This document contains the lyrics of a song that will be analyzed by students. It aims to teach students to: identify the meaning of the song, identify rhyming words, and name singular and plural nouns. The song lyrics express having a dream or fantasy to help cope with reality and believing that hard work to achieve one's destination is worth it with help from angels. Students will answer questions about the song's meaning and themes of optimism and perseverance.

1. LOADING

2. In this chapter, the students will learn
to:
 identify the meaning of the song
 identify rhyming words
 name singular and plural nouns.

3. I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail

4. I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail

5. dime, night, hope, scream, tender, bake, cream,
cake, achieve, receive, fight, longer, retrieve, rope,
stream, rhyme, powder, prime, tight, mile, nope,
file, tile, make.
Wonder
Take
Believe
Cope
Time
Right
While
Dream stream scream cream
tender powder longer
bake make cake
receive achieve retrieve
hope rope nope
dime rhyme prime
tight night fight
mile file tile

6. I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream, I have a dream
I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth a while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile

7. Future
Stream
Destination
Push through
Worth
Words / phrases Meaning
Angels
Wonder
Cope with
Find the meaning!

8.  Read the lyric again carefully. With a friend, answer the
following questions!
1. What might be the best title for the song?
2. What is the song about?
3. What does this line “You can take the future even if you
fail” mean?
4. Do you think the song teaches us to be optimistic or
pessimistic? Why do you think so? Give evidence to
support your answer.
5. What might “my destination” mean?

9. 6. What does this stanza mean? Please retell this stanza using
your own words.
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream
7. Why do you think some words need to be repeated?
8. Which line do you like most? Why?
9. Do you like the song? What makes you like the song?
10. What can you learn from the song?

10. THE ANSWERS
1. I have a dream.
2. About a dream, about something that we want to achieve,
or about our ideal.
3. You can have a try. Work hard, try best, and don’t worry
about the result. Even if you are not successful.
4. To be optimistic. We are expected to try our best because
we have angels (God) to help us.
5. My dream, what I want to achieve, or my ideal.
6. We have to be optimistic (positive) about everything
because we have God to help us. When we work hard,
the time (of being successful will come.
7. To emphasize the theme (the topic) of the song as well
as to go with the rhythm of the song.

11. 8. The answer may vary from one student to another. The
teacher needs to guide the discussion.
9. The answer may vary from one student to another. The
teacher needs to guide the discussion.
10. We can learn to be optimistic in facing our future because
we have God to help us. We have to try our best and let
God make the decision.