International House San Isidro Belgrano 106 Tel/Fax 4743-2518 “Anything you can do with a text, you can do with a song”. 1- Most common activities: a- Gaps for words or phrases. b- Give the category of the missing word. c- Identify patterns. d- Glossary of missing words (or definitions for higher levels) at the bottom of the song. e- A dash for every missing word. f- Leave the same number of dashes as there are letters in the missing words. g- Give the first letter of the missing word. h- Leave out rhyming words at the ends of each line. i- Insert an extra word. j- Leave out words. k- Type out words with mistakes in rhyme to see if the students can catch them. (Hand-out A) l- Dictation: listen and write (with the help of dashes or not). m- Write missing words on the bb. and students guess what the song is about. 2- Musical introduction cards Students walk around the class,introduce themselves, read each other´s cards 3- Jumbled lyrics · Jumbled lines or stanzas on hand-outs · Slips of paper to put in order while or after listening. 4- Mass distance dictation Lucila Ferrari & Vanesa Covini

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Page 1: “Anything you can do with a text, you can do with a song”€¦ · Web viewFilm music : (Hand-out B ) Specific questions on the song they are listening to and the association

International House San IsidroBelgrano 106Tel/Fax 4743-2518

“Anything you can do with a text, you can do with a song”. 1- Most common activities:

a- Gaps for words or phrases.b- Give the category of the missing word.c- Identify patterns.d- Glossary of missing words (or definitions for higher levels) at the bottom of the song.e- A dash for every missing word.f- Leave the same number of dashes as there are letters in the missing words.g- Give the first letter of the missing word.h- Leave out rhyming words at the ends of each line.i- Insert an extra word.j- Leave out words.k- Type out words with mistakes in rhyme to see if the students can catch them. (Hand-out A)l- Dictation: listen and write (with the help of dashes or not).m- Write missing words on the bb. and students guess what the song is about.

2- Musical introduction cards Students walk around the class,introduce themselves, read each other´s cards

3- Jumbled lyrics · Jumbled lines or stanzas on hand-outs · Slips of paper to put in order while or after listening.

4- Mass distance dictation Slips of paper with lines of the song outside the classroom

5- Partial song Give students the first two lines of the stanza and tell them they should complete it with their own words.

Songs as triggers for writing and speaking:Lucila Ferrari & Vanesa Covini

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International House San IsidroBelgrano 106Tel/Fax 4743-2518

6- My favourite moment (during the day , at weekends, in my life, etc). Students listen to a song and they write about a favourite moment in their lives. They can share them with the class or with their partners.

7- Stream of consciousness Students write about whatever comes to their minds.

8- Dictation of the title of your favourite song : to be used to write situations

9- Film music : (Hand-out B )Specific questions on the song they are listening to and the association it evokes.

10- Musical reactions : (Hand-out C)

Students complete the questions while listening to a song.Then they can compare their answers.

10- Recording opinions: (Hand-out D) 12- Top five: Students listen to songs from famous films and they have to write

review of those films.

13- Song discussion : Speaking: What themes for discussion can be introduced with this song? Writing: Opinion/ For and against essays Narrative

14- Discourse Analysis : (Hand-out E) Students can compare their answers and they can discuss about their results: Is the analysis an accurate generalization?

15- Pictures of singers

16- Video · Prediction · Create a dialogue · Using an outline (Hand-out F)

Lucila Ferrari & Vanesa Covini