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Fairy Home, Fairy Play

Posted Apr 25, 2011 by Gael Reed

The students will have a deeper understanding of the vocabulary words: gather, exciting, cooperate, activity and exhausted. Students will be able to compare and contrast two pieces of music, distinguish between real and fantasy, fiction and non-fiction. Students will be able to sequence a story, telling about main events and using vocabulary.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Dance, Instruments, Literature, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Great Gatsby's Jazz

Posted May 16, 2011 by Minu Dave

Students will understand the qualities of jazz and connect the music to The Great Gatsby, namely Fitzgerald’s writing style and his words. Students will also make a final determination whether jazz is a representation of social status and class.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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TAGS
History, Jazz, Literature
 
 
 

Mood Music in Literature

Posted Jun 06, 2011 by Sara R. Stahl

Students will listen to musical selections on the San Francisco Symphony's Kids website. Students will be able to select musical selections that match the mood and tone of a literary piece through examples and explanation.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8 9-12
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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TAGS
Literature, Sfskids.com
 
 
 

Moods

Posted Jun 07, 2011 by Donna Boyes

Students will determine moods created by a piece of music and will analyze how the composer created the feelings. Students will determine the character traits/moods of story characters by analyzing the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs used by the author. Finally, students will determine which piece of music best represents the characters from a story.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts
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TAGS
Copland, Literature, Mahler, Reading, Stravinsky
 
 
 
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