Category: Language Arts
Grade Level: 4th Grade
Objective:
Language Arts TEKS 4.15A
Writing/purposes.
The
student writes for a variety of audiences and purposes, and in a
variety of forms. The student is expected
to: write to express, discover, record, develop, reflect on ideas, and
to problem solve.
Language Arts TEKS 4.5C
Listening/speaking/audiences.
The
student speaks appropriately to different audiences for different
purposes and occasions. The student is expected
to: present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems,
or plays to communicate.
Music
TEKS 4.6
Response/evaluation.
The student responds to and evaluates music and musical performance.
The student is expected to: practice concert etiquette as an actively
involved listener during live performances.
Behavioral Objective:
In small groups the students will express themselves by writing a poem
and presenting a dramatic interpretation to the class.
Materials:
Various instruments, a picture of a peaceful morning, an overhead projector
and the haiku Lazy Morning found at
http://www.simplytom.com.
Activities/Strategies:
On the overhead projector show a picture of a still morning and discuss how
this makes the children feel. Then show the poem, Lazy Morning.
Read the poem to the class, and discuss the form of the poem. Have the
class choral read the poem as the teacher performs the movements.
Discuss how these movements portray the poem without acting out the nouns.
Also, discuss how you came up with these movements and how they relate to
the poem.
Break the class into groups of
three. Have the students collaborate to create their own poem using an
appropriate form for their poem. Then, have the students create
movement which correlates to the poem without acting out the nouns.
Have the students add musical instruments of their choice. When
everyone in the class is complete have each group perform their poem while
someone reads the poem.
Sample Poem:
Lazy Morning
by Tom Brinck
lazy morning – waking
sleeping turning…..
birds chirping. rush of traffic
Sample Poem With
Movements:
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aaaaaa
aa
aa
la azzzzzzzzyyyyyyyy mornnnnnnnninnnnnnng –
wakkkkkkkkinnnnnnnng |
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move
extremely slow freely |
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+++++++ + ++++ |
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sleeeeeeping turrrrrrning |
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everyone in group speeds up moving up and down |
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< < |
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irp
h in
birds c g. rush of traffic. |
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shake
whole body as fast as possible |
| shaker |
= |
+ |
| tambourine |
= |
\\ |
| drum |
= |
# |
| gong |
= |
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Evaluation:
Each class member will complete a rubric for each group. The teacher
will also complete a rubric for each group. The two grades will be
averaged for a final project grade. Below is an example of the rubric:
Name:
Group Number: |
| wrote to express |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| originality |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| movement |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| use of instruments |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| wrote a poem |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Total Points
/16 |
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