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Goals for this lesson: 2Havo
A2: Can understand information from short recorded passages about
predictable everyday matters that are delivered slowly and clearly.
A2: Can get the meaning out of a song lyric and apply it in their own
Materials used in class:
The class Facebook page
2 YouTube clips
A whiteboard
Prepare before class
Students will have to find the definitions of the following words. Their definitions
should be something like these:
Chorus: part of a song that is repeated several times, usually after each verse (=
set of lines).
Lyrics: the words of a song.
Pop: modern popular music, usually with a strong beat, created with electrical or
electronic equipment, and easy to listen to and remember.
Song: a usually short piece of music with words that are sung.
Beat: to make a regular sound or movement to music.
Rhythm: a strong pattern of sounds, words, or musical notes that is used in
music, poetry, and dancing.
In class Warming up your ears Students have 15 minutes to finish
this exercise.
Students listen to the clip and then answer the questions. Students will have to
listen to the clip more than once. Here are the answers to the questions.
1. Listen to the chorus. What is happening to the people and the children?
People hurt and people dying, Children and hurt and are crying.
2. Who are the terrorists?
The CIA and the KKK
3. Who must help us?
Father (God)
4. Completed lines from the song:
People living like they aint got no mamas
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
When you hate then youre bound to get irate, yeah
Nations dropping bombs
Chemical gasses filling lungs of little ones
What is going wrong in this world
Only visions of them dividends