Features 70 activities for teachers to do with children based on the Orff approach to music education, a developmental sequence & an analysis of the basics of the blues, jazz standards & improvisation. This book

Includes:: activities, which are applicable to preschool, elementary & middle school students & adaptable to various ages.

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The first play from Hewett for 18 years. Dry Torrent was once a thriving country town until the Snowy turned to a trickle. Now, in an abandoned shed, Josh sits singing Paul Robeson songs. Into the final pages of his life comes Blue, still reeling from his robbed youth as a Vietnam conscript, Rosie & the terrifying Bull. ...

Sam Taylor Wood's directorial debut is a chronicle of John Lennon's teenage years. Set in 1950s Liverpool, the film tells the story of the spirited but troubled fifteen-year-old Lennon (Aaron Johnson), who finds himself caught in the crossfire between his formidable Aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas) & his mother Julia (Anne-Marie Duff). When John meets fellow musician & kindred spirit Paul Mc Cartney (Thomas Sangster), his creative genius at last finds an outlet & the most famous partnership in music is born. But just as John's new life begins, a dark truth from his past leads to a tragedy he will never escape. ...

Sam Taylor Wood's directorial debut is a chronicle of John Lennon's teenage years. Set in 1950s Liverpool, the film tells the story of the spirited but troubled fifteen-year-old Lennon (Aaron Johnson), who finds himself caught in the crossfire between his formidable Aunt Mimi (Kristin Scott Thomas) & his mother Julia (Anne-Marie Duff). When John meets fellow musician & kindred spirit Paul Mc Cartney (Thomas Sangster), his creative genius at last finds an outlet & the most famous partnership in music is born. But just as John's new life begins, a dark truth from his past leads to a tragedy he will never escape. ...

Extensive reading improves fluency & there is a real need in the ELT classroom for contemporary graded material that will stimulate students. This title is based on the 2009 hit British film about iconic musician John Lennon, growing up as a rebellious but gifted teenager in 1950s' Liverpool. ...