All about the United States of America with Songs. English ESL/EFL Lesson Plans to expose the students to American music and practice listening and speaking skills, while having some fun.
All about the United States of America with Songs
Lesson plans
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All of our lessons are designed around themes engaging and relevant to English ESL-EFL learners and can be used to complement your school curriculum, giving students an opportunity to develop their English language and skills in motivating and enjoyable ways.
These lesson plans focus on classroom games and activities oriented around meaningful practice of grammar items in English. The vast majority of the activities have been designed to be simple and easy to apply, without requiring much in the way of additional resources or materials. Wherever possible, games have been presented in a way that makes full use of any natural or genuine communicative aspects embodied in the grammar constructions, though while there is emphasis on understanding the grammar and its functional and communicative aspects, most of the games also highlight the importance of using the grammar accurately.
These lesson plans are intended as a starting point for teachers to adapt and build their own stock of in-class games and activities that can be applied relatively quickly and easily.
All about the United States of America with Songs
All about the United States of Americas with Songs. Here are 3 lesson plans
Blowin in the Wind
Warm-Up:
Listen to the song and see what (if anything) they take away from it the first time through.
Presentation:
– Introduce new vocabulary words that will help provide some understanding of the lyrics.
1. banned =
2. exist =
3. mountain =
4. answer =
5. blowing =
6. wind =
7. pretend =
8. death =
9. know =
10. dove =
– Have the students copy down the entire lyrics of the song. (see below)
Blowin’ in the wind
How many roads must a man walk down before they call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand?
How many times must the cannon balls fly before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ in the wind.
How many years must a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea?
How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free?
How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ in the wind.
How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky?
How many years must one man have before he can hear people cry?
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Practice:
– Have the students read through the lyrics without the music.
– Have the students try to work through the meaning of the song as an entire class.
– Have the students sing along with the music.
Homework:
– Have the students think about the song and what it might mean. They can use some of the ideas presented in class and then hopefully they will add some more of their own.
– Also have them respond to the music itself. Did they like it? Do they like the singing? The beat? Do they dislike it? Why or why not?
Imagine
Warm-Up:
Listen to the song and see what (if anything) they take away from it the first time through.
Presentation:
– Introduce new vocabulary words (some may be review) that will help provide some understanding of the lyrics.
1. imagine =
2. greed =
3. share =
4. hunger =
5. possessions =
6. brotherhood =
7. join =
8. peace =
9. dreamer =
10. world=
– Have the students copy down the entire lyrics of the song. (see below)
Imagine
By: John Lennon
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky.
Chorus:
Imagine all the people
Living for today (A – A – AAA)
Imagine there’s no country
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too.
Chorus:
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace (U – U – UUU)
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one.
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man.
Chorus:
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world (U – U – UUU)
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one.
Practice:
– Have the students read through the lyrics without the music.
– Have the students try to work through the meaning of the song as an entire class.
– Have the students sing along with the music.
Homework:
– Have the students think about the song and what it might mean. They can use some of the ideas presented in class and then hopefully they will add some more of their own.
– Also have them respond to the music itself. Did they like it? Do they like the singing? The beat? Do they dislike it? Why or why not?
War
Warm-Up:
Listen to the song and see what (if anything) they take away from it the first time through.
Presentation:
– Introduce new vocabulary words (some may be review) that will help provide some understanding of the lyrics.
1. war =
2. philosophy=
3. inferior =
4. citizen =
5. human rights =
6. equality =
7. morality =
8. regime =
9. victory =
10. bondage =
– Have the students copy down the entire lyrics of the song. (see below)
War
By: Bob Marley
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior,
Is finally and permanently discredited, and abandoned.
Everywhere is war, it’s a war.
That until there is no longer first and second class citizens of any nation,
Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes,
It’s a war.
That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race,
Then it’s a war.
That until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality,
Will remainging but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained,
Now everywhere is war.
War.
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimed of all of our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique, South Africa, suffer
Human bondage, have been toppled, totally destroyed,
Well everywhere is war.
There’s a war.
War in the East. War in the West. War up North. War down South. War. War. Rumors of a War.
And until that day, the African Continent will not know peace.
We Africans will fight, we feel it necessary, we know we shall win.
As we are confident in the victory of good over evil.
Good over evil (echoes).
Good over evil.
Practice:
– Have the students read through the lyrics without the music.
– Have the students try to work through the meaning of the song as an entire class.
– Have the students sing along with the music.
Homework:
– Have the students think about the song and what it might mean. They can use some of the ideas presented in class and then hopefully they will add some more of their own.
– Also have them respond to the music itself. Did they like it? Do they like the singing? The beat? Do they dislike it? Why or why not?
All about the United States of America with Songs
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