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+ VOCABULARY
+ GRAMMAR

Prohibition (Us History - Jazz Age)

• Billie Jean by Michael Jackson - A Worksheet sent by Philippe Soleilhet
  Niveau 4ème / 3ème au vu du vocabulaire et des structures abordées
  (Ac. Versailles)
  + the VIDEO (YouTube)
  + the LYRICS (lyrics007.com)

  

• BEAUTIFUL GIRLS By SEAN KINGSTON
  - with activities
  "see it started at the park
  used to chill at the dark
  oh when you took my heart
  that's when we fell apart
  coz we both thought
  that love lasts forever (lasts forever)"
  (Isabel Perez)

• Creep sung by Radiohead - a worksheet
  sent by Denis ACecile (Ac. Créteil)
  + the LYRICS

  
  Watch the VIDEO
  (YouTube)

• "Hey You" by Madonna - with a VIDEO
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  (Niveau 4ème/3ème)

  

• WORKSHEETS FOR 'WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS' by Queen (musicalenglishlessons.org)
  - Listening practice: Spelling & Pronunciation (Rhyming Words) for pre-intermediate level
  - Listening practice: Present Perfect for pre-intermediate or intermediate levels
  - Prepositions & Particles for intermediate or upper-intermediate levels
  - Listening practice: Common Phrases for intermediate or upper-intermediate levels
  - Matching exercise: Providing Suitable Responses for post-intermediate to advanced levels
  (musicalenglishlessons.org)

• I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) sung by Sandi Thom - A worksheet
  (created by Sophie OSMONT)
  - the VIDEO (YouTube)
  
  

• The Good The Bad And The Queen - Kingdom Of Doom
  - with the VIDEO
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  

• Yellow Lemon Tree Animation by Foolsgarden - with subtitles

  

• Dear Mr President - sung by Pink
  - with the VIDEO and the LYRICS
  
  

• Présentations PowerPoint (domisweb.free.fr)
  3ème faible : exploitation de la chanson Buffalo Soldier

• Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes by "Mono & ME2" - with an animation
  (gatchel.com)

  

• Horse With No Name by America - a worksheet - with the video

  

• Goodnight moon by Shivaree - a worksheet

  
  
  Goodnight moon sung by Shivaree (YouTube)
  - the LYRICS (sing365.com)
  "There's a blade by the bed
  And a phone in my hand
  A dog on the floor...
  Something's under the bed...
  There's a big black crow sitting on my window ledge"
  Use of "there is" and prepositions

• If I can dream - sung by Elvis Presley
  "notable for its direct quotations to Martin Luther King, Jr."
  Une fiche envoyée par Emmanuelle Duchiron (Ac. Versailles)

  

  + Lyrics (lyricsfreak.com)
  + Video (YouTube)

• IN THIS LIFE By DELTA GOODREM
  - with activities
  "I was nurtured I was sheltered
  I was curious and young
  I was searching for that something...
  I have faltered I have stumbled
  I have found my feet again"
  (Isabel Perez)

• Mulberry Bush by Gwen Stuffunny - with an animation
  (mothergooserocks.com)

  

• Frere Jacque by Dave Mathshoes - with an animation
  (mothergooserocks.com)

  

• No bravery by James Blunt : Activities to print - with an interview (mp3)
  (bebos.chez-alice.fr/mon_site_web)
  + the VIDEO (YouTube) - UPDATED
  
  
  
  

• Don't download this song - Weird Al Yankovic - An animation (YouTube)
  - see the lyrics

  

• "Turn to me" - a song by Vanessa Amorosi (transience.com.au)
  - with an animation about kidnapped animals
  - see the lyrics

  

• Good Bye My Lover by James Blunt
  - Activities created by Philippe Hattais
  - with the video clip and the lyrics
  (Ac. Créteil)
  
  

  

• WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!

  • What a wonderful world! - Activities sent by Hortense de la Roche (Ac. Versailles) - avec le corrigé
    Listen to the song by Louis Armstrong. (YouTube)
    
    
    
    + PowerPoint Presentation
    
    
    
    
  • What a wonderful world! by Louis Armstrong - KARAOKE
    (perso.orange.fr/prof.danglais)
    
    

   

  • What A Wonderful World! by Louis Armstrong - Music Video (video.google.com)

    

• Boom Boogie - a song by The Tweenies (simple present - karaoke) - (BBC)
  

  

• Come together by The Beatles - Listen to the song and watch the animation.
  (flashgamesite.com)
  - with the lyrics
  
  

• Driving The Last Spike Lyrics (by GENESIS) :
  "In the early 1800's, large groups of mainly unskilled labourers built england's railways. the cost in human terms alone was very high..."

• English is cuh-ray-zee by Pete Seeger :
  "English is the most widely spoken language in the history of the planet.
  One out of every seven human beings can speak or read it.
  Half the world's books, 3/4 of the international mail are in English.
  It has the largest vocabulary, perhaps two million words,
  And a noble body of literature. But face it:
  English is cuh-ray-zee!"

• "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder

• IF YOU WERE A SAILBOAT by Katie MELUA :

  • Activités autour de la chanson 'If you were a sailboat' by Katie Melua - Niveau : 4ème / 3ème
    envoyées par Françoise Chapellier (Ac. de La Réunion)
    - Worksheet 1 : travail de discrimination et compréhension
    - Worksheet 2 : activités autour du conditionnel
    - Créations des élèves de 3ème
    - Lyrics
    Watch the VIDEO (YouTube)

   

  • Katie Melua - 'If You Were A Sailboat' (YouTube)
    - the lyrics :
    "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 would begin to change my ways, ..."

    
    
    
    Katie Melua - 'If You Were A Sailboat' - a worksheet
    

    

• IMAGINE :
  
  
  • 'Imagine' by John Lennon
    - un travail envoyé par Corinne CORMIER de l'Académie de Nice (.doc)
    "Attention : Dans l'activité 2 (lexicale), il n'y a pas d'antonyme pour "country", à eux de le découvrir et d'expliquer pourquoi."

   

• I'm with you by Avril Lavigne - an activity

• 'It's probably me' by Sting and Eric Clapton - SONG STUDY (absolutenglish-972)

• I will survive :
  The Alien Video Song - I will survive (YouTube) - UPDATED
  "The video plays Gloria Gaynor's disco anthem "I Will Survive" as the theme for a three-fingered, one-eyed extraterrestrial named "Blit Wizbot."
  - with a worksheet for the lyrics (musicalenglishlessons.org)

  

• Language by Suzanne Vega :
  "I won't use words again
  They don't mean what I meant
  They don't say what I said
  They're just the crust of the meaning
  With realms underneath
  Never touched
  Never stirred
  Never even moved through"

• Beatles : Let it Be by The Beatles - interactive exercise (eflclub.com)

• 'Painter' by Nora Jones : IF sentences.... and the Conditional - interactive exercises (absolutenglish-972)

• POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK :
  • Poisoning pigeons in the park by Tom Lehrer - a Flash animation
    (albinoblacksheep.com)

    

   

  • Poisoning Pigeons In The Park by Tom Lehrer - LYRICS

   

  • Poisoning Pigeons in the Park de Tom Lehrer. - (prof.danglais)
    "Full series of oral and written activities, with teacher's instructions."

   

• "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum

• SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - the trailer (movie-list.com)
  
  

• Sorry - Based on: Sorry by Madonna - a lesson plan FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!
  Language Function: talking about one's experience
  Grammar Focus: present perfect
  - with Teacher's Notes
  (english-4u.com)
  
  

• SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY :
  
  
  
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday - a song by U2 - A worksheet

    Sunday Bloody Sunday - a song by U2 - A PowerPoint Presentation

    Sent by Hortense de La Roche (Ac Versailles)

  • 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday'- WORKSHEET (Yvan Baptiste)
    
    

   

   

  • Irish History - 20 VIDEOS
    ex : Part 17 : History of the troubles in Northern Ireland with a particular focus on the Bloody Sunday massacre
    (YouTube)

  
  

• SUNDAY WITH A FLU :
  • YODELICE, Sunday with a flu - a worksheet - Niveau 6ème
    (Armelle MEYER - Ac. Bordeaux)

    
    
    
    

  • Sunday with a Flu by Yodelice : Fiche 1 (Lyrics) - Fiche 2 - Fiche 3 - Fiche 4
    Activités envoyées par Martine Jacques
    

 

• Yodelice - Sunday With A Flu (+ Clip )
  "Closed my door, forgot my key
  Missed my bus in the pouring rain
  It’s been the usual sunday with a flu
  And I just can’t get over you"
  (tictacflo.com)

• SWEET HOME ALABAMA :
  
  See Alabama
  

  Lynyrd Skynyrd and Neil Young
  "Thanks to Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd was inspired to write the song "Sweet Home Alabama"."
  "Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
  a southern man don't need him around anyhow"
  Is "Sweet Home Alabama" Really Sweet?
  (thrasherswheat.org)

  

  
  
  
• WORKSHEET ON 'TELEGRAPH ROAD' by Dire Straits (Yvan Baptiste)
  - Lyrics
  - A Short History of America (animation) - This is a 12 panel piece of art which Crumb named "A short history of America".
  (zubeworld.com)

• Thanks for the Memories By Fall Out Boy
  - with activities
  "Been looking forward to the future
  But my eyesight is going bad
  And this crystal ball
  It's always cloudy except for
  When you look into the past (look into the past)
  One night stand (one night stand off)"
  (Isabel Perez)
• That's My Goal - based on 'That's my goal' by Shayne Ward
  Vocabulary Area / Topic : Valentine's Day / love relationships
  Grammar Focus : adjectives and adverbs
  - with Teacher's Notes
  (english-4u.com) FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!
  
  

• "The Letter" by Joe Cocker
  ("Give me a ticket for an aeroplane. Ain't got time to take a fast train ...")

• THE REASON :
  
  
  • The Reason by HOOBASTANK (azlyrics.com)
    "I'm not a perfect person
    There's many things I wish I didn't do
    But I continue learning...
    I've found a reason for me
    To change who I used to be...
    And all the pain I put you through
    I wish that I could take it all away"
    
    
    
  • "The reason" sung by Hoobastank - a worksheet
    (sent by Marion Méranger-Galtier - Académie Orléans-Tours)
    - the VIDEO (YouTube)

• WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE :
  
  
  • The LYRICS (sing365.com)
    
    
  • The VIDEO (yeli.us)
    
    
    
    

   

  • "We Didn't Start the Fire" - The History Behind Billy Joel's Song (teacheroz.com)
    History presented

• Welcome to My Life by Simple Plan
  "Travail conçu pour des 3e sur le thème "Bullying". Cette chanson donne le point de vue d'une victime."
  - Exercices de Compréhension orale
  - A worksheet
  - The lyrics
  sent by Emilie Vallely (Académie de Strasbourg)
  Listen to the song - with the lyrics (YouTube)

  

• What Have You Done By Within Temptation
  - with activities
  "Would you mind if I hurt you?...
  Wish that I had other choices
  Than to harm the one I love...
  I know I'd better stop trying
  You know that there's no denying...
  I know I should stop believing...
  I've been waiting for someone like you
  But now you are slipping away"
  (Isabel Perez)

• WHERE IS THE LOVE ?
  • 'Where is the love' by Black Eyed Peas - exercices à imprimer (Isabel Perez)

   

  • Where is the love? by Black Eyed Peas
    - Avec le clip vidéo ou Avec la bande son - (Ac. Paris)
    exercices interactifs

   

• YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL :
  
  

  Using songs in your EFL/ESL lessons : ex : You're beautiful by James Bunt - a lesson plan (teacherdudebbq.blogspot.com)   'You're beautiful' by James Blunt - a worksheet - Niveau : 3ème sent by Françoise Chapellier (Académie de La Réunion) + the official video with the lyrics on the right (YouTube) You're Beautiful by James Blunt - activities to print (Isabel Perez)   You're beautiful by James Blunt (Laurence Carta - Académie Aix-Marseille) - Travail sur clip video - Document de travail élève   "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt - with the clip - Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  
  

• CRANBERRIES - "ZOMBIE"

  • Zombie (song)
    "Zombie" is a protest song by the Irish band The Cranberries from the 1994 album No Need to Argue.
    It is about the conflicts in Northern Ireland known as "The Troubles", with references to the Easter Rising of 1916."
    (Wikipedia)
    
    
  • Zombie - The Cranberries (paroles-musique.com) + the VIDEO (YouTube)
    
    Zombie - The Cranberries - A worksheet
    (tuneintoenglish.com)
    

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• EFL Club Songs - with interactive activities (eflclub.com)
  The Beatles / The Monkeys / Louis Armstrong
  
  
  
• Instruments (Enchanted Learning):
  
  • Label String Instruments - Label the cello, violin, viola, bow, double bass, banjo, harp, and guitar
  • Woodwind Instruments - Label the bassoon, clarinet, English horn, flute, oboe, piccolo, and saxophone
  • Label Percussion Instruments - Label the drum, tambourine, cymbals, xylophone, maracas, gong, and triangle
  • Brass Musical Instruments - Label the trumpet, trombone, tuba, and French horn

   

• New York Philharmonic Kidzone - (nyphilkids.org)
  Musician's Lounge, Composers' Gallery, Instrument Storage Room, Instrument Laboratory, Conductor/Soloist Dressing Rooms, Newsstand,
  Games (quizzes, scavenger hunts), and Composer's Workshop.
  
  

INTERACTIVE games :

• The meaning of American Pie
  "Look at the video and learn about the meaning behind the lyrics of Don McLean's American Pie, the number five song of the twentieth century.
  Now Read about the song lyrics and learn more about America from the mid 1950s to the late 1960s.
  How many people and events can you identify? what do you know about them?
  Match their names and photos.
  See a list of terms used in these activities."
  Matching - Flashcards (Java / non-Java) - Concentration - Word Search
  Activities created by: Renée Maufroid

  

• Rocking English (english-online.org.uk)
  "When you press the start button you will see two lines of a song. The last word is missing.
  You must decide what the last word is; and you have to get it right quickly, or the singer won't be able to get out of the way of the rotten tomatoes the audience are throwing."
  
  

"The Cotton Club is a 1984 crime-drama,
centered on a famed Harlem jazz club of the 1930s, the Cotton Club.
The movie was ... directed by Francis Ford Coppola, choreographed by Henry LeTang,
and starred Richard Gere, Diane Lane, and Gregory Hines.
The cast included Nicolas Cage, Bob Hoskins, ..."