TeachingThemewithMusicDevelopedby:ErinMontgomery,2015IditarodTeacherontheTrailDiscipline:Reading/LanguageArtsTopic:AnalyzingThemeGradeLevel:Thislessonplanisfor7th.Canbemodifiedforanygradelevel.Resources/References/MaterialsTeacherNeeds:

1. LyricstoIDidtheIditarodTrailbyHoboJimhttp://d3r6t1k4mqz5i.cloudfront.net/wpcontent/uploads/teacher_blog/2009/08/TrailSong.pdf

2. HoboJimsingingIDidtheIditarodTrailhttp://d3r6t1k4mqz5i.cloudfront.net/wpcontent/uploads/teacher_blog/2009/08/HoboJimsinging1.avi

3. TherearemanyresourcesonYouTubetohearandseeHoboJimsinghissong.LessonSummary:Studentswillusesongstohelpthemanalyzethemesofstories.StandardsAddressed:CommonCoreStandards

1. CCSS.ELALiteracy.RL.7.2Determineathemeorcentralideaofatextandanalyzeitsdevelopmentoverthecourseofthetextprovideanobjectivesummaryofthetext.

Learningobjectives:Studentswillbeabletoanalyzesonglyricstodeterminetheme.ProceduralActivities:

1. PlayclassthethemesongtoaT.V.show(IusedFriends).2. AskstudentswhattheythinkthethemeoftheT.V.showis.3. DiscusswiththeclassthatthethemeisFriendshipclassdiscussion4. Teachwhatthemeofastoryis

a. Themeisthemainideaortheunderlyingmeaningofaliteraryworkthatmaybestateddirectlyorindirectly

b. IncludeexamplesfromthethemesongfromFriendsinthisdiscussion5. Closereading:UsethelyricstoIDidtheIditarodTrailbyHoboJim(lyricsareattachedtolessonplan)

a. UseSongLyricsAnalysisWorksheet.b. Havestudentscompleteontheirown.c. Discussthelyricsandstudentanswers.

6. PlaythesongIDidtheIditarodTrailtotheclass.a. Havestudentsusethelyricswhilelisteningtothesong.

7. Discussthethemeofthesongagain.8. StudentswillchooseabooktheyarereadingandchooseasongtobetheThemeSongoftheirbook

a. Studentsshouldhighlightwords/phrasesinlyricsthatsupportthethemeandthemesongtheychosefortheirbook.

9. Studentswillwriteaparodythemesongforabooktheyarereading.Studentswillchooseasongandrewritethewordstorelatetothebooktheyarereading

a. UseGarageBandorAudiotooltorecordsongMaterialsStudentsNeed:

1. LyricstoIDidtheIditarodTrail2. Booktheyarecurrentlyreading3. Computerforaccesstolyrics

TechnologyUtilizedtoEnhanceLearning:1. GarageBandorAudiotool

OtherInformation:Modificationsforspeciallearners/EnrichmentOpportunities:

1. Modification:Haveyoungerorslowerlearningstudentsdrawapictureofthethemeofthesong.2. Enrichment:HavestudentscreatetheirownvideoofthesongIDidtheIditarodTrail3. Enrichment:Havestudentscreateavideofortheparodytheycreated.

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