Song Assignment: Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Analysis (B1)

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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

Items in this lesson

Slide 1 - Slide

  • Read the lyrics
  • Unknown words?
  • Answer the questions
  • Listen to the track
  • Answer the questions
  • Listen again
  • Write your opinion

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Slide

Slide 4 - Link

Which words are
unknown to you?

Slide 5 - Mind map

Look up the unknown words and type out their translations for example: sitting = zitten

Slide 6 - Open question

  • Find the conjunctions in the lyrics,
  • Type them out in the wordwebs on the next slide.

Slide 7 - Slide

Conjunctions
I've found:

Slide 8 - Mind map

Slide 9 - Slide

Slide 10 - Video

Try to find the meaning of the song.

Slide 11 - Slide

The singer wants the girl to be his, but does the girl wants the same?
How do you know?

Slide 12 - Open question

What do you think this lyric means?
"Now you don't need that money
When you look like that, do ya, honey?"

Slide 13 - Open question

Slide 14 - Video

  • Write what the song is about according to you.
  • What does the singer want, what does he get, and why?
  • Is the singer angry or happy about it? How can you tell by listening to he music?
  • Write around 150-300 words
  • Use examples from the lyrics:
             I think... because he sings about...
             I think the music is... because it sounds like...
  • Write your written opinion on the next slide.

Slide 15 - Slide


Write what the song is about, what does the singer want, what does he get, and why?
 Is the singer angry or happy about it? How can you tell by listening to he music?
 Write around 150-300 words
 Use examples from the lyrics:
             I think... because he sings about...  I think the music is... because it sounds like...

Slide 16 - Open question