Artist: Celine Dion
Song: Because you loved me.
For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
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Because you loved me
You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you
You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
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Before listening: Internet Research
Try to find the answers by using the internet.
Who is the singer of the song ‘Because you loved me’? (Celine Dion)
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Can you give some of her other famous songs. (My heart will go on, All by
myself, Think twice,...)
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‘My heart will go on’ is the song of a famous film. Which one? (Titanic)
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Where was she born? Try to find a picture of the flag of the the country.
(Charlemangne, Québec, Canada)
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Before the pupils can listen to the song “Because I loved you” they have
to fill in the exercise based on their foreknowledge. They have to tell the
teacher if they know who sings the song, what a few other songs of the
singer are, of which movie the soundtrack “My heart will go on” is and
where the famous singer was born.
Match the word with the meaning. Fill this in, in the grid.
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to believe
strength
faith
wings
to bless
tender (wind)
inspiration
to reach
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a) the flat part of the body which a bird, insect or bat uses for flying, or
one of the flat horizontal structures that stick out from the side of an
aircraft and support it when it is flying.
b) to ask for God's help and protection for someone or something, or to
call or make someone or something holy.
c) gentle, caring or sympathetic.
d) great trust or confidence in something or someone.
e) someone or something that gives you ideas for doing something, a
sudden good idea.
f) the ability to do things that need a lot of physical or mental effort.
g) to think that something is true, correct or real.
h) to get to a particular, especially high level, etc, to arrive at a place.
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This exercise is used to teach new vocabulary. The pupils have to match
the words with the meaning.
Listen carefully to the song:
Fill in the missing words in the lyrics.
Because you ………. (to love) me.
For all those times you ……….……. (to stand) by me
For all the truth that you …………… (to make) me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you ……………….(to make) right
For every dream you ………….… (to make) come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who ……….. me …… (to hold up)
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through, through it all
You ……… (to be) my strength when I was (to be) weak
You ……….. (to be) my voice when I couldn't speak
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You …………. (to be) my eyes when I couldn't see
You ………… (to see) the best there was in me
…………….. me ……… (to lift up) when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'cause you ………………… (to believe)
I'm everything I am
Because you ……….. (to love) me
You ………… (to give) me wings and …………. (to make) me fly
You ………….. (to touch) my hand I could touch the sky
I ……….. (to lose) my faith, you ……….. (to give) it back to me
You ………….. (to say) no star was out of reach
You ………….. (to stand) by me and I stood tall
I ………. (to have) your love I …….. (to have) it all
I'm grateful for each day you ………. (to give) me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you
You ……….. (to be) my strength when I was weak
You ……….. (to be) my voice when I couldn't speak
You ………… (to be) my eyes when I couldn't see
You ……… (to see) the best there was in me
………….. me …… (to lift up) when I couldn't reach
You ……. (to give) me faith 'cause you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you ……….. (to love) me
You ………. (to be) always there for me
The tender wind that ……………. (to carry) me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you ………….. (to be) the truth
My world is a better place because of you
I'm everything I am
Because you ………….. (to love) me.
The pupils have to fill in the blank spaces by listening to the song
“Because you loved me”. All the words are verbs written in the simple
past. Pupils have to find out that there are a lot of irregular verbs.
Personal touch.
Sad
Happy
Makes me
In love...
melancholic joyful
think
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How does this song make you feel? Why? Give some arguments.
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The pupils have to express their feelings. How does the song make them
feel? Does it make them sad? Does it make them happy? And why?
Use the verbs in the grid to fill in the gaps.
For all those times you ………… by me.
You……… me faith 'cause you ………….
You ………. my strength when I …… weak.
…………. me …… when I couldn't reach.
Because you ……….. me.
were
Up
loved
lifted
stood
saw
believed gave
The pupils have to fill in the blank spaces by using the grid below the
exercise.
Grammar
Which tense is used in the title of the song? (simple past)
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How do we form this tense? ( regular verbs, irregular verbs...)
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When do we use this tense?
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Can you give me some signal words of this tense? (Yesterday, last week,
a month ago, in 2002)
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Yesterday, I met Bob in the bank, quite by chance.
Through the exercises the pupils have discovered the simple past. Now
the purpose is that they try to find out how we form it, when we use it,
and what different signals for this tense could be. They can understand
that a timeline can be very helpful to discover when an event took place.
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Put these verbs in the simple past:
Infinitive
to work
to listen
to help
to spell
to play
to talk
to walk
to learn
Simple past
Yesterday, I …………… on my
relationship
She……………… to a love song when
she was feeling very sad.
He…………… helped his girlfriend with
a very hard task for English
Last weak we ……………… the word
‘love’ in class.
You …………………hide-and-seek with
your best friends.
They……………… about the feelings
they have for each other.
I……………… on the beach.
He …………… that he had to pay
attention when she was
talking.
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The pupils have to fill in the grid. They have to fill in the simple past.
Here they see that there are different kind of verbs.
Exercise on the simple past (You can use your list of the irregular
verbs). Put the verb in the simple past and underline the signal
words of the simple past.
The Titanic ……………….. in 1912 (to sink).
I ………….. the movie Titanic three times. I’m going to see it again tonight.
(to see)
He ……………….. the question last night (to answer).
You …………….. a question yesterday(to ask).
You ……….. me faith ( to give).
Last summer they ………………. us (to call).
Celine ………….. in Canada (to live).
He …………… to the concert of Celine Dion last year (to go).
We ………. her the CD ‘Because you loved me’ for her birthday (to give).
Celine ………………. the piano when she was a child (to play).
The pupils do the exercise on the simple past. Once again, they have to fill
in the blank spaces, with the help of the list of irregular verbs. This
exercise also stresses the use of signal words.
Complete the crossword. (Try to do this without using the list of
the irregular verbs).
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Across
3. simple past of to bring
5. simple past of to stick
8. simple past of to sing
10. simple past of to eat
11. simple past of to feed
12. simple past participle of
16. simple past participle of
17. simple past participle of
18. simple past of to leave
20. simple past of to meet
21. simple past of to draw
24. simple past of to drink
25. simple past of to fly
26. simple past participle of
27. simple past participle of
to shake
to sell
to read
to stand
to make
Down:
1. simple past of to hurt
2. simple past of to choose
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3. simple past participle of to be
4. simple past participle of to take
6. simple past of to understand
7. simple past of to sit
9. simple past participle of to go
13. simple past of to hear
14. simple past participle of to swim
15. simple past participle of to write
19. simple past of to go
22. simple past of to pay
23. simple past of to win
The pupils use the simple past of verbs in a crossword puzzle. This is a
good way to practice the irregular verbs.
Forming a negative
Try to make the sentence in the left-hand column, a negative one
in the right-hand column.
Example: You loved me.
You didn’t love me.
You saw the best there was.
You .......................................
You gave me wings.
You .......................................
The tender wind that carried me.
The tender ...............................
You touched my hand.
You .......................................
For all those times you stood by
For all those times...................
me.
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How do we form a negative in English?
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(You mustn’t negate a full verb in English. Always use the auxiliary did (Simple
Past of to do) for negation + inf!!!.)
In this exercise the pupils see how you have to form a negative sentence
with the past simple. They practise it and understand that if you use the
past form of ‘To do’, you don’t have to conjugate the next verb, you just
use the infinitive. Because: After did/didn’t always + infinitive!
Our work strategy:
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The first thing we’ve done was think about which part of grammar we
would take. We brainstormed a little and came up with the idea of using
the ‘Simple Past’. We then searched for a song in which this tense is used.
After a while we found the song ‘Because you loved me’ by Celine Dion,
this seemed just perfect for our groupwork. We thought it would be nice
to start with a few questions before the pupils could listen to the song, in
order to know more about their foreknowledge, to get their attention and
to improve their involvement.
We erased the simple past verbs in the song, with the intention of letting
the pupils fill in the blank spaces while they would be listening to the
song. By doing this, they try to fill in the simple past without knowing it.
Then, we thought about asking them what they think about the song. We
would be able to tell them that a grammar lesson doens’t have to be
boring. We thought to do a short exercise about the right place of the
verb. This is also a short repetion of the learned spelling.
The pupils can then discover the way of writing and using the tense in an
exercise. After that, we thought it would be interesting to do a short
exercise about where the right verbs have to be as a short repetition of
the learned spelling.
We then thought about discovering the theoretical side of the tense
together with the pupils and fill our findings in on the worksheets
(form, use, signal words).
After the revision of the theoretical aspect we would let the pupils
transform the verbs into the simple past in pairs. They can use the list of
the irregular verbs, because they haven’t studied them yet, they still have
to learn them. In the sentences we put a little more information about the
singer and the song. This makes it more attractive for the pupils, since
music is close to their daily life. After that, we planned a crossword puzzle
to practise the simple past. We chose this because this is another form of
an exercise then the previous ones, it’s more playful and it catches the
pupils’ eyes.
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Last but one we would try to teach the negative of the simple past. With
the help of an example, the teacher and the pupils will search for its
formation. That’s why we would try to do this exercise with the entire
class.
And last but not least we thought it would be interesting if the pupils
would match the words that we used during the lesson with their
meaning.
Final attainment levels:
VOET
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Leren leren:
De leerlingen kunnen:
 samenhangende informatie inhoudelijk begrijpen en analyseren door de
betekenis van woorden, begrippen en zinnen, waar mogelijk, uit de context af
te leiden.
 betekenis woorden afleiden uit de lyrics
 zichzelf sturen met behulp van een antwoordenblad, een correctiesleutel, de
aanwijzingen van de leraar of de lesdoelstellingen
 de eigen werkwijze vergelijken met die van anderen, aangeven waarom iets
fout gegaan is en hoe fouten vermeden kunnen worden
 het blad van de buur verbeteren
+ natuurlijk sociale vaardigheden, maar deze zouden we in elke goede les Engels
moeten terugvinden!
For English:
Listening: 1.1, 1.2
Reading: 2.7, 2.8, 2.11
Speaking: 3.13, 3.15, 3.17
Writing: 4.19, 4.20, 4.21
Formation objectives
a) Language: Pupils learn that it is important to understand and know the
grammatical rules, when you are learning a language. Especially for the
pupils, they learn there is a difference between Past Simple (action completely
over) and the Present Perfect (action linked with present)
b) learning strategies: 2, 5, 11, 12, 13
c) personality formation: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
d) World view: We use tenses in every language. Pupils are able to explain their
opinion about the grammar they are learning. They are open-minded and they
can integrate a certain amount of mental discipline, even when the material is
difficult. They understand that in their lives, they will have to deal with a lot of
difficult things, so does everyone. They also get to know the customs of
English-speaking countries when it comes to telling something that has
happened in the past.
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