YOU WILL SURVIVE!Tips on Teaching with Songs

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1. Crossword PuzzleAt ___ (1) I was afraid, I was pretrifiedKept thinking I ___ (2) never live without you by my sideBut then I spent so many ___ (3), thinking how you did me ____ (4)I grew strong, I learned how to get along.

1 - ..., second, third, fourth2 – Past tense of “can”3 – Part of the day when it’s dark (plural)4 – If you’re not right, you’re ...

Work individually or in pairs. Hand out the activity sheet. Set time. Students try to find out what the words are.

(Dictionaries allowed.) Play the song. (once) Students correct in pairs or groups (teacher

helps). Play song again. And sing! (or not!)

2. The e-mail!

“Mark, I have to tell you something and if I don’t I think I’ll die.

At first I was afraid, really, I was petrified. I kept thinking that I could never, ever, live without you by my side. I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. I grew strong and, it was not easy, but I learned how to get along.

It was hard and it took all the strength I had so I wouldn’t to fall apart. Don’t think I’m a drama queen, but I tried very hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart...”

Pre-reading activities (discussion? pre-teach vocabulary?)

Questions after reading the email1. How do you think the person who wrote this e-

e-mail is feeling? / etc

Play song / video.

Post-reading/listening – discussion? writing?

Optional: provide full lyrics.

3. Translation

And so you're … (1) from outer space.I just walked in to find you … (2)

With that … (3) look upon your face.I should've changed that stupid … (4),I should've made you … (5) your … (6),

If I had known, for just one … (7),You'd be back to … (8) me.

aqui – chave – de volta – deixar – fechadura – incomodar – segundo – triste

Use for words / expressions you’d like to review.

Have students try and fill in the blanks with the words from the list using the context.

Play the song.

Students corrent in pairs or group.

Read the lyrics and provide the right answer.

Play the song again

Follow-up: ?

At first, I was afraid ( )I was petrified. ( ) Kept thinkin' I could never live ( )Without you by my side, ( )But then I spent so many nights ( )Thinkin' how you did me wrong. ( )And I grew strong ( )And I learned how to get along. ( )

a – Sem você do meu lado b – E eu fiquei fortec – No início, eu estava com medod – Mas então passei tantas noitese – Pensando no quanto você me fez malf – Eu estava apavoradag – Ficava pensando que não poderia viverh – E eu aprendi a me virar

At first, I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinkin' how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along.

No início, estava ___ (1), eu estava apavorada. Ficava ___ (2) que não poderia viver sem você do meu ___ (3). Mas então passei ___ (4) noites pensando no quanto você me fez ___ (5). Eu fiquei forte e ___ (6) a me virar.

4. Grammar

Simple Past Tense

At first, I … (be) afraid, I … (be) petrified.… (keep) thinkin' I … (can) never liveWithout you by my side,But then I … (spend) so many nightsThinkin' how you … (do) me wrong.And I … (grow) strongAnd I … (learn) how to get along.

Aim: practice past tense forms

Ask students to read the lyrics and provide the correct simple past form of the verbs in parentheses.

Play the song.

Students check answers in pairs / groups.

Teacher plays the song again and stops at each past tense form. Provides right answers when necessary.

Post-listening. Ask information questions using the verbs in the song.

Because You Loved Me – Céline Dion

For all those times you stood by me.For all the truth that you made me see.

For all the joy you brought to my life.For all the wrong that you made right.For every dream you made come true.

For all the love I found in you I'll be forever thankful baby.

You're the one who held me up.Never let me fall.

You're the one who saw me through, through it all.

Luiz Otávio’s ELT Page

http://www.luizotaviobarros.com/songs/

5. Pronunciation

At first, I was afraid, I was petrified.Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side,But then I spent so many nightsThinkin' how you did me wrong.And I grew strong, and I learned how to get along.

And so you're back from outer space.I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face.I should've changed that stupid lock, I should've made you leave your keyIf I had known, for just one second, you'd be back to bother me.

6. What’s wrong?

And so I’m back from outer space.I just walked out to find you here

With that happy look upon your face.I should've changed that smart lock,I should've made you leave your car,If I had known, for just one minute,

You'd be back to love me.

Choose medium-paced songs.

One “wrong” word in every sentence or two sentences.

Make sure students know the words and expressions they are about to listen to.

Follow-up: ?

7. Using pictures – What’s the song?

I used to rule the world

Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning I sleep alone

Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice

Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

Listened as the crowd would sing

"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

Students read the lyrics beforehand.

Scramble pictures so students listen to the song and put them in order as they listen to the word/expression.

Work with word combinations rule the world, seas rise, sweep streets, roll the dice, crowd sing, long live the king

Follow-up: speaking /writing activities using pictures.

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