Jeg er så glad



Jeg er så glad

Beginner/later beginner

This uses the lyrics to a well-known Christmas song. This is a fun, quick filler exercise, we spent less than a half hour on it. This was used in a community education class. Due to the nature of the class, the instructions are left in English.

1. Mad Libs – before handing out sheets, put the numbers 1-24 on the board and have the class come up with Norwegian words using the last page as the model.

2. Verbs – this is a list of all of the verbs in the song. As a class, figure out the infinitive then the English translation of the verb.

3. Pronunciation and meaning – either divide into small groups or have each person take one line. Each person/group should read the line in Norwegian then give their English equivalent.

4. Sing – this song is available on a number of CD’s and almost every Christmas CD produced in Norway has a version of this song. Sing the song. I found most of my students were familiar with it anyway.

5. Finish Mad Libs – Fill in the blanks with the words from the beginning and read the new lyrics.

Jeg er så glad

Verbene:

|Song verb |infinitive (å *) | |English |

|er/var | | | |

|ble | | | |

|lyste | | | |

|sang/synger | | | |

|kom | | | |

|bor | | | |

|husker | | | |

|åpner | | | |

|tender | | | |

|sier | | | |

|holder | | | |

|elsker | | | |

|vet | | | |

|Jeg er så glad hver julekveld | |

|For da ble Jesus født, | |

|Da lyste stjernen som en sol | |

|Og engler sang så søtt. | |

| | |

|Det lille barn i Betlehem, | |

|Han var en konge stor | |

|Som kom fra himlens høye slott | |

|Ned til vår arme jord | |

| | |

|Nå bor han høyt i himmerik, | |

|Han er Guds egen sønn, | |

|Men husker alltid på de små | |

|Og hører deres bønn | |

| | |

|Jeg er så glad hver julekveld, | |

|Da synger vi hans pris; | |

|Da åpner han for alle små | |

|Sitt søte paradis. | |

| | |

|Da tender moder alle lys, | |

|Og ingen krok er mørk, | |

|Hun sier stjernen lyste så | |

|I hele verdens ørk | |

| | |

|Jeg holder av vår julekveld | |

|Og av den Herre Krist, | |

|Og at han elsker meg igjen, | |

|Det vet jeg ganske visst. | |

Mad Libs:

Fill in the words we came up with at the beginning of class to reveal silly lyrics to this popular song.

Jeg er så 1. ______________________(emotion) hver julekveld

For da ble Jesus født,

Da lyste 2. _____________________ (something that shines) som en sol

Og engler sang så 3. ___________________(way of singing).

Det 4. ____________________(size) barn i 5. _____________________(town),

Han var en 6. _______________________ (person/title) 7. ________________________(size)

Som kom fra 8. ________________________ (place) høye slott

Ned til vår arme jord.

Nå bor han høyt i 9. _____________________________ (place),

Han er 10. ___________________ (Person’s name) egen 11. _________________(relationship),

Men 12. ________________________ (action verb) alltid på de små

Og 13. _________________________ (one of the 5 senses in verb form) deres bønn.

Jeg er så glad hver 14. _____________________________ (celebration/festival)

Da synger vi 15. __________________________ (type of song);

Da åpner han for 16. __________________________ (group of people/beings)

Sitt 17. _________________________ (adjective/descriptive word) paradis.

Da tender moder alle 18. _________________________ (something that needs tending),

Så ingen 19. __________________________(place) er 20. ___________________(description relating to first item from this verse),

Hun sier 21. ___________________________ (noun relating to first item from verse) lyste så

I hele verdens ørk.

Jeg holder av vår 22. ______________________________ (celebration/festival)

Og av 23. ________________________________ (person’s name, someone we know)

Og at han elsker meg igjen,

Det vet jeg 24. _____________________________(something you know).

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