Prepositions with The Beatles: "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds"

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Juan José's EdPuzzle activity using Billy Eilish's song and lyrics gave me an idea:

https://edpuzzle.com/media/65fc29cddf3a08fc7cd33877

I thought I could do the same, this time with the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", by The Beatles:


The song is full of instances of prepositions, so my students from upper courses can practise their listening skills as well as try to imagine the colourful scenery that the song evokes, by the rich vocabulary and the spacial information given by prepositions.

After the listening activity, students could try to draw some scenes from the song, to check if they understood the pictures depicted as Lennon tried to express.

It's a win-win!!

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