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: Sing Song |
 Approach: One
to one |
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Resources: Video; word sheet.
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Questions / instructions: In this activity we will hear someone singing some short pieces of music. Each piece of music will be sung two times. I want you to listen carefully to it being sung both times and then have a go at singing each piece (after you have heard it sung). Sing loud enough so that you can be heard. Discontinue the task if the student clearly indicates the wish to stop at any point. |
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| y4 | y8 | |||
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1. Sticky glue every where.
mostly
or fully in tune |
42 82 8 |
46 82 13 |
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2. For goodness sake, I got the hippy hippy shake.
mostly
or fully in tune |
46 86 7 |
52 83 12 |
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3. They told him 'don't you ever come around here.'
mostly
or fully in tune |
24 70 9 |
34
77 14 |
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4. Grandad Murphy comes from Belfast. Nana comes from Sligo Bay.
mostly
or fully in tune |
13 56 18 |
22 72 17 |
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5. One a pecker, two a pecker, bright fine gold.
mostly
or fully in tune |
15 70 14 |
21 74 17 |
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6. Hey crocodile - cool crocodile
mostly
or fully in tune |
41 81 14 |
43 80 18 |
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7. Some-where o-ver the rain-bow, way up high
mostly
or fully in tune |
16 66 15 |
31 73 19 |
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| Commentary: This task is the only task used during 1995 or 1996 which had fewer students say they really enjoyed it than said they did not enjoy it. This applied at year 8 level only with 60 per cent saying they did not enjoy it. The high "not attempted" rate reflects the students' reaction. Some of the words were difficult for some students, and the use of a treble singer as model proved difficult for some year 8 boys with deep voices. | ||||
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