Work Sheet Empire State of Mind 1) 2) Go together with a partner. Read through the lyrics a second time.

Underline all words or sentences you do not understand. Describe the song in full sentences. How does it feel? Try to describe the parts of the song such as verse, chorus, bridge and individual lines. Write 6-8 sentences. These phrases might help you: When I hear the song, I feel I like the chorus/bridge/verse because it feels The singer sounds

You can use some of the following words to describe your feelings: happy, sad, excited, loving, angry, frightened, scared, glad, pleased, unhappy, fearful, mad, proud, joyful, cheerful, depressed, lonely, apprehensive, agitated, frustrated, gleeful, annoyed, energetic, lazy, motivated, confused, melancholy, apathetic, inspired, interested, disinterested, brave, charged, friendly, inspired, uninspired, calm, __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
3) Focus on content. Match these phrases to the lines of the song. Example: New York resembles the singers personality line 4

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.
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NYC is not always what it seems to be Life can be very hard in NYC Everything is possible in NYC No city is like NYC The streets will change the way you feel NYC is a hard place to be successful Therere a lot of poor people in NYC NYC is a noisy place A lot of different people live in NYC There are a lot of movies playing in NYC

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About the artist. Write 10 sentences about Alicia Keys in your exercise book. Use information from all 3 boxes. Hint: One box refers to the past, one to the present and one to the future. Example: Alicia has got black hair. When she was young, she went to Atlanta, GA. Someday, she will be old. to give - a concert in to be - RnB-singer be born - in NYC Jan./25 Las Vegas on Sept. real name: Alicia to win - 14 Grammies 23th+24th Cook to sell - 30 mio. copies to be - Cover girl for to be married to to publish - 4 albums Glamour Kasseem Dean to write - soundtrack: (magazine) - 11/Oct. to have - one child Men in Black II, Shaft, Dr. to be - actress Dolittle II and James to be - 30 years old Bond (with Jack White)