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The song "Tree Hugger" by Kimya Dawson is about various animals and plants wishing to be other creatures. It describes a fish that wishes to be a cactus with a pink flower, and a rattlesnake that wishes it had hands to hug the cactus. The justification explains that the song is appropriate for 4th grade students because it has an interesting rhythm like a nursery rhyme, teaches about cactuses, and can be used for activities like clapping to the rhyme.
The song "Tree Hugger" by Kimya Dawson is about various animals and plants wishing to be other creatures. It describes a fish that wishes to be a cactus with a pink flower, and a rattlesnake that wishes it had hands to hug the cactus. The justification explains that the song is appropriate for 4th grade students because it has an interesting rhythm like a nursery rhyme, teaches about cactuses, and can be used for activities like clapping to the rhyme.
The song "Tree Hugger" by Kimya Dawson is about various animals and plants wishing to be other creatures. It describes a fish that wishes to be a cactus with a pink flower, and a rattlesnake that wishes it had hands to hug the cactus. The justification explains that the song is appropriate for 4th grade students because it has an interesting rhythm like a nursery rhyme, teaches about cactuses, and can be used for activities like clapping to the rhyme.
Genre: Country Year: Four Language Specification: 1.6.1 Listen to and enjoy childrens songs, rhymes, and poems.
Kimya Dawson Tree Hugger
Pre-Chorus: The flower said, "I wish I was a tree" The tree said, "I wish I could be A different kind of tree" The cat wished that it was a bee The turtle wished that it could fly Really high into the sky Over rooftops and then dive Deep into the sea
Chorus: And in the sea there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus With a pink flower on it And in the sea there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus With a pink flower on it
And the flower Would be its offering Of love to the desert And the desert So dry and lonely That the creatures all Appreciate the effort
And the rattlesnake said "I wish I had hands so I could hug you like a man" And then the cactus said "Don't you understand My skin is covered with sharp spikes That'll stab you like a thousand knives. A hug would be nice But hug my flower with your eyes"
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
And in the sea there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus With a pink flower on it And in the sea there is a fish A fish that has a secret wish A wish to be a big cactus With a pink flower on it
And the flower Would be its offering Of love to the desert And the desert So dry and lonely That the creatures all Appreciate the effort
Justification: The main reason we chose this song is because of its interesting rhythm and very suitable for the students in primary school level. The singer sings this song in a relaxing mood to make it sounds like a nursery rhyme. In other words, this song can be used for the stated language specification as the song is very interesting and the students will be able to enjoy this song. In other words, this song can be very useful in creating a conducive classroom indirectly reduces the stresses among the students and make them feel more relax whether to be used during the beginning or the end of the lesson. Activities based on Total Physical Response (TPR) such as clapping hands also can be used in using this song. This is because the song has a lot of lines that rhyme with each other. The students can clap their hands by following the rhyme and the beat of the song. The benefit of rhyme is that it helps the student to memorise word and phrase whether in term of spelling or in term of grammar. As we can see from the songs, it uses accurate grammars and by remembering the lyric, the students can use the lyric to relate it with their writing or speaking in improving their ability to use correct grammar. In term of readability, the words used in this poem are mostly familiar words for the year four students and the message of this song is very straight forward without any hidden meaning. These will ease the students to understand the lyric of the song and enjoy the teaching and learning process very well. Under the theme World of Knowledge, the students might indirectly be able to identify the characteristic of the cactus, a type of plant that they might have never seen before. For an example from the lyric My skin is covered with sharp spikes and And the flower, would be its offering they will be able to know that a cactus is covered with sharp needles and a flower can grow at the top of a cactus tree. Not only that, the phrase of love to the desert can indicate that cactuses usually grow on the dessert area. What we conclude here is that, this song can give new knowledge to the listeners and the students on the cactus tree.
Roman Education Author(s) : J. B. Poynton Source: Greece & Rome, Vol. 4, No. 10 (Oct., 1934), Pp. 1-12 Published By: On Behalf of Stable URL: Accessed: 24/12/2014 22:16