Get Lucky – Daft Punk – Notes
Activity types: Vocabulary (opposites), listening for specific words, gap fill, discussion.
Level: Elementary
Grammar: Subject pronouns, Present Simple of the verb to be
• Notes: Daft Punk is a French electronic music duo consisting of musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem- Christo and Thomas Bangalter. They are popular for their elaborate live shows and use of disguises, particularly the ornate robot costumes. This song became Daft Punk's first UK No. 1 single in April 2013, remaining at number one for 4 weeks. According to the Spotify music streaming web site it is the most-streamed new song in the service's history (from Wikipedia) This is an ideal song to use in the first lesson for Elementary students to check their previous knowledge or introduce some basic English vocabulary and grammar.
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1. Give each student a copy of the folded worksheet and ask them to find the opposites alone or in pairs.
bad – day – down – end (noun) – near – past – that Note: In the song ends at line 2 is a verb.
Key: (at this stage any correct opposite is acceptable): good – night – up – beginning/start – far – present – this
2. Play the song. Ask students to listen for the opposites from the previous activity, correcting if necessary, and numbering them in the order they hear them in any form. If they appear more than once, refer to the first time.
Key: 1. beginnings - 2. far - 3. up - 4. night - 5. good - 6. present - 7. this
3. Ask students to unfold the page and complete the song based on their answers to the previous activity and their knowledge of the song.
4. Correct in open class, play the song again and sing together!
Grammar Focus
You can use the song to repeat or introduce subject pronouns ( I, we, she, you) and the Present Simple of the verb to be ( We are, She’s, I’m, We’re ), comparing the full forms with short forms.
Language Focus
The second verse refers to a ribbon – why? Eleanor Roosevelt said the following: “Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift.” Ask students to discuss this. Lower level students can do this in their own language.
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2013 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Mena Bianco, Naples
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Activity 1. Find the opposites of the following words:
• bad ______• day ______• down ______• end ______• near ______• past ______• that ______
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Activity 2. Complete the song with the words from Activity 1.
Like the legend of the phoenix All ends with ______What keeps the planet spinning (Ahh) The force from the ______
We've come too ______to give up who we are So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars
(Chorus) She's ______all ______'til the sun I'm ______all ______to get some She's ______all ______for ______fun I'm ______all ______to get lucky We're ______all ______'til the sun We're ______all ______to get some We're ______all ______for ______fun We're ______all ______to get lucky We're ______all ______to get lucky (x4)
The ______has no ribbon Your gift keeps on giving What is ______I'm feeling? If you wanna leave I'm ready (ahh)
We've come too ______to give up who we are So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars
(Repeat Chorus) We're ______all ______to get lucky (repeated throughout)
We've come too ______to give up who we are So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars
(Repeat Chorus)
We're ______all ______to get lucky (x8)
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2013 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Mena Bianco, Naples
Get Lucky – Daft Punk – Complete
Like the legend of the phoenix All ends with beginnings What keeps the planet spinning The force from the beginning
We've come too far to give up who we are So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars
(Chorus) She's up all night 'til the sun I'm up all night to get some She's up all night for good fun I'm up all night to get lucky We're up all night 'til the sun We're up all night to get some We're up all night for good fun We're up all night to get lucky We're up all night to get lucky (x4)
The present has no ribbon Your gift keeps on giving What is this I'm feeling? If you wanna leave I'm ready (ahh)
We've come too far to give up who we are So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars
(Repeat Chorus) We're up all night to get lucky (repeated throughout)
We've come too far to give up who we are So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars
(Repeat Chorus) We're up all night to get lucky (x8)
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2013 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Mena Bianco, Naples