DESCRIPTION: In this song-based Step-by-step Lesson Plan for English language Teaching, featuring the song Someday by OneRepublic, students TALK ABOUT needs, READ a dialogue adapted from the lyrics of a song and DISCUSS it, SPECULATE about the music genre, LISTEN to the song, READ the lyrics and find the synonyms of words in a list, and WATCH the music video and TALK about it. Language level: (B2 and above) Learner type : All ages Skills : speaking, reading, listening and writing Language/grammar: synonyms Topic: needs, feelings Materials : YouTube Video, genial.ly Presentation Duration: about an hour

1. DESCRIPTION:
In this song-based Step-by-step Lesson Plan for English language Teaching,
featuring the song Someday by OneRepublic, students TALK ABOUT needs,
READ a dialogue adapted from the lyrics of a song and DISCUSS it, SPECULATE
about the music genre, LISTEN to the song, READ the lyrics and find the
synonyms of words in a list, and WATCH the music video and TALK about it.
OBS: This lesson plan was made for ONLINE TEACHING, but it can be modified
for face-to-face instruction, as well.
[005 - 2023]
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Language level: (B2 and above)
Learner type : All ages
Skills : speaking, reading, listening and writing
Language/grammar: synonyms
Topic: needs, feelings
Materials : YouTube Video, genial.ly Presentation
Duration: about an hour
Downloadable Materials: Worksheet.pdf

2. STEP-BY-STEP LESSON PLAN
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Step 1 (5min)
Step 2 (10 min)
Pair work
Genial.ly Presentation LINK
Show the slide with a dialogue. (it’s the adaptation of the lyrics of a song). In pairs,
(breakout rooms) students answer the questions about the Dialogue.
Dialogue:
A; Some nights, I drown in the weight of the things that I think I need.
B: Someday, when we're older, we won't worry about the things that we don't need.
You're going to see that someday, we'll be all that we need
Ask your students:
What do you need in your life right now? Do you think this is really important? Why?
Have some students share their ideas.
Step 3 (7 min)
Have students share their ideas. Have a mini discussion.
Questions
Who is speaking?
What is their relationship?
What are they talking about?
How are they feeling?
Step 4 (5 min)
Tell them that the conversation came from the lyrics of a new song.
Ask them:
Based on conversation, what kind of song do you think it is? (music genre, slow, fast, sad,
happy?) why?
Students share their ideas as a class.
Step 5 (5min)
Play the song for them to check their ideas. They must take notes about the message of
the song, as well.
Step 6 (7min)
Students share what they understood about the message of the song
Step 7 (10 - 15 min)
Interactive Worksheet (pdf version HERE)
LINK
Students read the lyrics. Help them with the vocabulary.
There’s a list with seven groups of words. They are all synonyms. The students have to
read the lyrics and find 7 words to complete the list of synonyms..
To check their answers, have students click FINISH!! and then CHECK MY ANSWERS!

3. Step 8 (5 min)
Students watch the music video and comment on it to close the activity.
video LINK
That’s it for this week! I hope this activity is helpful and enjoyable!
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