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Lesson Four - Stories
This is what the main lesson screen looks like:
Singer Joss Stone helps Ben, Mia, Lottie, Ajay and Akshay write lyrics (or words) for a song about school.
The group dive into a dictionary and write a list of words that will be used as lyrics (or words) in a song.
Once the list is finished, the words can be arranged into order to form song lyrics (or words).
Joss Stone is an award-winning British soul singer who has released seven studio albums since 2003.
Did you know?
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Joss Stone is an English singer, songwriter and actress.
- She has won lots of famous prizes and awards for her music.
- In October 2004, aged 17 years and 181 days, she became the youngest female singer to have a UK No.1 album with her album ‘Mind, Body and Soul’.
- In April 2019, Billie Eilish (from USA) took the title, with her album ‘When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ when she was 17 years and 108 days.
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Joss Stone still holds the British record!
Activity
The children came up with lots of different words to describe school and how they feel about it - lumpy, bumpy potato, books, messy (and loads more)!
Do you think you could make a list of words that you think of when you think of school? Can you put them together into a pattern to make a story? And sing them to one of your favourite tunes?
Just a simple tune will be fine e.g. 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' or 'The Wheels on the Bus'.
Your words will then be lyrics (song words)!
I would really like to hear your song please - perhaps you could record yourself singing it and send it to me (via your class teacher?). Thank you, that would be great!
Well, that is the end of the Thunder Jam adventures ... for now!
I hope you enjoy watching these videos and learning about different music! Please let me know how you get on.
Mrs Sumner
Thank you to the BBC for making these resources available for us to use.
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