Friday, March 13, 2009

TASK 3

Topic : Music Heals My Soul

Level : Form 4 (Intermediate-advanced)

Time: 40 minutes

Aims:

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to extract information and write it on the given worksheet.

Skills : Reading and writing

Technical Requirements:

2-3 students are assigned to sit and share 1 computer with internet connection and web browser.

Website: www.lyrics.com


Preparation:

1. Check the website before the lesson. (whether it is available or not on each computer.)

2. Prepare the worksheet for students’ task.

Procedures:

1. Teacher asks students whether they like to listen to music and what kind of songs they like.

2. Teacher shares her favourite song.

3. Students are instructed to log on to the website chosen.

(http://www.lyrics.com)

4. Teacher distributes the worksheet.

5. Teacher explains the task to the students.

6. Teacher instructs students to find the answers from the clue given and write it in the

crosswords puzzle from the worksheet given.

7. Teacher discusses the answers with students.

Follow-up activity: Students are to choose one of his or her favourite song based on the lyrics. They should give their comments, opinions or share ideas on why they like the song. They have to send their work via email to :

melancholic_helplessness18@yahoo.com

Thursday, March 12, 2009

in class task

Gandhi was born in Porbandar, India, on October 2nd 1869. His father died when he was still a teenager. At the age of 13 he married Kasturba Gandhi who was three years younger and the marriage lasts for 62 years until her death in 1944.

As a young man Gandhi left India to study law in London. Then he spent two decades working in South Africa securing rights for Indian expatriates. It was during this time that his political reform through non-violence which he called Satyagraha was born. This movement meant resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa, total non violence, which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. This way, when he returned to India, Mohandas Gandhi emerged as a political and religious leader in the fight for independence from Great Britain and was accorded the country's Father of the Nation. India freed itself from Britain on August 15th, 1947. Five months later, on January 25th, 1948 Gandhi was shot by a conservative Hindu.