“I'm OK” Christina Aguilera

25 de noviembre

Día internacional contra la violencia de género

“I'm OK” Christina Aguilera

WORKSHEET

1)      Look at the list of words below (not the lyrics to the song yet!) and discuss with the class what  you think the following words refer to.

afraid (x2), bruises, cry up, damage, fear, fist, hurt, marks,

pain (x2), screaming, shelter, thrown against, war, yelling

2)      Now read the lyrics to the song, and try to guess where each word goes.

3)       Listen to the song and check. (videoclip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxeHfB-udlI)

Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a  _________  that she called home
Never know just where to turn for __________ from the storm
________ me to see the _________ across my mother's face
Every time my father's ______would put her in her place
Hearing all the  ______ I would _________ in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

[Chorus]
_________ fade father, but the  _______remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so _________
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday

And I'm OK

I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child _________  "please no more"
Daddy, don't you understand the  _______  you have done
To you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on

[Chorus]

It's not so easy to forget
All the ________you left along her neck
When I was  _________________ cold stairs
And every day I'm  ____  to come home
In ________ of what I might see there
[Chorus]

And I'm OK
I'm OK

4)      So, were you right? Now discuss with other students the topic: Violence against women. What do you know about it? Do you know how many women die in Spain every year because of this? Do you know any particular case? Do you know what telephone number you have to dial in case you , or anyone you know, is suffering from violence against women?  [Clue: The number of  gaps they had to fill  in the song.]

Do you know other songs, films, books, etc., that deal with this problem?

KEY

Once upon a time there was a girl
In her early years she had to learn
How to grow up living in a war that she called home
Never know just where to turn for shelter from the storm
Hurt me to see the pain across my mother's face
Every time my father's fist would put her in her place
Hearing all the yelling I would cry up in my room
Hoping it would be over soon

[Chorus]
Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same
And I still remember how you kept me so afraid
Strength is my mother for all the love she gave
Every morning that I wake I look back to yesterday

And I'm OK

I often wonder why I carry all this guilt
When it's you that helped me put up all these walls I've built
Shadows stir at night through a crack in the door
The echo of a broken child screaming "please no more"
Daddy, don't you understand the damage you have done
To you it's just a memory, but for me it still lives on

[Chorus]

It's not so easy to forget
All the marks you left along her neck
When I was thrown against cold stairs
And every day I'm afraid to come home
In fear of what I might see there

[Chorus]

And I'm OK
I'm OK

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Telephone number to seek help for violence against women: 

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