Last week my class was revising I wish constructions and I tried to find a new way to talk about it. I found the perfect song and this is how you can use it.
1. Ask Ss what people usually regret about. Elicit 4-5 categories such as appearance, money, family etc.
2. Ss work in pairs and tell each other the regrets they may have from this categories. They report back to the teacher on what they've found out from their partners.
3. Show 4 stills from the video. Ask: what does this person regret about? Elicit - relationships/love. Tell Ss you're going to listen to the song where the singer has a lot of regrets and wishes about her relationships. First of all, they have to look at the video stills and try to finish the phrases.
4. Ss report on their guesses.
5. Play the video while Ss check their prediction. Elicit the correct sentences.
Ask: What kind of song is it? How does the singer feel? Do you remember any other regrets she has?
6. Give Ss the gapped text of the song. Listen to it one more time and ask them to complete the gaps.
7. Check the answers and any unknown vocabulary.
8. Ask them to describe how the singer feels, what she means with the sentences like "I wish that you knew when I said two sugars I actually meant three".
9. In the next task ask your Ss to be creative and write an extra verse for this song that follows the patter "I wish ...". Remind them that they have to write it from the point of view of the singer. If your Ss are not on-the-spot-creative gave it to them for homework as I did.
10. The last activity I took from Carissa Peck's blog. She describes it prettey well in her blog. It is fun and perfect for this lesson. At home prepare the papers with I wish sentences. For example I wish I had longer nose, I wish I had pizza for every meal etc. Give them to students on the lesson and ask them to make a doodle. Then they cover the sentences and pass the doodle around. Next person has to write a sentence with I wish that describes the doodle. The papers have to come the full cicrle. At the end, roll out the papers and check if anyone's sentence has been guessed. I guarantee you, it's loads of fun!
1. Ask Ss what people usually regret about. Elicit 4-5 categories such as appearance, money, family etc.
2. Ss work in pairs and tell each other the regrets they may have from this categories. They report back to the teacher on what they've found out from their partners.
3. Show 4 stills from the video. Ask: what does this person regret about? Elicit - relationships/love. Tell Ss you're going to listen to the song where the singer has a lot of regrets and wishes about her relationships. First of all, they have to look at the video stills and try to finish the phrases.
4. Ss report on their guesses.
5. Play the video while Ss check their prediction. Elicit the correct sentences.
Ask: What kind of song is it? How does the singer feel? Do you remember any other regrets she has?
6. Give Ss the gapped text of the song. Listen to it one more time and ask them to complete the gaps.
7. Check the answers and any unknown vocabulary.
8. Ask them to describe how the singer feels, what she means with the sentences like "I wish that you knew when I said two sugars I actually meant three".
9. In the next task ask your Ss to be creative and write an extra verse for this song that follows the patter "I wish ...". Remind them that they have to write it from the point of view of the singer. If your Ss are not on-the-spot-creative gave it to them for homework as I did.
10. The last activity I took from Carissa Peck's blog. She describes it prettey well in her blog. It is fun and perfect for this lesson. At home prepare the papers with I wish sentences. For example I wish I had longer nose, I wish I had pizza for every meal etc. Give them to students on the lesson and ask them to make a doodle. Then they cover the sentences and pass the doodle around. Next person has to write a sentence with I wish that describes the doodle. The papers have to come the full cicrle. At the end, roll out the papers and check if anyone's sentence has been guessed. I guarantee you, it's loads of fun!
I love using songs for language teaching! And yours is really nice, I'm adding it to my list. :)
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Glad you found it useful, Katarina!
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