[ola] Re: Songs in the OWL classroom
- From: Heidi Hewitt <heidihewitt13@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:52:29 -0400
I had a class begging to play musical chairs. It turned out to be really
fun and semi-productive language wise. I had them walk around the circle to
the right/left, fast/slow, like different animals. We didn't end up talking
about the song lyrics much though. Although since it was Danza Kuduro I
could have had them put their hands up, etc. The person who was left
without a seat had to identify 2 colors on clothing or recite a song lyric.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Antonio Torres <
antonio_torres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am starting my Spanish I class with the greetings and responses during
> this week...There is a song that I like to use is called 'First semester of
> spanish love song' and it is very funny, so kids really get a kick out of
> it. I show it to them on youtube then we work on pronunciation of the
> lyrics, then we sing the song:) If you haven't ever used this song, watch
> it on youtube and see if this is something you could use----I use it every
> year, and all my classes love it:) oh, and I don't translate the song...and
> after using the song for a week, they all learn how to say hola, como te
> llamas, me llamo...etc.
>
> Antonio
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> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:57 AM, JoAnna Coleman <joannac@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi all - I was wondering how you incorporated songs/singing into the
>> OWL classroom. How do you introduce a song?
>>
>> Before I switched to OWL, I would always do a cloze activity with a
>> handout of the lyrics where students would listen to the song and fill in
>> the missing lyrics, we would often translate the song and go over meaning,
>> find cognates, etc... then of course sing it.
>>
>> Now that I am doing OWL, I don't feel like I want to do the cloze
>> activity anymore and definitely not translate. Your thoughts are much
>> appreciated!
>>
>> JoAnna Coleman
>> Spanish Teacher
>> Wilson High School
>> 503-916-5280 ext. 75231
>> joannac@xxxxxxx
>> http://profecoleman.wordpress.com/
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