Focus on activity: Making a movie from a song
Target audience (age): Ensino Fundamental 2 and Ensino Médio
Lesson links: Our Way 4, Unit 8; Log In 4, Units 3 and 7; Upgrade, Units 9, 14, 22, 24
Aims: practice prepositions, phonetics, synonyms, and antonyms
Duration: 30-40 min.
Organization: pair work
Materials: video on YouTube or song recordings, worksheets, computer, internet access, printed
lyrics
Song suggestions:
• Song 1: “Somebody That I Used to Know” – Gotye <www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YzGOq42zLk>
• Lyrics: <www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqRC5tquyU0>
• Link: <www.vagalume.com.br/gotye/somebody-that-i-used-to-know-feat-kimbra.
html#ixzz2uMhJ2ujv>
• Song 2: “Counting Stars” – OneRepublic <www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_nvWreIhg>
• Lyrics: <www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ULOwtgyoVc>
• Link: <www.vagalume.com.br/onerepublic/counting-stars.html#ixzz2uMkLyNhm>
Preparation:
• Watch the selected videos to become acquainted with the songs. Then print out the worksheets (1 and/or
2) with activities and lyrics. Visit the website <www.animoto.com>, which teaches how to make a movie.
Procedures:
• Have students form pairs.
• Tell students that they are going to watch a video/listen to a song. Then ask them to focus on the
worksheet to match the items without checking the lyrics.
• Play the video/song twice and let students work together on the worksheets.
• Ask students to look for the verb tenses while checking the lyrics.
• Have students focus on phonetics. Give an example of each sound so they can look for other instances
in the lyrics. Have them fill in the chart. Ask students if they know other words with the same sound.
• Correct all the tasks and discuss the meaning of the song.
• Ask students to go to <www.animoto.com> or Windows Movie Maker and put together a video using
the song worksheet.
Wrap-up:
• Have students watch their classmates’ videos.
Photocopiable – Teacher’s copy
Worksheet 1: Song activities
Listen to Song 1 and do the following activities.
1.Match the verse parts and fill in the gaps with the following prepositions.
Prepositions: for, like, of, in, on, at, about
1) Now and then I think ____
a) you felt so happy you could die
2) ____ when you said
b) ______ your company
3) Told myself that
c) it's an ache I still remember
4) But felt so lonely
d) when we were together
5) But that was love and
e) you were right ______ me
Answer key: 1 – d (of ); 2 – a (like); 3 – e (for); 4 – b (in); 5 – c
2 Find some examples of the following verb tenses in the song:
Present Simple – It’s an ache I still remember; I don’t even need your love
Past Simple – Told myself that you were right for me; You didn’t have to cut me off
Future Simple – I’ll admit that I was glad
Used to – Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
3 Find words with these sounds:
/ ʌ/
/uː/
/e/
/æ/
stoop
love
collect
that
used
cut
then
glad
you
rough
let
catch
number
Photocopiable – Teacher’s copy
Worksheet 2: Song activities
Listen to Song 2 and do the following activities.
1 Match the adjectives to the nouns.
1. swinging
a. stars
2. four-letter
b. vine
3. flashing
c. word
4. counting
d. signs
Answer key: 1 – b; 2 – c; 3 – d; 4 – a
2 Find the antonyms of the following words:
dead – alive
right – wrong
sleeping well – losing sleep
3 Find some examples of the following verb tenses in the song:
Present Simple – I see this life like a swinging vine
Present Continuous – Dreaming about the things that we could be
Present Perfect Continuous – Lately I’ve been, I’ve been losing sleep; I’ve been praying hard
Future Continuous – We’ll be counting stars
Imperative – Seek it out; Take that money; Watch it burn
Present Simple in the passive voice – I don’t think the world is sold
4 Find words with these sounds:
Examples:
/i:/
/ɪ/
see
kill
feel
things
river
/aɪ/
my
life
like
vine
signs
find
right
lie
deny
alive
/ɑ/
/eɪ/
star
lately
hard
baby
heart
make
Photocopiable – Teacher’s copy
Name____________________________________________Date___/___/___
Worksheet 1: Song activities
Listen to Song 1 and do the following activities.
1.Match the verse parts and fill in the gaps with the following prepositions.
Prepositions: for, like, of, in, on, at, about
1) Now and then I think ____
a) you felt so happy you could die
2) ____ when you said
b) ______ your company
3) Told myself that
c) it's an ache I still remember
4) But felt so lonely
d) when we were together
5) But that was love and
e) you were right ______ me
1 - ______ 2 - ______ 3 - ______ 4 - ______ 5 - ______
2 Find some examples of the following verb tenses in the song:
Present Simple _________________________________________________________
Past Simple _________________________________________________________
Future Simple _________________________________________________________
Used to _________________________________________________________
3 Find words with these sounds:
/uː/
/ ʌ/
/e/
/æ/
Photocopiable – Student’s copy
Name____________________________________________Date___/___/___
Worksheet 2: Song activities
Listen to Song 2 and do the following activities.
1 Match the adjectives to the nouns.
1. swinging
a. stars
2. four-letter
b. vine
3. flashing
c. word
4. counting
d. signs
2 Find the antonyms of the following words:
dead ______________
right ______________
sleeping well ______________
3 Find some examples of the following verb tenses in the song:
Present Simple ___________________________________________________________________________
Present Continuous _______________________________________________________________________
Present Perfect Continuous ________________________________________________________________
Future Continuous _______________________________________________________________________
Imperative ______________________________________________________________________________
Present Simple in the passive voice _________________________________________________________
4 Find words with these sounds:
/i:/
/ɪ/
/aɪ/
/ɑ/
/eɪ/
Photocopiable – Student’s copy