The following lesson plan aims at making Ss become involved in the lesson while learning idiomatic expressions. I have used a song and a video to provide them with context. The idioms that are introduced are related to the context LOVE. For extra activities, Ss can play Mime the idiom and Dominoe.
!!! The section Appendix contains the worksheets as well as the webpage for the video.
Warming up (previous knowledge, students´ imagination) | The teacher (T)makes students (Ss) listen to a piece of music. They try to guess who is singing. The song´s writer is Bryan Adams. This song belongs to the song Shrek 2. While the Ss are listening, the T makes questions like: ---Who can be the singer? ---Do you like the song? ---What is it about? --How do you imagine the video clip of the song? |
Practice nº1 Oral practice | Now the Ss watch the video and confirm predictions. The T asks for the scenes related to love. She also asks what types of relationships Ss can find in the video. |
Practice nº2 Listening | Now the T gives Ss a photocopy with the lyrics of the song. Ss have to do two different activities. First they decode the images. To check they listen to the corresponding stanzas. Secondly, they listen and put the lines in order. |
Practice nº3 Writing | Now the T hands out photocopies with a multiple choice exercise with idioms related to love. Ss work in pairs and deduce their meanings. To check, different Ss read aloud and discuss the possible answers. |
Practice nº4 Drawing | Each S draws a picture for two idioms and adds an example of his own. Then they present their pieces of work and explain their drawing. The pictures are stuck on a poster. |
*Web page for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyu5prWjTE
*Lyrics of the song I´m a believer by B. Adams
I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for me
Love was out to get me, thats the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
And then I saw her face
Now Im a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
Im in love
Im a believer
I couldnt leave her if I tried
I thought love was more or less a giving thing
More I gave the less I've got, oh yeah
Whats the use in trying, all you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine I got rain
And then I saw her face
Now Im a believer
Not a trace of doubt in my mind
Im in love
Im a believer
I couldnt leave her if I tried
Whats the use in trying, all you get is pain
When I wanted sunshine I got rain
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