At this moment I think they are seriously confused ☺. The next text in our book is about Elvis Presley. (it actually introduces imperatives).

 

I would love to do an Elvis song to complement the reading and ideally it would  review some present simple vs progressive....

 

Are there any Elvis fans among you who can give me an idea as to which song to choose?

As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin�
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
�cause if there�s one thing that she don�t need
it�s another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto

People, don�t you understand
the child needs a helping hand
or he�ll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
are we too blind to see,
do we simply turn our heads
and look the other way

Well the world turns
and a hungry little boy with a runny nose
plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

And his hunger burns
so he starts to roam the streets at night
and he learns how to steal
and he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
a young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car,
tries to run, but he don�t get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers �round an angry young man
face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

As her young man dies,
on a cold and gray Chicago mornin�,
another little baby child is born
In the ghetto

 

Well this is my favorite song for the simple present.

 

 

There�s a nice short video here that teaches about present cont. while waiting for Elvis in a street parade.  The video, only uploaded in June this year, is quaint.  It contains revision points in the last half.

 

Cheers

 

Jayho

 

Another possibility is "Black Velvet" by Alannah Miles  (it tells the story of Elvis)

 

In the ghetto is indeed a great song, also one of the only ones I really knew the lyrics for even before I started checking inot songs. Might be good to show them Elvis also did some more serious stuff, I remember I was very touched by the lyrics when I was a young teenager...might work for them  as well... I �ll look into the ideas you suggested Jayho.

 

Thank you all for your suggesztions, i �ll check them all...

More Elvis 

 

Greetings from Greece,