Sing with 2nd conditional

A grammar lesson makes students switch off. Listening to songs they know well lets them focus on the song and not on grammar structure. They practice grammatical structures unknowingly and learning by singing makes them remember the grammatical structure unconsciously. They make a connection between a basic sentence and music. The aim of the lesson is to learn the 2nd conditional, practise listening for detail and learn and practise some verb-noun collocations.

LESSON PLAN
by Danuta Nowak, KUL
Subject: The Best Song of 2016
Level: Intermediate
Time: 45 minutes.

Aims:
1. To teach students 2nd conditional
2. To practice listening comprehension – listening for detail
3. To learn collocations
Technical requirements: mp3-player, loudspeakers

Knowledge:
Students should be familiar with 1st conditional

Procedure

Pre-stage activity:

1. Brainstorming for the best song of 2016
2. Teacher suggests Franz, whose name is probably not familiar to most of the students.
3. Teacher elicits any facts about the singer, and provides the basic information if

necessary.

4. Students are asked to guess the title of the song. (Answer: If I were sorry)

Main-stage activities:

1. Students listen to the song and try to focus on the main idea.
2. Teacher distributes the worksheet and asks students to work in pairs and try to

complete the 25 missing words of the lyrics (verb-noun)

3. Students listen to the song and check or complete the lyrics.
4. Teacher writes two sentences from the song :

“I’d do it again if I had the chance but I know it’s just another dance.”
“I’d run a thousand miles if I were sorry but I’m not sorry.”
and explains the meaning of the message in the context.

5. Students form sentences starting with: “If I were sorry ……

Post-stage activity:
1. Students think of situations when they are sorry.
1. Students form sentences in answer to the question: What would or wouldn’t you do if you
were sorry?

Follow-up:
What would you do if you were
sad/happy/disappointed/rich/unemployed/angry/upset/irritated …..



WORKSHEET

Frans _ If I were sorry

1.

I’d ______ through the desert on my hands and knees
Rehearsing my pretty please
__________ the highest mountain
If I were sorry

2. ________ it from the top

_________ under water until my lungs ________
________ into the fire
If I were sorry

3.

I’d ______ a thousand miles
Wouldn’t _________ until I dropped
Wouldn’t _______ a break to breathe until I got close
enough

4. Then I’d do it all again

If I really __________ the chance
But I _________ deep inside
for you it’s just another ___________

5.

6.

7.

If I were sorry
I’d _______ you all the glory if I were sorry
If I were sorry
it would be a different ________
If I were sorry ...