Lesson Plan in Teaching of Literature

Download as docx, pdf, or txt
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 2

Strategy: MTV

I. Objectives

1. Discuss the message of the song Temporary Home.

2. Respond meaningfully to the song by sharing their views on the transcience of life.

3. Complete words in a cloze test of the song.

II. Subject Matter

Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood

III. Procedure

1. Students are shown with sayings or quotes and photographs about the brief and temporary nature of life

on earth. They are asked to answer the motive question: How do you view the transient nature of life?

2. Then, the students are introduced to the singers life and the background of the song to be used through a

PowerPoint presentation.

3. Guide questions will be given before the viewing of the music video.

Guide Questions:

1. What can we infer about the 6-year old boys background?

2. What does the line a halfway house will never be a home mean?

3. What feeling is observed in the old mans face in his deathbed?

4. What impression does Carrie Underwoods winter backdrop give you?

5. What is the central reality of the song/music video?

4. The students will watch and listen carefully to the music video of Temporary Home.

Temporary Home
Carrie Underwood
Words and music by Carrie Underwood, Luke Laird, and Zac Maloy

Little boy, six years old


A little too used to being alone
Another new mom and dad
Another school, another house thatll never be home

When people ask him how he likes this place


He looks up and says with a smile upon his face

This is my temporary home, its not where I belong


Windows and rooms that Im passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where Im going
Im not afraid because I know this is my temporary home

Young mom on her own


She needs a little help, got nowhere to go
Shes looking for a job, looking for a way out
Cause a halfway house will never be a home

At night she whispers to her baby girl


Someday well find our place here in this world

This is our temporary home, its not where we belong


Windows and rooms that were passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where were going
Im not afraid because I know this is my temporary home

Old man, hospital bed


The room is filled with people he loves
And he whispers, Dont cry for me, Ill see you all someday
He looks up and says, I can see Gods face

This is my temporary home, its not where I belong


Windows and rooms that Im passing through
This is just a stop on the way to where Im going
Im not afraid because I know this was my temporary home

This is our temporary home

5. Discussion of the song follows. The guide questions given earlier will be answered by the students. Follow-

up questions will be given to further elaborate the song and its message.

You might also like