March IA

Imaginative Arts

                                      

IT'S LUCKY DAY!

As you all know, I like to celebrate Holiday's just because it's fun! Sooooooo, lets make it fun!

Everyone bring something GREEN or GOLD or RAINBOW to share!  I'm thinking food or treats, but it could be hats or necklaces, stickers, etc.  

Read/Study:

1. Find 3 interesting facts about St. Patricks Day.  Write them in your CPB.  Be prepared to share.

2. Make up a limerick and be prepared to share it with the class. Also, write it out on pretty paper in your best handwriting.  We will hang it in your spot.

(noun

1. a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear.)  The long lines are usually 7-8 syllables and they all rhyme and the short lines are usually 5 syllables and they rhyme.  It is also short and sweet and tells a story.

A: I love to come to vanguard

A: Even when the work seems too hard

B: I love having friends

B: It's sad when it ends

A: I know I will never be scarred

3. Music Analysis-

Last time we learned about composers from the war eras.  

This week I want you to pick your favorite song from any era.  Type up the lyrics to the song and then analyze each stance and type up what the song means.  Literally and figuratively.

For example:  A song that was popular when I was your age was Puff the Magic Dragon.  Here are the lyrics. I thought it was the greatest.  My mother hated it.  When I broke it down and really digested what the words meant to me,  I found some interesting things.  It could just be a story about a boy and a dragon, or it could have a double meaning.  My mom thought it was about smoking marijuana.  What do you think?  (Don't do this song, it's just an example.)

I want you to think about each stance of the song you pick and write up a paper about it.  You can turn it into your writing mentor and bring it to class to share.

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee
Little Jackie paper loved that rascal puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff oh

Chorus:

Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honahlee

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout perched on puff's gigantic tail
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came
Pirate ships would lower their flag when puff roared out his name oh

Chorus:

A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
And puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar

Chorus:

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
Without his life-long friend, puff could not be brave
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave oh

We will discuss the book of the month at Eureka.

That's all folks!  You will have lots of time to work with your movie groups.

Become/Serve:  Think about the songs that you listen to at home and on the radio.  Do they have good lyrics?  Could you listen to better music that invites the spirit?  Try listening to only uplifting music for at least one day and write down how it makes you feel.  Think about the rice experiment.  Do you think your countenance will shine brighter if you are listening to good music?