LEARNING ACTIVITIES: ©GayeAdegbalola SONG #11 ~~ DON'T-BE-MOODY-DO-YO'-DUTY SONG

FLAVOR: BEAT

• Maracas are musical instruments that sound likearattle.M any Bo Diddleysongs featurethesoundof maracas.(D on'tk now Bo? See below.) You can makeyour own maracas from recycled materials.T ake 2 plastic water bottles.Mak e sure they are dry. Fill about 1/4 full of dried beans. Seal the lidswith tape. Getto shakin'!

• This song is full ofopposites:o pen&close, down & up,on&off,right&wrong, borrow & return.C an you thinkofother opposites? Try to come up withatleast 10. Now try to makethem "action" wordslikedropping down &picking up or opening and closing.

• When we tryto think of ideas, an easy waytodo so is by brainstorming. Itisa way to solve problems bycomingup withas many ideas as possible.Y ouare encouraged to come up withnew, creative ideas without judgingwhether they are goodor bad, realistic or not. For example, think of 10 uses for anempty plastic bottle. Of course,weknow it can be used for holdingliquids, butitcan also be cuts o that it can be used as a shovel, or for making maracas, or as a noise maker. Thelonger we think,usually the more interesting our ideas become. Here'sagood brainstorming exercise:C omeup with50uses forapaper clip.

•Inthis song,we are singing about how to respondto a problem. Sometimespeople behavei nunacceptable ways. For example, sometimes it is hardt o ask people topick up somethingthey've droppedonthe ground. Many newspapers havea n advice column. In this column,people write in toask advice about how to handle certain situations. Someofthese are about personal relations.O thers are abouthousehold questions. With your parents or teachers, find some advice columns and see how they are written. Now actl ike you are thewriter of the advice column. Give answers to the following letters sentin:

~ Dear AdviceGiver, I love my best frienddearly,but whenshe eats, she chews with her mouth open. It is very noisy and not veryp retty to lookat. HowcanI tellh er thatthis isno t polite without hurting her feelings?

~ Dear AdviceGiver, I went to visit a friend and his family has people whoworkfo r them. Heisonly7 years old andtheypeople who workfo r thefamily arearound 40 and 50yearso ld. I have always been taught to call older people as"Mr.SoandSo" or "Mrs. So and So." I alsosay"yes, sir" and "yes, ma'am" to my elders. Myf riend calls them by their first names,"J ake" and "Carmen," and onlyans wers "yes" and "no." Thisd oesn't feel right tome.W hat should I do? ~ Dear AdviceGiver, My mother just boughtanewcar, butit is very small. She says she is doing her partto reduce use of theEarth's oilr esources. Shesays that everyone needsto do what hecan to keepfrom using up the Earth's supplies. It'llbealong time beforeI driveacar,b ut what else can I do to help savethe Earth?

~ Dear AdviceGiver, The new girl at school doesn'th ave niceclothes and hasan awful body odor. Many studentsmake funof her. Idon't do that. Idofeel bad for her and in some way I would like to help. Should I say something to the other students? Should I say somethingto her? What should I do?

SPECIAL LINKS:

BO DIDDLEYWITHJ EROMEGREEN Bois on guitar, Jeromeplaysm aracas. The maracas are important to Bo's sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ehlMdsuwoU

To hear this song better, here is the actual recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ27oQ_AdOM

BO DIDDLEY- YOU CAN'TJ UDGE A BOOK BYTHE COVER, written by

This videos hows3 important things:

1) BoDiddley usedwomenmusicians backin the 1960s whenitwas rare for women to play.

2) This is from the TV show, "Shindig," in 1965. Itwas one of the firstTVshows to feature dancers.

3) Thesong, "You Can't Judge A Book by LookingattheCover" waswritten by one of the greatest of all blues song writers, Willie Dixon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yipVhZfcIw

SPECIALVO CABULARY WORD: RESPONSIBLE

When youare responsible you take ownership for your ownact ions. That means that you have to "own up to" the decisions youmake, thatyou are able to say "I madethat decision." RESPONSIBILITY ist he"ability" tomake "responses" = RESPONSE/ABILITY. Yous houldalwayswa nt to make "good" or "correct" responses.