This document provides a 45-minute lesson plan to get students speaking through completing sentences using the phrase "I don't care if..." and analyzing a song with the repeating line "It's Friday, I'm in love." The lesson involves students working with a partner to complete sentences, translating and performing the song with actions, and writing a love letter using language from the song. The lesson is designed to get students speaking through interactive partner and group activities that analyze and perform the song.

1. A 45 minute lesson plan to get your
students speaking

2. With a partner complete the sentences:
•I don’t care if the bell …
•I don’t care if your dog …
•I don’t care if you need to …
•I don’t care if you forgot …
•I don’t care if you are …
•I don’t care how many times …
•I don’t care about
• Right now, I only care about …
has already rung. We haven’t finished
yet.
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3. With a partner complete the sentences:
•I don’t care if the bell …
•I don’t care if your dog …
•I don’t care if you need to …
•I don’t care if you forgot …
•I don’t care if you are …
•I don’t care how many times …
•I don’t care about
• Right now, I only care about …
has already rung. We haven’t finished
yet.
ate your homework.
rewrite your essay. You must use
paragraphs.
to bring your book. Share with a friend.
tired. We still need to get to the top of
the mountain.
you have copied the ‘Thinking Skills’ in
your notebook. You need to do it again.
the weather.
you.

4. I’m in love
never hesitate
fall apart
It’s a
wonderful
surprise
It always
comes too late
You can never
get enough
break my
heart
It’s such a
gorgeous
sight.

5. Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful __________
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a ___________ sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get ___________
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday I'm in love
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't _____ about you
It's Friday, I'm in love
Monday you can ______ apart
_________, Wednesday break my _____
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
_________ I don't care about you
It's Friday I'm in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in ______
Saturday wait
And Sunday always comes too _____
But Friday never hesitate...
I don't care if Monday's black
Tuesday, Wednesday heart attack
Thursday never looking back
It's ______ I'm in love
Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday _______ in bed
Or Thursday watch the walls instead
It's Friday I'm in love
Saturday wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday never _______ ...
https://youtu.be/tJ4b99-aujI

6. 1. In pairs translate the song into your own
language
2. Make up actions to go along with the song
3. Perform the song to another class using the
actions you have created
4. Write a love letter from the singer to his ‘true
love’. Make sure you use some of the lexical
chunks taught

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