UNIT X 76 | UNIT 2 Instructional Routine: Music p. Txxxiii Essential Question: What can you learn from a song? Direct students’ attention to the Essential Question. Then in groups, have them discuss their favorite song and what it teaches them. Write students’ answers on the board and discuss any similarities. ANSWERS Sample answer: One of my favorite songs is “This Land Is Your Land.” In the song you learn about different places in the United States, like “the redwood forest” and “the gulf stream waters.” It reminds me of how big and beautiful this country is. Listen and Sing A • Match oral to written words Have students listen to the song once without looking at the lyrics. Then replay it while students follow along silently. • Listen and repeat Replay the first stanza, stop the audio, and have students repeat the stanza, matching pronunciation and tempo. Repeat with each stanza. Repeat the song until students are confident with the lyrics. B Ask and answer Have students take turns to ask and answer the questions in pairs. When they have finished, ask for volunteers to share their answers with the class. ANSWERS 1. The song is about the Egyptian pyramids, the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, Machu Picchu, and the Parthenon. They are all human-made wonders. 2. Angkor Wat has towers. The Taj Mahal and the Parthenon have columns. C Share information Read the instructions aloud. Then have students work in pairs to talk about the places they want to see. ANSWERS Sample answer: I would like to see the Taj Mahal. It looks beautiful, and I would like to know more about the history of the structure. Practice Book p. 41 PRACTICE EXPLORE AND LEARN FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Talk: Around the Wonders of the World List and describe three world wonders from the song. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold • Stop the audio after each stanza and give students time to underline the world wonder and its defining features. • Afterwards, discuss each place featured in the song. Work together to locate them on the world map. Amplify Have students write another stanza for the song about a world wonder that they are familiar with. Tell them to work in a group to combine their new stanzas into a new song. Challenge them to put the song to a different tune. COMMUNICATE Listen and Sing A Listen to the song. Then, sing the song. Row, row, row your boat, Row it down the Nile. Visiting, visiting, visiting, visiting The pyramids in style. Walking down the garden paths, You see the Taj Mahal. Shining, shimmering, gleaming, glimmering, So bright and white and tall. Hiking through the jungle You reach an awesome spot. Beautiful statues, trees, and towers, The temple Angkor Wat. Climb, climb, climb the trail, Almost reach the sky. Look beyond the mountains’ path, At Machu Picchu so high. Rising, rising from the ground, The Parthenon is pretty. Its marble columns look strong and grand, Over Athens city. B Answer the questions. 1. What five wonders is the song about? Are they natural or human-made wonders? 2. Which wonder has towers? Which ones have columns? C Making connections Which of the five wonders in the song would you like to see the most? Why? Wonders of the World Around the What can you learn from a song? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION UNIT 2 76 CONNECT TO Music UNIT 2 / CONNECT TO MUSIC
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