staci kelly pendry john e. ford pk-8 montessori school
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Pre-Judgement based on what you think you know (All girls wear pink is a stereotype) What is a Stereo-Type? *Draw me an OPERA singer…be detailed…it is OKAY to be stereotypical for this activityTRANSCRIPT
Elementary My Dear Mozart!!!!!!!
Teaching Opera to Elementary Students…
stepping outside of the box
Staci Kelly PendryJohn E. Ford PK-8 Montessori
School
ACTIVITY #1
Write your name in the middle of your paper.
Do a web with words that define who you are.
Your web can look however you want!
Share Out
How do we define ourselves?
Pre-Judgement based on what you think you know
(All girls wear pink is a stereotype)
What is a Stereo-Type?
*Draw me an OPERA singer…be detailed…it is OKAY to be stereotypical for this activity
Was your singer… A woman? Wearing a long dress? Mouth wide open? Breaking glass? Wearing horns?
VTS – Visual Thinking Strategies
What do you see/hear?
What makes you think that?
Anything else?
*very important never to give positive or negative feedback to the comments
Opera Listening Exercise #1*Listen to the music…write what you think is happening at each minute marker…
MINUTE 1
MINUTE 2
MINUTE 3
MINUTE 4
MINUTE 5
Remember, the overall experience is not to make them leave the performance an opera lover, but to leave with a new respect for an art form foreign to most of them. I always
tell them, I don’t LOVE all types of music, but I respect the artists and the art forms,
despite my personal feelings. We love what we are familiar with. It’s all about
PERSPECTIVE.