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Waiting On The World To Change by John Mayer

Waiting On The World To Change by John Mayer

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Presentation

English

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Noga Hazan

FREE Resource

8 Slides • 6 Questions

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Waiting On The World To Change by John Mayer

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Look and Listen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IhUOCTXg_8

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Vocabulary

  • stand for nothing - חסרי עקרונות

  • rise above - להתעלות

  • ribbons on their door - בארה"ב כאשר חייל נהרג בזמן שירות משפחתו תולה סרט שחור על דלת הכניסה כאות אבל


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Read Stanza One of the song:

shorturl.at/uAUW6

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Multiple Choice

The songwriter is saying people believe his generation ____:

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Has no principles

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Doesn't take anything seriously

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Is lazy

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Won't fight for what they believe in

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Multiple Choice

What, according to the song, is the real issue?

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There's nothing to change with the system

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They feel they don't have tools to fight and change the system

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The system has better means to beat them

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It's too much work to fight the system

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Read Stanza Two of the song:

shorturl.at/uAUW6

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Open Ended

This song talks about change.

What kind of change is described in the song?

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Read the song to the end:

shorturl.at/uAUW6

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Multiple Select

How does the songwriter describe his generation in the song? (multiple answers)

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misunderstood

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lazy

3

confused

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patient

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discouraged

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Fill in the Blank

The songwriter sees his generation as ________ of the world.

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Multiple Choice

What type of criticism is the songwriter making?

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Political

2

Social

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Philosophical

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Literary

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The meaning behind the song

Each group will be placed in a room and discuss the question:

What is the central message of the song?


Once you've agreed, write it on the padlet:

https://padlet.com/hazannoga/waiting


Read what the other groups wrote on the tablet and ❤️ what you agree with.

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