Empire State of Mind II (Broken down)
Lesson plan by Risto Ristovski
Lead-in
Play hang-man to guess some words related to the title of the song: empire, state, mind. Divide the group into pairs. Each pair has to guess one of the words. The third word will be guessed by both pairs in a competition. One student writes the words on the board and class tries to guess the title of a famous song. This activity will be suitable for students with prominent kinesthetic and social intelligences.
Main activity
Students are given gapped lyrics of the song in an interactive Hot Potatoes activity. They are asked to listen to the song and fill in the missing words. After 5 minutes, the person with the highest number of filled gaps gets the prize (chocolate banana). This activity caters for students with musical intelligence.
Wrap-up
Students are given 5 minutes to read as much information as possible about Alicia Keys on Wikipedia. They are divided into 2 groups and quizzed with trivia questions about Alicia Keys. The group with the highest score wins the prize (chocolate bar).
Weeeeell... :)
ReplyDeleteYour activity was great! I enjoyed the song and lyrics-game as much as the quiz! :)
fantastic! :D
Risto,
ReplyDeleteExcellent! A good selection of materials and activities, both enjoyble and useful (we have learned new words and new information).You are a born teacher!
Mira LJV
Well done Risto! You did very complex work. I enjoy your performance, specialy listening the song and feeling gaps!
ReplyDeleteCongrats... You really tried hard to give Ana and Mira easy questions. Beside that u had not answers to some students questions... But every man makes mistakes... Next time it will be better... You will prepare it better!
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