Extra Class

In a Little While (U2)

Activity 1

TG (Activity 1.B)
Duration: 1015 minutes
Type of Interaction: 5
Procedures: Arrange
students in Nearby-level
pairs and briefly explain
what each of them will
do. Tell higher-level
students to help their
partners. This activity
aims at reviewing
their sentence order
knowledge and dialogue
writing with focus on
time expressions. Give
them about ten minutes
to perform the tasks
and then have them
present their work. Keep
board record of serious
mistakes that may
prevent students from
getting their ideas across.
Output Awareness:
INTROA1: Focus on
the following element:
distinction between
past and future time
expressions.
A2B2: Focus on the
element previously
mentioned as well as on
SVC (sentence order).
C1C2: Focus on all the
elements previously
mentioned as well as on
text coherence.

Hangman
INTROC2
A. Do you remember the alphabet? Your teacher will spell some words/expressions to
complete the following sentences.
a) ___while
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I listen to music _____________ Im studying.
b) ___night
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I like to watch the stars at ______________.
c) ___Friday
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Thank God its ____________!
Sunday

d) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

On _____________ Im going to see a soccer match.
since
e) ___
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Ive been waiting for you __________ midday! Where have you been?
soon
f) ___
___ ___ ___

Why are you leaving so _________? Stay a bit longer!

one day
g) ___
___ ___

___ ___ ___

__________ __________ I will be a famous singer!

tomorrow

h) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

I need to sleep because I have to wake up early _______________.
i) ___yesterday
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I went to a fantastic music concert _________________.
B. Using the words and expressions from the previous exercise, do the following activity
according to your level.

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TG (Activity 1.A)
Duration: 1015 minutes
Type of Interaction: 1
Procedures: Get your
students in the U-shaped
seating arrangement.
Explain how the game is
played and that you are
going to draw it on the
board. Make sure each
student comes up with a
different letter to form
the word but, in case
they have a hunch on
what the word is, they
are supposed to raise
their hands and try to
guess the word. In case
they get it wrong, they
can only try again when
all the other students
have tried it.

INTROA2
Unscramble the letters to form the words to complete the following sentences.
a) N-O-E Y-D-A

One day

__________________ I will live in the United States.

b) R-T-Y-Y-S-E-E-D-A

yesterday

I didnt know he came here _______________.

c) R-O-T-W-M-O-R-O

tomorrow

I am very tired now, but ______________ it will be different.

d) D-N-M-A-O-Y

Monday

Its very hard to work on ______________ after a relaxing weekend.

e) C-N-I-S-E

since

Ive lived in Brazil _______________ I was born.

f) S-A-Y-D

days

I will stay in Paris for seven _________.

g) N-R-E-E-V

never

Hes __________ going to sing in public. Hes very shy.

h) O-N-S-O

soon

The party has to stop. Hes parents will arrive _________.

B1B2
Use the vocabulary from the previous exercise and write sentences combining them with
the verbs from the following box.

Free answer

be

take

have

run

know

see

dream

live

fly

turn

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Free answer

C1C2

Create a romantic 6-line dialogue using the time expressions in the box and the following
sentence:
Will you be there?

one day

soon

tomorrow

since

never

yesterday

days

Monday

Dialogue
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Activity 2.
SONG: In a Little While (U2)
Listen to the song and perform the following tasks according to your level:
INTROA2
Number the parts of the song in the correct order.
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When the night takes a deep breath

And the daylight has no air
If I crawl, if I come crawling home
Will you be there?
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My, how youve grown

Well its been, yeah
Its been a little while

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TG (Activity 2)
Duration: 1520 minutes
Type of Interaction: 4
Procedures: Play the song
all the way through twice,
then give them about five
minutes to compare their
answers. Walk around
the room and clear up
any doubts they might
have about the activity.
Do not waste time on
unnecessary vocabulary
explanations. Play it one
last time to check their
work.
Output Awareness:
INTROB2: Focus on
the following element:
identifying information in
a song.
C1C2: Focus on the
element previously
mentioned as well as on
contextualization.

In a little while
Surely youll be mine
In a little while Ill be there
(

That girl, that girl

Shes mine
And Ive known her since
Since she was
(

In a little while
I wont be blown by every breeze
Friday night running
To Sunday on my knees
(

In a little while
This hurt will hurt no more
Ill be home, love!
(

Slow down my beating heart

Man dreams one day to fly
A man takes a rocket ship into the skies
He lives on a star thats dying in the night
And follows in the trail
The scatter of light
(

10 )

Slow down my beating heart

Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my beating heart
Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my beating heart
(

A little girl
Oh, when I saw her
In a pram they pushed her by

Youmove

With Spanish eyes

Turn it on
Turn it on
You turn me on
B1B2
Fill in the blanks according to what you hear.
In a little while
youll be mine
Surely __________________________________
Ill be there
In a little while _________________________

In a little while
will hurt no more

This hurt _______________________________

Ill be home

_________________________________________, love!
When the night
________________________________________
takes a deep breath

And the daylight has no air

If I crawl, if I come crawling home
Will you be there?
________________________________________

In a little while
I wont be blown by every breeze
Friday night
_______________________________________
running
Sunday
To ____________________________________
on my knees

That girl, that girl

Shes mine
And Ive know her since
since she was
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A little girl
With Spanish eyes
when
Oh, ___________________________________
I saw her

In a pram they pushed her by

My, how youve grown
Well its been, yeah

Slow down my beating heart

A man dreams one day to fly
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Youmove

Its been a little while

A man takes a rocket ship into the skies

He lives on a star thats dying in the night
And follows in the trail
The scatter of light
Turn it on
Turn it on
You turn me on
Slow down my beating heart
Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my beating heart
Slowly, slowly love
Slow down my beating heart
C1C2
A. Mark the following sentences true (T) or false (F) and support your answers with a verse
from the song.
a) It will be a long time until the author and his loved one get together.

In a little while, surely youll be mine; in a little while Ill be there.

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b) The author will suffer from heartache forever.

In a little while, this hurt will hurt no more, Ill be home, love!

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c) The author is afraid no one will be waiting for him when he comes back.
If I crawl, if I come crawling home, will you be there?

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d) The author and his beloved one met in their childhood.

That girl is mine, for Ive known her since, since she was a little girl
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e) The author wants to calm down because he is desperately in love.

Slow down, my beating heart.
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B. In your opinion, what is the song about?

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Closing

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Youmove

TG (Closing)
Duration: 35 minutes
Procedures: Focus on the
motivational aspects of
language learning by
encouraging them to listen
to music and read the lyrics
whenever they feel like
doing it. Highlight the fact
that this type of activity
will help them improve
their reading, listening,
and speaking skills because
they will be working on
vocabulary, pronunciation
and text comprehension as
well.