This is the an exercise I've been using over the last week to finish off my opening lessons. It's easy, requires little preparation and is fun. Basically, all you need is some source of music which can be played in class. I used my mp3 player and grabbed the speakers from the secretary's PC.
Lesson plan
1 Ask students to discuss the last film they saw with the person next to them.
2 Tell students that you are going to play a piece of music and that they have to imagine it is from a movie. They have to answer the following questions;
What kind of movie is it?
Where is it set?
Who can you see?
What are they doing?
What is the movie called?
(It may be a good idea to revise/teach different film genres at this point using examples).
3 Remind students that there are no wrong answers to this and that they should use their imagination.
4 Play part of the song.
5 Students discuss their answers with each other.
6 Repeat this two or three times.
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Monday, October 8, 2007
Friday, April 7, 2006
Ideas for using songs
I tried this idea today in class. But remember we're trained professionals so don't try this at home, kids.
I thought that I'd do something different as the students have been doing exams all week and are very tired. Anyway, I choose 5am by Appleton as it's a sweet ballad and doesn't have much in the way of difficult language.
lesson plan
1 Write the title and the first couple of lines of the song;
This exercise got mixed results, I'm not sure if it was the fact that everyone was tired, they didn't like the song or it's just not a good idea. Then again if you try something new you have got to accept the fact that it may not work, I'll try this with a couple of other classes then we'll see.
I thought that I'd do something different as the students have been doing exams all week and are very tired. Anyway, I choose 5am by Appleton as it's a sweet ballad and doesn't have much in the way of difficult language.
lesson plan
1 Write the title and the first couple of lines of the song;
It's 5 o'clock in the morning And I give up on sleep
life with a conscience and I decide to walk away
It's 5 o'clock in the morning And I give up on sleep life (?) with a conscience and I decide to walk away
So I find my posessions And slide from your room Ignore all regrets I push myself into the street
I, I, I dont want to talk I've said my piece and I'll just go now I would love to believe and be? content to wait with you again
At 6 o'clock in the morning you'll awake all alone and pause for a moment to damn or bless me as you wish
I, I, I dont want to talk I've said my piece and I'll just go now I would love to believe and be? content to wait with you again
I agree, it would never be right and I'll just go now, and id love to believe and id be content to wait with you again, again, again
I, I, I dont want to talk I've said my piece and I'll just go now I would love to believe and be? content to wait with you again
life with a conscience and I decide to walk away
2 Ask students to guess what the song is about and who "I" is in this situation.
3 Play the song but without giving the students the lyrics. Ask students to come up with ideas about the what's the song is about in pairs.
4 Hand out the lyrics and play the song again.
3 Play the song but without giving the students the lyrics. Ask students to come up with ideas about the what's the song is about in pairs.
4 Hand out the lyrics and play the song again.
It's 5 o'clock in the morning And I give up on sleep life (?) with a conscience and I decide to walk away
So I find my posessions And slide from your room Ignore all regrets I push myself into the street
I, I, I dont want to talk I've said my piece and I'll just go now I would love to believe and be? content to wait with you again
At 6 o'clock in the morning you'll awake all alone and pause for a moment to damn or bless me as you wish
I, I, I dont want to talk I've said my piece and I'll just go now I would love to believe and be? content to wait with you again
I agree, it would never be right and I'll just go now, and id love to believe and id be content to wait with you again, again, again
I, I, I dont want to talk I've said my piece and I'll just go now I would love to believe and be? content to wait with you again
5 This time ask students to think of questions using how, what, where, when, who, why
e.g. Why did she leave ?
6 Students then ask each other the questions and come up with their own answers.
7 Ask the students to do a role play. Divide the group into boys and girls/men and women and ask them to imagine that the they are the "I" and "you" in the song and that they meet by chance a year later.
e.g. Why did she leave ?
6 Students then ask each other the questions and come up with their own answers.
7 Ask the students to do a role play. Divide the group into boys and girls/men and women and ask them to imagine that the they are the "I" and "you" in the song and that they meet by chance a year later.
This exercise got mixed results, I'm not sure if it was the fact that everyone was tired, they didn't like the song or it's just not a good idea. Then again if you try something new you have got to accept the fact that it may not work, I'll try this with a couple of other classes then we'll see.
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