【正文】 the classes. Songs can be used to solve this problem. And at the same time, good singers’ meaningful words can affect students deeply. So songs can also be used to set the mood at the beginning of the lessons and as introductions of topics. The second cativity is drawing. Students are told to relaxe, sit back and close their eyes (dim light, if possible). The teacher turns on the music and as the music plays, the students are given the following prompts to visualize a picture in their minds: Where are you? Are you alone? What are you doing? How do you feel? After listening to the whole song, students are told to open their eyes and draw the picture they have visualized on blank paper with the song played in the background. At the end of the classes, teachers can play songs to close, to conclude, and to round off the lesson. All the activities mentioned in this paper can be used in English classes. But before using them, teachers should take students’ language levels and teaching aims into consideration. That will help teachers to choose activities properly and successfully.6. A Teaching plan of using song in English teachingGrade: Grade One of senior middle schoolMaterial: a popular song, Seasons In the Sun Aids: tape, paper, projectorAims: (1) Instructional aim: to teach some vocabularies and phrases (2) Educational aim: to guide students to feel the love between friends, lovers, father and son.Focal points: (1) some vocabularies, phrases and expressions in the songVocabularies: trust, skin, prayPhrases: now that, get alongExpressions: A B C’s, black sheep (2) The emotions expressed in the songDifficult points: Some expressions in the song: A B C’s, black sheepProcedures: (1) Greeting: “Good Morning, boys and girls.” “It’s a good day today, isn’t it?” “In this period, we will learn a beautiful song together.” (2 minutes) (2) Play the first part of the song and then ask the students to name out the song and the singer. Students are required to shout out their answers as quickly as possible. After they give the right answers, show some background materials of the song to the students. (3 minutes) Materials: The song was originally written as Le Moribund (literal translation: the dying man) by Jacques Brel in 1961. The English Version: Rod McKuen adapted the song to English. Terry Jacks heard it on a Kingston Trio record. In 1972 he took it to a Beach Boys39。 session he was producing, and the Beach Boys recorded it. But they didn39。t release it. So Jacks, who was distraught over a friend39。s death, did his own version. Jacks was playing his yearold recording of it one day at his house when the boy who delivered his newspapers overheard it。 the boy liked it so much that he brought some friends over to Jacks39。 house to listen to it, and their enthusiastic response inspired him to release it on his own Goldfish record label. The result: It skyrocketed to all over the world and sold million copies. (3) Play the whole song to the students。 ask them to listen for the main idea of the song. After listening to the song, students are required to write down the main idea of the song. Without giving them the key, go to another activity. Remind them to check their answers while listening to the song afterward. (5 minutes)(4) Play the song again。 students are required to do a gapfilling exerciseGive students paper on which lyrics is presented with certain blanks to fill in. Ask them to predict what the missing words are before they listen to the song again. While listening, they have to listen carefully and fill in the missing words. After listening to the song, check the answer together. (6 minutes) The exercise: Goodbye to you, my trusted friend,we39。ve known each other since we were nine or ten。_______ we39。ve climbed hills and trees,learned of love and ABC’s,skinned our hearts and skinned our_____.Goodbye my friend, it39。s hard to die,when all the birds are singing in the sky。now that the _____ is in the air,pretty girls are every where。think of me and I39。ll be there.We had_____, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun。 but the hills that we climbwere just seasons out of time.Goodbye, Papa, please pray for me, I was the black sheep of the family。 you tried to teach me right ______ wrong, too much wine and too much song, wonder how I got along.Goodbye, Papa, it39。s hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky。 now that the spring is in the air, little children____________, when you39。ll see them, I39。ll be there.We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun。 but the wild and the song, like the season has all goneChorus: Goodbye, Michelle, my_______ one, you gave me love and helped me find the____。 and every time that I was down。 you would always e aroundand get my feet back ____ the ground.Goodbye, Michelle, it39。s hard to die, when all the birds are singing in the sky。 now that the spring is in the air, with the flowers every whereI ______ that we could both be there.All our lives we had fun, we had seasons in the sun。 But the stars we could reachwere just starfish on the beach.(Keys: together。 knees。 spring。 joy。 from。 everywhere。 little。 sun。 on。 wish) (5) Show some language points by using the projector, and organize students to learn together. Students are required to guess what the meanings are, and make sentences by using them. (10 minutes)(a) Trust: n.V. believe: trust in sb. /sth. Have confidence in sb. /sth. Trust to sth. : leave the result or progress of events to be decided by the chance(b) A B C: the alphabet。 simple and most basic facts about a subject。 (fashion using) America born Chinese(c) Skin: v. injure by scraping skin off(d) Now that: because of the fact (that)。 since(e) Pray: v. offer thanks, make requests known, etc to God(f) Black sheep: p