1. The document is from a Spanish language school and outlines a lesson plan about money vocabulary and expressions taught through the song "Price Tag" by Jessie J.
2. Students will listen to the song, read Jessie J's biography, and discuss what the song is criticizing and their opinions on the lyrics "money can't buy us happiness".
3. The lesson includes vocabulary about currencies, ways of paying, general money terms, and a sample dialogue at a bank. Students will also reorder lines from the song lyrics.
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Vocabulary about Money Song
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Área: Idiomas Asignatura: Inglés Curso: 4y5
Fecha: 26/03/12 Periodo: I Nº Horas: 9hr Semana: 9
Docente: Evelin Trinidad Peña Jerez
Tema: Vocabulary about Money
Indicador Identify and know about money vocabulary through listening a song.
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Exploración Money Vocabulary. Expressions about money
Contextualización
Price Tag by Jessie J
Biography
EMOCIÓN
LYRICS
[Jessie J]
Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night.
When the tale comes first,
And the truth comes second,
Just stop, for a minute and
Smile
Why is everybody so serious!
Acting so damn mysterious
You got your shades on your eyes
And your heels so high
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That you can't even have a good time.
Everybody look to their left (yeah)
Everybody look to their right (ha)
Can you feel that (yeah)
Well pay them with love tonight...
It's not about the money, money, money
We don't need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the Price Tag
Ain't about the (ha) Cha-Ching Cha-Ching.
Aint about the (yeah) Ba-Bling Ba-Bling
Wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the Price Tag.
We need to take it back in time,
When music made us all UNITE!
And it wasn't low blows and video Hoes,
Am I the only one gettin'... tired?
Why is everybody so obsessed?
Money can't buy us happiness
Can we all slow down and enjoy right now
Guarantee we'll be feelin
All right.
Everybody look to their left (yeah)
Everybody look to their right (ha)
Can you feel that (yeah)
Well pay them with love tonight...
[B.o.B]
Yeah yeah
well, keep the price tag
and take the cash back
just give me six streams and a half stack
and you can keep the cars
leave me the garage
and all I..
yes all I need are keys and guitars
and guess what, in 30 seconds I'm leaving to Mars
yes we leaving across these undefeatable odds
its like this man, you can't put a price on the life
we do this for the love so we fight and sacrifice everynight
so we aint gon stumble and fall never
waiting to see, a sign of defeat uh uh
so we gon keep everyone moving their feet
so bring back the beat and everybody sing
it's not about...
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Conceptualización
Vocabulary about Money
The Major Currencies
$ = Dollar € = Euro
£ = Pound (Sterling) ¥ = Yen
Ways of paying
cash cheque(s) credit (slang - plastic)
General Money Vocabulary
bank(s) cash box(es) cash machine(s) / ATM(s)
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cheque book(s) coin(s) note(s)
piggy bank(s) poor purse(s)
rich safe(s) till(s)
wallet(s)
Producción
Think about Money:
Do you like to share your money, or do you keep it all to yourself?
If you gladly share your money you may be considered:-
ACCIÓN
charitable - generous - sharing - unselfish
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If you keep all your money you may be considered:-
mean - miserly - selfish - stingy - tight - uncharitable - ungenerous
Dialogue
Here is a conversation between Mrs Smith (Joan) and the cashier at her new bank.
It's Saturday morning and Joan's gone to the bank.
Joan I'd like to open a bank account, please.
Cashier Certainly. Do you have some form of identification?
Joan Yes, I bought my passport. Is that OK?
Yes. We also need proof of your current address. Do you have a utility bill or
Cashier
your driver's licence with you?
Joan I've got my driver's licence.
Cashier That's fine. What kind of account did you want?
Joan Well I want two, a deposit account and a savings account.
Cashier That's fine, we do both. Do you have any proof of income?
Joan Yes, I bought my pay slips for the last three months.
Cashier Good. You could also apply for a credit card at the same time, if you like.
Joan Yes, that would be great.
Cashier OK. If you would just like to fill out these forms...
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Modelación
1. Listen to the song Price tag by Jessie J.
2. Read about Jessie J biography and ask questions to your classmates.
3. Discuss:
a. What is this song making a criticism about?
b. What’s your opinion about following statement taken from the song lyrics:
“money can’t buy us happiness”?
Taller: (estas son preguntas o actividades del tema o temáticas de la clase)
Listen to the song: Price tag by Jessie J.
Re-order the following sentences in the way they are said through the
lyrics:
And it wasn't low blows and video hoes
We need to take it back in time
Am I the only one gettin' tired?
When music made us all unite
Can we all slow down and enjoy right now
Why is everybody so obsessed?
Guarantee we'll be feelin' alright
Money can't buy us happiness
Play the dialogue with your classmate.
Lectura Complementaria :
EVALUACION
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Bibliografía :
English page Free online English lessons & ESL / EFL resources