A task for an ESL lesson based on a beautiful song by Blackmore's night. Fits the topic of home city and home.
Students learn new vocabulary, do the gap-fill exercise, learn english proverbs about home and discuss what home means to them. It's also a chance to review Present and Past Perfect.
Micro-Scholarship, What it is, How can it help me.pdf
Blackmore's Night - Home again - English with songs
1.
2. English proverbs
• East or west – home is best
• There is no place like home
• My home is my castle
Do you agree with these proverbs?
What does home mean to you?
www.anna-edu.com
5. “Home again” Blackmore’s night
I've been many ___________
I've travelled 'round the _________
Always on the ________ for something new
But what does it matter
When all the ________ I've crossed
Always seem to lead back to you...
www.anna-edu.com
6. “Home again” Blackmore’s night
Old familiar __________
Everyone you meet
__________ the ways of the land
Cobblestones and lanterns
Lining every _________
__________ me to come home again
Dancing in the ______________
Singing in the rain
Oh, it's good to be back home again
_____________ in the sunlight
_____________ down the lane
Oh, it's good to be back home again
www.anna-edu.com
7. “Home again” Blackmore’s night
When you ________ with fire
Sometimes you get ___________
It happens when you take a chance or two
But time is never _________
When you've lived and ___________
And in time it all comes back to you...
www.anna-edu.com
8. “Home again” Blackmore’s night
And when I got __________
I'd sit a while and rest
___________ invading my mind
All the things I'd ___________
The ones I'd loved the best
Were the ___________ that I'd left behind....
www.anna-edu.com
9. A Bit of Grammar
What tense is it?
What tense is it?
I've been many places
All the things I'd treasured
I've travelled 'round the world
The ones I'd loved the best
Were the things that I'd left
behind....
www.anna-edu.com