Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• By
• Joy Agre

Teachers Page
Mozart Mad Lib
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Mozart Mad Lib

• Direct students to give one response for each of
  the categories. Explain that when they are
  finished they will have completed a funny story
  about Mr. Mozart.
• 1. An occupation 12. A sport
• 2. A famous person 13. Kind of people
• 3. Another occupation 14. Piece of furniture
• 4. A number 15. A thing
• 5. Another occupation 16. A silly name
• 6. Occupations 17. Verbing
• 7. Female teachers name 18. Verbing
• 8. An kind of food 19. An animal
• 9. An instrument 20. An adjective
• 10. A famous man 21. A place
• 11. An animal 22. An age

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Mozart Mad Lib

• Directions Read the story of Wolfgang Amadeus
  Mozart and have children insert their answers
  from the previous page to create a funny story
  about Mr. Mozart.
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a very famous
  1)______. He lived about the time that 2)_____
  was our countrys 3)_____. At the age of 4)_____
  he proved to be a better 5)_____ than most adult
  professional 6)______. Mozarts sister, 7)_____,
  was also a good 8)_____ and was very good at
  playing the 9)_____.

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Mozart Mad Lib

• Their father, 10)_____, taught his two 11)_____
  how to play 12)_____. The children were so good
  that their father took them on trips all over
  Europe to play for 13)_____. Everyone was amazed
  at how well little Wolfgang could play the
  14)_____. Sometimes Mozarts15)_____ would sing.
  Mozart became known as the 16)_____.

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Mozart Mad Lib

• But Wolfgang and Nannerl had to work hard. The
  children had little time to play or meet new
  friends. They were too busy 17)_____ or
  18)_____. Wolfgang had a cat and a 19)_____ for
  pets. He missed playing with them when he would
  travel on long concert tours.

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Mozart Mad Lib

• Even though he wrote a lot of music for kings and
  queens, Mozart eventually died very 20)_____ and
  was buried in a paupers 21)_____. He was only
  22)_____ when he died.

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Mozart Mad Lib

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a very famous
  composer. He lived about the time that George
  Washington was our countrys president. At the
  age of 10 he proved to be a better musician than
  most adult professional musicians. Mozarts
  sister, Nannerl, was also a good musician and was
  very good at playing the harpsichord.
• Their father, Leopold, taught his two children
  how to play music. The children were so good
  that their father took them on trips all over
  Europe to play for kings and queens. Everyone
  was amazed at how well little Wolfgang could play
  the harpsichord. Sometimes Mozarts sister would
  sing. Mozart became known as the Wonder boy.
• But Wolfgang and nannerl had to work hard. The
  children had little time to play or meet new
  friends. They were too busy practicing or
  traveling. Wolfgang had a cat and a canary for
  pets. He missed them when he would go on long
  concert tours.
• Even though he wrote a lot of music for kings
  and queens, he
• eventually died very poor and was buried in
  a paupers grave.
• He was only 36 when he died.

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Wolfgang Amadeus MozartTeachers Page

• The Mozart Mad Lib can be done in one day. First
  have the students individually write down their
  answers to the categories. Then as a class go
  through the Mad Lib with students filling in the
  blanks aurally with their answers. They will get
  a big kick out of the funny story it tells. On
  yet another day, you could have students write
  the story with all of their answers filling in
  the blanks. After doing the story as a class,
  read the real story with the correct answers
  about Mozarts life.
• Mozarts Life and Music biography (a separate
  listing under MAP attack) pages can be read aloud
  together as a class on a different day. Then use
  the questions to provoke thought and discussion
  about Mozarts life. On another day, after more
  discussion about Mozart, the questions can be
  used individually as an assessment tool.
• Clips of Mozarts music (from external sources)
  can be listened to after reading about Mozart and
  his music.