Teacher Notes and Answer Key Description: Part (3 pages): Teaching the second conditional using a song by Katie Melua entitled "If You Were A Sailboat" Activities include vocabulary matching, gap fill, matching lyrics Lyrics included Can be adjusted for use with higher levels Part (7 pages): Contains a lesson plan, ordering tasks, teacher notes, answer key and link to video on YouTube, biography I deleted the original version I uploaded as I have made extensive changes as it was my first worksheet B & W version separate The song “If You Were A Sailboat” by Katie Melua is perfect for teaching the 2nd conditional Use an MP3 file for listening – even better use a music video if you have one available Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x25F3-sR2Yo Clipart taken from Mega Gallery (CorelDraw – legal copy) I go through the form with the students first After that Pre-teach any vocabulary that I think they might not know I have collected pictures of some of the vocabulary and I get them to match the words with the phrases (See Task 1) preacher jail sailboat swim hungry nail cowboy shore I then give them a short gap where they predict which words to place in the gaps (See Task 2) If you were a cowboy, I would trail you, If you were a piece of wood, I'd nail you to the floor If you were a sailboat, I would sail you to the shore If you were a river, I would swim you, (If you were a house, I would live in you all my days.) If you were a preacher, I'd begin to change my ways They then listen to the next part of the song and match the halves (See Task 4) A-E B-H C-C D-F E-A F-G G-E H-B Complete the table with the words in the box according to the vowel sound: trail, preacher, nail, ways, seem, jail, day, away, touch, feel, sky, worries, fly, breathe touch worries seem preacher seem feel breathe sky fly trail nail ways jail day away I have included different ordering tasks – the one is more difficult than the other They then listen to the song and order the lyrics I give them the lyrics to check the answers Created by Enid Venter – South Africa Finally I ask them to find all the examples they can of the 2nd conditional Ordering – more difficult (I print the first half on a different colour to the second half) The lyrics are mixed up and students must listen and place the lyrics in the correct order They must also find the correct half of the line I print the halves on different coloured paper If you were a cowboy, If you were a piece of wood, If you were a sailboat, If you were a river, If you were a house, If you were a preacher, Sometimes I believe But the chances Always seem I would trail you, I'd nail you to the floor I would sail you to the shore I would swim you, I would live in you all my days I'd begin to change my ways in fate, we create, to ring more true You took a chance on loving me, I took a chance on loving you If I was in jail, If I was a telephone, If was in pain, I know you'd spring me you'd ring me all day long I know you'd sing me soothing songs Sometimes I believe in fate, Created by Enid Venter – South Africa But the chances Always seem we create, to ring more true You took a chance on loving me, I took a chance on loving you If I was hungry, If I was in darkness, If I was a book, If you were a cowboy, If you were a piece of wood, you would feed me you would lead me to the light I know you'd read me every night I would trail you, I'd nail you to the floor If you were a sailboat, I would sail you to the shore If you were a sailboat, I would sail you to the shore Ordering – easy The lyrics are mixed up and students must listen and place the lyrics in the correct order If you were a cowboy, I would trail you, If you were a piece of wood, I'd nail you to the floor If you were a sailboat, I would sail you to the shore If you were a river, I would swim you, If you were a house, I would live in you all my days Created by Enid Venter – South Africa If you were a preacher, I'd begin to change my ways Sometimes I believe in fate, But the chances we create, Always seem to ring more true You took a chance on loving me, I took a chance on loving you If I was in jail, I know you'd spring me If I was a telephone, you'd ring me all day long If was in pain, I know you'd sing me soothing songs Sometimes I believe in fate, But the chances we create, Always seem to ring more true You took a chance on loving me, I took a chance on loving you If I was hungry, you would feed me If I was in darkness, you would lead me to the light If I was a book, I know you'd read me every night If you were a cowboy, I would trail you, If you were a piece of wood, I'd nail you to the floor Created by Enid Venter – South Africa If you were a sailboat, I would sail you to the shore If you were a sailboat, I would sail you to the shore Lesson Plan Created by Enid Venter – South Africa Stage and Aims Time Procedure Approx 10mins Ss match names of famous singers to their pictures Ss find what pictures (including their own – personalizing) have in common (they have all lived in, or visited, South Africa - change this to suit your lesson) B STAGE – TEST Aim: To test students knowledge of the vocabulary to be introduced Approx 5mins Ss are given some words from the lyrics – elicit meaning where possible from ss C STAGE – MATCH VOCABULARY Aim: To elicit meaning of vocabulary where possible and check they understand meaning Approx 5mins Approx 2mins Questions to students to check form Typical questions: o Is this a noun or a verb? o Can you form nouns from verbs? A STAGE – WARMER Aim: To generate interest in the activity D STAGE – FORM OF VOCABULARY Aim: To ensure that ss use correct form: o Check parts of speech – is this a noun or a verb? Form verbs from nouns and vice-versa E STAGE – FORM OF LANGUAGE Aim: Introduce the 2nd conditional as this is used extensively in the song Approx 8mins Ss are given a matching task where they must match the target vocabulary with a picture Give an example of the 2nd conditional and elicit ‘unreal’ from the ss Example: If Annie was/were a chocolate, I would eat her o Is Annie a chocolate? o Well she ever be a chocolate? Do more examples: o If my eyes were brown, I would be happy o If you were rich, I would marry you! o If you were sailboat, I would sail you to the shore Elicit more examples from ss F STAGE – LISTENING PRACTICE Aim: To give ss practice in listening for specific information Approx 15mins G STAGE –FEEDBACK Aim: To check ss understanding of the target vocabulary and language Approx 5mins Ss are given lyrics so that they can check if the lines are in the correct order Ss are asked to identify 2nd conditional sentences in the lyrics Ss are asked to make their own sentences with the target vocab Approx 5mins Elicit pronunciation from students of given language Ss use dictionaries if necessary Ss identify the words from the song with this phoneme Drill H STAGE – PRONUNCIATION FOCUS Aim: To ensure correct pronunciation of /eI/ as in ‘trail’ Ss listen to song to get a ‘feel’ for the song Ss listen to lines of the song and order the lyrics.(they are given clues if it is obvious that they are having difficulty) They work in small groups Created by Enid Venter – South Africa Katie Melua Biography – taken from www.sing365.com "I was born in Georgia in the former USSR (red wine, Stalin, Shevardnadze, Katie Melua) in 1984, living in Moscow for a while when I was three or four Not surprisingly I don¹t remember a lot of Moscow back in the communist time, although one thing I remember is that the place we were staying in did the most amazing pancakes I¹ve ever tasted Leaving Moscow and the pancakes I spent most of my childhood in Georgia in the seaside town of Batumi There¹s really nothing better than swimming in the Black Sea When I was nine, my dad got a job as a heart surgeon in Belfast, so we moved there When I told this to one of my teachers later on in England he described the move as: "From the frying pan into the fire" I never really viewed it as that because I had a great childhood both in Georgia and Northern Ireland I found the people in Northern Ireland extremely warm and made great friends at St Catherine¹s primary school and Dominican College, Fortwilliam I went to catholic schools in Northern Ireland while my younger brother went to a protestant school I didn¹t always want to be a singer or songwriter My ambition when I was thirteen was to be a politician or a historian I honestly thought I'd be able to bring peace to the world If I ruled it! We lived in Belfast for five years after which we moved to South East London There I went to Nonsuch high school for girls When I was fifteen I entered a TV talent competition singing Mariah Carey's "Without You" I won the competition (the prize was a bedroom makeover and an arm chair for my dad) and also gained valuable experience by performing live on ITV three times Moving so much didn't really bother me, cause you get so used to it I've been to seven different schools, the final one being the Brit School for Performing Arts where I did a BTEC, and Music A-level I started writing songs two years ago and have (with my parents' help) a small studio set-up at home My influences are Queen, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Eva Cassidy, Irish folk music and Indian music I strongly believe that great artists are artists who are original and talented in their music and performance Music should be performed live It is offensive to the audience if you mime I always get a warm feeling when I see someone holding either a guitar case or a violin case on the street, - it's like I know I'd get on well with that person and I always smile or say hi." Created by Enid Venter – South Africa