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Songwriting

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Songwriting

Standards:

4.AP.A.1 - Test, compare, and refine multiple algorithms for the same task and determine which is the most appropriate.

4.AP.M.1 - Explore how complex tasks can be decomposed into simple tasks and how simple task can be composed into complex tasks.

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Students will be able to:

  • Describe how functions can make programs easier to write.
  • Identify sections of a song to pull into a function.
  • Locate repeating phrases inside song lyrics.

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Warm Up

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Songwriting - Warm Up

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Reflect:

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What is the chorus to your favorite song?

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Songwriting - Warm Up

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Vocabulary

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Function - A piece of code that you can call over and over again.

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Baby Shark

Chorus: doo doo, doo doo doo doo

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Baby Shark

Chorus

Baby Shark

Chorus

Baby Shark

Chorus

Baby Shark

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Mommy Shark

Chorus

Mommy Shark

Chorus

Mommy Shark

Chorus

Mommy Shark

Daddy Shark

Chorus

Daddy Shark

Chorus

Daddy Shark

Chorus

Daddy Shark

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Grandma shark

Chorus

Grandma shark

Chorus

Grandma shark

Chorus

Grandma shark

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Songwriting - Warm Up

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Songwriting - Warm Up

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Discuss:

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What are the benefits of only writing the chorus once when you sing it many times?

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Activity

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Songwriting

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Songwriting - Activity

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Do This:

  • Divide into groups
  • Take out your copy of the Songwriting Worksheet
  • Listen to a short song to identify (and write down) the chorus.
  • Compare results from each group.

Song 1 Name:

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Chorus:

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Wrap Up

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Songwriting - Wrap Up

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Discussion

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Would you rather write lyrics over and over again or define a chorus?

Do you think it's possible to make multiple choruses for the same song?

Does it make sense to make a new chorus for every time it's needed in a song?

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Songwriting - Wrap Up

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Reflect:

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Can you think of another activity (besides songwriting) where you might want to call a special group of instructions several times?

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Songwriting - Wrap Up

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Songwriting Assessment

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Song: The Candy Man

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Who can take a sunrise,

Sprinkle it with dew?

Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two

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The candy man, the candy man can,

The candy man can cause he mixes it with love

and makes the world taste good

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Who can take a rainbow,

Wrap it in a sigh?

Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie

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The candy man, the candy man can

The candy man can cause he mixes it with love

and makes the world taste good

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Song: Skip to my Lou

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Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou,

Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou,

Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou,

Skip to my Lou, my darlin’

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Fly’s in the buttermilk,

Shoo, fly, shoo,

Fly’s in the buttermilk,

Shoo, fly, shoo,

Fly’s in the buttermilk,

Shoo, fly, shoo,

Skip to my Lou, my darlin’.

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Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou,

Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou,

Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou,

Skip to my Lou, my darlin’.

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