That's Just Life! A Song-based Lesson Plan To Help Your Students Cope With Setbacks

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Introducing: the Life Fluency Video Series: English With Meaning! These are special song-based lesson plans made to engage students and help them deal with life in a productive way. These song-based lesson plans feature video tips and meaningful song lyrics to get your students to think and improve their English and their own lives in the process! This week's LP features the music video and lyrics to "That's just life" by Memphis May Fire and a video focusing on 5 Reminders to Help Students Stay Positive During Tough Times. Language level: B2 Learner type: All ages Skills: listening, writing, speaking, reading Topic: Coping with setbacks Materials: Youtube videos, genially presentation Duration: about an hour Downloadable materials: none

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STEP-BY-STEP LESSON PLAN
Step 1 (5 min)
Slide 1 - genially presentation link:
How do you react when bad things happen to you?
do you raise your fist and curse up at the sky Or do you close your eyes and realize,
that's just life?”. Help with unknown vocabulary and have various students share
their answers with the class
Step 2 (6 min)
pairwork (breakout rooms)
How can we deal with setbacks in life? Have students work in pairs, give them a
couple of minutes to talk about the question,
Step 4 (5 min)
Tell students you are going to play a video with 5 tips to help students cope with
setbacks.
first watch: have students take notes of the tips. Play the video (slide2) (or link). It
has some blanks in the subtitles, tell students to ignore the gaps for now and focus
only on the tips. After the first watch, have students say what the five tips were.
Step 5 (5 min)
slide 3. Show the five tips and have students say what they thought of the tips,
which is the best in their opinion and why. Also ask them which one they could
start using right now.
Step 3 (6 min)
Back to the main room, have the pairs share their ideas, ask other pairs what they
think of them. If they think the ideas could really help and why. Have a mini
discussion.
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Step 6 (5 min)
second watch. Students watch the video again in order to write down the missing
words in the subtitles. have them write their answers on a sheet of paper to check
later. Play the video once or twice for them to get all the answers.
answers: (1) like receiving (2) to balance (3) to understand (4) to start (5) could be
(6) to come (7) to work
Step 7 (5 min)
slide 4. Music video for That's Just Life by Memphis May Fire LINK. Play the music
video and as they watch it, they have to answer the questions below:
What is the song about?
What situations, problems are shown in the video?
Is it a positive or a negative song? why?

Step 8 (6 min)
Divide students into small groups (breakout rooms) and have them discuss the
music video and the questions to share with the whole class later. give them about
2-3 min to discuss
Step 9 (6 min)
Groups report their answers and Ideas. Have a mini discussion to finish the activity.
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DESCRIPTION: Step into the world of song-based STEP-BY-STEP LESSON PLANS for ENGLISH language TEACHING with 'Strangers' by Lewis Capaldi. Through this immersive and interactive activity, students PREDICT song themes, EXPLORE language through a word cloud, CREATE and PERFORM dialogues, and ARRANGE lyrics in sequence while honing their listening skills. They'll engage in thoughtful DISCUSSIONS about the song's emotional depth, cultural references, and personal impact, all while improving their language proficiency OBS: This lesson plan was made for ONLINE TEACHING, but it can be modified for face-to-face instruction, as well. Language level: B1+ B2 Learner type: Teens & adults Skills: listening, writing, speaking, reading Topic: Emotional connections through music Materials: Genially presentation, worksheet.pdf/ Duration: 45 - 55 min

Brave Beats: Critical Thinking Meets Music in This Engaging ESL Plan

Marcia Bonfim

DESCRIPTION: This song-based STEP-BY-STEP LESSON PLAN for ENGLISH language TEACHING features the song lyrics for Heart over Mind (Alan Walker, Daya), Secret World (Still Corners) and My Way Home (Harrison Storm) Students DISCUSS courage, WATCH an edited music video, TALK about it and SPECULATE about the song it belongs to; READ the lyrics for 3 songs, DECIDE which song fits the video, VOTE on the best fit and WATCH the original music video to check. OBS: This lesson plan was made for ONLINE TEACHING, but it can be modified for face-to-face instruction, as well. Language level: B2 Learner type: All ages Skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing Topic: courage Materials: Edited music video, original music video, genial.ly presentation Duration: 50 - 60 min Downloadable materials: song lyrics worksheet cutout.pdf

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Marcia Bonfim

DESCRIPTION: In this song-based activity featuring the song Hero by Alan Walker feat, Sasha Sloan, students IMAGINE when, why and who would say certain sentences, MATCH sentences from a song to images with speech bubbles, LISTEN to the song and order the sentences, SPECULATE and IMAGINE what the music video for the song could be like and then CHECK their ideas by watching the MV.OBS: This lesson plan was made for ONLINE TEACHING, but it can be modified for face-to-face instruction, as well.Language level: (B1) and above Learner type: All ages Skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing Topic: Song sentences and lyrics Materials: genially presentation, Youtube video Duration: about 1 hour

IS HAPPINESS A CHOICE? AN LP FOR C1 – TEACHING ENGLISH CREATIVELY WITH SONGS ...

Marcia Bonfim

Description: This song-based STEP-BY-STEP LESSON PLAN for ENGLISH language TEACHING features the lyrics for 26 by Lauv. Students SPECULATE about a photo, CHOOSE an appropriate quote for it, READ the first verse of a song and match it to a chorus from a choice of 3, DISCUSS their choices, TALK about what kind of song it might be, WATCH the music video, comment on it and for homework, WRITE an essay in the style of C1: Advanced, Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE). OBS: This lesson plan was made for ONLINE TEACHING, but it can be modified for face-to-face instruction, as well. Language level: B2+/C1 Learner type: All ages Skills: speaking, reading, listening and writing Topic: Lyrics (verse, chorus, meaning) Language/grammar:speculating, giving opinions Materials: YouTube Video, genial.ly presentation Duration: 50 - 60 min

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Worksheet Reading & Use of English P3 [B2] Song Lyrics (James Blunt)

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This is a worksheet of a Cambridge English: First B2 Reading and Use of English Part 3 exercise featuring the lyrics of the song "The Greatest" by James Blunt This is part of a song-based lesson plan by the Song Activity Factory. For full instructions and resources go to songactivityfactory.com. blog post link: https://songactivityfactory.com/2020/04/25/james-blunt-the-greatest-teaching-english-with-zoom-using-songscambridge-english-first-fce-4-skills/ Happy teaching!

Worksheet Reading & Use of English P2 [B2] Song Lyrics (traveler)

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This is a worksheet of a Cambridge English: First B2 Reading and Use of English Part 2 exercise featuring the lyrics of the song "Match In The Rain" by Alec Benjamin This is part of a song-based lesson plan by the Song Activity Factory. For full instructions and resources go to songactivityfactory.com. blog post link: https://songactivityfactory.com/2020/07/24/musical-quotes-with-alec-benjamin-a-song-based-lesson-plan-for-elt/ Happy teaching!

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