Slideshow Presentation about a choice of Musician

 TEN STEPS TO A GREAT MUSICIAN SLIDE PRESENTATION

Due on December 15-22,  2020

1.) CHOOSE A MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, SINGER, SONGWRITER THAT INTERESTS YOU VERY MUCH. 

2.) FIND AT LEAST TEN FACTS ABOUT YOUR MUSICIAN.

3.) FIND FIVE AWESOME PICTURES OR PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR MUSICIAN.

4.) FIND ONE OF YOUR  FAVORITE SONGS OR PIECES OF THIS MUSICIAN.

5.) CREATE A LISTENING ASSIGNMENT FOR THE CLASS, THREE QUESTIONS. 

6.) CREATE A SLIDESHOW ON GOOGLE SLIDES TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS.

7.) PRACTICE YOUR SLIDE SHOW TO MAKE IT INTERESTING FOR THE CLASS.

8.) SHARE YOUR PROJECT WITH THE CLASS. PROJECT DUE DECEMBER 15TH, OR EARLIER. 

9) HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT ONE OR MORE OF THE SONGS WITH THE CLASS, HAVE STUDENTS SHARE THE ANSWERS TO YOUR LISTENING ASSIGNMENT WITH ALL OF THE CLASS. 

10.) ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR BEST SLIDESHOW! 

Response to Yo Yo Ma's Cello Suite #1

J.S. Bach Yo Yo Ma Cello Suite #1 

Today we listened to this piece in my sixth grade music class, just the first section of the suite, and one of our students wrote this poem for the assignment. It is really cool!

The clapping sounds like thunder, 

the music light and jittery,

 turns ominous then happy, 

it sounds like sitting with a warm blanket 

near a fire in winter, 

now the music is deadpan, 

the hunter stalks about, 

but the wolves are safe,

 the spring is coming, 

the bees are buzzing, 

if you look close, 

you can see their footsteps in the air, 

gone behind a cloud, 

never seen again. 

Youth is short and sweet.