LESSON PLAN - ( date: 3rd & 4th June) ( optional: 10th & 11th June) 3rd YEAR ESB 10 STUDENT TEACHER : LAURA GONZALEZ TOPIC: The Beatles, John Lennon A SONG ABOUT PEACE AND LOVE : IMAGINE (JOHN LENNON) CONTENTS AXES ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION
ENGLISH AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY ENGLISH AND LITERARY DISCOURSE
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Analysis of the organization of literary texts( songs) Acknowledgement of theme, message, time and space of the lyrics. Pre- listening, listening and after listening strategies. Reading strategies. Participation in real communicative exchanges. Interpretation of messages through the use of critical thinking Writing of short messages to make others reflect on Peace.
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LEXICAL ASPECT • Specific vocabulary related to the song. • Contrasting vocabulary or ideas in the lyrics, for example: HEAVEN/ HELL DIE/ LIVE • Specific vocabulary to write messages. • Ways of addressing when writing messages. GRAMMATICAL ASPECT • Use of adjectives and nouns • Use of verbs in the past to narrate events PHONOLOGICAL ASPECT • ARTICULATION OF SOUNDS WHEN READING • RHYTHM AND INTONATION • OBJECTIVES 1. Give the students the opportunity to listen to a song in the classroom. 2. Make them aware of the message of the song between the lines. 3. Set them in time and space. 4. Make a comparison between the society in the song and nowadays. 5. Infer difficult vocabulary through examples and pictures. 6. Be able to participate in a quiet atmosphere. 7. Enjoy the class. 8. Communicate in real exchanges. 9. Write and express feelings. 10. Write short messages.
TASKS AND ACTIVITIES 1. Set the pupils in time and space with the use of pictures and newspaper articles of the 1970´. 2. Listen to the song : “ Imagine” by John Lennon, without the lyrics. 3. Make them listen to find specific information in the song: heaven, hell, easy, peace, dreamer, hard. 4. Ask the students to match the words and its definition according to the song: To die
Not difficult.
The world
Person who dreams
Easy
Feeling of companionship
Heaven
A time when there is no war or fighting
Peace To stop living. Share Difficult to do or understand. Dreamer A place where god lives. Hell The Earth in which we live. Hard
To divide something so that two or more people can have a piece.
Brotherhood 5. Ask the students to find opposite or contrasting ideas in the lyrics: • Heaven/ hell 6. Then give the students the same words all mixed up for them to find the opposites and check their own work. 7. Play the song again and give them the lyrics written in small sheet of papers so that they put the different parts in order while they listen : You may say I´m a dreamer But I´m not the only one I hope some day you´ll join us and the world will be as one.
You may say I´m adreamer But I´m not the only one I hope some day you´ll join us and the world will be as one
Imagine there´s no countries It isn´t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for No religion too Imagine all the people
Living life in peace… Imagine there´s no Heaven It´s easy if you try No Hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today…
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world…
8. Play the song again and elicit ideas that are the message of the song: living in peace, brotherhood, no dying, people sharing the world, no greed, no hunger, the world as one… 9. Comment around the class about the elicited ideas. 10. Suggest students adding another stanza to the song, or simple completing sentences with the student´s own ideas and thoughts: “ Imagine……………” 11. Write own messages to display in the school noticeboard. 12. Prepare a balloon party ( suelta de globos) with messages write on small cards attached to the balloons.( if possible) CLASS ASSESSMENT • OF THE PROCESS: - oral communication - written communication - organization of the class - individual and group problem solving skills - planning and decision making - self motivation - self organization • OF THE PRODUCT - written presentation - confidence in working