Lesson / English Listening & Speaking Skills
& Identifying Metaphors / Time / 45 -60 minutes / Grade Level / 5 -12
Objectives / 1. Students understand the exact meaning of Metaphors
2. Students practice speaking English in complete sentences.
3. Students can distinguish spoken words through listening skills.
Materials / Teacher / Students
Worksheets,
A karaoke version of the song “In the Ghetto” byElvis Presley copied from Youtube.com. (Use the free program “Tube catcher” to obtain a portable copy of the music video from Youtube.com). / 3. Worksheets
Step / Subject matter / Activities / Time Allotted / Notes
Teacher / Students
Introduction / Engage students in lesson / Greeting
Ask students questions, reviewing material from the previous lesson.
Introduce today’s song
Ask students what they know about the song, “In the Ghetto” and the man who performed it,Elvis Presley. / Greeting
Students answer the questions / 6 min. / Whole Group/
Class work
Study / Listening to song and identifying missing words / Pass out fill-in the blank worksheets to individual students.
Have students listen to the song all the way through one time without stopping.
Play the song a second time, stopping the song and asking the students what was said.
Play the song two more times. Students sing along with the song both times. This version has the words on the screen. / Students have opportunity to practice speaking English to share their knowledge of the song and its performer.
Students gain ability to listen to spoken English and draw out words and meanings being expressed. / 15-20 min / Individual
Work
Development/
Activate / Recognizing Vocabulary / Pass out word counting worksheets and copies of the song to students in pairs.
Have students count selected words that are in the song they listened to.
Provide students with spellings and meanings for some of the words in the song.
Ask students for spellings and to explain the meanings of some of the words they identify / 15-20
min / Small Group/
Paired work
Closure / Assessment
& Wrap-up / Ask students questions about the vocabulary they heard in the song:
1.Definitions
2.Synonyms and
metaphors
3.Provide students with the correct answers when needed. / Students answer questions as a class
Students correct each other’s mistakes (peer learning)
Students are given an opportunity to express knowledge of the material covered in the lesson / 9-14
min / Whole Group/
Class work
In the Ghetto
Performed by Elvis Presley, Written by Mac Davis
As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little ______child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto
People, don't you ______the child needs a helping hand?
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and ______, are we too blind to see?
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other ______?
Well the world turns and a hungry little ______with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the streets at ______
And he learns how to ______and he learns how to fight in the ghetto
Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young ______
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand in the ______
As her young man dies on a cold and ______Chicago mornin'
Another little ______child is born in the ghetto
And his mama ______
In the Ghetto
By The Elvis Presley, 1972
As the snow flies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries 'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto
People, don't you understand the child needs a helping hand?
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me, are we too blind to see?
Do we simply turn our heads and look the other way?
Well the world turns and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows in the ghetto
And his hunger burns, so he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal and he learns how to fight in the ghetto
Then one night in desperation a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car, tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand in the ghetto
As her young man dies on a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
Another little baby child is born in the ghetto
And his mama cries
Name:______Date:______
WORD COUNT
How many times do you hear each of these words in this song?
Write the number in English and also numerically.
Ghetto
cries
in
I
Chicago
man
mouth