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Handout:

Poetry Into Music

Grade Level:

3

Subject:

Language Arts/Social Studies/Music

Topic:

Native American Poetry

Objective:

Using poetry that has been previously read and analyzed, students will transform a poem into a song by chanting or singing lines from stanzas and adding two ostinatos using a variety of instruments.

Other Information:

In addition to the Common Core Language Arts standards listed at the bottom of the page, the following 3rd grade Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for CA Public Schools are being met:
Music:
2.3: Play rhythmic ostinatos on classroom instruments
2.4 Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic accompaniments, using voice and a variety of classroom instruments
4.4 Respond to a live performance with appropriate audience behavior.

The following 3rd grade History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools are being met:
3.2 Students describe the American Indian nations in their local region long ago and in the recent past.

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Reflection:

Students will be informally assessed while teacher observes students creating chants/ostinatos together and formally assessed when groups present to the entire class. Students will be assessed using a rubric (Advanced, Proficient, Approaching, Below) on the following:
- Creating effective ostinatos that compliment the poem
- Conveying the mood of the poem
- Performing the song at an appropriate pace/at appropriate volume, so that the audience understands performers.

Prep:

Bookmark websites with choirs demonstrating ostinatos (many available on You Tube).

Materials:

- Computer and screen
- A variety of printed Maidu poems

Standards Met:

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