Mr. Mbagwu’s ClassroomCome in, sit, startEntra, sientate, empieza
Your Do Now is on the board and on today's sheet. Start it as you sit down.Tu 'Ahora' esta en la pizarra y en la hoja de hoy. Empiezalo al sentarte.
Write one line: how do you say something in public that only some people understand?
Voice warm-up
Led by today's Warm-Up Leader. I do not run this block.Lo dirige el Líder de Calentamiento de hoy. Yo no dirijo este bloque.
- Breath in 4, out 8, twice
- Hum, then siren up and down
- Say today's first line in rhythm, twice, clapping the pulse
- Count-in and a four-beat entrance together
I canYo puedo
I can explain how spirituals carried coded messages by singing one and annotating its double meanings on the lead sheet.
I know I have got it whenSe que lo logre cuando
- I sang with the class
- I annotated at least two lines for double meaning
- I explained how a coded message stays hidden from some listeners
Read aloud by today's Target Reader.Lo lee en voz alta el Lector de la Meta de hoy.
El espanol del texto propio de esta lección llega con su unidad; la rutina de arriba esta traducida.
Spirituals and Coded Messages
- 5 minSing it
- 5 minThe second meaning
- 4 minHow does a code stay hidden
- 1 minOne line, both meanings
Reading todayLectura de hoy
A lead sheet with the melody and the words, annotated for double meaning
A coded message has to be clear to one group and invisible to another. What in the music does that work, not just the words?
Use these to startEmpieza con estás frases
- I noticed ______ in the recording, and I think it worked because ______.
- I want to build on what ______ said. My evidence is at ______.
- I hear it differently. What I heard was ______, because ______.
I stay silent for the first four minutes. Talk to each other, not to the front of the room.Me quedo callado los primeros cuatro minutos. Hablen entre ustedes, no hacia el frente.
Name one line with a double meaning and explain both.
How you show itComo lo demuestras
Answer out loud when it is your turn. I mark the roster as you speak.Responde en voz alta cuando sea tu turno. Marco la lista mientras hablas.
Write one line firstPrimero escribe una línea
One sentence on your Do Now line: use the word spiritual and name the moment in the recording that proves it.Una oración en tu línea del 'Ahora': usa la palabra spiritual y señala la prueba.
Before you finishAntes de terminar
Rate yourself against the success criteria, give one classmate a specific comment using a word from today's list, then fix one thing they named before you show me.