Text types: Texts for fun & leisure
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My grandfather's clock
by Henry Work
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Teaching suggestions
This song is an old favourite, but you will have to pre-teach some of the vocabulary. You can start by showing students a picture of a grandfather clock. Ask if anyone has seen a clock like this and tell students that this is called a 'grandfather' clock. Point out the pendulum and weights in the open front of the clock, and write the word pendulum on the board. Tell students there is a famous song about a grandfather clock that they are going to sing. You could also tell students the true story about how the clock got its name.
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How the grandfather clock got its name The writer of the song, Henry Work, often stayed in the same hotel. The hotel had a tall clock like the one in the picture. The clock belonged to the manager who was quite old. One time when Henry Work went to the hotel, the clock had stopped. The hotel staff told him that when the manager died, the clock stopped and no one could make it work again. Henry Work then wrote the song and called it My grandfather's clock. The song became very popular and from that time on, people have called these clocks 'grandfather' clocks. |
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