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jueves, 7 de octubre de 2021

NOISE ,SILENCE, NOISE POLLUTION 2º

 Sound, noise and silence.

 Noise is usually defined as a unpleasant auditory experience, but this is a subjective definition. The difference between sound and noise is the sort of waves: sound waves are regular and noise waves are irregular.


Noise pollution (CONTAMINACIÓN ACÚSTICA) is produced when the sound volume is too loud. It’s a very common problem in our society and can be harmful to our health. Some of the causes of environmental noise are: transportation, industrial and construction activities, etc. Effects of noise on health include: hearing loss, sleep disorders, stress and aggressive behavior.


 
After watching the video answer and fill the gaps:

1-Hearing loss is the ............................  .......................cause of  disability across the world.

2-Which is one of the main reasons that  people have  hearing loss ?

3-According to the   Environmental   Protection Agency the best way to protect your hearing    is to limit noise levels to ....................decibels.
4-Experts agree that continued exposure to noise above ..................will eventually  harm your hearing   .
5-One of the worst  things about hearing loss is that ear  damage is..............
6-Most of us are born with .......................little hair cells in our ears.

7-These hair cells act as.............. ...........................

8-When the hair cells in the ear have been damaged, the brain ............. ............... the sound.

9-How can you prevent noise not hearing loss?





We want to develop our sensitivity to sound and to noise. 


1-In our classrooms we wrote all the sound we could hear around us.
Indoor, in the building and outdoor.

2-Then, we enjoyed the sounds outdoor, in the playground.

3-Students chose their favourites sounds.
Finally, we analized Noise Pollution using a test.

Test about Noise Pollution:(1-10)
1 . I pay attention to the noises I usually make.
2 . I avoid noisy places.
3 . I don´t raise my voice when I speak.
4 . I don´t do noisy behaviours at home or school.
5 . I respect my neihbours´ rights to silence.
6 . I lower the volume of my stereo, mp3, walkman, TV, headphones, earphones…
7 . I turn off the television during a meal when I am with my family.
8 . I try to avoid that my dog´s barking doesn´t disturb others. I advice my family not to speak loud or do noisy things.
9 . I know the law concerning noise in my city.
10 . I don´t use my car´s horn unless it´s an emergency.



La contaminación acústica, es decir, la presencia en el ambiente de un exceso de ruido, algo que trastorna su realidad y deteriora las condiciones de vida de sus habitantes, ya sean personas o animales.
.Noise pollution, that is, the presence in the environment of an excess of noise, something that upsets its reality and deteriorates the living conditions of its inhabitants, whether they are people or animals.

Lamentablemente, sus consecuencias negativas están muy infravaloradas, a pesar de que son graves y numerosas, sobre todo en países como España, que desgraciadamente está en la cima de la lista de los países más ruidosos del mundo, en el segundo puesto detrás de Japón.

Unfortunately, its negative consequences are greatly underestimated, even though they are serious and numerous, especially in countries like Spain, which unfortunately is at the top of the list of the loudest countries in the world, in second place behind Japan.


Con esta actividad conoceremos estas consecuencias negativas, con particular atención a las que afectan a la salud humana, y realizaremos algunas propuestas para intentar remediarlas, paliarlas o, aún mejor, prevenirlas.

With this activity we will learn about these negative consequences, with particular attention to those that affect human health, and we will make some proposals to try to remedy them, alleviate them or, even better, prevent them.



PROYECT:


El producto final de este proyecto será un reportaje para un medio de comunicación, ya sea un periódico, una radio o una televisión. El formato del reportaje será acorde con el tipo de medio de comunicación elegido, respectivamente: un texto acompañado de imágenes y enlaces, un archivo de audio o un vídeo.

The final product of this project will be a report for a media ,can be a newspaper, radio or television. The format of the report will be in accordance with the type of communication medium chosen, respectively: a text accompanied by images and links, an audio file or a video.


El reportaje contendrá por lo menos:

  • una introducción que describa qué se entiende por contaminación acústica;
  • una serie de entrevistas a expertos/as sobre diferentes aspectos del tema en cuestión;
  • una serie de propuestas para solucionar, paliar o prevenir el problema y sus consecuencias negativas;
  • una conclusión que resuma las ideas más importantes tratadas en las entrevistas..

  •  The report will contain at least:
  • an introduction describing what is meant by noise pollution;
  • a series of interviews with experts on different aspects of the subject in question;
  • a series of proposals to solve, alleviate or prevent the problem and its negative consequences; 
  • a conclusion that summarizes the most important ideas covered in the interviews.


Proceso-PROCESS


Formamos grupos de cinco personas . Form groups of five people.


Cada uno de los integrantes del grupo asumirá uno de los siguientes roles: Each of the group members will assume one of the following roles:

  • científico/a, que redactará la introducción y el cierre del reportaje; 
  • scientist, who will write the introduction and closing of the report.
  • periodista, que redactará las preguntas de las entrevistas y revisará las respuestas y las secciones inicial y final del reportaje para que queden integradas en un estilo suficientemente homogéneo; 
  • journalist, who will write the interview questions and review the answers and the initial and final sections of the report so that they are integrated in a sufficiently homogeneous style.
  • abogado/a, que será entrevistado y responderá a las preguntas relacionadas con los derechos y deberes de las personas y con las funciones y obligaciones de los poderes públicos en materia de ruido;
  • lawyer, who will be interviewed and will answer questions related to the rights and duties of people and the functions and obligations of the public authorities in the matter of noise.
  • médico/a, que será entrevistado y responderá a las preguntas relacionadas con las consecuencias del ruido en la salud humana, incluyendo algunas medidas para contrarrestar la contaminación acústica y sus efectos negativos;
  • doctor, who will be interviewed and will answer questions related to the consequences of noise on human health, including some measures to counteract noise pollution and its negative effects;

  • técnico/a, que, además de ayudar al periodista en lo que pueda, se encargará de los aspectos tecnológicos: búsqueda y edición de imágenes libres de copyright; maquetación y diseño web; grabación y edición de audio o de vídeo; etc.
  • technician, who, in addition to helping the journalist as much as possible, will take care of the technological aspects: search and editing of copyright-free images; layout and web design; recording and editing of audio or video; etc.

Algunas partes del trabajo se realizarán en clase. Para las demás, dependiendo de la tarea específica a realizar, es aconsejable reunirse presencialmente o utilizar alguna herramienta de trabajo colaborativo, como un documento de Google Drive compartido entre todos los miembros del grupo.


RESOURCERS/ RECURSOS

LINKS/ ENLACES


Evaluación


Para la evaluación se tendrá en cuenta tanto el trabajo del grupo como el individual de cada miembro. La calificación final de cada alumno/a se conseguirá calculando la suma de la puntuación obtenida en cada apartado según la siguiente rúbrica.

Dependiendo del rol asumido, cada miembro del grupo recibirá puntuación doble en uno de los apartados.



Conclusión


Tras haber realizado este proyecto ya sabes muchas cosas sobre la contaminación acústica y los daños que el ruido puede ocasionar a la salud y a la convivencia de las personas.

Ten muy en cuenta esos conocimientos, pues te ayudarán a proteger tu salud y la de los demás, además de respetar el derecho a la paz y al descanso de las personas que te rodean.

También te servirán para no olvidar nunca que, a pesar de que el ruido es invisible y de que la mayoría de sus consecuencias negativas suelen manifestarse a medio o largo plazo, cuidar tu oído y protegerlo de los ruidos es muy importante para que siga funcionando bien durante toda tu existencia, permitiéndote disfrutar de una buena vida social, de los sonidos de la naturaleza y naturalmente de la música también cuando seas mayor.

Recuerda que el buen ambiente sonoro es responsabilidad de todos y todas.



martes, 5 de octubre de 2021

FUNGA ALAFIA SING AND PLAY

 It is a "welcome" dance that has a very easy  lyrics .(Gracias a Maria Jesús por la foto)


FUNGA ALAFIA  is a greeting song and dance 
throughout parts of West Africa( Nigeria, Liberia, Senegal, Ghana...)





ALAFIA is a greeting and ASHE means something equivalent  to good   heatlh and peace be with you.


LANGAUGE SPOKEN: Swahili

The song is often sung with gestures : touching the head, and extending the arms, the the lips , then the heart and finally showing empty sleeves.

These gestures symbolize greeting people with your THOUGHTS, with your WORDS, with your HEART and then assuring that you have no tricks up your sleeve, that you come in PEACE.


Funga Alafia es una canción y danza de saludo extendida por todo el oeste de África (Nigeria, Liberia, Senegal, Ghana...) Alafia es un saludo y Ashe significa algo equivalente a que tengas salud y paz.

 La canción se canta con gestos: tocando la cabeza y extendiendo los brazos, a continuación la boca, después el corazón y por último mostrando los brazos libres y limpios.

 Estos gestos simbolizan el saludo a la gente con sus ideas, con sus palabras, con su corazón y asegurando que no van a agredir con nada, que han venido en paz.









FUNGA ALAFIA CHORDS




Body percussion and dance

https://youtu.be/OzsWJze53zg

martes, 21 de septiembre de 2021

MUSICAL ME

GETTING TO KNOW  YOU 


In this lesson students will tell the teacher more about their musical background, interests, likes, dislikes, instrumental skills and more by choosing prompts( indicaciones) to respond to. 

Students will gather images, icons, write text, find videos or links to websites to illustrate your musical me facts and then present them in a digital format.



The software or app that you use to present your work is totally flexible. Use whatever you have! 


Musical Me Prompts

Here’s the list of prompts :

Students don’t need to answer every single question -choose 5-10 work well, and you can do more if you have time.

● The first concert I went to....

● Memorable live music performance

● Favourite composer and/or songwriter

● Performer that I would like to see live

● My favourite performer

● I am a total fan of...

● A musician I am in awe of is...

● A musician I would like to meet one day is...

● The instrument/s I play

● I love learning from...(name a music teacher, a music Youtube channel or a musician friend)

● An instrument I wish I could play

● An instrument that’s played by someone in my family

● A song/piece that calms me down

● A song/piece that motivates me

● The song that always gets stuck in my head

● My favourite musical genre (you can list more than one!)

● My least favourite musical genre

● Share a funny or inspirational music quote

● Did you know...? Share an interesting piece of music trivia

● The song that always gets me on the dance floor

● My favourite non-musical sound (birds, my baby brother/sister laughing, the wind in the trees,

the ocean, a sports car, my cat purring, something else?)

● An inspiring musical TED talk

● Your go-to karaoke song/s

● An artist you’ve discovered recently

● A favourite musical place

● Your secret musical talent or skill

● Before I was a music teacher I was...

● Share a funny music joke

● Favourite musical experience/s

● Something else? Be creative!


Choose a tech tool :


 Students can submit their Musical Me responses in any of these ways:

● as a simple static image that includes text, icons and pictures

● as a digital “poster” that features images, text, video, music and links

● as a video which features the student speaking to camera

● as a simple website which shows images, video, text and links

● as a presentation file which includes images, video, text and links.


.Here are some ideas:


● Padlet - students create an interactive digital poster which includes written text, images, embedded

videos and links. Padlet is a great option for this lesson since viewers of the Padlet board can click

through on included links and play videos and so on. See my Padlet example below


● Powerpoint,  or Google Slides - students can create a presentation file with one slide for each Musical Me prompt. They can include video, images, audio files, links and text


● Google Sites or Adobe Spark Page - create a mini website that includes videos, images, audio files,links, text.

●  Thinglink, Canva.

jueves, 16 de septiembre de 2021

GUIDE TO WRITE THE JOURNAL-GUÍA DEL CUADERNO DE CLASE

 1- COVER PAGE :PORTADA

EXAMPLES:






2-Date and title of the lesson: HEADLINES



2- Contents of the lesson:

( I can take notes during the lesson. Visual thinking is very useful)


2. 1. ( New vocabulary):
Music terminology or another useful words

I learnt some new words:
This lesson dealt with... ( + gerund)
This lesson was about...



2.2. Activities: 


You can use connectors:
At the beginning...
At first...

Then...
Secondly...
After the first activity... After this..
Later...

Finally...
Eventually...

( If we listened, danced or played a song or a piece of music or a song,I must write the name of the piece of music or the name of the song)


The teacher ( or the teacher´s name) played a video about...(Ex: Mª José puso un vídeo de...)
The video was about...( El vídeo era de...)

The teacher ( or some of my partners) collected..., handed out..., played, taught..., danced..., sang..., explained..., reviewed, went over ( "repasó")...

The song dealt with... (+ gerund)
The activity consisted of...( + gerund)

We (or I) played...
We ( or I) sang..
We (or I) danced...

We (or I) composed...
We (or I ) read..

We ( or I) heard...
We ( or I) listened to..

We ( or I) wrote...
We ( or I) drew...

We ( or I) performed...
We ( or I) rehearsed... 

We ( or I) presented...
We ( or I) spoke about...
I understood...
We went over...
We reviewed...


2.3. Lyrics of the song we sang.



3. Emotions and Learnings:
I liked...( + gerund)
I didn´t like...( + gerund) 


The most significant ( or interesting) activity for me today was ...( + gerund) 
I 
learnt how to...( infinitive)


What was the most dificult content or activity for me?
I needed help from...
I helped...to learn...

What am I worried about?


What´s bothering me? Have you got any further suggestions? 


(It´s possible you can have questions or doubts related to the topic we dealt with. Try to write these questions so that we can discuss them next day.)





4- Can you draw a picture corresponding to the lesson? 


( Stick figures are very expressive too).

jueves, 9 de septiembre de 2021

AFRICAN MUSIC-BANAHA


BANAHA
Composer:
Anonymous
Country of origin:
Congo( Africa)
Style:
Traditional folklore
Time:
Contemporary (s. XX and XXI)



Here you have the sheet:




Click the links and learn :






https://mariajesusmusica.wixsite.com/banaha

https://mmgiaccaglia.wixsite.com/africa18/banaha



Here you can watch an example :





Choreography:

miércoles, 1 de septiembre de 2021

miércoles, 14 de abril de 2021

Sound newscast

 In the newcast the words are missing , there is only music ...do we transcribe the news?



In pairs:
As you can imagine this newscast is special because it only has music, text and images will have to be created  by you.


Como podéis suponer, este boletín de noticias es especial porque solo tiene música, el texto y las imágenes las tendréis que crear vosotr@s .Todo ello siguiendo lo que sugiere y describe la música. 

La actividad cuenta con dos partes diferenciadas, una primera parte de invención de  noticias e imágenes relacionadas con ellas : 3 sucesos, 2 noticias culturales, 2 noticias deportivas, 1 noticia de última hora, el tiempo para el fin de semana y una segunda parte donde leer las noticias con la música de fondo.


The activity has 2 parts: 1-invention of news and images related to them : 3 events, 2 cultural news, 2 sports news, 1 breaking news, the weather for the weekend and 2- you have to read the news with the music



Después de inventar las noticias las pondremos en común y escribiréis los titulares .


3 Music and advertising analysis activities

 THE FUNCTION OF MUSIC:

-As a personal expression

-As communication

-For religious purposes

-For group identify

-As a way to pass on traditions

-To sell a product

-For dance

-To tell a story

-As a form of protest

-To enhance film

-To increase nationalism

-What else??


MUSIC AS A MIRROR:

Music suggets much about the society in which it is created. Music reflects a culture.It expresses experience and also affects experience creating feelings and responses in the listener. Music mirrors society  , sometines raises questions about society's norms and values, and sometimes has the power to bring about change.

When this happens, music can serve a purpose that it was not intended for.For example, popular music has been known to create an identify for groups of people.Songs that were popular during World War II helped unify soldiers- for example The Moldau by Smetana was used as a resistance song during the Nazi occupation.

1-Why groups of people tend to be identified with certain types of music?( heavy metal, punk, rock, hip hop,rap, alternative music etc?

2-Does this kind of identification steretype students? If so, what are the stereotypes associated with specific music genres?


MUSIC AND PUBLICITY

Os presento tres actividades para analizar la música de 4 anuncios publicitarios, las planteo  tanto para comenzar el tema de la música y la publicidad . Estamos acostumbrados a ver y escuchar la música de los anuncios en radio y televisión, ahora vamos a tratar de ver el objetivo de la música en la publicidad a través del análisis. 

Here you have 4 activities to analyze the music of 4 commercials.We are used to seeing and listening to the music of advertisements on radio and television, now we will try to see the purpose of music in advertising through analysis.

1-Ikea:



2-CHIQUILÍN

3-FILIPINOS

 


4-NAVIDUL

 






Listen to the music with attention and answer the questions:

1-Complete the details of the commercial: 
 Product being advertised
Product brand
Slogan
Reason of the ad
Target audience
Ad plot

2-What kind of music have they choosen?
Describe the music : vocal, instrumental, mix,instruments you can distinguish, the rhythm, the style.

Investigate who is the composer and the name of the music.

3-Explain the emotions, feelings that the music wants to transmit with the scenes.
4-What function or functions has this music in this commercial? memorize the brand, reinforce the message, gett attention or target the ad to an audience

5-In your opinion,do you think that the music for the ad is right? Would you play other music?

CREATE A DRIVE , OR WORD TO SHARE IN CLASS

Iphone a capella



1-What does mean a capella?
2-What do they need to do this?
3-Can a person alone to do this with these results?
4-Do you think that they have been rehearsing  a lot?
5-Would you recommend this video to someone?
6-Did you know them?

martes, 13 de abril de 2021

COPYING BEETHOVEN



AFTER WATCHING THE FILM YOU HAVE TO MAKE 2 ACTIVITIES 

1- COMPLETE THE 4  ACTIVITIES (IN YELLOW)

2-CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO MAKE INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES.(IN BLUE)
































CLICK THE LINK FOR ACTIVITIES:

http://www.cinemaperaestudiants.cat/activitats/Activitats2007/copying_beethoven.htm

lunes, 12 de abril de 2021

I AM ALL EARS

 DESCRIPTION:

Students listen to some famous songs. You have carry out some activities in order to become familiar with their lyrics and tunes.

Then you will choose your favourite song and dedicate it to a friend, a relative or a loved one explaining the reasons for your choice.

General aim:

-To understand that Music is a way of expressing different cultures and part of Art and such also an expression of human creativity and genius.

Procedure:

Step1: Students listen to the songs one by one .

Step 2: Carry out the activities proposed, in order to become aware of how lyrics and tunes go together in a song: the importance and repetition of some words, its rhythm and structure, the different meanings and purposes a song may have, the instruments in the song etc. so that later you can create your own verses.

Step 3: Finally you have to choose a song and dedicate it to a loved person. You can do it in a audio format, or video format recording yourself dedicating the song and the song itself, using mp3 devices. or mp4 .

Songs: 6 SONGS

1-We are the champions (QUEEN):  

a- Listen to the song : circle the correct form and match the expressions to their meanings.


b: Structure: Parts of the song.Instruments you can hear.

c: Sing the song . 

d:You have already listened to the song several times. Now that it has become familiar,  create your own verses. They will be additional lines to fit into the song's rhythm  and structure.

e-Which is the message of the song? How the lyrics and the music help to express the message?


2-YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART(THEME FROM TARZAN BY PHILL COLLINS)





3-IMAGINE-LENNON




a- Listen to the song and make the activities in the sheet.

-b: Structure: Parts of the song.Instruments you can hear.

c: Sing the song . 

d:You have already listened to the song several times. Now that it has become familiar,  create your own verses. They will be additional lines to fit into the song's rhythm  and structure.

e- What kind of world did John Lennon imagine? Read the lyrics and write about his views on religion, war, property and poverty. Make examples. What is the effect of repeated words throughout the song such as no, nothing and not?







4-MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE BY POLICE

      

a- Listen to the song and make the activities in the sheet.

-b: Structure: Parts of the song. Instruments you can hear.

c: Sing the song . 

d. Where are the 3 musicians in the video ?

e. How does the singer feel?

f. Does he keep hoping?Why?

g. Do you think that the island is a metaphore for his sentimental loneliness? Why?



5-TEARS IN HEAVEN BY

 ERIC CLAPTON


 

Tears in HEAVEN, is a ballad by Eric Clapton about the pain Clapton felt following the death of his four-year- old son, Conor, who fell from a window of the 53rd-floor New York apartment of his mother's friend on March 20, 1991.

a- Listen to the song and make the activities in the sheet.

-b: Structure: Parts of the song. Instruments you can hear.

c: Sing the song . 

d.Why did Eric Clapton compose this song?

e.Whom is it dedicated?

f.What do you feel ?

You can use this adjetives: angry, emotional, depressed, grateful, unhappy, relaxed, thoughtful, inspired, broken-hearted.

6-ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK



a-Listen to the song and fill in the blanks spaces.
b-Structure: Parts of the song. Instruments you can hear.
c-What does the title of the song suggest?
d-Which of these 2 saying do you agree more with and why?
1-"BE YOURSELF NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY"
2-"WHEN IN ROME, DO AS ROMANS DO"
e-According to the song, if you were " a basque person in New York, what would be your greatest challenge?

sábado, 10 de abril de 2021

viernes, 9 de abril de 2021

West side story-MAMBO


We are going to begin a music project focusing on a fantastic

 musical film called WEST SIDE STORY.

Today we are going to listen to a piece of music by a composer

 called Leonard Bernstein. 

The music is from this  musical which tells a well-known story.



1- Listen to Mambo (or watch the orchestra performance film) and afterwards have a discussion about what have you litened and seen.


a Did you seen the film?

b What was your favourite part?

c What might the music be describing?

d Did you know the song?



 


 3. The music is called ‘Mambo’ and is from a musical version of Romeo and Juliet.

Do you know Shakespeare’s story? that this version takes

place in New York in the 1950s with Romeo and Juliet now called

 Tony and Maria. The Montagues and Capulets are now the Jets and

 the Sharks, rival gangs. 


4. Listening task :

As you listen again, ask draw the section of the story it might be describing. 

I give you  three options to choose from. Does it describe:

a. Tony and Maria falling in love?

b. The Jets and the Sharks fighting?

c. Everyone dancing at a party?


5-In  the film in this scene all of those things are hapening.

There is no ‘correct’ answer for this, it actually describes all three things. In the original show , the Mambo happens during a dance. Everyone is dancing but the two gangs are pitted against one another. At the end Tony and Maria meet for the first time.



7. FINALLY, 

By now, you should at least be able to shout MAMBO at the right time.



jueves, 1 de abril de 2021

Rhythmic reading Jazz Pizzicato Leroy Anderson/Hand clap






If you practice, you can get this hand clap: You need somebody to do it.... It is not difficult but you have to be coordinated and concentrated....practice and practice.
They are AWESOME¡

5 songs and a lot to say

LISTENING

 Es una actividad que consiste en escuchar 5 fragmentos diferentes de 5 obras musicales clásicas. Se trabajará el aspecto emocional de la música (lo que sugiere) y el aspecto cognitivo (instrumentos, voces y otros aspectos musicales..) siguiendo los puntos que veis a continuación:

It is an activity that consists of listening to 5 different fragments of 5 classical musical works. The emotional aspect of the music (what it suggests) and the cognitive aspect (instruments, voices and other musical aspects ...) will be worked on following the points you see below: MUSIC









1- ALBÉNIZ- ASTURIAS XIX


2-PALESTRINA KYRIE XVI

3-MANUEL DE FALLA CANCIÓN ESPAÑOLAXX



4-RIMSKY-KORSAKOV CANCIÓN INDIA XIX



5-KAVALEVSKY-GALOP COMEDIANTS XX