The biography of Beyonce and her song "Halo"

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The biography of Beyonce and her song “Halo”

Poziom nauczania: intermediate

Cele operacyjne lekcji:
Uczeń potrafi:
• Odpowiedzieć na pytania ogólne dotyczące tekstu
• Odpowiedzieć na pytania szczegółowe dotyczące tekstu
• Uzupełnić brakującą informację w tekście piosenki
• Formułować wypowiedzi dotyczące tekstu piosenki
• Samodzielnie korzystać ze słownika

Pomoce dydaktyczne:
• kserówki z biografią piosenkarki
• kserówki z tekstem piosenki
• słowniki

Formy pracy:
• praca z całą klasą
• praca indywidualna

Metody i techniki pracy:
• Communicative Approach
• Udzielanie odpowiedzi na pytania ogólne
• Udzielanie odpowiedzi na pytania szczegółowe
• Wskazywanie określonych informacji w tekście
• Uzupełnianie brakujących informacji ze słuchu
• Podanie synonimu lub definicji przy wyjaśnianiu słownictwa
• Relacjonowanie
• Praca ze słownikiem

Przebieg lekcji

Faza wstępna – warm up (5-7 min)

1. Nauczyciel zadaje uczniom pytanie czy znają twórczość wokalistki : Today we are going to have a lesson with music. Have you heard about Beyonce? What do you know about her? Do you like her? Do you know any of her songs?
Następuje krótka dyskusja.

Faza zasadnicza ( 30-35 min )

2. Nauczyciel rozdaje kserówki z biografią wokalisty (załącznik 1). Uczniowie czytają tekst i odpowiadają na pytania nauczyciela:
• When was she born?
• What nationality is she?
• What do we know about her childhood?
• What do we know about her career?
• Has she won any awards?
• How many jobs has she had?
• What do we know about her private life?
• Why did she suffer from depression?

3. Nauczyciel rozdaje kserówki z tekstem piosenki (załącznik 2). Uczniowie słuchają piosenkę dwa razy i uzupełniają luki w tekście. Nauczyciel pisze odpowiedzi uzyskane od uczniów na tablicy (załącznik 3).
4. Uczniowie czytają tekst piosenki. Nauczyciel wyjaśnia nowe słownictwo podając synonimy lub używając tych słów w kontekście.
5. Następuje analiza tekstu piosenki. Nauczyciel prosi uczniów, aby pracowali w małych grupach. Każda grupa wybiera sobie fragment piosenki i analizuje go. Uczniowie mogą korzystać ze słownika.
6. Po zakończonym ćwiczeniu jedna osoba z grupy relacjonuje wnioski, do których grupa doszła.
7. Następuje dyskusja klasowa.

Faza podsumowująca (3 min)

8. Na koniec wszyscy wspólnie śpiewają piosenkę.

Praca domowa

Nauczyciel prosi uczniów, aby ułożyli zdania z nowym słownictwem.

Załącznik 1:
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child.
During the hiatus of Destiny's Child, Knowles released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love (2003), which became one of the most successful albums of that year, and signaled her viability as a solo artist. The album was a commercial and critical success, spawning the hits "Crazy in Love", "Baby Boy", and earning Knowles five Grammy Awards in 2004. The disbanding of Destiny's Child in 2005 facilitated her continued success: her sophomore solo album, B'Day, released in 2006, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, and produced the hits "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar". Her third solo album, I Am... Sasha Fierce, was released in November 2008, and included the hits "If I Were a Boy", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", "Halo" and "Sweet Dreams". Knowles has attained five Hot 100 number one singles, becoming one of the two female artists with the most number ones attained within the 2000s.
The success of her solo albums has established Knowles as one of the most marketable artists in the music industry, and she has expanded her career to acting and product endorsement. She began her acting career in 2001, appearing in the musical film Carmen: A Hip Hopera. In 2006, she starred in the lead role in the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, for which she earned two Golden Globe nominations. Knowles launched her family's fashion line, House of Deréon, in 2004, and has been engaged to endorse such brands as Pepsi, Tommy Hilfiger, Armani and L'Oréal. In 2009, Forbes listed Knowles fourth on its list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential Celebrities in the world, third on its list of the top-grossing musicians, and number one on the list of top Best-Paid Celebs Under 30 with over $87 million dollars in earnings between 2008 and 2009.

Personal life
During the turmoil of Destiny's Child in 2000, Knowles had admitted in December 2006 that she had experienced depression from an accumulation of struggles: the publicized split of LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson, being publicly attacked by the media, critics and blogs for causing the split-up, and a longstanding boyfriend (that she had dated from age 12 to 19 years) leaving her.
The depression was so severe it had lasted for a couple of years, while she had kept herself in her bedroom for days and refused to eat anything. Knowles stated that she struggled to speak about her depression because Destiny's Child had just won their first Grammy Award and she feared no one would take her seriously. All of these events had made her question herself and who her friends were, describing the situation she said, "Now that I was famous, I was afraid I'd never find somebody again to love me for me. I was afraid of making new friends
Since 2002, Knowles has been in a relationship with rapper Jay-Z, with whom she has collaborated several times. On April 4, 2008, Knowles and Jay-Z were married in New York City.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles

Załącznik 2:
Halo by Beyonce

Remember those ____________________ I built
Well baby they're tumbling _______________________
And they didn't even put up a _____________________
They didn't even make a ______________________
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a ______________________
Standing in the _________________________ of your halo
I got my _____________________ now

It's like I've _____________________ awakened
Every rule I ___________________ you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm ________________
I ain't never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your________________
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving___________________
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your ________________
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade ______________

I can feel your halo (halo) halo...

Hit me like a ray of _______________
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I ___________________
Think I'm addicted to your light
I swore I'd never fall _________________
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't ____________________
To pull me back to the ground again

Feels like I've _____________ awakened
Every rule I ____________ you breakin'
The risk that I'm _______________
I'm never gonna shut you out

Załącznik 3:
1.walls
2.down
3.fight
4.sound
5.doubt
6.light
7.angel
8.been
9.Had
10.taking
11.embrace
12.grace
13.face
14.away
15.sun
16.want
17.again
18.forget
19.been
20.had
21.takin'