Teacher´s worksheet
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Form 3
- Students listen to the beginning of the song by The Nylons in You Tube. Ask students, Where can you hear these sounds and voices?
- Then give them the worksheets. Studentslook at the picture and try to guess the name of the song.
- Students listento the song and fill in the gaps by choosing the right word in bold.
We de de de …….De we um-um-a way
A wimoweh, a wimoweh…
In the jungle, the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight (2x)
A wimoweh, a wimoweh…
Near the village, the peaceful village the lion sleeps tonight (2x)
A wimoweh, a wimoweh…
Hush, my darling, don´t fear my darling the lion sleeps tonight (2x)
A wimoweh, a wimoweh…
- After watching the video,ask students to explain the meaning of mighty and peaceful in their own words. (For example: mighty jungle is a big jungle. In a peaceful village people are sleeping.)
Write these sentences on the blackboard.
- Ask students, Who sings this song? Answer: a mother sings it to her baby. This song is called a lullaby.Also ask, Who or what are you afraid of?
- Students can sing along to and follow the hippo´s and dog´s moves.
- After watching the video,students have to find another word similar to peaceful from the video.Answer:quiet. Ask them to check the answer by changing the word peaceful to the word quiet in task 3(these sentences are already on the blackboard).
Askstudents, Can you make that change without changing the meaning of the sentence?Answer: Yes, you can.
Ask students to write down both sentences. For example: 1. In a peaceful village people are sleeping.
2. In a quiet village people are sleeping.
Student worksheet
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Form 3
- Look at the picture and try to guess the name of the song.
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- Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with one of these words: peaceful, mighty
We de de de …….De we um-um-a way
A wimoweh, a wimoweh…
In the jungle, the ______jungle the lion sleeps tonight.
In the jungle, the ______jungle the lion sleeps tonight.
A wimoweh, a wimoweh…
Near the village, the ______village the lion sleeps tonight.
Near the village, the ______village the lion sleeps tonight.
A wimoweh, a wimoweh…
Hush, my darling, don´t fear my darling the lion sleeps tonight (2x)
- Please explain the meaning of peaceful and mighty in your own words.
- Who sings that song? What kinds of things are you afraid of?
- Sing along and move like the hippo and dog in the video.
- Find another word in the video similar to peaceful.Can you replace the old word with the new one in task 3?Write both sentences on your worksheet.
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