I. Организационный момент
1) Объявление темы урока
2) Краткая история песни “BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND”
Bob Dylan is a very famous American songwriter who has won many awards for
his music. He is most famous for music that he wrote in the 1960s, but he still writes
songs now. Bob Dylan is famous for writing songs of social commentary. In other words, his
songs talk about things that are good and bad in the United States. This song,
“Blowin’ in the Wind,” talks about the Vietnam War, a war that the United States was
fighting at the time. Many people, like Bob Dylan, thought that the war was unnecessary
and wrong.
It has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about
peace, war and freedom. The refrain "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the
wind" has been described as"impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is
so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind".
In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked
#14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the
“500 Ggreatest songs of All Time”.
"Blowin' in the Wind" has been covered by hundreds of artists. The most
commercially successful version is by folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary who released
the song in June 1963, three weeks after The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was issued.
The trio's version was used as the title track of their third album . The group's version
also went to number one on the Middle-Road charts for five weeks.
II. Основная часть урока
1) Учащиеся считают, сколько вопросов содержится в песне. (1-е прослушивание: Приложение 2) (9 вопросов)
2) Учащиеся читают и переводят слова из таблицы. (2-е прослушивание)
3) Vocabulary
This is a list of some of the words you may want to discuss during your lesson.
• dove: a kind of bird
• sail: travel over water in a boat or ship
• cannonball: a heavy ball that is used in war
• ban: make something illegal
• how many times: how often
• pretend: to act like something is true when you know it is not true
How many roads must a man walk down,
Before you call him a man?
Yes, and how many seas must a white dove sail,
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must a cannon ball fly,
Before they're forever banned?The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.How many years can a mountain exist,
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist,
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn't see?The answer my friend is blowing in the wind,
The answer is blowing in the wind.How many times must a man look up,
Before he sees the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have,
Before he can hear people cry ?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till we know,
That too many people have died?[2x:]
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
4) Grammar background
This song asks a lot of questions with how many. How are questions with how many formed:
а) How many + plural noun + helping verb + subject + verb?
How many words do you see?
b) This song also uses a lot of modal verbs. The form for these questions is the same:
How many + plural noun + modal verb + subject + verb?
How many classes must a student take?
Point out that only plural count nouns are used with how many (How many words? How many classes?)
с) Listen to the song once. While you listen, try to hear phrases with how many. When you hear how many, write it down, and include the noun that follows it. Your list will look like this:
how many cats
how many dogs
d) This song also uses time clauses. A time clause begins with before, after, until, while, when, or as soon as. Here is an example:
I do my best when I want to get a good mark.
e) Ask volunteers to give a few more examples. when, or as soon as. Here is an example:
I brushed my teeth before I went to bed.
f) Listen one more time. Listen for time clauses. In this song, before and till (short for until) are used. When you hear a clauses using before or till, write it down as best you can.
BEFORE TILL___________________________________
5) Now follow along with the text.
- Find all of the questions with how many and underline them. There are a lot!
- Circle all the time clauses.
6) While you are listening
Things to think about
• Is there an answer to the questions in this song?
• What do you think the title “Blowin’ in the Wind” means?
• What do you think the meaning of this song is? What does the writer want to say?
Remember that the song was written during a war, but it may have other meanings, too.
III. Подведение итогов урока
IV. Домашнее задание