Middle School Lesson 17A – song-based lesson
Teaching Procedures
Play rhythm racer
Review "COFFEE"
Do the tennis ball movement while singing "COFFEE"
Review the F Major Scale
Teach "Paper Scissors Rock"
Review the translation of "Paper Scissors Rock"
Play the "Paper Scissors Rock" game
Learn about China
Discuss the travelogue questions
Review "I Can See"
Review the choreography for "I Can See"
Do the choreography for "I Can See"
Optional: Teach the Orff arrangement for "I Have a Dream"
Review "COFFEE"
Song Used: COFFEE
Have students read the rhythms using the rhythm names ta, titi, too-oo. Teach the round by rote or have students sing the letter names or solfege. When the song is known well, try it as a two part round. When the two part round is secure, try it as a three part round.
Teach "Paper Scissors Rock"
Song Used: Paper Scissors Rock
Paper Scissors Rock is a truly universal children’s game. When the author was in China in 1991 she saw children in a rural area playing it. Pansy Wynne is a Chinese Canadian from Brunei. She played this game as a child in Brunei. The song is sung and chanted.
Play the "Paper Scissors Rock" game
Song Used: Paper Scissors Rock
On the words gu loong gu loong pssh, the children roll arms and end up by showing paper, scissors or rock. The first two times it is done, it doesn’t count. The third time a winner is declared. The play continues.
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