Sorry that I missed you folks today, while you were having your fascinating lessons with Mr Mark & Miss Ali!
Wednesday's homework is a Cloze Procedure and vocabulary analysis based upon a piece of classical music.
...well, kind of classical. Old, at least. As we discussed, song lyrics are a form of poetry. With that in mind, I'd like you to fill in the missing words from this very serious and classical piece of cultural history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT-CzYse_VM
Thriller
Michael Jackson
It's close to _______________ and something evil's lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your _____________
You try to ______________ but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze, as horror looks you right between the ______________,
You're paralyzed
'Cause this is thriller, thriller ________________
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer,
thriller __________________
You hear the _____________ slam and realise there's nowhere left to run
You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun
You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination
But all the while you ________________ the creature creepin' up behind
You're out of _______________
'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes
______________ know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer,
thriller tonight
Night _________________ call
And the dead start to walk in their masquerade
There's no escapin' the ___________ of the alien this time
(they're open wide)
This is the _____________ of your life
They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side
They will possess you unless you change the _____________ on your dial
Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together
All thru the night I'll save you from the terrors on the screen,
I'll make you ______________
That it's a thriller, thriller night
'Cause I can thrill you more than any ______________ would dare to try
Girl, this is thriller, thriller night
So ________________ me hold you tight and share a killer, diller, chiller,
Thriller here tonight
Darkness falls across the ______________
The _______________ hour is close at hand
Creatures crawl in search of blood
To terrorize your neighborhood
And whosoever shall be found
Without the soul for getting down
Must stand and face the ______________ of hell
And rot inside a corpse's shell
The foulest stench is in the air
The funk of forty thousand ________________
And grizzly ghouls from every tomb
Are closing in to seal your doom
And though you fight to stay ______________
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the ____________________
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT-CzYse_VM
So far so good? Now match the word to the CORRECT definition:
lurk...................... to decay by the processes of nature
crawl ....................unpleasant feeling of coldness
cuddle ..................home of devils and damned souls after death
stench ..................red liquid flowing through the veins of humans and some animals
creep ....................very exciting story (can be a book or a movie), probably with scary bits
ghoul ....................bone structures containing teeth
grizzly ..................something evil that is to come, the end of the world
dare ......................a kind of dog used for hunting and racing
hound................... to be brave enough
jaw ........................gruesome, disgusting or scary
thriller ..................spirit that robs graves and feeds on the corpses in them
blood .....................tremble. especially from cold or fear
hell ........................move secretly close to the ground
chill....................... horrid smell
funk....................... hold close and lovingly in one’s arms
rot .........................move slowly, pulling the body along the ground
doom .....................to lie in wait or ready to attack
shiver ....................great fear
Aaaaand finally....
Massive bonus points and my undying admiration for anyone who can do the Thriller Dance tomorrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhbYxXg7p-A
