This lesson plan is focused on Rosa Linn’s song, Snap. Apart from practising listening, students get to discover several phrasal verbs and practise speaking on the topic of the song, using the new expressions, and having a meaningful conversation. The worksheet is freely available in a pdf printable version. Enjoy!
- Lead in: Show students the photo from the song and elicit different feelings it conveys.
- Pre-teach the words snap and fade.
- Give students the worksheet, they have to read and predict the missing words.
- Students listen and fill in the gaps.
- Students scan the text to find and circle the verbs: turn off, turn out, get out of, get over (sth or sb), put out
- Students guess the meaning from context, you can give guidance depending on the needs/level and discuss the best definitions with them.
- Elicit that the first 5 are phrasal verbs.
- Speaking time: they discuss the questions they choose in pairs. Let them know that if they prefer not to discuss a specific question, they can say: I’d rather not talk about this/ I’d prefer not to talk about this. The objective here, apart from free speaking practice is for them to use some of the new vocabulary in a meaningful conversation, personalise the task, and maybe share something new about themselves with the group.
- Turn off
- Turn out
- Get out of
- Get over (sth or sb)
- Put out (a fire)
- Lose count (of)
1. What problem does the protagonist face?
2. What do people usually say to her?
3. How can you get over someone?
What advice would you give to the singer?
4. Did you know the singer/song?
5. How did you feel while listening to the song?
6. Have you or your friends ever been in a similar situation?
What did you do?
7. Why do you think this song has become viral on tik tok?
8. Where is the singer from?
9. Have you ever lost count of something? What was it?
10. Could you share a memory you’d never want to fade away?
