Lesson Plan: Perfect Day

Lesson Level: All levels  Duration: 45 Minutes

Lesson Title: A Perfect Day

Grammar and Vocabulary

Future tense

Lesson Objectives

Students will practice pronunciation by singing a song.

Students will practice talking about future plans.

Materials Required

Recording of song.

(In previous lessons I have used Lou Reed's “Oh Perfect Day”. For this lesson I substituted a song that I have written myself - “Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Perfect Day.”

You will need to make a recording of this song. If you can play a guitar then record it that way. If not try recording it using http://thevirtualpiano.com/.

Song sheets – enough copies for class to share one between two.

Preparation

Prepare a tape of whichever song you want to use or, if you are confident enough on guitar learn the very easy chords and song.

Procedure

1

Write Lesson Title on Board (Use title of whichever song you are using)

2

Hand out songsheets

YOU MUST TELL CLASS NOT TO WRITE ON THEM!!!

Class can read and then ask about any words they do not know.

Go through words on board

3

Play verse 1

Practice verse 1 line by line with class.

4

Play whole song and sing along

5

Elicit from class the things from the song's perfect day. – write on board

(Stronger classes – ask about last verse and the meaning of the song)

6

Play song again and listen to check.

7

Collect song sheets

8

Put class in groups. Each group must plan a perfect day for the weekend.

THEY CANNOT SAY "GO TO SCHOOL" or "DO HOMEWORK"

Notes

1

This version of the lesson uses my own song – Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Perfect Day

E A B

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

E A B

We'll have breakfast at our favourite café.

E B

You'll have waffles, I'll have eggs.

F#m E

We'll drink our coffee to the dregs.

E A B E

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

After breakfast we'll go walking on our way.

Window shopping on the Strand

As we're walking hand in hand.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

Even if the skies turn dull and grey.

It will not even matter

If the raindrops pitter-patter.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

Nothing will be standing in our way.

We'll go playing in the park.

We can stay till after dark.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day

In the evening we can go to see a play.

When it's done we'll have a drink.

You know I really think.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day

Every night that's what I always say.

But no prayer or fantasy

Will ever bring you back to me..

Tomorrow's gonna be a perfect day.

The chords (Key of E) are shown on verse 1 and are the same for all verses except the last chord of the song which replaces E with C#m.

It is possible to arrange the lesson around Lou Reed's Perfect Day instead though some of the vocabulary may not be as suitable.