Lesson C
Communication and Cultural Awareness
Music
Children all over the world like to sing
and play instruments. Here is an adaptation
from a traditional song in Africa.
Most rivers in Africa depend on the rain.
During the dry season, they look like
a brown, curvy snake. In the rainy season,
it rains and rains and rains. There is
thunder and lightning. And horrible
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flying ants always appear right before
the first big storms!
Tip Where Is the Rain?
Rhyme looks like a word • The giraffe and the elephant went for a walk.
in Spanish. Can you guess They stopped near a tree and started to talk;
the word? • "I wish it would rain," said the giraffe with a sigh.
"I'm tired of watching the clouds pass by!"
• "Yes," said the elephant, "Where is the rain?
I wish I could eat green leaves again.
• The sun is so hot, and the ground is so dry;
Vocabulary When will the rain fall from the sky?"
snake. a long, thin reptile • Later in the day the sky turned grey,
The flying ants flew out to say,
thunder. a loud noise
when it rains • "The rain is coming! We smell it in the air!
lightning. a flash of bright
And in the distance, thunder we hear!"
light in the sky that is
• The giraffe and the elephant looked up at the sky
produced by electricity
when it rains And heard the black eagle give his cry,
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ant. a tiny insect • "The rain has come; the rivers will flow;
The dry season is over; now the green grass
sigh. a sound that people
make when they are sad
will grow!"
cloud. white shapes in the sky
leaf/leaves. the small, green
parts that grow on trees Exercise 1. Pair work. In your notebooks, write the words at the end
ground. earth of the lines that rhyme. Some of them are not exact rhymes. Put a star
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next to those.
smell. to perceive
with your nose Exercise 2. Listen to the song as a chant. Get into pairs. Practice
saying two lines. Then, all of the class stands up, and the pairs
eagle. a large bird
recite the song.
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Oral Communication
Your Very Own Rap
Directions:
1. Choose a topic. Make sure you know lots of
words in English about the topic. It could be
food, family, school, music, or something else.
2. Think of all of your words and make a list.
Use only short words.
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3. Try to find words that rhyme with words in
your list. Ask your classmates and your teacher
for help with words that rhyme. You can ask:
“What word rhymes with...? Snoop Dog
TOPIC: weather
(but now you can’t use this one)
• Words and rhymes:
(other words that rhyme
with them)
rain/game
sun/fun
snow/blow
coat/cold (not a rhyme, but it
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sounds similar and that's ok too)
4. Create a rap on your topic, and add some rhythm to it (you can
use a musical instrument if you want). Each sentence should have
3-4 words to keep the rhythm. Write 2-3 lines. You could have
something like this: “I like the sun. It is fun. I hate the snow.
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Go, go, go.”
5. Ask a classmate for help. Then, share your rap with him/her.
Then, share with the class.
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