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.