SONG ACTIVITY – HIT THE LIGHTS bySelenaGomez
Name:Group:Date://1.FindthedefinitionoftheexpressioninlatinCarpediem.2.Carpediem is related to the titleof the songHit the lights.Whichoptionexpresses the
meaningofbothexpressions?a.enjoythemoment b.turnonthelights c.turnoffthelights d.haveanidea3. Ingroups, talkaboutthestatementsbelow.What’syouropinionaboutthem?Haveyou
everfeltlikesomeofthesecharactersordoyouknowsomebodywhohas?
IregretbecausetherewasthisboyfromschoolbutInevertoldhim“Ilikeyou”.Nowhe’sgone…
IfIcouldturnbackintime,Icouldneverletmygirlfriendget
away.
TherearethingsIswearI’lldobeforeIdie…Maybeit’stoo
late…
IwishIcould
changethepast.Itotallyscrewedup.Iwassavingmoneywhilelifewaspassing
by…
Iwanttomakeallmydreamscometrue,butI’mtooscared
totry...
4.Listentothesongandfindoneachlineonewordwhichdoesn’tbelong.a.It’stheoneyousawthatdayonthelasttrain
b.Thingsyouswearyoudobeforeyoudiealone
c.Hitthelights,letthegoodmusicmoveyou
d.Loseyourselfonlytonight
e.It’sthetimethatyoubothtotallyscrewedup
f.It’sthefightyouhadagainwhenyoudidn’tmakeup
g.It’sallthemoneythatyou’resavingwhiletherealgoodlifepassesby
h.It’sallthebigdreamsthatnevercametrue
i.Comealive,letthemomenttakeyouaway
j.It’sabeautifulperfectworldwhenyougoalltheway
k.Wecoulddancetogetherforever
l.It’samad,verymadworld,gottamakeanescape
SONG ACTIVITY – HIT THE LIGHTS bySelenaGomez
Name:Group:Date://5. In the song there are some situations showing contrasts that can happen every day.
Match.
a.It’stheoneyousawonthetrainb.It’sthecityyoulovethatwaitsforyouc.It’sallthemoneythatyou’resavingd.It’sallthedreamsthatnevercametrue
[]becauseyou’retoodamnscaredtotry.[]whilethegoodlifepassesby.[]butyoufreakedoutandwalkedaway.[]becauseyou’retoodamnscaredtofly.
6.Ingroups,talkaboutothersituationswherethiscontrastcanbenoticed.7.Completethespeechbubbleswithideasyougetfromthesong.
SONG ACTIVITY – HIT THE LIGHTS bySelenaGomez
TEACHER’SNOTES
Targetaudience(age):EnsinoMédio.Aim:workingwithvocabulary,expressionsandcollocationsrelatedtothethemeofthesong(enjoy life),answeringquestionsthathelp thecomprehensionofthelyricsandhavingfunbysingingthesongandwatchingthevideo.Duration:50min.Organization:individualworkoringroups(teacher’schoice).Material:worksheets.Preparation:make copies of theworksheet (1 per student) and check thewebsitewith thesong.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c2ahBlTPz0Procedure:Pre-listening(activities1,2and3)
• Warmupstudentsbyhavingadiscussionwiththeclassaboutthefeelingoffrustrationsome situations can cause in us and what we can do to overcome it. Encouragestudentstoexchangetheirexperiences.
• Handouttheworksheets.• Beforelisteningtothesong,tellstudentsthey’regoingtoworkwithsomevocabulary
fromthelyrics.• 1.RemindstudentsoftheexpressionCarpediem.Iftheydon’tremember,havethem
lookitup.• 2.Askthemtorelatetheexpressionin1.tothetitleofthesong.• 3.Askthemtoreadthestatementsandtalkaboutthem,exchangingtheirexperiences
andpointsofview.Listening(activity4)
• 4. Ifthere’stime,youcanaskstudentstodotheactivitybeforelisteningtothesong.After, they can check their answers. In any case, let students compare their answerswithapartner.Checkanswerswiththewholeclass.
Afterlistening(activities5,6and7)• 5. Askstudentstocomparetheiranswerswithapartnerandthencorrecttheactivity
withthewholeclass.• 6.Allow some time for students to talk in groupswhile youwalk around the room
monitoringtheiroralproduction.• 7.Encourage students to thinkaboutwhat thepeopleare feelingandhow it canbe
expressedwithlinesfromthesong.Whenthey’redone,askthemtoshowtheirideastothegroup.
Wrapupactivity• You can make photocopies of the lyrics (google lyrics official "hit the lights") and
studentscansingalongwiththevideo.Answers:1.Carpediem–enjoythepleasuresofthemomentwithoutanyconcernforthefuture.2.a.3.Personalanswers.4. a. last; b. alone; c. good; d. only; e. both; f. again; g. real; h. big; i. away; j. beautiful;
k.together;l.very.5.d;c;a;b.6.Personalanswers.7.Answerswillvary.
