released 23 studio albums, 5 live albums, 53 compilation albums, 11 video albums, 64
music videos. For one point, can you tell me the name of one album?

Please, please me Beatles for sale Yesterday and today

With the Beatles Magical mystery tour Revolver

Introducing the Beatles The white album Srg. Pepper’s Lonely hearts Club Band

Meet the Beatles Beatles ’65 Yellow submarine

Twist and shout Beatles VI Abbey Road (1969)

A hard day’s night Help! Let it be! (1970)

Something new Rubber soul

6. So, Beatles hit success in 1963 with the song PLEASE PLEASE ME. But when did they split up?

1970
Appendix 2

SECOND ROUND

Recognize the song!

1. HEY, JUDE
2. NO REPLY
3. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
4. HELP
5. COME TOGETHER
6. SHE LOVES YOU
7. YOU’RE GONNA LOSE THAT GIRL
8. IN MY LIFE
9. TWIST AND SHOUT
10. YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY
11. EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
12. DON’T LET ME DOWN
13. THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD
Appendix 3

THIRD ROUND

Fill in the blanks with the next line of the following songs:

1. HERE COMES THE SUN

Here comes the sun (doo doo doo doo)

Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
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2. YESTERDAY

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.

Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be.

There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go?

I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong.
Now I long for yesterday.
 Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she had to go?

I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong.
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Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.

Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

3. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

What would you think if I sang out of tune

Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
And I'll try not to sing out of key
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm gonna try with a little help from my friends

What do I do when my love is away?

(Does it worry you to be alone?)
How do I feel by the end of the day?
(Are you sad because you're on your own?)
No I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm I get high with a little help from my friends

……………………………………………………………………………….

4. YELLOW SUBMARINE

In the town where I was born

Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
 And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play
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Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

Appendix 4

FOURTH ROUND

MISCELLANEOUS TASKS

1. Listen to the song OBLADI, OBLADA, and write down the two characters whose names are
repeated more than once.

Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace

Molly is the singer in a band
Desmond says to Molly, girl, I like your face
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand
Ob la di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra
La-la, how the life goes on
Ob-la di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra
La-la, how the life goes on
Desmond takes a trolley to the jeweller's store
Buys a twenty carat golden ring
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing
Ob la di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra
La-la, how the life goes on
Ob-la di, ob-la-da, life goes on, bra
La-la, how the life goes on
In a couple of years they have built
A home sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones
Happy ever after in the market place
Desmond lets…
2. Name one song whose title has or contains the name of a girl.

“Anna (Go To Him)” (1963) Martha My Dear” (1968)

“Michelle” (1965) “Julia” (1968)

“Eleanor Rigby” (1966) “Sexy Sadie” (1968)

“Lovely Rita” (1967) LUCY IN THE SKY OF DIAMONDS

“Lady Madonna” (1968)

“Dear Prudence” (1968)

3. Listen to the song PENNY LANE and write down two jobs the text mentions.

Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs

Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say "Hello"
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
And little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a mac
In the pouring rain, very strange
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass,
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer. Meanwhile back
Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And…
In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer,
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim,
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain - very strange
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
Penny Lane!

4. Put the headphones on and make the others from your team guess the tune you’re listening
to, by singing along.
 (I wanna hold your hand, Let it be, A hard day’s night, All my loving)

5. Name one Beatle song whose title contains the name of a fruit. (Strawberry field forever)

6. Name one song whose title contains the name of a jewel, of a precious stone.( Lucy in
the sky with diamonds)

7. Name one song whose title contains the name of a musical instrument. (While my
guitar gently weeps.

8. Invite the two opposite teams to sing Let it be. The team who sings more convincing, gets
one point.