SUNRISE by Norah Jones

A new beginning is about to start in my life. A fake beginning actually, because I had to leave the high school I was working in till June and I'm going back to a school where I worked the course 2008-09. It was there when I opened this blog, when it all started here. So I decided to give the blog a new try and try to update more often. I'm not sure if I will succeed with all these Facebook and Twitter in my life! Anyway, I'll do my best. To start this new year, I'm going to do it with something I love, music. And Norah Jones is always suitable for that. The best of all is you can sing-a-long watching the video.

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, by BRUNO MARS

Another nice song by Bruno Mars. The activities will be handed by the teacher

SUMMERTIME

It's been a while since I have updated the blog. My proposal for the new course is to do it more often than this year. I promise. But meanwhile it's time for summer, holidays and my own courses -I'm studying French again after many years without doing it. I'll try to update the blog during the summer if I find something remarkable for you, but for the moment being, some music to refresh this hot. Have your best holidays ever!!

SUPERSTITION, by Stevie Wonder

How many superstitions can you identify in the song? Click here to read the lyrics and try to explain in a comment as many superstitions as you can.

WALTZING MATILDA

One mobile phone company in our country is using a choir of children singing the song "Waltzing Matilda". Asked by my mother about the song, I looked for it on the google. As a good freak, I discovered a different story from what I'd expected. Because of the title, I thought about a dance and a girl. But the truth is that the song talks about carrying your goods in a bag while travelling on food. This song is considered as one of the unofficial Australian anthems and is used in many sporting events, especially those related to rugby. I found the following video on youtube, which talks about the plot and mentions vocabulary which is specifically Australian, and some of these wordsa are old-fashioned, too. There are some typical symbols from Australia as well.

Some of the vocabulary you can find:
swagman: Swag is a bed roll which bundle the belongings of a man, the swagman, who travelled the country looking for a job
Waltzing means to travel while working as a craftsman
Matilda is the swag, in a metaphoric way, giving it the name of a woman, since it was the only companion of the swagman.
billabong: a pool of deep water
billy: a little tin for boiling water.
Jumbuck: a sheep
tucker bag: a bag for carrying tucker, which means food.
squatter: big land owner
troopers: policemen

Can you tell me what's the plot of the song?

THE SONG OF THE DAY

I think the sentences which are most used by our students are
1. Are we going to watch a movie?
2. Are we going to listen to a song?

And our answer, most of the days, is a simple no, with that funny face after the third same question. Today, my "Bohemian" students-with all my love- asked me that. And my answer was again no, knowing that I only needed time to look for the right song on the youtube site. Boston's Rock 'n' Roll Band.