Second conditional prompt. If I were a boy by Beyonce

Download provided Power Point to guide your students through the task

Aim: fun practice of second conditional by using Beyonce's song If I were a boy.
Level: students need to have prior practise of  second conditional sentence structure.
Vocabulary: vocabulary needed for the task is provided in attached Power Point presentation. Vocabulary ranges form easy (go to drink beer, understand how it feels...) to medium (roll out of bed, take somebody for granted...).
This tasks is suitable for a multilevel classroom.

You can download the Power Point and videos from this site HERE

Materials:

For the students:

• If I were a boy video (download it or watch it on-line underneath)
• Tasks provided in attached Power Point
• If I were a boy karaoke video  (download it or watch it on-line underneath)

For the teacher:

• Lyrics for the song If I were a boy 

Procedure:
Follow the steps in the provided Power Point presentation.
Summary of steps in Power Point:

• Introduction to the vocabulary of the song by means of task 1. Are boys or girls more likely to...?
• Students watch first video, which tells us the story of what Beyonce would do if she were a boy. 
• Students answer question in task 2: What would Beyonce do if she were a boy?
• Students answer the same question about themselves.
• Students  sing along with the prompt of the second video so  as to memorize new vocabulary and remember the second conditional structure.

 
You can download the Power Point and videos from this site HERE

Did you finish the task? (View task in provided Power Point)

You are ready to watch the video

Beyonce. 

If I were a boy

 Now, sing along with Beyonce

KARAOKE 

You can download the Power Point and videos from this site HERE
 
Thanks to Mike O'Neill for this idea.
Mike O'Neill was our Teacher Trainer at the British Council. Summer 2012