So for St. Patrick's day coming up I thought it would be fun to work with our national standards on composing music. My students are learning to be lyricist, for Irish related Limericks!
The first question that came to mind was "What is a limerick?" To answer that question I've given an example of a limerick (one that I wrote which stars my husband and his cat).
Second I wanted to explain to the students what a limerick was, since they do not get this in Language Arts class I wanted to make sure they understood the poetry end of the assignment. Then I bridge the transfer of knowledge by showing how Limericks have specific forms, just like music has forms (ABA) for example.
Then the students listen to my limerick that I wrote the words to, and the music I set it to. They will have to be able to find words with the right amount of syllables, to the right amount of beats in the song so that they match up!
Finally the students will have a chance to compose their own lyrics, and plug it into the music. My goal will be to make a bunch of Shamrocks and have the students glue their music to the centers of the shamrocks and then use these for a bulletin board in the classroom! I'll post pictures as soon as they're done!
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