I'am planning to teach my Junior One classes a song by Gareth Gates, "Stupid Mistake." It is very easy song for Junior one to learn English. I think they will like it.Here is the lyrics:
Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)
I've been letting you down, down
Girl I know I've been such a fool
Giving in to temptation
When I should've played it cool
The situation got out of hand
I hope you understand
CHORUS:
It can happen to Anyone of us, anyone you think of
Anyone can fall Anyone can hurt someone they love
Hearts will break
Cause I made a stupid mistake
It can happen to
Anyone of us, say you will forgive me
Anyone can fail
Say you will believe me
I can't take my heart will break
Cause I made a stupid mistake
A stupid mistake
She was kind of exciting
A little crazy I should've known
She must have altered my senses
Cause I offered to walk her home
The situation got out of hand
I hope you understand
CHORUS
A stupid mistake
She means nothing to me (nothing to me)
I swear every word is true
Don't wanna lose you
The situation got out of hand
I hope you understand
CHORUS
It can happen to Anyone of us, anyone you think of
Anyone can fall Anyone can hurt someone they love
Hearts will break
Cause I made a stupid mistake
It can happen to
Anyone of us, say you will forgive me
Anyone can fail
Say you will believe me
I can't take my heart will break
Cause I made a stupid mistake
A stupid mistake
She was kind of exciting
A little crazy I should've known
She must have altered my senses
Cause I offered to walk her home
The situation got out of hand
I hope you understand
Here is the CHinese Version in case my students did not understand the meaning of the lyrics, they can get to my blog and read the Chinese version, since we cannot use Chinese in our English classroom.
我們都會錯
我讓你失望了
我知道自己實在太傻
一時的情不自禁
讓冷靜消失無蹤
如今弄到無法收拾
我只求你能諒解
副歌：
這種是可能發生在
任何人身上
所有你想得到的人
每個人都會犯錯
每個人都可能讓愛人心痛
我的心快碎了
因為我犯了愚蠢的錯
這種是可能發生在
任何人身上
說你會原諒我吧 每
個人都可能失控
說你會相信我吧
無法忍受我的心就要碎了
只因為我犯了
一個愚蠢的錯 一個愚蠢的錯
那天她看起來很興奮
我早該知道他有點瘋狂
一定是她影響了我的判斷力
因為我竟然提議陪她走路回家
情況就這麼失控了 我希望你能諒解
副歌：
這只是個愚蠢的錯
她對我沒有任何意義 (沒有任何意義)
我發誓句句屬實
我不想失去你
情況就這麼失控了
我希望你能諒解
副歌：
每個人都會犯錯
每個人都可能讓愛人心痛
我的心快碎了
因為我犯了愚蠢的錯
一個愚蠢的錯
The lesson:
I made my students to read with me first. After reading, I explained to them unfamiliar words, they can ask questions for thier unknown vocabulary. After understanding the song, I play the son, they can just listen to the music and read the lyrics. After that, I ask them if they like the song, if not why, if yes why. Students will asnwer.
After answering my question, I will play MV for them to see. Again, I will ask questions and students will asnwer.
Finally we will sing together for the first time, after that I will divid 55 students into two groups and sing. Then, I will do competition between these two groups. If they sing well, they can go, if not they have to stay and sing until they know the song.
Here is the MV
Gareth Gates, Live "Stupid Mistake"
