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Song Activity “THE WONDER OF YOU” Reported Speech TEACHER’S SHEET: At this point, students should have learned and practiced the use of backshifting for Reported Speech. BEFORE LISTENING: They read the clues and guess who the singer is. In case they don´t guess, they see the photo of the author´s eyes on the power point slide and guess again. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

He was born in 1939. He was very famous. He was very good looking He was the king of rock and roll. He died when he was 41 years old.

Answer: ELVIS PRESLEY

WHILE LISTENING: Students listen to the song and identify 5 mistakes.

“THE WONDER OF YOU” (Performed by Elvis Presley)

When no one else can understand me When everything I do is wrong You give me hope and consolation You give me strength to carry on And you're always there To lend a hand in everything I do That's the wonder, the wonder of you And when you smile the world is brighter You touch my hand and I’m a king Your kiss to me is worth a fortune Your love for me is everything Ill guess I'll never know the reason why You love me as you do That's the wonder, the wonder of you

AFTER LISTENING:

This activity can be either oral or written. WRITTEN TASK: Elicit from students what Elvis said in the song. They are supposed to use Reported Speech. Make sure they use the back-shifting correctly and make the necessary adjustments such as changing the pronouns and time words. He said that when no one else could understand him. And when everything he did was wrong He said that she gave him hope and consolation… He said that she gave him strength to carry on He said that she was always there to lend a hand in everything he did He said that was the wonder of her He said that when she smiled, the world was brighter He said that when she touched his hand, he was a king He said that her kiss to him was worth a fortune And that her love for him was everything He said that he would never know the reason why she loved him as she did He said that was the wonder of her ORAL TASK: Have a large sheet of brown paper on the floor and slips with the lyrics (one sentence each) to be unscrambled on top of it, as students listen to the song. As they listen to each sentence, they report what the author said and put the slip in the correct place. They keep doing it until all the slips are in the correct place.