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Unit 4
My Community
140
Key Vocabulary
brass
percussion
danger
string
freedom warning
hammer
woodwind
justice
Functions and Forms
Q
Hypothesizing and speculating
This song might have been written at a time
when people were fighting.
Q
Interpreting figurative language
The song is about bringing a community
together.
English Language Development Skills
Listening
+
Respond to questions with appropriate
elaboration.
Speaking
+
Use clear and specific vocabulary to communicate
ideas and establish the tone.
Reading
+
Use sentence and word context to find the
meaning of unknown words.
Writing
+
Write descriptions that use concrete sensory
details to present and support impressions of
people, places, things, or experiences.
Materials
Musical Instruments
Photo Cards
CD Track 24
Blackline Masters 2a and 2b
Music and Lyrics
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT
Display the
Musical Instruments
Photo Cards that show the families of
instruments. Explain to students that musical instruments are grouped into
four families: woodwind, percussion, string, and brass. Have students look
up the definitions of these words in the dictionary. Write their definitions on
the board for use with the closing activity of this lesson.
Note:
The phonics
activities on the back of each photo card may be used to supplement
instruction.
If I Had a Hammer
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Student Book page 140: Play Track 24. Have students listen to the
song. Then, sing the song together as a class. Next, read the lyrics of the
song aloud, pointing out the key words as you come across them in the
text. Have students use the dictionary to look up the definitions of the
highlighted words. Then, read and discuss the question.
Lesson 13
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If I had a hammer, I
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d hammer in the morning,
I
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d hammer in the evening, all over this land.
I
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d hammer out danger, I
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d hammer out a warning,
I
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d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
If I had a bell, I
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d ring it in the morning,
I
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d ring it in the evening, all over this land.
I
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d ring out danger, I
’
d ring out a warning,
I
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d ring out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
If I had a song, I
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d sing it in the morning,
I
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d sing it in the evening, all over this land.
I
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d sing out danger, I
’
d sing out a warning,
I
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d sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
Well I
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ve got a hammer, and I
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ve got a bell,
And I
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ve got a song to sing, all over this land.
It
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s the hammer of justice, it
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s the bell of freedo ,m
It
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s the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
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Have students write
their answers to the
question from the
Student Book activity in
complete sentences.
Have students explain
how this song could
impact their community
as part of their answer
to the question in the
Student Book activity.
Have student elaborate
their answers to the
question from the
Student Book activity
with examples from
the song.
Beginning
Intermediate
Advanced
Targeting Proficiency Levels