Listening - Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

Watch the video and complete the activities below.

Song "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield. This song is about life being like a book that you haven't written yet.

I am unwritten Can't read my mind I'm undefined I'm just beginning The pen's in my hand Ending unplanned Staring at the blank page before you Open up the dirty window Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find Reaching for something in the distance So close you can almost taste it Release your inhibitions Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten Oh, oh, oh I break tradition Sometimes my tries are outside the lines We've been conditioned to not make mistakes But I can't live that way Staring at the blank page before you Open up the dirty window Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find Reaching for something in the distance So close you can almost taste it Release your inhibitions Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Fill in the blanks

"I am , can't read my mind, I'm undefined. I'm starting at the blank before you. Open up the dirty ."

Activity 2: Vocabulary Hunt

Find words in the song lyrics (look them up!) that mean:

• Not yet written:
• A part of a book:
• To look fixedly: