A song to get students speaking!
Speaking is the most challenging of the four skills to teach in large heterogeneous classes. As speaking is interactive and demands an almost instant response, the pressure to ‘perform’ is often overwhelming for students.
With this in mind I created a fun lesson plan based on the famous song ‘It’s Friday I’m in Love’ by The Cure. Not one of my 10th grade students knew the song but they all quickly ‘fell in love’ with it.
My aim was to get the students speaking and using the lexical chunks from the song. However, to my amazement they quickly began singing the song, and asked me to play it again and again.
I have included the lesson plan and the PowerPoint for you to use with your classes.
I hope you and your students enjoy the lesson as much as I did.
I’d love to hear from you in the comments box below.
Great lesson plan for a classic hit!
L
Thanks Leo, I appreciate your feedback.
Jane
Hi Jane,
I attended your talk at the Keep talking conference for 10th grade.
I’ve suscribed to your blog. I cannot see the lesson plan not the presentation to Friday I’m in Love. Where should I look for it ?
Thanks,
Ariela
Hi Ariela,
Just click on the words lesson plan and PowerPoint in the text, as they are hyperlinked.
http://janecohenefl.edublogs.org/2018/01/31/its-friday-im-in-love-the-cure/
Regards,
Jane
It’s a lovely lesson plan! Thank you for sharing – will definitely use!
Thank you Nava for your kind words. I hope your students like the lesson too.
Hi Jane,
Thanks a lot for the plan. It seems a wonderful asset for teachers.
Dear Abdallah,
Thank you for your commment. It was great to see you in February and once again this week.
Regards,
Jane
Hi dear,
Extremely creative stuff!
Weren’t you worried, though, that students wouldn’t take interest in a song which is ‘dated’ and unfamiliar to them?
Hi Dana,
I was concerned that they would hate the song but was pleasantly surprised taht they loved the song.
Message to myself – Never make assumptions.
Regards,
Jane
it is a lovely lesson plan
Thank you for your feedback Nava. I apologise for not replying sooner. Life seems to have taken over.
I really like the lesson plan, but I cannot use the presentation since it is for members only on slide share. Is this on purpose? If not, perhaps you can upload it to google drive and share it from there?