aerosmith

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A. Bingo

Directions

1. Read aloud all the words on the left, either in groups or with the teacher - all 30.

Make sure you know how to pronounce all of them. Do you know what they all mean?

2. Reread the list and choose 25 words you like . Write the words

that you choose in the bingo squares, 1 word per square - in any order.

3. Listen to the song. When you hear a word that's written on your Bingo card,

write an X over the word.

4. The first person to have 5 X's in a row, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally,

has BINGO and wins a prize.

5. A SECOND Prize will be awarded to the first person who has all his squares

all crossed out at the end of listening to the song. Listen to the song again!

Repeat: Fill in every blank with one word each - any words you like

and in any order you like.

1. asleep

2. awake

3. baby

4. breathing

5. close

6. dream

7. dreaming

8. eyes

9. fall

10. feeling

11. forever

12. God

13. heart

14. kiss

15. life

16. lost

17. miss

18. moment

19. sleeping

20. smile

21. spend/t

22. stay

23. sweet

24. sweetest

25. thank

26. time

27. together

28. treasure

29. wondering

30. surrender

3. While you're far away and dreaming

4. I could spend my life in this sweet surrender

5. I could stay lost in this moment forever

6. Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Chorus:

7. Don't wanna close my eyes

8. I don't wanna fall asleep

9. Cuz I'd miss you baby

10. And I don't wanna miss a thing

11. Cuz even when I dream of you

12. The sweetest dream would never do

13. I'd still miss you baby

14. And I don't wanna miss a thing

15. Lying close to you

16. Feeling your heart beating

17. And I'm wondering what you're dreaming

18. Wondering if it's me you're seeing

19. Then I kiss your eyes

20. And thank God we're together

21. I just want to stay with you in this moment forever

22. Forever and ever

23. I don't wanna close my eyes

24. I don't wanna fall asleep

25. Cuz I'd miss you baby

26. And I don't wanna miss a thing

27. Cuz even when I dream of you

28. The sweetest dream would never do

29. I'd still miss you baby

30. And I don't wanna miss a thing

31. I don't wanna miss one smile

32. And I don't wanna miss one kiss

33. I just wanna be with you

34. Right here with you just like this

35. I just wanna hold you close

36. I feel your heart so close to mine

37. And just stay here in this moment

38. For all the rest of time

39. Yeah......

40. Don't wanna close my eyes

41. Don't wanna fall asleep

42. Cuz I'd miss you baby

43. And I don't wanna miss a thing

44. Cuz even when I dream of you

45. The sweetest dream would never do

46. I'd still miss you baby

47. And I don't wanna miss a thing

48. I don't wanna close my eyes - REPEAT 2 X

(A. Beginning English students:

do vocabulary work first, Page 3, or Vocabulary Games - Page 5)

A. Bingo - See Page 1

B. See vocabulary and "ing" worksheets - Pg. 2

C. See "ing" spelling worksheet - Pg. 3

D. Finally, listen to the song with this page.

E. Grammar: 1. Conditional

Add an 'if' clause (based on info. in the song) to Line 9:

Line 9: Cuz I'd miss you baby

If _____________________________

& another: If _____________________________

Put on blackboard, correct & compare all the students' different conditional ideas & sentences.

2. Embedded questions

Can you find 2 embedded questions (questions inside of a sentence) in the song? Which lines?

Take the questions out of the sentence & write them.

3. Write 2 embedded questions of your own.

F. Discussion

1. Explain the title of this song (if you didn't do this on the vocabulary/'ing' worksheet.)

2. If you answered: "He misses her", then answer the question, "Why"? Explain!!

3. Difficult: Explain his use of surrender in Line 4.

4. a. "do" in Line 12: The sweetest dream would never do.

do means suffice, or be adequate or work

Example: Your friend crashes your car. He offers to give you his old beat up truck.

Your answer: "That won't do."

Now explain: The sweetest dream would never do.

G. Comparison: See Love Problem Songs

What are each of the problems in these songs?

How many problems does Steve Tyler have?

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Aerosmith Vocabulary / "ing" worksheet

1. Write the correct word from the list of verbs below (2.) after each definition:

Definitions:

1. to inhale and exhale; to take air in and out of the lungs

2. to see or feel images or pictures in your head when you sleep

3. to have your body flat on a surface, like in a bed

4. to observe something with your eyes

5. to rest in an unconscious state

6. to move repeatedly, especially to a certain rhythm

7. to feel curiosity about something; to ask oneself

8. to experience a sensation

2. Add 'ing' to the following verbs. (If necessary, see spelling rules, Page 4.)

Don't worry: Some of the words are repeated for a reason!!

4. Difficult Vocabulary - write the following

cuz

surrender (noun)

to treasure

spend/spent

to fall asleep

to hold

to miss

to stay

sweet

wanna

words in front of their definitions to the right:

1. opposite of sour

2. opposite of to leave

3. to go to sleep

4. to feel a sense of loss for someone

5. to keep with you or in your hand / arms

6. pass or passed (as in time); (also, to use money)

7. to value something

8. a state of giving up everything; giving in

9. reduction of want to

10. reduction of because

6. Discussion / Writing: Think about all the above vocabulary words in 1, 4 & 5, which are most of the words in the song.

If you have not read the lyrics of the song yet, answer the following question: What do you think the song is about?

Discuss in a group and write the answer.

Afterwards, listen to the song with the written lyrics and answer the rest of the questions on Pg. 3

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AEROSMITH: "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"

ESL Grammar: Spelling for verbs Ending in ing

The 'ing' form is used for verbs used:

1. in the present continuous (You are reading this.)

2. in the past continuous (I was writing this when my son came home.)

3. in the present Perfect Continuous (I have been working on this paper for 20 minutes.)

4. in the Past Perfect Continuous (I had been thinking about writing this paper for a few days.)

5. in the Future Continuous and Future Perfect Continuous (ask your teacher to explain)

6. as nouns (gerunds) & adjectives (Practicing the spelling rules will help you remember. Is this boring?

7. as the second verb in a verbal: (He continued talking. I heard him singing.)

SPELLING Notes:

1. For most verbs, add ing to the simple form of the verb. (walking, eating, drinking, fleeing, studying)

2. If the simple form of a verb ends in a single e, drop the e and add ing: ( writing, dancing, describing)

3. If the simple form of a verb ends in ie change the ie to y and add ing: (lie - lying, die - dying)

4. If the simple form of a verb ends in a single (only one!) vowel followed by a single consonant

(called a "vowel sandwich" in Brazil) and is a:

a. one-syllable verb: double the last consonant (except x, w, and y) and add -ing.

Examples: stop / stopping (compare stop, start, steal, stoop, star, stare)

b. two or more -syllable verb, and the last syllable is stressed, follow the rule above in a.

Examples: begin / beginning admit / admitting (compare offer, occur, open, refer, answer, repeat, arrest)

{Exceptions: travel, cancel: in British English, a final 'l' is always doubled, but not in American English.

Obscure: Benefit: both doubling the final t or not doubling the final t are accepted, but benefiting is more common. Also: dye --> dyeing)

Spelling: picnic --> picnicking; practice --> practicing; attack ---> attacking}

Practice: run _______, start _______ , race ________, rebel ________ , repeat ______

control _________, hug _________, plan _______, gain _______ , develop _______

Exercise 1: Rewrite the following verbs, adding 'ing' to the each verb, making the necessary changes.

(Write the entire word - do not just add 'ing'.)

1. drum

2. study

3. rob

4. love

5. hope

6. agree

7. permit*

8. wrap

9. occur

10. stop

11. cry

12. play

13. tie

14. repeat

15. enjoy

16. deny

17. prefer

18. offer

19. open

20. sin

21. carry

22. rebel*

23. type

24. tape

25. benefit

26. entice

27. report

28. commit

29. dry

30. fix

31. trip

32. happen

33. refer

34. admit

35. visit

36. point

37. loot

38. try

39. bury

40. dye (to put color)

41. die

42. hit

43. close

44. cross

45. travel

46. hope

47. tap

48. panic

*these verbs have stress on the second syllable - they are nouns when the stress is on the first syllable

Exercise 2: Write down 3 things you are doing right now.

I am ___________________________________ What is your friend doing? _____________________________.

The teacher? __________________________. Your father or mother _________________

Another person: Name ____________________________

Action

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Aerosmith - "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"

Vocabulary Games to use with the vocabulary words on Page 6.

A. Pass Word Game modified for ESL Class

1. Divide class into 2 teams

2. One member from each team sits in chairs facing the blackboard

3. Teacher shows pass word to class

4. The object is for the two students facing the blackboard to guess the word from one-word clues/hints which they get from their team members.

5. Go around class and a member from Team A gives a one word clue/hint to help his representative guess the word.

If the latter can't guess the word, a member from Team B gives another hint/clue and his representative (rep.) tries to guess.

(5. Alternative: Go around circle and have every team member give a clue before their rep. begins guessing.

If he can't guess it goes to the other side, Team B, to try and guess. If the Team B rep. can't guess all his team members give a hint/clue.

Each guesser gets two tries at a word.)

6. The clock should be used and 15 seconds is the time allotted for guessing

and for giving hint/clues.

7. Each representative gets 2 - 4 words to try to guess. Alternate between the two for person to guess first.

After the 2 -4 words each, these representatives join class team and two more come up.

8. Remind students to speak loud and clearly and to address the person who should hear what they are saying.

9. Possible alternative: hints can be two words. Especially for lower level ESL class.

10. The team that guesses a word scores a point - word and points should go on blackboard.

The game goes till there are no more words. The team with the most points wins.

B. HOT SEAT

1. Divide class into two teams.

2. One member from each teams sits in a chair ('hot seat') in front of the class, facing the class.

3. The team members move their chairs to a semi-circle around their student, facing the student.

4. The teacher either writes on the blackboard behind the student a vocabulary word, or shows the students a card with a word.

5. The two students facing the teams cannot see the word.

6. The team members must give the person in the chair hints, one-word hints, to help him/her guess the word.

7. The hints must not use any part of the word.

8. When the person guesses the word, the team members throw their arms up.

9. Teacher puts a point on the board for that team. (Often the other team keeps going just to have their student guess the answer.)

10. Students in the 'hot seat' are changed, either every word, or every two or three words.

11. It's easy to forget to change the person in the 'hot seat', especially when they get to one student who is very good at guessing.

Change the students!!

C. Charades

is excellent fun and game that is always very successful with students. Choose the words that your students can act out.

Write each word on a card and hand out cards to the students. The students should not show their card to anyone.

Each student comes to the front of the class to try to get the class to guess the word on his card. He can not speak nor utter any sounds.

He uses hand gestures and other body language to elicit the answer from the class. Students are shy at first, but after a while they all "get into it".

D. Concentration is a fun game but requires a lot of preparation, i.e. making vocabulary cards.

Students should get into groups of between 3 and 6 students.

Each group needs their own set of mixed up cards; and each set contains two cards of each word.

The cards are all laid out on the floor or a big table, face down, and students take turns picking two cards.

If they get a match, they keep them. If not, they return the cards to the table or floor.

The student with the most cards at the end wins.