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La Música
Sharon Birch, Wicomico County Public Schools
sbirch_at_wcboe.org
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Lights
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. . . the language fire!
la gramática
la cultura
el vocabulario
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All information Additional Resources are
available at

• elmundodebirch.wikispaces.com

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What does music do for you?

• What is a song you remember from your teens or
  early 20s?
• Why do you remember it?
• What lyrics do you remember?
• What time period does it make you remember?
• How does it make you feel?

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Todays 1

• Can you recite the words to .

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Why use music?

• improves comprehension skills
• helps to develop good pronunciation
• increases vocabulary
• gives a natural rhythm to speech patterns and
  language
• helps your memory
• takes some boredom out of grammar rules
• brings culture alive
• its fun
• fun more motivation to learn

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What kinds of music?

• Not just Juanes, Shakira, Ricky Martin and La
  Macarena!!!
• Rock Tango
• Pop Flamenco
• Merengue Country
• Bachata Jazz
• Salsa Folk
• Indie Traditional
• Classic Reggaeton
• Bolero Son
• Alternative Norteña
• Instrumental Intentional to teach
• Corridos Emo
• Cumbia
• The types of music are always expanding!!!

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When to use music?

• warm up can you identify who it is, or type of
  music, or where they are from, or what words d
  you hear, what do you think its about based on
  the video
• listening activity for a specific word, phrase,or
  phrases. You dont need to understand the whole
  thing. Maybe you are just playing the chorus or
  a verse.
• to put grammar/vocabulary in REAL context
• to portray culture
• To reach students who think they hate Spanish

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How to use music

• Last One Standing
• Music Appreciation Picture
• Manos Rápidas
• Puedes apreciar la música (contraste de 3
  canciones de FIFA 2010)
• Señor Wooly (pretérito/las canciones de mis
  alumnos)
• Eres el juez
• La Navidad Mi Burrito Sabañero
• Blogueando para aprender http//zachary-jones.co
  m/spanish/clozeline
• More than 50 additional full lessons listed on my
  wikispace

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Where to find music

• Billboard Top Latino
• Canciones españolas video and cloze
• Cloze activities by topic Zachary Jones
• Latin Music USA PBS History of Latin Music
• Music by country
• National Geographic Spanish Videos
• Top Latino

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Demo of my wikispace

• http//elmundodebirch.wikispaces.com

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How to convert youtube videos or other videos
that may be blocked by your school system

• Click on the video that you want to convert so
  that you open it in a new screen. Copy the URL
  address.
• Go to zamzar.com and follow these steps
• Click on the highlighted blue URL in Step 1
• When the Step 1 box changes to http paste your
  URL address from the youtube video in the space
  provided.
• In the Step 2 box, choose MPG
• In the Step 3 box, enter your e-mail address
• In the Step 4 box, click on CONVERT
• Another box will pop up, click OK
• Within 5 minutes to an hour, the converted video
  file will show up in your e-mail. The link that
  it contains will only remain active for about 20
  hours, so you must download it quickly.
• Click on the link in your e-mail. It will give
  you the option to open or save it. Choose save,
  and save it to your pin drive. Dont worry about
  the fact that it is listed in all numbers and
  letters. You can rename the file once it is on
  your pin drive.

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Credits

• http//www.flickr.com/photos/fotoargia/4693527397/
  sizes/z/in/photostream/ music/heart Angy
  Fotografie
• http//www.flickr.com/photos/la_crisis_del_2009/34
  55872397/ fireworks