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Category: Tones And I

How to Teach Natural Sciences with David Guetta (This Is Pop CLIL)

November 27, 2025 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Stop just teaching songs. Start transmuting noise into knowledge. Welcome to the New Era of the Song Activity Factory. In this manifesto, I reveal how to use David Guetta to teach Natural Sciences (Chemical Reactions). Get the complete Pop CLIL lesson plan and the new ‘Assessment with a Soul’ toolkit inside.

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ESL lesson plan featuring NotebookLM and song analysis for B2 level

How to Tech-Enhance an ESL Lesson Plan With NotebookLM + Meaningful Songs

September 17, 2024 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Discover how to create an engaging, tech-enhanced ESL lesson for B2 level learners using NotebookLM and Tones and I’s song ‘Wonderful’. This innovative plan combines AI technology, music analysis, and a Cambridge B2 First Listening Part 4 exercise. Boost language skills, critical thinking, and exam preparation with this cutting-edge approach to ESL teaching.

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Teaching With Songs: Musical Destination with Tones And I

September 18, 2021 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

WELCOME to the SONG ACTIVITY FACTORY! Whether you teach English online or not, teaching with songs has a wider scope than you might think, and

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Teaching English With Songs: (Tones and I – Fly Away) Musical Photo Questions by the Song Activity Factory

November 29, 2020 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

WELCOME to the SONG ACTIVITY FACTORY! There are numerous websites for teachers out there, but here is the place to be if you believe in the

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Creative ESL lesson plan featuring songs by Selena Gomez and Tones and I

Boost Writing With Selena Gomez &Tones and I| Teaching English with Songs

June 26, 2020 Márcia Bonfim (Mars)

Engage B1+ ESL students with this creative lesson plan using Selena Gomez’s ‘Boyfriend’ and Tones and I’s ‘Dance Monkey’. Includes narrative writing and listening exercises.

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Song Activity Factory is for sure one of the greatest websites available to help ESL teachers in the new journey of online teaching. It takes

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