Lesson Plan: UMBRELLA By Rihanna

1. Listen to the first verse of this song and complete the gaps with the right words. What do all these words have in common? (March 14th 2008)

rain, precipitation, clouds, storms, rainy, sunshine, weather

Jay-z:(Uhhu, uhhu) ch-yeah
(Uhhu, uhhu) rihanna
good girl gone bad
(Uhhu, uhhu) take three, action
(Uhhu, uhhu) hov
Jay-z:No ............... in my .................
Let it rain, I hydroplane into fame (rihanna: ey, ey, ey)
Coming down with the dow jones
When the ............... come we gone
We roc-a-fella (rihanna: eh, eh, eh)
We fly higher than .............and g5's are better
You know me, an anticipation for ................
Stacks chips for the ..............day (rihanna: ey, ey, ey)
Jay-y-y
.................. man is back with little miss ............

Rihanna where you at

2. Listen to the third verse and complete the gaps.

heart, cars, worlds, always, magazines

You have my ______

And we'll never be ________ apart

Maybe in ___________, but you'll still be my star

Baby 'cause in the dark you can't see shiny ______

And that's when you need me there

With you I'll _______ share
because

3. Listen to the chorus and try to match the two parts of each sentence.

When the sun shines ////////////I'm-a stick it out 'til the end
Told you ////////////////////// be your friend
Said I'll always /////////////////I'll be here forever
Took an oath, //////////////////we'll shine together
Now that it's raining ////////////have each other
Know that we'll still ////////////under my umbrella
You can stand /////////////////more than ever

4. Listen to this verse and choose the right word for each gap.

These clumsy/fancy things

Will never come in between

You're apart/far of my entity/infinity

Here for entity/infinity

When the war/world has dealt its card/part

When the war/world has dealt its card/part

If the hand is heart/hard

Together we'll mend your heart/hard

because

5. Listen to this final verse and complete the gaps (the first letter and the number of letters are indicated in each gap).

You can r_ _into my arms

It's okay, don't be alarmed

Come into m_There's no d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in between our l_ _ _

So go on and l_ _ the rain pour

I'll be all you n _ _ _ and more

because

5. Complete the table with the words in the box according to the vowel sound.

verse, heart, hard, arms, more, card, part, apart, far, storm, war, world, star, word,

/3:/ /a:/ /o:/

Ahuh Ahuh
No clouds in my storms
Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank
Coming down with the Dow Jones
When the clouds come we gone, we Rocafella
She fly higher than weatherAnd G5’s are better, You know me,
An anticipation, for precipitation.
Stacked chips for the rainy dayJay,
Rain Man is back with little Ms. Sunshine
Rihanna where you at?
[Rihanna]
You have my heart
And we'll never be worlds apart
May be in magazines
But you'll still be my star
Baby cause in the dark
You can't see shiny cars
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll always share
Because
[Chorus]
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
These fancy things, will never come in between
You're part of my entity, here for Infinity
When the war has took it's part
When the world has dealt it's cards
If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart
Because
[Chorus]
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
You can run into my arms
It's okay don't be alarmed
Come into me
There's no distance in between our love
So go on and let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
Because
[Chorus]
When the sun shines, we’ll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be a friend
Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my umbrella(Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
It's raining
Ooh baby it's raining
Baby come into me
Come into me
It's raining
Oh baby it's raining




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