Name: < > Class: < > Date: < > Our Band Sounds and rhythms, as well as ideas, come from reading songs and poems. Read the poem "Our Band is the Best in the Land." You can read it on the screen below or from the handout sheet your teacher may have. You may want to compare it with the Shel Silverstein poem "Orchestra" in Where the Sidewalk Ends. Our Band is the Best in the Land It would be grand to march in a band an oom-pa-pa, oom-pa-pa marching band marching out, around, and about a grandstand to hear people shout Our band is the best in the land But our class has no music-making tools unless we make new music-making rules. So! Let's bang on stools clang wooden spools all clap our hands shake jars of sand play by our own rules! I was born with a nose in my head; what if I blow it like a horn instead. So! Let's slam pots and pans turn on lots of fans drum on desks and chairs march in and out in pairs jump up and down on cans! I can drum on my thighs and belly, click my tongue and shake like jelly! So! Let's bang clang clap shake blow slam turn drum march jump click and then when all the school bells, fire bells, church bells ring when all the people, dogs, cats, and kids in town run down Everybody will know our band Our band is the best in the land Write Read the verse below out loud (softly): Our Band is the Best in the Land It would be grand to march in a band an oom-pa-pa, oom-pa-pa marching band marching out, around, and about a grandstand to hear people shout Our band is the best in the land Reread the first line. Listen for the two words with the strongest beat, or stress. The two words are: < > Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.) ==================== If you think grand and band have the strongest stress, or beat, you're right! The pattern made by: It would be grand to march in a band can be thought of as down- and up- beats: ---/----/ Below, write a line with "up" (/) beats in the markers. Choose two of these words to complete the line below: in inside out outside fall shout If I don't get < >, I'm likely to < >! The words out and shout sound the upbeat and also rhyme. Here are some more words that are good upbeat and rhyming words: band grand land stand Add out to the letters below to make upbeat, rhyming words: ab< > cl< > l< > sh< > st< > Add ang to the letters below to make other upbeat, rhyming words: b< > cl< > r< > s< > Put your and, out, and ang words together into one word bank. Add other words you know to the word bank. And/Out/Ang Word Bank < > ==================== Use your and/out/ang word bank to construct your own "music-making" poem. You can use one of the following lines to get started, or write your own first line. Let's walk about and shout Go stand on the grandstand Clang the pots and bang the pans My Music-Making Poem < > Rewrite/Edit Read your music-making poem with a writing partner or writing group. Tap out the rhythm. Do the words sing? Make changes until you see feet beat and hands slap! If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.) ==================== end of activity Copyright Renaissance Learning, Inc.Download Driver Pack
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