Lesson / English Listening & Speaking Skills
& Identifying Metaphors / Time / 45 -60 minutes / Grade Level / 3 -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 “My Way” by Frank Sinatra copied from Youtube.com. (Use the free program “Tube catcher” to obtain a portable copy of the music video from Youtube.com). / 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, “My Way” and the man who performed it, Frank Sinatra. / 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 performers.
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
Name:______Date:______
My Way
By Frank Sinatra,
And now, the end is ……………;
And so I face the final curtain.
My ……………, I'll say it ……………,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and every highway;
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I've had a ……………;
But then ……………, too few to mention.
I did what I had to ……………
And saw it through …………… exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful …………… along the byway,
But more, much …………… than this,
I did it my …………….
Yes, there were ……………, I'm sure you ……………
When I …………… off more than …………… could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood ……………;
And did it my way.
I've loved, I've …………… and cried.
I've had my fill; my share …………… losing.
And now, as …………… subside,
I find it …………… so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a …………… way,
"No, oh …………… not me,
I did it my …………… ".
For what is a man, what has he ……………?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly ……………;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The …………… shows I …………… the blows -
And did it my ……………!
My Way
By Frank Sinatra,
And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
I've lived a life that's full.
I've traveled each and every highway;
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I planned each charted course;
Each careful step along the byway,
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.
I've loved, I've laughed and cried.
I've had my fill; my share of losing.
And now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.
To think I did all that;
And may I say - not in a shy way,
"No, oh no not me,
I did it my way".
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!
WORD COUNT
How many times do you hear each of these words in this song?
Write the number in English and numerically.
My
Way
Regrets
so
for