SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS
By John Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely.
Sunshine almost always makes me high.
If I had a day that I could give you,
I’d give to you a day just like today.
If I had a song that I could sing for you,
I’d sing a song to make you feel this way.
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely.
Sunshine almost always makes me high.
If I had a tale that I could tell you,
I’d tell a tale sure to make you smile.
If I had a wish that I could wish for you,
I’d make a wish for sunshine all the while.
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely.
Sunshine almost always makes me high.
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high.
Sunshine almost always . . .
1. What does “sunshine” do to the singer?
a. Sunshine ______________________________________________
b. Sunshine ______________________________________________
c. Sunshine ______________________________________________
2. How does the sunshine look in the water? ____________________
3. What word in the song means “feel terrific”? _______________________
4. The singer is thinking about four things he/she would like to give his/her lover. . . what are these things?
a. __________________________
b. _________________________
c. __________________________
d. __________________________
5. What is another word for “tale”? ________________________
6. What words rhyme with what?
a. cry rhymes with _______________
b. today rhymes with ___________________
c. smile rhymes with ________________________
7. “almost” can be used when it means 99% out of 100%
a. $2.99 is almost ________________
b. 2:55 is almost _________________
c. I have two more sentences to write. I am almost _________________ . d. She fell down the stairs and almost ______________ her leg.
e. Sunshine almost ___________ makes me high, not always,
but almost always.
f. Now you write your own sentence using ALMOST.
_______________________________________________________
Words by John Denver, Music by John Denver, Dick Kniss and Mike Taylor
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|: Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy.
G C G C Am7 D7
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
G C G C G C G C
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely.
G C G C G C G C
Sunshine almost always make me high
G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C
1) If I had a day that I could give you
2) If I had a tale that I could tell you
G Am7 Bm C Am7 D7
1) I'd give to you a day just like today.
2) I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile.
G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C
1) If I had a song that I could sing for you.
2) If I had a wish that I could wish for you.
G Am7 Bm C G Am7 Bm C
1) I'd sing a song to make you feel this way. :|
2) I'd make a wish for sunshine all the while. CODA
CODA
G C G C G Am7 Bm C
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high.
G C G C G Am7 Bm C G
Sunshine almost always.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Your are My Sunshine Lesson
You Are My Sunshine
Written by former Louisiana State Governor Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell; Copyright 1940 and 1977 by Peer International Corporation. This song is one of two official songs for the State of Louisiana.
Sung by Emmylou Harris and Glen Campbell
CHORUS
You are my sunshine,
my only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are gray.
You'll never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.
1.
The other night, dear,
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
So I hung my head and cried.
CHORUS
2.
I'll always love you
and make you happy
if you will only say the same;
but if you leave me
to love another,
you'll regret it all some day;
CHORUS
3.
You told me once, dear
You really loved me
And no one else could come between
But now you've left me
and love another
You have shattered all my dreams.
CHORUS
1. “You are my sunshine”.
Could you replace “sunshine” with another word that means the same or similar thing? __________________ __________________ ___________________
2. “I really love you more than you realize” is another way of saying what (from the song) ___________________________________________________
3. What words in the song mean, “I made a mistake”? ________________________________
4. What word from the song means, “You will feel sorry that you did this”? ________
5. What word from the song means “have broken”? _______________________
6. Why is this a sad song? It’s a sad song because ____________________________________________________________________
7. Look for the rhymes.
a. gray rhymes with ___________________
b. and say rhymes with _________________
c. between sort of rhymes with _______________
8. How many present-tense verbs can you list?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g. Now can you write a sentence using MAKE/S or TAKE/S or LOVE/S in a sentence?
(You can make your sentence negative if you want.)
__________________________________________________________________
9. How many future-tense verbs can you list?
a.
b
c.
d.
e.
f. Now can you write a sentence using any of the above verbs in your own future sentence?
(You can make your sentence negative if you want.)
__________________________________________________________________
10. a. There is one conditional verb. What is it? _____________________________
b. Can you use this verb in an IF + past tense, conditional sentence?
___________________________________________________________________
11. There are two present-perfect tense verbs. What are they?
a. __________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. Can you write a sentence using a present-perfect tense verb
(HAVE/HAS + past participle of a verb) _____________________________________________________________________
12. How many past-tense verbs can you list?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Can you write your own sentence using three of the above past-tense verbs?
j. ____________________________________________________________
k. ____________________________________________________________
l. ____________________________________________________________
Written by former Louisiana State Governor Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell; Copyright 1940 and 1977 by Peer International Corporation. This song is one of two official songs for the State of Louisiana.
Sung by Emmylou Harris and Glen Campbell
CHORUS
You are my sunshine,
my only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are gray.
You'll never know, dear,
how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.
1.
The other night, dear,
As I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms.
When I awoke, dear,
I was mistaken
So I hung my head and cried.
CHORUS
2.
I'll always love you
and make you happy
if you will only say the same;
but if you leave me
to love another,
you'll regret it all some day;
CHORUS
3.
You told me once, dear
You really loved me
And no one else could come between
But now you've left me
and love another
You have shattered all my dreams.
CHORUS
1. “You are my sunshine”.
Could you replace “sunshine” with another word that means the same or similar thing? __________________ __________________ ___________________
2. “I really love you more than you realize” is another way of saying what (from the song) ___________________________________________________
3. What words in the song mean, “I made a mistake”? ________________________________
4. What word from the song means, “You will feel sorry that you did this”? ________
5. What word from the song means “have broken”? _______________________
6. Why is this a sad song? It’s a sad song because ____________________________________________________________________
7. Look for the rhymes.
a. gray rhymes with ___________________
b. and say rhymes with _________________
c. between sort of rhymes with _______________
8. How many present-tense verbs can you list?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g. Now can you write a sentence using MAKE/S or TAKE/S or LOVE/S in a sentence?
(You can make your sentence negative if you want.)
__________________________________________________________________
9. How many future-tense verbs can you list?
a.
b
c.
d.
e.
f. Now can you write a sentence using any of the above verbs in your own future sentence?
(You can make your sentence negative if you want.)
__________________________________________________________________
10. a. There is one conditional verb. What is it? _____________________________
b. Can you use this verb in an IF + past tense, conditional sentence?
___________________________________________________________________
11. There are two present-perfect tense verbs. What are they?
a. __________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. Can you write a sentence using a present-perfect tense verb
(HAVE/HAS + past participle of a verb) _____________________________________________________________________
12. How many past-tense verbs can you list?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Can you write your own sentence using three of the above past-tense verbs?
j. ____________________________________________________________
k. ____________________________________________________________
l. ____________________________________________________________
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing Lesson
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Written by The New Seekers for a Coca Cola commercial
I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves.
CHORUS
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company.
I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand (That’s the song I hear.)
And hear them echo through the hills, "Ah, peace throughout the land."
(That's the song I hear.)
I'd like to teach the world to sing (that the world sings today)
In perfect harmony
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
(instrumental interlude)
I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves.
CHORUS
1. What is a word in the song that means “pleasing sounds of musical notes together”? _______________________________
2. What phrase means “to be together like friends”?
3. What expression means “for this time and forever”? _________________
4. What word means “to send back a repetition of a sound”? ___________
5. What are “turtle-doves”? _______________________________
6. What is a polite way to say, “I want”? ___________________________
7. How many I’d like to . . . can you identify in this song?
Please write these on the lines.
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________
e. ___________________________________________________
f. ___________________________________________________
g. ___________________________________________________
h. ___________________________________________________
i. ___________________________________________________
8. Now you tell me: What would you like to do? (a verb)
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
9. Can you also tell me something [a noun] you’d like.
What would you like?
For example: I’d like a cup of coffee.
I’d like some strawberries.
(Write two complete sentences using “a” and “some”.)
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
Written by The New Seekers for a Coca Cola commercial
I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves.
CHORUS
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms and keep it company.
I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand (That’s the song I hear.)
And hear them echo through the hills, "Ah, peace throughout the land."
(That's the song I hear.)
I'd like to teach the world to sing (that the world sings today)
In perfect harmony
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
(instrumental interlude)
I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves.
CHORUS
1. What is a word in the song that means “pleasing sounds of musical notes together”? _______________________________
2. What phrase means “to be together like friends”?
3. What expression means “for this time and forever”? _________________
4. What word means “to send back a repetition of a sound”? ___________
5. What are “turtle-doves”? _______________________________
6. What is a polite way to say, “I want”? ___________________________
7. How many I’d like to . . . can you identify in this song?
Please write these on the lines.
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________
d. ___________________________________________________
e. ___________________________________________________
f. ___________________________________________________
g. ___________________________________________________
h. ___________________________________________________
i. ___________________________________________________
8. Now you tell me: What would you like to do? (a verb)
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
9. Can you also tell me something [a noun] you’d like.
What would you like?
For example: I’d like a cup of coffee.
I’d like some strawberries.
(Write two complete sentences using “a” and “some”.)
a. ___________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________
If I Had a Hammer Lesson
IF I HAD A HAMMER (by Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes)
If I had a hammer,
I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening
All over this land
I’d hammer out danger,
I’d hammer out warning,
I’d hammer out love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
If I had a bell,
I’d ring it in the morning,
I’d ring it in the evening
All over this land
I’d ring out danger,
I’d ring out warning,
I’d ring out love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
If I had a song,
I’d sing it in the morning,
I’d sing it in the evening,
All over this land.
I’d sing out danger,
I’d sing out warning,
I’d sing out love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
Well, I’ve got a hammer,
And I’ve got a bell,
And I’ve got a song to sing
All over this land
It’s the hammer of justice;
It’s the bell of freedom;
It’s the song about love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
It’s the hammer of justice;
It’s the bell of freedom;
It’s the song about love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
1. What is a synonym (in the song) that means “danger”? ______________
2. In this song, who are “my brothers and my sisters”? ______________
3. In this song, what does “land” mean in “all over this land”?
______________________________________________________________
4. What is the “hammer of justice”?_______________________________
5. What is the “bell of freedom?__________________________________
6. “If I had” = if + past tense means IT IS NOT TRUE
for example, If I had a new house = I don’t have a new house
If I had a million dollars = I don’t have a million dollars
Tell me something that you wish you had . . .
a. If I had ___________________________
7. Following this clause, you should use WOULD or COULD + BASE form of the verb.
For example, If I had a million dollars, I would/could buy a new car.
Tell me something you wish you had, and what would or could you do?
a. _________________________________________________________________________
8. Use an “if” clause with a past tense verb and continue the sentence with a WOULD or COULD clause.
For example, If I went to China in the summer, I would be able to see the Olympics.
If I ate cake for breakfast every day, I would get very fat.
You write your own sentence.
a. ________________________________________________________________________
9. When you use “be” with “if”, use “were” (for every person – I, you, he, she, we, they, Sally my mother).
For example: If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
If my brother were here, I would ask him to help me.
You write your own sentence.
a. ___________________________________________________________________________
If I had a hammer,
I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening
All over this land
I’d hammer out danger,
I’d hammer out warning,
I’d hammer out love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
If I had a bell,
I’d ring it in the morning,
I’d ring it in the evening
All over this land
I’d ring out danger,
I’d ring out warning,
I’d ring out love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
If I had a song,
I’d sing it in the morning,
I’d sing it in the evening,
All over this land.
I’d sing out danger,
I’d sing out warning,
I’d sing out love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
Well, I’ve got a hammer,
And I’ve got a bell,
And I’ve got a song to sing
All over this land
It’s the hammer of justice;
It’s the bell of freedom;
It’s the song about love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
It’s the hammer of justice;
It’s the bell of freedom;
It’s the song about love
Between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
1. What is a synonym (in the song) that means “danger”? ______________
2. In this song, who are “my brothers and my sisters”? ______________
3. In this song, what does “land” mean in “all over this land”?
______________________________________________________________
4. What is the “hammer of justice”?_______________________________
5. What is the “bell of freedom?__________________________________
6. “If I had” = if + past tense means IT IS NOT TRUE
for example, If I had a new house = I don’t have a new house
If I had a million dollars = I don’t have a million dollars
Tell me something that you wish you had . . .
a. If I had ___________________________
7. Following this clause, you should use WOULD or COULD + BASE form of the verb.
For example, If I had a million dollars, I would/could buy a new car.
Tell me something you wish you had, and what would or could you do?
a. _________________________________________________________________________
8. Use an “if” clause with a past tense verb and continue the sentence with a WOULD or COULD clause.
For example, If I went to China in the summer, I would be able to see the Olympics.
If I ate cake for breakfast every day, I would get very fat.
You write your own sentence.
a. ________________________________________________________________________
9. When you use “be” with “if”, use “were” (for every person – I, you, he, she, we, they, Sally my mother).
For example: If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
If my brother were here, I would ask him to help me.
You write your own sentence.
a. ___________________________________________________________________________
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