Details of Group: 12 Students Aged 16 17, Specializing in Studying English

Grade: 11

Details of group: 12 students aged 16—17, specializing in studying English

Level: Upper-Intermediate

Topic: All You Need Is Love

Objectives: by the end of the lesson the students

will be aware of some proverbs and quotations related to love;
will be able to speak on the role love plays in man’s life;
will have further developed their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills;
will have practised pair work and teamwork;
will be inspired by love.

Aids/Materials: word cards , pictures, a collection of written love stories, music recordings

Timing:45 minutes

Lesson Procedure

1. Introduction

T:What are we going to speak about in today’s class? Listen to this music, look at these pictures and books and you will easily guess. That’s right. It’s LOVE.

( The theme from Love Story by Francis Lai is played as a background)

2. Brainstorming. Teamwork

T: There are a few important things in man’s life such as freedom, love, power, health and money. So many men, so many minds. What role do you think LOVE plays in man’s life?

(Ss make 3 teams of four according to the colour of a heart-shaped card they have chosen and T produces some word cards.)

Here’s a collection of word cards.The words written notify the things that are considered to be important in man’s life ( HO 1).

HO 1

Please rank them according to the scale:

the most important

less important

the least important,

then stand in a line to show the scale and comment on each position.

3. Speaking and Writing Practice

T : As we see LOVE is a thing of great importance. And what do people associate LOVE with?

Team 1— Free writing

( Ss have to write words or phrases associated with LOVE).

e.g. LOVE: dating, good mood, sleepless nights, responsibility, marriage, St. Valentine’s Day, etc.)

Team 2 — Drawing Sketches

(Ss have to draw rough sketches of the things that they associate with LOVE and entitle them).

e.g.

Loving Hearts Kisses, Tender Words of Love

Team 3— Making a Mind Map

(Ss have to make a mind map of LOVE).

e.g.

4.Speaking and Listening Practice

T:LOVE is a special feeling. It inspires and encourages. It is known to be a major subject of art. Look at the portrait (points at the picture)! Do you recognize the man? It’s Ludwig van Beethoven, an outstanding German musician.

(Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven is played as a background)

Ludwig van Beethoven is in his late thirties. He is half deaf. He goes to Hungary to be treated at the spa. There he chances to meet Julie Guicciardi, a seventeen-year- old girl.He falls in love at first sight. Love fills his mind with a sweet melody. Half deaf Beethoven hears it inside… and composes Moonlight Sonata, a masterpiece of the world musical culture.

1. What other musical pieces are inspired by LOVE?

2. What great written LOVE stories do you know?

3. Who is the author of the poem that starts with the line

‘ My love’s like a red, red, rose

That newly sprung in spring…’

‘ My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun…’?

4. What painters portrayed LOVE?

5. Are there any fairy tales devoted to LOVE?

5. Studying Proverbs and Quotations

T: Lots of proverbs and quotations bear wisdom of LOVE. They seem to be pieces of advice to loving hearts.

1. Matching (HO 2). Pair Work

10J

(Clues: 1E, 2F, 3D, 4B, 5C, 6H, 7A, 8J, 9G, 10 I )

2. Choose any card and comment on the proverb or quotation.

3.Choose another card and make up a short dialogue to fit the proverb or quotation.— Pair Work

5. Reading Practice

T: LOVE changes man’s life. For better or worse? What does it depend on?

Please read these poems and answer the questions (HO 3).

HO 3 I Have Spent Hours

by Richard Aldington

I have spent hours this morning

Seeking in the brook

For a clear pebble

To remind me of your eyes,

Of all the sleepless hours of night

I think of you.

1. How does LOVE change routine things?

2. Have you ever experienced anything like this?

A Little Dreaming by the Way

By Paul L. Dunbar

A little dreaming by the way,

A little toiling day by day,

A little pain, a little strife,

A little joy — and that is life.

A little short-lived summer morn

When joy seems all so newly born,

When one day’s sky is blue above,

And one bird sings — and that is love.

1. Is there any difference between the life filled with LOVE and the life lacking in LOVE?

Declaration of Intent

by Steve Turner

She said she’d

Love me for eternity,

But managed to reduce

It to eight months

For good behaviour.

She said we fitted

Like a hand in a glove

But then the hot

Weather came and such

Accessories weren’t needed.

She said the future

Was ours, but the deeds*

Were made out in

Her name.

She said I was

The only one who

Understood completely,

And then she left me

And said she knew

That I’d understand completely.

*deeds — written agreements

1. Are the lady and the gentleman in love?

2. What’s the gentleman’s view on the heart-breaking end of their love story?

3. Is the title of the poem a good one?

6. Working with Music. Listening, Writing and Reading Practice

T:Dozens of songs about LOVE have become worldwide hits. All You Need Is Love by The Beatles can be called a hymn of LOVE.

a) pre-listening:

T: How does LOVE inspire and encourage people?

b) while-listening:

T: Listen and fill in the gaps ( HO 4 );

c) post-listening:

T: Open your hearts to music and join in singing .

Remember ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE !

HO 4

All You Need Is Love

by the Beatles

Love, love, love,

There's nothing you can ______that can't be ______.

Nothing you can ______that can't be ______.

Nothing you can say but you can ______how to play the game —

It's easy.

There's nothing you can ______that can't be ______.

No one you can ______that can't be ______.

Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be in _____—

It's easy.

All you need is love.

All you need is love, love —

Love is all you need.

Love, love, love ,

Love, love, love,

All you need is love .

All you need is love.

All you need is love, love —

Love is all you need.

There's nothing you can ______that isn't ______.

Nothing you can see that isn't ______.

No where you can be that isn't where you're ______to be —

It's easy.

All you need is love.

All you need is love .

All you need is love, love —

Love is all you need.

All you need is love.

All you need is love, love —

Love is all you need .

Love is all you need.

That is all you need.

That is all you need .

That is all you need.

7. Homework

T: Recollect any love story, real or fictitious. Speak about the role of Love in the characters’ lives. Use a proverb or quotation to illustrate your story.

8. Summarizing

1. Evaluation.

2. Final Commentaries.

3. Saying good-bye.

Ludwig

van Beethoven

Beethoven

in his thirties

Julie

Guicciardi