Thursday, February 28, 2008

Tennessee Waltz

Tennessee Waltz Lesson

Tennessee Waltz
sung by Patti Page

I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
when an old friend I happened to see.
I introduced her to my loved one
and while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me.

I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz.
Now I know just how much I have lost.
Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
the beautiful Tennessee Waltz.

(Instrumental Interlude)

Repeat.

PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE be (WAS, WERE) + verb ing

Write the examples of past progressive you find in the song:
1. I was dancing
2.
3.

PAST TENSE
1.
2.
3.
4.

In this story, WHEN is used with the PAST TENSE and tells us that something happened at the same time.
What two things happened at the same time (in the song)?


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WHILE is used with the PROGRESSIVE TENSE and tells us that two things were happening at the same time.
What two things were happening at the same time (in the song)?


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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Elvis Presley I Can't Help Falling in Love With You

I Can't Help Falling in Love with You Lesson

I CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU

(words & music by George Weiss - Hugo Peretti - Luigi Creatore)
sung by Elvis Presley

Wise men say, “Only fools rush in.” *
But I can’t help falling in love with you.
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
if I can’t help falling in love with you?

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be.
Take my hand. Take my whole life, too.
For I can’t help falling in love with you.

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes.
Some things are meant to be.
Take my hand. Take my whole life, too.
For I can’t help falling in love with you.

For I can’t help falling in love with you.

1)*The complete expression is “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
(“TREAD” MEANS “TO WALK”)
Write another sentence to explain what this expression means?



2) Compare something to something else by using LIKE.

It is as natural for me to have fallen in love with you as a river flowing to the sea.

My love for you is LIKE a river flowing to the sea – both meant to be that way.


_______________ is like ____________________________



3. “MY WHOLE LIFE” all the rice
the whole book all the milk
the whole class all the people
the whole thing all the candy
the whole chicken all the dishes
the whole country all my homework
his whole family all her energy
her whole kitchen
the whole bag of candy

examples: I read the whole book over the weekend.
I ate all the rice, so there was none left for my husband.

Write 2 sentences one using “the whole ___” and the other using “all the _____”

a. (the whole)



b. (all the ________)


4) something (singular noun) _____________________________________________________________________________
some things (adjective + plural nouns)
many things
a lot of things
a few things

Write a sentence for each of these phrases:

a. something _____________________________________________________________________________
b. some things
____________________________________________________________________
c. many things
____________________________________________________________________
d. a lot of things
_____________________________________________________________________________
e. a few things
_____________________________________________________________________________

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Oh What a Beautiful Morning lesson

Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Music by Richard Rodgers, lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II
Copyright © 1943 by Williamson Music


There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye,
An' it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky. [An' = And climbin' = climbing

Chorus:
Oh what a beautiful morning,
Oh what a beautiful day,
I've got a wonderful feeling, [I've got = I have got]
Everything's going my way. [Everything I want and everything I'm doing is
going OK for me.]

Repeat chorus

All the cattle are standing like statues,
All the cattle are standing like statues,
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by.
But a little brown mav'rick is winking her eye. [a maverick = someone who does things
that nobody seems to want to do.]
Repeat chorus

All the sounds of the earth are like music,
All the sounds of the earth are like music,
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree, [It doesn't = correct English]
And an ol' Weepin' Willer is laughin' at me. [an old weeping willow]

Repeat chorus

1. What rhymes do you hear and see? Write them on the following lines:

a. ________ __________
b. ________ __________
c. ________ __________
d. ________ __________

2. What similes (like, as comparisons) do you see in the lyrics?

a. ___________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________

3. So + adjective + that clause (subject & verb)
So makes the adjective more than it is.
Not just busy, but extra busy

a. I was so busy yesterday (that) I couldn’t come to school.
adj. s v v

b. My husband is always so tired (that) he falls asleep in front of the TV.
adj. s v

c. He is so tall (that) he almost reaches the ceiling.
adj. s v

Now, you write two sentences using
So + adjective + that clause (subject & verb)

d._________________________________________________________

e. _________________________________________________________

What a Wonderful World

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD by LOUIS ARMSTRONG

I see trees of green, red roses, too
I see them bloom for me and for you,
and I think to myself. . .what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white,
bright blessed days, dark sacred nights,
and I think to myself . . . what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow , so pretty in the sky
are also on the faces of people going by.
I see friends shaking hands sayin’, “How do you do?”
They’re really sayin’, “I love you.”

I hear babies cryin’; I watch them grow.
They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know.
and I think to myself . . . what a wonderful world.
Yes I think to myself . . . what a wonderful world.

Oh yeah.



1. What a . . . This is an expression that can be followed by any noun, [This is NOT A QUESTION. It’s an EXCLAMATION.]
especially a noun that you are amazed by, for example:

What a wonderful world!
What a beautiful jacket you have on!
What a terrible grade I got!
What sad news [I heard]. (NON-COUNT, so NO “a”)

Now, you write a WHAT A . . . or a WHAT exclamation about something or someone. [No verb needed

a. What a ___________________________________________________

b. What ______________________________________________________



2. more + count or non-count noun (than)

I ate more apples than she did. (count noun)
I ate more rice than she did. (non-count noun)

You write a sentence using MORE + a count noun.

a.______________________________________________________________________

You write a sentence using MORE + a non-count noun.

b.______________________________________________________________________

3. much more + non-count noun (than) (water, chicken broccoli, furniture, homework, information, news, fun)

I drank much more coffee than you did.
I always eat much more rice for dinner than I eat for lunch.

a. How much more time do we have in this class? TIME
Not much more [time]. We don’t have much more time.

b. How much money do you have in the bank? MONEY

c. You write a sentence using MUCH MORE + a non-count noun.

_____________________________________________________________

4. MORE and MUCH MORE + 2 or 3-syllable adjective

expensive, interesting, comfortable, colorful, thoughtful, _______________________________________________________________

a. Which store has more expensive clothes, Macy’s or Nordstrom’s?
_______________________________________________________________
b. You write a sentence using MUCH MORE + 2-or 3-syllable adjective.

_____________________________________________________________________









or comparing you and somebody else:

use MORE than or MUCH MORE than
(examples: learn more than, have more, eat more than, drink more than
talk more than,
A: Who will learn more, you or the babies?
B: Babies will learn much more than I’ll ever know (in my lifetime).
Who likes ice cream more, you or your friend?
__________________________________________________________________
comparing something to something else
Which class does she like more, this one or the other one?
A: Which class does she like (better)?
B: She likes this class more than she likes the other one.
A: Much more?
B: Well, a little more.
Which class do you like better? (Which class do you like more)? This one or the other one?
d. Do you like ice cream better than yogurt? ________________________________________________________________
e. Which flavor do you like better, chocolate or vanilla?
______________________________________________________
f. Where do you have more fun, at the beach or at the park?


MANY MORE THAN (use this with count nouns)

g. Who has more books, you or your friend?


h. Bob is taking one class. Susan is taking 5 classes. Who is taking more classes?

How many more classes is Susan taking than Bob?

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