The Best Song of 2016 - lesson plan

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.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
if I were sorry oh
6.I’d _________ my breath till my face turned blue
I’d __________ a bank and the post office too
__________ across the ocean
If I were sorry
7.I’d ________ a vow of silence
I wouldn’t ________ a single word
Until you really heard
If I were sorry
8.(3)
9.(5)
10.Now did you ever _________
that your mistake had a _________
oh you threw it all away
‘cause you’re the devil in _________
11.Now would you ever realize
the consequences of your _______
and would you save the falling ________ or act as if there’s nothing there
12.If I were sorry
if I were sorry
If I were sorry
if I were sorry
13.(7)
14.If I were sorry
I’d be on my hands and ________
begging pretty please
if I were sorry
but I’m not sorry, no

Teacher’s notes: A grammar lesson makes students switch off. Listening to songs they know well lets them focus on the song and not on the grammar structures. They practice grammatical structures unknowingly and learning the song makes them remember the grammatical structure unconsciously. They make a connection between a basic sentence and music.
Biogram:
Frans's father Mark was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and a British father. At the age of eight, Mark moved to London, United Kingdom. Frans' mother is Swedish. He was thus raised speaking both English and Swedish. During most of his life, Frans has been a part-time resident in London and he also studied music there for an entire year when he was 15.
This song was released in Sweden as a digital download on 28 February 2016, and was written by Frans along with Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell, and Fredrik Andersson. It took part in Melodifestivalen 2016, and qualified to the final from the fourth semi-final. It later won the final with 156 points and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 where it placed fifth. In the weeks after the semifinal appearance the song charted in the Spotify Viral charts in Switzerland, Taiwan, Iceland, Uruguay, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States, Norway, France, Denmark, Turkey and Germany.

Lyrics: IF I WERE SORRY

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

Shout it from the top
Swim under water until my lungs exploded
Walk into the fire
If I were sorry

I’d run a thousand miles
Wouldn’t stop until I dropped
Wouldn’t take a break to breathe until I got close
enough

Then I’d do it all again
If I really had the chance
But I know deep inside for you it’s just another
dance

If I were sorry
I’d give you all the glory
if I were sorry

If I were sorry
it would be a different story

If I were sorry
if I were sorry oh

I’d hold my breath till my face turned blue
I’d rob a bank and the post office too
Swim across the ocean
If I were sorry

I’d take a vow of silence
I wouldn’t say a single word
Until you really heard
If I were sorry

I’d run a thousand miles
Wouldn’t stop until I dropped
Wouldn’t take the break to breathe
Until I got close enough

If I were sorry
I’d give you all the glory
if I were sorry

If I were sorry
it would be a different story
if I were sorry oh

Now did you ever realize
that your mistake had a price
oh you threw it all away
cause’ you’re the devil in disguise

Now would you ever realize
the consequences of your lies
and would you save the falling tear or act as if there’s nothing there

If I were sorry
if I were sorry

If I were sorry
if I were sorry

If I were sorry
I’d take a vow of silence

I wouldn’t say a single word
if I were sorry

If I were sorry
I’d be on my hands and knees
begging pretty please
if I were sorry
but I’m not sorry, no