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How to create your own worksheets, based on the lyrics of songs

By Bibi Baxter

THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• Instructions by Bibi Baxter for creating worksheets for use with songs
  • Listening exercises (scroll to next box)
  • Sequencing Exercises
  • Further Practice
  • Relevant Pedagogic Articles
  • Ready-made Worksheets for you to buy
  • The Beatles: Worksheets for you to make  (assistance & ideas)

INSTRUCTIONS BY BIBI BAXTER FOR CREATING WORKSHEETS FOR USE WITH SONGS

LISTENING EXERCISES

1. Decide what you want to teach:  Grammar? Vocabulary? Constructions? Sequencing? Intonation? etc.

2. Choose a suitable song with lyrics which contains the  language points you require.

3. Then set to work, as follows:-

• Create GAPPED exercises to practice the following:-

• Vocabulary (nouns, adjectives, idioms, phrasal verbs, etc)

• Grammar/constructions (tenses, articles, conditionals, prepositions,gerund v infinitive, etc) (example: folk song) (Example: Elvis Presley Song)

• Intonation (stressed v unstressed syllables)

• For SEQUENCING practice,  

• SUGGESTION-1: divide the lyrics so they may be cut into separate pieces of paper (Example: Rod Stewart)

• SUGGESTION-2: create a 'out of order' list of the lyrics with a space on each line for the 'order' to be written (Example: Rod Stewart)

FURTHER PRACTICE

• In order to create a dialogue, a roleplay, a discussion,  or a composition, use the theme from the lyrics. Sometimes, the music might be special in some way, or the instruments used.

• For milling or matching exercises, use a grammatical construction from the lyrics (for example: conditional)

• For a gapped exercise, a vocabulary game, or a writing exercise, use the vocabulary from the lyrics.  

• For comprehension practice, (Example: folksong - paraphrasing).   Alternatively, create 3 or 4 summaries and ask students to choose which summary is most accurate.

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RELEVANT PEDAGOGIC ARTICLES

• Seeking The Perfect Teaching Medium by Bibi Boarder (now Bibi Baxter)

• Create A Library Of Instant Lessons by Bibi Boarder (now Bibi Baxter)

CREATE YOUR OWN LISTENING TASKS FOR THE FOLLOWING

• And I Love Her to describe a current boyfriend/girlfriend or an old flame.
• Do You Want To Know A Secret to practise reported speech, confiding & betraying
• I Saw Her Standing There to practise:  questions, vocabulary, creative writing
• Paperback Writer to practise:  Letter-writing, dictation & Formal v Informal English
• Things we said today to practise:  listening for words, true/false, reported speech
• I'm So Tired to practise: identifying & categorising pronouns & adjectives
• Think For Yourself to practise: identifying & categorising pronouns & adjectives

Also: Imagine by John Lennon

ARE YOU TOO BUSY TO CREATE YOUR OWN LESSON IDEAS?  

If you do not have enough time to create worksheets of your own, we have made some for you to use.  

• More pedagogic ideas for lyrics, poetry, etc. (listed by language points)

• More pedagogic ideas for lyrics (listed by song & singer)

(Pedagogic ideas & worksheets by Bibi Baxter)