The Fray - How to save a life

Train - Shake up Christmas

Prefixes, Suffixes & Roots

A rap song to learn about prefixes, suffixes, and roots.

The song is done by http://www.educationalrap.com/ and used by permission.

You can download from their site.

This movie is copyrighted © by Diane Frymire, 2009.

I wish...

This is my wish for all of you: great friends on difficult days, laughs when sadness invades, rainbows to follow the clouds, smiles to brighten your days, hugs to warm your heart, beauty for your eyes to see, confidence in your own beliefs and wishes, courage to know yourself, patience to pursue your dreams, love to complete your life!

All my very best,

Sara Boto Jardim

(Your English teacher 2008-2010)

SHOUT for a safer South Africa!

Shout SA is a movement that was started by South African musicians Danny K and Kabelo Mabalane after the murder of musician Lucky Dube. The video above features the cream of South African musicians as they band together to give South Africans a voice in the fight against crime. All South Africans have been touched by crime in some way and most know someone who has died as a result of crime, be it from an unlicensed vehicle skipping a red light or during a robbery or hijacking.

The cross genre interweavings – rock, soul, hip hop, jazz, and choral, are complimented by a truly outstanding design awareness. And the song in this context has discovered a powerful uniting theme – crime.

Visit SHOUT SA website here!

Why can't we live together?

World on fire - Sarah McLachlan

On the turning away - Pink Floyd

What about now - Daughtry

Daughtry - What About Now

I'll stand by you - Carrie Underwood

People are people - Depeche Mode

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I never even met you
So what could I have done
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people so why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

Help me understand
Now you're punching and you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fist
I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

Sing - Annie Lennox

This song is about the AIDS epidemic in Africa. It features a female choir which includes Anastacia, Dido, Celine Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Faith Hill, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Joss Stone, The Sugababes and KT Tunstall among its featured luminaries..

In a blog promoting The Annie Lennox Collection the Scottish singer explained why she created this anthem for women and HIV AIDS. "SING is an expression of solidarity. The issue of HIV/AIDS is surrounded with so much stigma, and people are ashamed and afraid to speak up. Singing is a metaphor for speaking up. We must break the silence about AIDS. Women need to express themselves and let their voices be heard for protection, for treatment, and for human rights."

The Green Song

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Jack Johnson: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - 3 R Song

Melissa Etheridge - I need to wake up

Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see

Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth

That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone

And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

this one by a known group...

The blue man group sends the message loud and clear :)

The Global Warming song...

Unfortunately, most of us are like the little green "animal", yet, pretty interesting as we all relate with it...

FOO FIGHTERS - TIMES LIKE THESE

FOO FIGHTERS - TIMES LIKE THESE

I am a one way motorway
Iam the one that drives away
Then follows you back home
I am a street light shining
Iam a wild light blinding bright
Burning off alone

It is times like these you learn to live again
It is times like these you give and give again
It is times like these you learn to love again
It is times like these time and time again

I am a new day rising
I am a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I am a little divided
Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?

It is times like these you learn to live again
It is times like these you give and give again
It is times like these you learn to love again
It is times like these time and time again