This lesson plan is for an intermediate English class focusing on music and listening. The students will analyze the lyrics of a song, discuss its meaning, and sing it together. They will also create their own blank lyrics as a homework assignment. The goal is for students to be able to recognize words from lyrics, understand their meaning, and interpret the singer's emotions.

1. Music & Listening Teaching Presenter: Crystal Liao Instructor: Po- Yi Hung Date: Nov. 19 th , 2008

2. Lesson Plan Students’ Level Intermediate ( Ss has already passed the GEPT in Basic Level) Material Let’s Talk 2 (Cambridge ) Supplement Individual work To fill in the blanked lyrics Whole class work To discuses the meaning of the lyrics To sing the song together Homework To create their won lyrics Evaluation Be able to recognize the words from the lyrics Be able to understand the meaning of the lyrics Be able to catch the emotions from the singer

3. Procedures Teacher plays the song x1 (to familiar with the speed) Teacher gives the students’ handout with a whole lyrics and at the same time, teacher plays the music again to let students know the exactly words from the lyrics. Then teacher pick up some important vocabulary and teach the vocabulary first. 10 20 20 No. Steps in the 1 st hour Minutes a. b. c.

4. Procedures Then , students discuss the meaning of the lyrics. (Group work) And Teacher plays a song 2-3 times and then ask students to fill out the blank . (Individual work) Teacher ask students to sing together to have a whole class work (whole class) Finally, student’s assignment is to translate the words with the lyrics (individual work) 15 10 20 5 No. Steps in the 2 nd hour Minutes d. e. f. g.

5. A & B -- Music Video http://crystallisteningcourse.blogspot.com/

6. C -- Word Bank break up unconditional hanging alive Mother unconditional loves her child. Although he is eighty, he is still much alive . They’ve broken up for two months. A hanging basket of flowers. Picture Word Sentence

7. D & E -- Lyrics I stay in love with you Oh baby Baby, I stay in love with you Dying _______cause I can't stand it Make or __________ Can't take this madness We don't even really know why All I know is baby I try and try so hard To keep our love ______ inside break up alive

8. If you don’t know me at this point Then I highly doubt you ever will I really need you to give me That ____________love I used to feel It's no mistaking We're just _______ D & E -- Lyrics unconditional erasing

9. From our hearts and minds And I know we said let go But I kept on ___________ on Inside I know it's over You're really gone It's killing me Cause there ain't nothing That I can do Baby, I stay in love with you D & E -- Lyrics hanging

10. G -- Assignment make their own blanked lyrics Next time, students will change the lyrics and fill out the paper that peers give.

11. Evaluation Students can understand the song and recognize the words .