SONG: IMAGINE BY JOHN LENNON

JOHN LENNON: A SHORT BIOGRAPHY

BORN: 9th October 1940 in Liverpool (The UK)

DIED: 8th December 1980 in New York ( The USA)

PARENTS: Freddie and Julia

OCCUPATIONS: Musician, singer-songwriter, artist

INSTRUMENTS: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, bass guitar

GENRES: Rock, pop, experimental

His death was a tragedy because he was murdered by Mark David Chapman. In 2008 the magazine Rolling Stone put him on the 5th place in the list of 100 greatest singers of all time. People from all countries in the world can sing his songs.

He was one of the four members of The Beatles, a vey famous pop-rock band in the 1960s. 

1963-64 was a period of Beatlemania in The UK and the band had millions of FANS all over the world. 

He wrote lots og songs for The Beatles. 

 

In 1970 the band broke up and John continued his artistic solo career. He wrote Imagine in 1971 and  the song has become a hymn to PEACE. 
Watch these videos and sing along. 

Do you like 'Imagine'? 

Which one of the two presentations do you like best? 

Write a comment and tell me.

MORE ABOUT PEACE

KID'S PEACE SONG

PORTFOLIO CLASS 4A : SPORTS AND HOBBIES (BS4 U1)

I  really appreciate the students' work and effort. Thanks for sharing it in this blog. 

CHILDREN WISHES FOR PEACE

MORE ABOUT PEACE

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE CHOIR

Sean Lennon ( John Lennon's 15 year old son) and over twenty stars recorded this video with a new version of the famous antiwar song "GIVE PEACE A CHANCE" in 1991.

Everybody's talkin 'bout,

Planet earth

Rebirth

United nations

Good relations

Space stations

Starvation

Radiation

Salvation

Education

Liberation

Chorus:

All we are saying is: "Give Peace A Chance !"

Everybody's talkin' 'bout

Civil war

Revolution

Armageddon

No solution

Are we facing

Vietnam

We don't want to

Drop the bomb

Chorus

Everybody's talkin 'bout

Acid house

Gay spouse

Green house

Heavy metal

Hip hop

Censorship

Has to stop

Hiv

Azt

New kids dance on

MTV

With toxic waste dumps in the sea

Chorus

Everybody's talkin 'bout 

Amazon's 

Trees gone 

Cancer cells

From the sun

Middle east

Crazy beast

Rock n rollers

Sing for peace

Chorus ...

MORE ABOUT PEACE

A SONG OF PEACE FOR KIDS

There is a way that we can live and peace is the way

P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E

And peace is the way

PEACE is shaking someone’s hand and being a good friend

Clap E-A-C-E, Clap E-A-C-E, Clap E-A-C-E 

And being a good friend

PEACE is dancing to the beat and having fun together

Clap, clap A-C-E, clap, clap A-C-E, clap, clap A-C-E 

And having fun together

PEACE is sharing your nice smile and spreading lots of sunshine

Clap, clap, clap C-E, clap, clap, clap C-E, clap, clap, clap C-E

And spreading lots of sunshine

PEACE is choosing not to hurt and playing safe together

Clap, clap, clap, clap, E, Clap, clap, clap, clap, E, Clap, clap, clap, clap, E

And playing safe together

PEACE is helping with our hands and being kind to others

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap clap

And being kind to others

There is a way that we can live and peace is the way

P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E, P – E – A – C – E

And peace is the way

MORE ABOUT PEACE

STORY: TILLY AND THE TSUNAMI SUBTITLED ( BS5 UNIT 5)

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The share in this blog has no commercial, but educational purposes.

        Write a comment and correct the FALSE sentences. 
        You can have and extra point per correct sentence.

1. Tilly is from Thailand.

2. In 2004, Tilly was twelve years old.

3. She was in Year 6 at school. 
4. Mr Kearney was her English teacher.
5. In December 2004 she was on holiday with her parents
    and friends.
6. There were lots of people in the river.

7. A tsunami is a normal wave.
8. Thanks to Tilly, the people could run to the hotel. 
9. In July 2005, Tilly was in Thailand at an award ceremony     for bravery. 
10. Tilly is really proud of the teacher.