Listening activity n° 1

Tittle of the song: the peanut, butter and jelly song – Joan Kang Shin

Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!

Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
First you take the peanuts, and you crunch ‘em.
You crunch ‘em. (t)
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Then you take the grapes, and you squish ‘em.
You squish ‘em. (t)
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Then you take the bread, and you spread it.
You spread it.
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Then you take the sandwich, and you eat it.
You eat it.
Umm umm umm umm

Lesson plan:
Level: first grade (elementary) ESL.

Objective:

To recognize the vocabulary words in the listening.

Warm-up:

Show students a delicious sandwich. Ask them if want one of it.

Pre-listening:

1. Show a list of real ingredients (important vocabulary for the song), a peanut, grapes, bread,
peanut butter and grape jelly.
2. Explain how to make a peanut butter, first you take the peanuts and you crunch’em, and then
take some grapes, and you squish ‘em, and that is how you made grape jelly. Next take a
piece of bread, take some peanut butter and spread it, take some jelly and spread it, take
another piece of bread and putting on top, and finally you it the sandwich.
3. Teach students some movements. Shake hands on the air (top and down).

While-listening:

1. Teacher plays the song for the first time and sing along with doing the movements.

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2. Teacher plays the song for the second time and students sing the song, doing the movements.

After-listening:

1. Teacher gives students the transcript of the song, but some words are missing (gaps).
2. Students have to complete the gaps with the missing words.
peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
first you take the_________, and you crunch ‘em.
you crunch ‘em.(t)
peanut, peanut butter and _______!
peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Then you take the ________, and you squish ‘em.
you squish ‘em. (t)
_________, peanut butter and jelly!
peanut, peanut _______ and jelly!
Then you take the bread, and you spread it.
You spread it.
peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
peanut, peanut butter and jelly!
Then you take the __________, and you eat it.
You eat it.
Umm umm umm umm

3. Students listen again the song, in order to check their answers.

Wrap-up:

Students make their own sandwich, while students listen the song.

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