Buster’s Sweet Song Buster sets out to write a country music song. Will it be a hit?

EPISODE 134 Nashville, Tennessee Introduce A Special Place. Play the beginning of the episode showing Nashville scenes. Ask, TOPICS/THEMES special things do you notice about Nashville? What looks different from where we live?What Music: country western Country Music. Teach the chorus of the opening song. Explain that “Country” means Media literacy “country music.” FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE I’m going down to Nashville / Going there to sing

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