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: why sing a message rather than shout it?
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 analyze a civil rights anthem by identifying its argument and the musical features that make it singable by a crowd.
I know I have got it whenSe que lo logre cuando
- I stated the argument in one sentence
- I marked three features that make it crowd-singable
- I connected a musical feature to the argument it serves
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.
Protest in the Civil Rights Era
- 5 minSing the anthem
- 4 minState the argument
- 4 minMark what makes it singable
- 2 minSing it again
Reading todayLectura de hoy
A lead sheet with lyrics, marked where a crowd joins in
A crowd can sing together but cannot all speak at once. What does that mean for how a protest song has to be written?
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 feature that makes a song easy for a crowd to sing.
How you show itComo lo demuestras
Write it on today's sheet and hand it in before the bell.Escribelo en la hoja de hoy y entregala antes del timbre.
Write one line firstPrimero escribe una línea
One sentence on your Do Now line: use the word anthem and name the moment in the recording that proves it.Una oración en tu línea del 'Ahora': usa la palabra anthem 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.