God Bless America Lesson

GOD BLESS AMERICA
words and music by Irving Berlin (1918)
This is a patriotic song in the form of a prayer.

God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam,
God bless America, my home sweet home.

1. Underline and write all the verbs in the song with their subjects.
a. ___________ _______________
b. ___________ _______________
c. ___________ _______________
d. ___________ _______________

2. What is a command (an imperative) in English?
It’s an order for someone to do something.
Examples: Turn on the light. Get up. Eat your breakfast. Don’t go.

Can you find three commands (an imperative) in the song?
a. __________________________________
b. __________________________________
c. ___________________________________

Now, you write two commands. Tell me to do something.
d. _____________________________________________
e. ___________________________________________

3. What rhymes are in this song?
a. ____________rhymes with _______________
b. ____________rhymes with _______________
c. ____________rhymes with _______________
d. ____________rhymes with _______________ and _______________

4. Now, from your head, can you add another rhyme to a, b, c, & d?

a._______________________________
b._______________________________
c._______________________________
d._______________________________




5. What are the prepositional phrases in the song?
a. beside her
b. ________________________________
c. ________________________________
d. ________________________________
e. ________________________________
f. ________________________________
g. ________________________________
h. ________________________________

6. Write five more prepositions. (Work with a partner.)
a. ___________________________
b. ___________________________
c. ___________________________
d. ___________________________
e. ___________________________


7. Choose three prepositions and write your own sentences with them.
a.
b.__________________________________________________________
c.__________________________________________________________