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Title - Sea Shanties
By - K. Schmidt
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Secondary Subject - Music, Social Studies
Grade Level - 11
Intro from LessonPlansPage.com:
Concept / Topic To Teach: The poetry of the sea shanty, as an introduction to Moby Dick
Standards Addressed:
1.03 Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print expressive texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:
- identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
2.01 Research and analyze ideas, events, and/or movements related to United States culture by
- locating facts and details for purposeful elaboration.
4.02 Develop thematic connections among works by:
- connecting themes that occur across genres or works from different time periods.
- using specific references to validate connections.
General Goal(s):
- To understand the purposes sea shanties served
- To write an original sea shanty
Specific Objectives:
- To identify the call and response portions of sea shanties
- To write and perform an original sea shanty
Required Materials:
Anticipatory Set (Lead-In): Introduction to sea shanties, whaling, and Moby Dick (LPP: Wikipedia is a good starting source)
Step-By-Step Procedures:
- Spend time researching whaling, the whaling business, and life on whaling ships.
- Go to sea shanty web sites (LPP: teacher goggles "sea shanty" and selects approved sites, since some can get "salty") and listen to some old sea shanties.
- With group of no more than three, write a sea shanty of no less than fourteen lines, complete with call and response.
- Sea shanty shall be typed and handed in.
- For extra credit, sea shanty may be performed.
Plan For Independent Practice:
Students may search the internet and find other sites than those given by teacher
Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set):
Students will hand in, and they will be able to read or listen to each others.
Assessment Based On Objectives:
Objectives will be met if shanty is fourteen lines long, reflects the shanty of the whalers of America, and includes call and response.
Adaptations (For Students With Learning Disabilities):
Shanty can be shorter.
Students can be paired with students who are learning disabled.
Extensions (For Gifted Students):
These students could have their shanty reflect an actual, historic ship wreck.
Possible Connections To Other Subjects:
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