Lesson / English Listening & Speaking Skills
& Identifying Metaphors / Time / 45 -60 minutes / Grade Level / 2 -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 “Country Roads” by John Denver 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, “Country Roads” and the man who performed it, John Denver. / 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
Please see following pages for the worksheets for the song “Country Roads“
Take me Home, Country Roads
By John Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert (1971)
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River.
Life is ……………… there,
Older than the ………………,
Younger than the ………………
Growin' ……………… a breeze.
Country ………………, take me ………………
To the place ……………… I belong:
……………… Virginia, ……………… momma,
Take me ………………, country roads.
All my ………………. gathered 'round ……………….,
Miners lady, ……………… to blue ……………….
Dark and dusty, ………………. on the ……………….,
Misty ………………. of moonshine,
………………. in my ………………..
………………. roads, take ………………. home
To the ………………. I ……………….:
West ………………., mountain ……………….,
Take me ………………., country ………………..
I hear her voice,
In the mornin' hour she calls me,
The ………………. reminds me of my ………………. far ……………….
And ………………. down the road I get a ……………….
When I ………………. have been home yesterday, ………………..
………………. roads, ………………. me home
To ………………. place ………………. belong:
………………. Virginia, ………………. momma,
Take me ………………., country roads.
Country ………………., take me ……………….
To ………………. place I ……………….:
………………. Virginia, mountain ……………….,
Take ………………. home, ………………. roads.
Take me home, ………………. roads.
………………. me ………………., country roads.
Take me Home, Country Roads
By John Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert (1971)
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River.
Life is old there,
Older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains
Growin' like a breeze.
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
All my memories gathered 'round her,
Miners lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
Misty taste of moonshine,
Teardrops in my eye.
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
I hear her voice,
In the mornin' hour she calls me,
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling
When I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.
Take me home, country roads.
Take me home, country roads.
WORD COUNT
How many times do you hear each of these words in this song?
Country
I
Teardrops
me
road/ roads
mountain
down
old