LESSON DESCRIPTION

In this ESL lesson plan for adults and teens, students watch a music video of Tom Petty’s classic hit “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” and do a listening exercise on it. It includes discussion questions, conversation, and other activities about the music video themes. Students learn some important vocabulary words, phrases, and expressions from the song and imagery in the video. The grammar activity features the past perfect. There is a quiz and review with a bonus activity included.

VIDEO DESCRIPTION

Music video by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performing Mary Jane’s Last Dance.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

• SPEAKING: US States, Past Simple, Phrase
• VIEWING: Matching Activity, Song Lyric Interpretation
• VOCABULARY: Phrasal Verbs, Verbs, Images, Lyric Gap Fill
• GRAMMAR: Past Perfect
• ADDITIONAL: Quiz & Review + Bonus Activity

LESSON TOPICS

Music Video, Tom Petty Song