Play the video and ask students to check whether their opinions/predictions were correct.

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1 Music Focus on activity: Vocabulary about Days of the week Target audience (age): Ensino Fundamental / Ensino Médio / Language Schools Duration: 30 minutes Organization: pair work and group work Material: computer to play the song or the video clip Preparation: watch the videoclip/listen to the song; have the worksheets ready. Links (accessed on 8/11/2014): Procedure: Ask students to write down their favorite day of the week and what each day means to them. Then ask them to walk around the classroom, interview their classmates asking What s your favorite day of the week? When they find two classmates with any similar answer, students can go back to their seats. It s ok if they don t find anyone with similarities. Divide students into pairs and ask them to write the day of the week they think is connected to the ideas in activity 3. Play the video and ask students to check whether their opinions/predictions were correct. Divide students into small groups and ask them to read about the origin of the days of the week, answer to the True or False statements in activity 6 and try to relate them to the days of the week in the video. Opinions will vary. Correct the activity and ask each group to talk about their results. Wrap up: Extra: (accessed on 8/11/2014). Ask students to read this essay and write either their opinion about it or an essay about their favorite day of the week. Other links with songs about days of the week:

2 Answer key 1. What s your favorite day of the week? Write down what they mean to you. (Answers will vary.) Sunday Tuesday Thursday Monday Wednesday Friday Saturday 2. Check with your classmates if someone has the same answer in activity In your opinion what days of the week are connected to the ideas: I m in love - Friday Watch the walls - Thursday Gray - Tuesday Break my heart - Wednesday You can fall apart - Monday Doesn t even start - Thursday Wait - Saturday Black - Monday Stay in bed - Wednesday Heart attack - Wednesday Too late - Sunday Never hesitate - Friday I don t care about you - Thursday Blue - Monday You can hold your head - Monday 4. Watch the video and check if your opinion and prediction were correct. 5. Read the text below and relate it to task 3. Share your thought with the group. In pagan Britain the days of the week took their names from heavenly bodies or the gods associated with them. Sunday was the day of the Sun; from the Latin dies solis: the name of a pagan Roman holiday. It is also called Dominica (Latin), the Day of God. Monday comes from the Anglo- Saxon monandaeg, the moon s day. It was sacred to the goddess of the moon. Tuesday seems to have been named for a warrior god named Tiw. The Romans named this day after their war-god Mars: dies Martis. Wednesday was named after Odin, chief of the gods. The Romans called it dies Mercurii, after their god Mercury. Thursday was named for Thor, the Teutonic god of thunder (pictured, with his hammer). The Romans named this day dies Jovis ( Jove s Day ), after Jupiter, their most important god. Friday was the day of Frigg, wife of Odin. To the Romans this day was sacred to the goddess Venus and was known as dies veneris. Saturday was the day of Saturn, the planet and Roman god of agriculture. The names endured in Britain after its conversion to Christianity, though elsewhere in Europe, Church terminology sometimes triumphed over the pagan precedents. Based on and (accessed on 8/11/2014)

3 6. Check T (true) or F (false) about the text. a. Saturn is the Roman god of agriculture. F b. Monday is related to Mars. F c. The god of Thunder has a special day of the week named after him. T d. Both Odin and his wife were honored with names of the week. T

4 Name Date / / 1. What s your favorite day of the week? Write down what they mean to you. Sunday Wednesday Saturday Monday Thursday Tuesday Friday 2. Check with your classmates if someone has the same answer in activity In your opinion what days of the week are connected to the ideas: I m in love Watch the walls Gray Break my heart You can fall apart Doesn t even start Wait Black Stay in bed Heart attack Too late Never hesitate I don t care about you Blue You can hold your head 4. Watch the video and check if your opinion and prediction were correct. 5. Read the text below and relate it to task 3. Share your thought with the group. In pagan Britain the days of the week took their names from heavenly bodies or the gods associated with them. Sunday was the day of the Sun; from the Latin dies solis: the name of a pagan Roman holiday. It is also called Dominica (Latin), the Day of God. Monday comes from the Anglo- Saxon monandaeg, the moon s day. It was sacred to the goddess of the moon. Tuesday seems to have been named for a warrior god named Tiw. The Romans named this day after their war-god Mars: dies Martis. Wednesday was named after Odin, chief of the gods. The Romans called it dies Mercurii, after their god Mercury. Thursday was named for Thor, the Teutonic god of thunder (pictured, with his hammer). The Romans named this day dies Jovis ( Jove s Day ), after Jupiter, their most important god. Friday was the day of Frigg, wife of Odin. To the Romans this day was sacred to the goddess Venus and was known as dies veneris. Saturday was the day of Saturn, the planet and Roman god of agriculture. The names endured in Britain after its conversion to Christianity, though elsewhere in Europe, Church terminology sometimes triumphed over the pagan precedents. Based on and (accessed on 8/11/2014) Photocopiable Student s copy

5 6. Check T (true) or F (false) about the text. a. Saturn is the Roman god of agriculture. b. Monday is related to Mars. c. The god of Thunder has a special day of the week named after him. d. Both Odin and his wife were honored with names of the week. Photocopiable Student s copy