The song of the month
Ramadan

Age: 14 and up
Level: Elementary up
Time: 20 – 25 minutes
Focus: Listening, feeling the rhyme in a song and practice some religious vocabulary
Material: Photocopies of the song, cassette or CD player.


Preparation:
1- Make photocopies of the song.
2- Download the song from the following website:

www.nancymusic.com/Ramadan.htm

Procedure:
1- Ask students to look at the song and focus on the pictures. Let them guess what the song is about.
2- Ask them to work in pairs, read the first part of the song and try to figure out the missed words.
3- Listen and check.
4- They listen to the second part of the song and write down the dropped out words.
5- Listen and check again.
6- Complete listening to the song and checking.
7- Listen again to the whole song and motivate them to sing with you.

Tips:
1- Before starting step 2 in the procedure remind them to think about the meaning and the rhyme at the same time.
2- Notice that the previous tip rhymes, so say it loudly and exaggerate the rhyme.
3- They can easily figure out the words because they know the topic of the song. Even if they get the words in Arabic first, they will never forget the meaning in English later.


Here is the song. You can print and make as many photocopies as you need. May be it is better to print it on the web itself because I couldn't download all the pictures and maybe you would like to drop out different words.
I hope you will enjoy it with your students.

Ramadan

by Nancy Stewart copyright 2001

I have a ................., his name is Omar

His family celebrates Ramadan

The ninth ................. of the lunar year

His family ..................... Ramadan

Chorus:

Ramadan , Ramadan

His family celebrates Ramadan

Every morning they get up

And have a big meal before the ...................

Then they don’t eat, and they don’t ...................,

They fast until the dark of night

(chorus)

I have a friend, her name is Ameena

Her family celebrates Ramadan

We go to school together and ................,

Ameena ................ five times a day, during

(chorus)

On the first day of the month that follows Ramadan

Their families ................... us to the feast that they put on Celebrating

(chorus)

Ramadan Mubarak (have a blessed Ramadan) Ramadan