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Junior Level Activity #4
Divide the class into small groups of at least 6 students. Using
a Mother Goose nursery rhyme as a model, construct a poem of 4
lines in length, identifying a kind of pollution and a possible
solution. Have the group perform their poem for the class. Have
each group get together and develop 2 contrasting ostinati (repeated
word pattern from the poem) to accompany their poem. Each group
will then divide into 3 smaller groups, ergo at least 6 students
per group. One group will say the poem. Another group will say
ostinato #1 and the third group will say ostinato #2.
Each
group could also develop a simple movement to accompany the poem
or ostinato. When all this has been worked out, the performance
of the poem could develop as follows: Group 1 begins ostinato
#1 alone twice. They continue and group 2 begins their ostinato
with group1. After group 2 has done their ostinato twice, group
3 enters with the poem itself and says it twice. Group 3 stops,
group 2 and 1 continue. After two more repetitions, group 2 stops
and group 1 continues for two more repetitions at which point
they also stop.
Curriculum
Link
Junior Level Activity #4
1.
Write new words to familiar melodies, using their knowledge of
rhythm to ensure that the new text fits with the melody. (A. Music:
Gr. 4)
2. Read and perform simple rhythmic patterns. (A. Music: Gr. 4)
3. Create and perform a song based on a scene from a story, poem
or play. (A. Music: Gr. 6)
4. Create and present a short choreography individually or in
a group. (A. Dance: Gr. 4, 5 & 6)
5. Rehearse and perform small-group dance presentations.(A. Dance:
Gr. 5 & 6)
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