Buster's Sweet Song
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Buster’s Sweet Song Buster sets out to write a country music song. Will it be a hit? EPISODE 134 Introduce Nashville, Tennessee A Special Place. Play the beginning of the episode showing Nashville scenes. Ask, What special things do you notice about Nashville? What looks different from where we live? TOPICS/THEMES Country Music. Teach the chorus of the opening song. Explain that “Country” means Music: country western “country music.” Media literacy I’m going down to Nashville / Going there to sing FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Going to the city where Country / Country is king. Talking about possibilities What if…? View and View Again Make Predictions. Pause the video often to discuss Buster’s predicament and offer Do you think I could…? advice. Ask, How will Buster get the song written? What do you think he should do? Maybe you should… Write the ideas on the board and continue viewing to verify or correct. I might do a thousand things. Musical Instruments. Pause to list the instruments mentioned in the episode. Later, have CONTENT LANGUAGE students illustrate the list. Music: country music, hit, guitar, Write a Song. Billy Dean tells Buster: Anything can be a song. The simplest, most crazy banjo, mandolin, fiddle, thing you can think of. Have children brainstorm topics for a song. Later, create a song Media: commercial, ad, advertise- together by writing new words to a familiar tune. ment, jingle, hook, endorse products Extend and Make Connections RECOMMENDED BOOKS Create an Ad. Plan and act out a TV ad, incorporating your class song. What product are Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest you selling? What will you say to convince people to buy it? by Marc Brown; Bea and Mr. Jones Make a Guitar. Kids can stretch rubber bands around an open shoebox and pluck the by Amy Schwartz; Sing Sophie! strings, or they can cut guitar shapes from poster board and decorate with markers, by Dayle Ann Dodds colored paper, and yarn. Use the “guitars” as you sing songs. as administered by the Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. However, the contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Federal the by endorsement assume not should you and Education, of Department the of policy the represent necessarily not do contents the However, Education. of Department U.S. Improvement, and Innovation of Office the by administered as © 2004 WGBH. Underlying TM/© Marc Brown. All third party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Used with permission. The contents herein were supported under the Ready To Learn Television Program, P/R Award Number R295A00002, R295A00002, Number Award P/R Program, Television Learn To Ready the under supported were herein contents The permission. with Used owners. respective their of property the are trademarks party third All Brown. Marc TM/© Underlying WGBH. 2004 ©.