Project Time: Brazil & Neymar

By Nahuel Barreto
Level: Elementary

The FIFA World Cup this year is in Brazil. Brazil has played all world cups. This year Brazil is a favourite to win the World Cup. Brazil  has already won five World Cups.

—Brazil is a touristic country. Its beaches are beautiful.

Its official language is Portuguese. Brazil is the largest country in South America.

—I chose Neymar because he  plays very well.

—His real name is Neymar Santos da Silva Junior

He was born  on 5 February, 1992. Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo.

—His T-shirt number is 10(in Brazil)

—He played for  Santos Futebol Clube (2009-2013) and now he plays in Fútbol Club Barcelona.

He should play quietly.

He must score a goal

He mustn´t get a yellow or red card.

 
Nahuel giving his presentation.


Nahuel's activity for his classmates: hangman.

We could have had it all

Lesson Plan

Level: Intermediate

Skill: Speaking & Listening

Grammar point: Modal verbs in the past

Time: 20 minutes

Material needed: board, marker, extracts of songs 

Procedure:

Give sts the following extracts and ask them to think of the context in which they are said. Allow creativity.

a. ... for sth I might have said 

b. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world 

c. I shouldn’t have let you go 

d. I should have changed that stupid lock. I should have made you leave your keys 

e. I must have died alone 

f. We could have had it all.

They are all extracts from songs: 

a. "Don't be cruel" Elvis Presley

b. "I woudn't have missed it for the world" Ronnie Mislap

c. "One more time" Britney Spears

d. "I will survive" Gloria Gaynor

e. " The man who sold the world" David Bowie/Nirvana

f. "Rolling in the deep" Adele

Listen to the songs.

Check if the contexts they have thought of are the same as in the songs.

Follow-up: Students bring their own choice of songs containing that grammatical structure: modal verbs + have + past participle

Note: I have used audacity to create an audio file with little extracts of the songs (in a different order). With it I delivered an extra activity in which students had to listen to the songs and put the extracts in the order they hear them.

E-mail me and I'll be glad to send the file to you.

lacasonadelsurelt@hotmail.com

Teacher: Ana Cabral