EDUC3620 Written Assignment – Speech Rhyme 20123797

With this speech rhyme I have decided to centre it around a year five class (ACAMUM088).
To teach this rhyme to the students we will look at the Orff method, which is defined as
a combination of music and movement in a play like atmosphere that emphasises learning
music by hearing and making music first, through rhythmic movement and improvisation
(Orff method, 2011). I believe this is a fantastic way to introduce learning, not just in music
but also in other subjects, it’s an active and creative approach, it takes place in a non-
competitive atmosphere using songs and dance and it combines cognitive, kinaesthetic,
emotional and affective domains which result in meaningful and satisfying learning (Paolino,
2015).
Imitation is the main tool that is used for this activity. The teacher gestures at
herself/himself when she/he wants the students to watch and listen, then gestures to the
students when it is their turn to copy the sounds and actions. The following outlines the
steps I would take to teach this short activity to Students;
1. Gesturing to myself I say the speech rhyme in full while clicking my fingers as the
beat.
2. Holding up my hands to show the students to be silent, I then gesture to myself to
have them listen again. Start by saying the first two lines while clicking.
3. Gesture to the students to show it is their turn to imitate.
4. Repeating steps two and three until the rhyme has been completed. If some students
struggle on some parts, they can be repeated until the satisfactory result is achieved.
5. Hold up hands to signal to the students it is time to listen again. Gesture to myself
and say half the speech rhyme
6. Gesture to the students to ask them to imitate.
7. Complete the same steps for the next half.
8. Once the students have satisfactorily completed the half and half, I would go through
the whole speech rhyme and get them to imitate it after me.
9. I would then introduce the Ostinato. Holding up my hands to signal them to listen.
10. This time I will start clapping. Clap once, pause, clap twice. Repeat this action two or
three times.
11. Introduce the words “All Over”
12. Gesture to the students to imitate the Ostinato.
13. Once they have got the rhythm and wording correct, hold up hands to signal them to
stop and listen.
14. Split the group in half, instruct half the students to perform the speech rhyme which is
accompanied by clicking.
a. I would start modelling the speech rhyme with them and ask them to join in.
Once they have gone through it once, motion for them to continue.
15. As half the students are speaking, I would start clapping the ostinato, inviting the
other half to join in with me.
16. Allow both sides to continue the speech rhyme and Ostinato through three times
before asking them to stop.
17. To lead on from this the students would then be asked to come up with their own
Ostinatos in small groups to show to the class.

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