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This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2005 – www.tuneintoenglish.com American Idiot–Green Day–Notes Activity type: gap fill, opposites, word formation. Time: 20 mins. 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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This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2005 – www.tuneintoenglish.com

American Idiot–Green Day–Notes Activity type: gap fill, opposites, word formation.

Time: 20 mins.

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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American Idiot–Green Day

Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't want a __________ under the new mania national And can you hear the sound of __________? hysterical The subliminal mind f**k America. CHORUS Welcome to a _ _ _ _ kind of __________ tense All across the alienation _ _ _ _ _ isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of _ _ _ _ _ We're not the ones who're meant to _ _ _ _ _ For that's enough to __________ argument Well maybe I'm the f****t America I'm not a part of a redneck agenda Now _ _ _ _ _ do the propaganda And sing along in the age of __________ paranoid REPEAT CHORUS Don't wanna be an American idiot One __________controlled by the media national Information age of __________ hysterical It's calling out to idiot America REPEAT CHORUS

follow – everybody – everything – new - tomorrow

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American Idiot–Green Day-Complete

Don't wanna be an American idiot. Don't want a nation under the new mania. And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

The subliminal mind fuck America.

CHORUS Welcome to a new kind of tension.

All across the alienation. Everything isn't meant to be okay.

Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

For that's enough to argue.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America. I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody do the propaganda.

And sing along in the age of paranoia.

REPEAT CHORUS

Don't wanna be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media.

Information age of hysteria. It's calling out to idiot America.

REPEAT CHORUS