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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Learning English through Music

Going through your Multiple Intelligences rainbow graphs I noticed a large number of you scored very highly on the musical intelligence section. Just for next week I thought it might be a good idea to learn English through music. So, for next week (Sunday onwards) please come prepared to take part in the following activities:

. Choose your favourite song in terms of song lyrics
. Give a two minute presentation to the class on why you like it, who it's by, and what the song is about. (Have the song lyrics on a usb stick to display on the whiteboard).
. Be prepared to analyse the song lyrics to a couple of songs.
. Write a review of your favourite song.
. Bring a musical instrument to school and share your talent with the class. (Don't bring a grand piano :)

22 comments:

Tannya D said...

BRILLIANT IDEA, sir! :D

Anonymous said...

SUPER EXCITED :)

Marwan said...

What if you cant play any instrument? :P

neineisharie said...

MEGA COOL OwO I APPROVE OF THIS IDEA.

Duwane.A said...

Quite unfortunately I havent exactly practiced playing an instrument in a couple years so I think i'll be passing on that part.

But I'm not really... Touched, by music. Although it should be good to see what others think are the most influential and favourited lyrics (is lyrics the plural form?) in the music that they have heard...

Also interesting to see how many people bring in the song instead of just the lyrics...

Mr. Roberts said...

Marwan: "What if you can't play any instrument?"

You have two days to learn!

EliqaShaza said...

I'm all for it :)
x

Marwan said...

Sir are you serious?,im just making sure =P

Mr. Roberts said...

Marwan,
Of course I'm serious. Anyone can learn to play an instrument in two days :p

asima...=D said...

sir has been on a high todayyy! just ignore him!!! :PPPP and might I add he hates mcdonalds!!! I mean sirrr :? honestly
lolzz cant wait for sundays lesson will be interesting!!

Mehvash:] said...

Sounds great;

except for the playing an instrument part -.-

Aliza said...

i cant myself play a guitar. but guitar music enthralls me. and if there are budding guitarists in my class, I am thoroughly going to enjoy listening to some good music. I hope! :P

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Unknown said...

Aliza, Mr.Roberts plays the guitar!! right sir??
I dont really have a huge music ability, read my graph its like on number 6!!! :((
I can appreciate others but might not be able to play an instrument myself.
Its interesting though, cant wait!!

Yusra Shah said...

its an grat idea.............but i dont play anything!!!!

Anonymous said...

Omg i can't wait!
i got to do something very close to this last year as well, and i had a blast with it!

wootwoot! :D

Jurgienne said...

lol sir, how are we supposed to bring a keyboardddd? -.-

Victorion said...

we are meant to bring a guitar? xP
when haha

Anonymous said...

thats a really cool idea sir... except the "instrument" part of it.. wat if i lost the "touch" of playing instruments sir :P....

Unknown said...

What if the song has dirty lyrics? Haha

Unknown said...

What a great idea sir!
This is one of the reasons i am always super excited for english class.Thanks for keeping us inspired! :)

Unknown said...

This was such a great week, :)