Lesson Plan: It's My Life by Bon Jovi

a. pre-listening activity: try to guess some of the words that are wrong or do not appear in the song.

b. listening activity: check the words that you guessed and fill in the blanks while you listen.

Part 1: In this block some nouns don't appear, some of the nouns can be:

Money - Voice - Prayer - Train - Sun - Song - Face

This ain't a _________ for the broken-hearted
No silent _________ for the faith -departed
I ain't gonna be just a __________ in the crowd
You're gonna hear my ____________
When I shout it out loud

Part 2: Chorus. There are 8 words that are wrong; find them and write the correct words:

Highway - Alive(x2) - Life(x3) - Way - Never

It's my wife
It's now or always
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm young
It's my wife
My heart is like an open market
Like Frankie said
I did it my best
I just wanna live while I'm young
It's my wife

Part 3: Find out where some of the following verbs appear:

Make - Stood - Believe - Eating - Getting - Backed

This is for the ones who ________ their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never ________ down
Tomorrow's _____________ harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to ________ your own breaks

(Chorus)

Part 4: As in the previous section some verbs have disappeared from the lyrics:

Calling - Telling - Bet - Bend - Back - Break - Stand

Better ________ tall when they're __________ you out
Don't _________, don't __________, baby, don't _________ down

(Chorus)

c. post-listening activity: do you know the meaning of:

-Broken-Hearted:
-Ain't:
-Alive:
-Gonna:
-Highway:
-Wanna:

"It's My Life"

This ain't a song for the broken-hearted

No silent prayer for the faith-departed

I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd

You're gonna hear my voice

When I shout it out loud

[Chorus:]

It's my life

It's now or never

I ain't gonna live forever

I just want to live while I'm alive (It's my life)

My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said I did it my way

I just wanna live while I'm alive

It's my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground

For Tommy and Gina who never backed down

Tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake

Luck ain't even lucky

Got to make your own breaks

[Chorus:]

It's my life

And it's now or never

I ain't gonna live forever

I just want to live while I'm alive (It's my life)

My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said I did it my way

I just want to live while I'm alive

'Cause it's my life

Better stand tall when they're calling you out

Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

[Chorus:]

It's my life

And it's now or never

'Cause I ain't gonna live forever

I just want to live while I'm alive (It's my life)

My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said I did it my way

I just want to live while I'm alive

[Chorus:]

It's my life

And it's now or never

'Cause I ain't gonna live forever

I just want to live while I'm alive (It's my life)

My heart is like an open highway

Like Frankie said I did it my way

I just want to live while I'm alive

'Cause it's my life!

Worksheet: Simple Plan When I'm Gone

Simple Plan When I'm Gone

ACTIVITIES FOR THE SONG

*Listen to the song and complete with the right tense: present continuous, be going to or future simple.

I look around me
But all I seem to see
_____people _______ (go) nowhere
Expecting sympathy
It’s like we___________ (go) through the motions
Of the scripted destiny
Tell me where’s our inspiration
If life ___________ (wait)
I guess it’s up to me

CHORUS
No we_____________(waste) another moment in this town
We ___________________(come back),
the world __________________(call out)
Leave the past in the past ________________(find) the future
And misery loves company
Well so long
You _____________________(miss) me when I’m gone
You _____________________ (miss) me when I’m gone

Procrastination running circles in my head
While you sit there contemplating you__________________ (wind up) left for dead (left for dead)
Life is what happens
While you_______ busy _____________(make) your excuses
Another day, another casualty
But that ________________ ( neg./happen) to me

CHORUS
Let’s go…!____________________(neg./look back)
When I say goodbye
We_________________(leave) this world behind me____________________ (take) what’s mine tonight‘cause every wasted day
Becomes a wasted chance
You ___________________ (wake up) feeling sorry‘cause life ____________________(neg./wait)I guess it’s up to you
CHORUS

Simple Plan When I'm Gone Lyrics
(were doin it)

I look around me

But all I seem to seeIs people going nowhere

Expecting sympathy

It’s like we’re going through the motions

Of the scripted destiny

Tell me where’s our inspiration

If life wont waitI guess it’s up to me
CHORUS

Whoahh

No we’re not gonna waste another moment in this town

Whoahh

We wont come back, the world its calling out

Whoahh

Leave the past in the past gonna find the future

And misery loves company

Well so long

You’ll miss me when I’m gone

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone

Procrastination running circles in my head

While you sit there contemplating you’ll wind up left for dead (left for dead)

Life is what happens

While you’re busy making your excuses

Another day, another casualty

But that won’t happen to me

CHORUS

Let’s go…!

Won’t look back

When I say goodbye

We’re gonna leave this world behind me

Gonna take what’s mine tonight‘cause every wasted day

Becomes a wasted chance

You’re gonna wake up feeling sorry‘cause life won’t waitI guess it’s up to you

CHORUS

Lesson Plan: BELIEVE by Cher.

Teachers from everywhere, here you have an excellent activity from this awsome web page Daves´s ESL cafe because they encourage you to share your activities with other teachers, and that is this blog about, to share!!! Enjoy it!!!

Section 1 : Order the paragraphs :

And I can’t break through _____

No matter how hard I try _____

There’s no talking to you _____

You keep pushing me aside _____

But after all is said and done _____

You’re gonna be the lonely one _____

It’s so sad that you’re leaving _____

It takes time to believe it _____

Section 2: Complete the missing verbs: can/say/feel/‘re/think/believe.

Do you ............ in life after love?

I ............. ...... ........ something inside me .......

I really don’t .......... you......... strong enough now

CHORUS

Do you .............in life after love?

I ........... .... .......... something inside me .....

I really don’t ............ you............. strong enough now

Section 3: Match the lines

What am I to feel strong

Sit around and too good for you

Well I can’t to think it through

And there’s no supposed to do

I need time to move on

I need love wait for you

‘Cos I’ve had time turning back

and maybe I’m do that

CHORUS

Section 4: Complete the missing words: need/I/strong/this/don’t.

Well ......know that I can get through .........

‘Cos I know that I am ...........

I ................. ................. you anymore

I ................. ................. you anymore

No, I ................. ................. you anymore

I ................. ................. you anymore

That's it! hope you like it. And I encourage everybody to send activities for well-known songs (recent ones, if possible) Exchanging materials would be great, wouldn't it.Best wishes

Sara Martín.mailto:Martín.saramd@arrakis.es

"Believe"

After love, after love [repeat]

No matter how hard I try

You keep pushing me aside

And I can't break through

There's no talking to you

So sad that you're leaving

Takes time to believe it

But after all is said and done

You're going to be the lonely one, Ohh Oh

[CHORUS:]

Do you believe in life after love

I can feel something inside me say

I really don't think you're strong enough, Now

Do you believe in life after love

I can feel something inside me say

I really don't think you're strong enough, Now

What am I supposed to do

Sit around and wait for you

And I can't do that

There's no turning back

I need time to move on

I need love to feel strong

'Cause I've had time to think it through

And maybe I'm too good for you Ohh Oh

[CHORUS]

But I know that I'll get through this

'Cause I know that I am strong

I don't need you anymore

Oh I don't need you anymore

I don't need you anymore No

I don't need you anymore

[CHORUS repeat to fade]

Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Active Voice (March 21st 2008)
In the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President). See also Passive Voice.

Adjective
A word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.

Adverb
A word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.

Article
The "indefinite" articles are a and an. The "definite article" is the.

Auxiliary Verb
A verb that is used with a main verb. Be, do and have are auxiliary verbs. Can, may, must etc are modal auxiliary verbs.

Clause
A group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he arrived).

Conjunction
A word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).

Infinitive
The basic form of a verb as in to work or work.

Interjection
An exclamation inserted into an utterance without grammatical connection (for example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well!).

Modal Verb
An auxiliary verb like can, may, must etc that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility, probability etc. It is also called "modal auxiliary verb".

Noun
A word like table, dog, teacher, America etc. A noun is the name of an object, concept, person or place. A "concrete noun" is something you can see or touch like a person or car. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or happiness. A "countable noun" is something that you can count (for example: bottle, song, dollar). An "uncountable noun" is something that you cannot count (for example: water, music, money).

Object
In the active voice, a noun or its equivalent that receives the action of the verb. In the passive voice, a noun or its equivalent that does the action of the verb.

Participle
The -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the "present participle". The -ed form is called the "past participle" (for irregular verbs, this is column 3).

Part Of Speech
One of the eight classes of word in English - noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

Passive Voice
In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb (eg The President was killed). See also Active Voice.

Phrase
A group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red dress).

Predicate
Each sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.

Preposition
A word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give information about things like time, place and direction.

Pronoun
A word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.

Sentence
A group of words that express a thought. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate. In simple terms, a sentence must contain a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!).

Subject
Every sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the main noun (or equivalent) in a sentence about which something is said.

Tense
The form of a verb that shows us when the action or state happens (past, present or future). Note that the name of a tense is not always a guide to when the action happens. The "present continuous tense", for example, can be used to talk about the present or the future.

Verb
A word like (to) work, (to) love, (to) begin. A verb describes an action or state.

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/grammar-glossary.htm

How to change verbs into the past tense

• This worksheet explains how to change verbs into the past tense.

• Spelling rules are given at the top, and the children should insert the correct verbs into the sentences using the correct spelling.

• On this worksheet, there are no blank spaces so children have to decide where to insert the verb (and sometimes there are two verbs which need to be added to each sentence.

Verbs

• To change a verb into the past tense we add ed. (played, worked, waited)

• If the verb ends with an e, only add a d. (moved, hoped, liked)

• If the verb ends with a y, we change the y to an i and add ed. (dry - dried, tidy - tidied, copy- copied)

• If the verb ends in a consonant and has a short vowel sound we double the consonant and add ed. (robbed, stopped, tapped)

Write out the following sentences in your exercise books, fill in the missing verb(s) and add the correct ending.

1) The dog at the postman. (bark)

2) I to catch the ball, but I it. (try) (drop)

3) I have up my pocket money to buy a toy. (save)

4) Peter loudly then his nose. (sneeze) (wipe)

5) Janet when she fell and her knee. (cry) (bang)

6) The taxi when the man it down. (stop) (flag)

7) Betty up the box and it to the table. (lift) (carry)

Created by Michele Papageorghiou - Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ (January 4th 2008)