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Time to Write

1. In small groups of 2-3,  choose one of the songs from the list below. They all depict the sad lives of women or children who have to cope with domestic violence.

 

 

 

  • “Behind the Wall", Tracy Chapman 

  • "18 Wheeler," Pink Missundaztood

  • "Black Eyes,  Blue Tears," Shania Twain, Come On Over

  • "How Come ,How Long," Babyface, The Day

  • "I'm OK," Chritina Aguilera, Stripped.

  • "Family Portrait," Pink Missundaztood

  • "Luka", Suzanne Vega

  • "Two Beds and a Coffee Machine," Savage Garden, Affirmation

  • "Only Women Bleed" Alice Cooper Welcome To My Nightmare

  • "Justified Black Eye" by No Use For A Name

  • Never Again -- NickelBack

  • "Put Him Out" by Ms Dynamite.

  • "Till Death Do Us Part," Madonna, Like a Prayer.

  • "Fee Fi Fo" The Cranberries, Bury the Hatchet

  • "Janie's Got a Gun," Aerosmith

  • "Pulling Teeth", Green Day

  • "Don't Leave Me Now", Pink Floyd

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2. Once chosen, browse in Internet and find the lyrics. Read them and  work out what they try to explain you. Try to find the audio file so as to listen to the song.

 

  • Who is speaking ?

 

 

  • What is the problem he/she explains about ?

 

 

 

 

  • Which ending do you think the story may have ? Why ?

 

 

 

 

3. Then, try to write a song or poem on the topic we have been working on these days.

 

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