Lesson Plan: Tempted

Lesson based on a song ´Tempted´ by Squeeze

Level(s): (B1) Intermediate / (B2) Lower Upper-Intermediate

Aimed at: Teenagers/young adults catering for different learning styles (reflected in students´ comments in

appendix 3)

Aims: 

Listening for gist and specific information Vocabulary in the context of the song Speaking in the context of

a discussion on why do people decide to leave/run away from home Predicting

Materials: 

Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9ba-as5t8Y

Song handout: See Appendix 1

Song lyrics (for teachers):

A4 paper/coloured pencils or pens/

Projector (ideally) and laptop or just laptop.

Time: +/- 1h20 minutes.

Lesson procedure:

1. Start with a story told in a very dramatic way:Having been through an extremely tough day, Imagine you get back home after the class and you say to yourselves: “I´m sick and tired of it all! I hate school, parents, teachers and I even hate my friends! I need to escape!”.Students work in pairs and come up with 5 items they would take with them if they only had 5 minutes to run away from home before their parents get back. (10 minutes). List their ideas on the board.

2. Ask the whole group: Why do people usually run away/leave home? Why children do it? Why men/women do it? Students work in pairs and make a list of 5 reasons why people run away from home/leave. (5 minutes). List their ideas on the board and have the whole-class brief feedback.

3. Tell the students that they are going to listen to a song about a man who left his wife. Ask the students to go through the lyrics quickly to find out ´why´? Have brief feed back with the whole-group. (5 minutes)

4. Ask the students to put the lyrics of the song face down in front of them. Have them listen and watch the clip of the song paying attention to the images. (5 minutes)

5. Students look back at the lyrics in pairs and fill in the blanks with any words they can remember from the images seen. (5 minutes)

6. Students listen to the song again and fill in the blanks individually. Have the students compare their answers in groups before open-class feedback where you list the words on the board in order they appear in the song. (10 minutes)

7. Take double the number of words from the song as there are students in the class and write them up on the post-it/bits of paper, each word separately. Students pick two each. (2 minutes)

8. Hand out A4 sheets of paper to each student and asks them to draw their words (one side – one word). (10 minutes)

9. Students are divided into two teams and stand in the opposite sides of the room. Play the song. When students hear the word they have drawn they move towards the opposite team, holding up their drawings. The winning team is the one who reacts promptly to all the words and moves across the room in more creative/funny way. Remember to model first! (10 minutes)

10. a) Follow-up: Students work in groups and brainstorm ideas on ´what will happen next? ´Where will the man go? Will he go back to his wife? Will he change? Etc.b) Debate: Should his wife have him back? For&Against. (10/15 minutes)

I bought a ____________________Some ___________________A _______________ for my facePajamas, a ________________New shoes and a ________________I said to my reflectionLet´s get out of this placePassed the ___________ and the _______The _________________________ on the hill____________________and the buildingsMemories of it stillKeep calling and callingBut forget it all, I know I willTempted by the fruit of another. Tempted but the truth is discoveredWhat’s been going onNow that you have gone, there’s no otherTempted by the fruit of another. Tempted but the truth is discoveredIm at the ____________ ______________, the airportThe baggage _____________________The people keep on ____________Ain’t wishing I was wellI said it’s no occasionIt’s no story I could tellAt my bedside empty _______________A foot without a sockYour body gets much closer________________ for the clockAlarmed by the seduction. I wish that it would stop

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste                 

A flannel for my face 

Pyjamas, a hairbrush 

New shoes and a case 

I said to my reflection 

Let's get out of this place 

Past the church and the steeple 

The laundry on the hill 

Billboards and the buildings 

Memories of it still 

Keep calling and calling 

But forget it all 

I know I will 

Tempted by the fruit of another 

Tempted but the truth is discovered 

What's been going on 

Now that you have gone 

There's no other 

Tempted by the fruit of another 

Tempted but the truth is discovered 

I'm at the car park, the airport 

The baggage carousel 

The people keep on crowding 

I'm wishing I was well 

I said it's no occasion 

It's no story I could tell 

At my bedside empty pocket 

A foot without a sock 

Your body gets much closer 

I fumble for the clock 

Alarmed by the seduction 

I wish that it would stop 

The following part of the song has not been used in the lesson:

I bought a novel, some perfume 

A fortune all for you 

But it's not my conscience 

That hates to be untrue 

I asked of my reflection 

Tell me what is there to do