- Children`s Theatre of Charlotte

Transcription

Teacher Resource Guide
and Lesson Plan Activities
Featuring general information about our production along with some creative activities which
will help you make connections to your classroom curriculum, before and after the show.
The production and accompanying activities address North Carolina Essential
Standards in Theatre Arts, Goal A.1: Analyze literary texts and performances.
Look for this symbol throughout the resource guide for other curriculum connections.
About the Production
Schoolhouse Rock Live! is a musical concert experience
based on the Schoolhouse Rock cartoons which appeared on
Saturday morning TV in the 1970’s and 80’s. Clever songs
with catchy tunes complemented the cartoons, and soon
children across the US were singing about parts of speech,
multiplication, science and history. As a lively, high-energy
musical concert, Schoolhouse Rock Live! brings a modern
interpretation to the classic songs and provides inspiration
for a whole new generation of Schoolhouse Rock followers.
About the Director
Schoolhouse Rock Live!
Originally Adapted and Produced for the Stage by Theatre BAM
From the Series Created by George Newall and Tom Yohe
Based on an Idea by David McCall
Book by Scott Ferguson, George Keating and Kyle Hall
Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg, Kathy
Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
About Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
Founded in 1948, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte has
been opening young minds to the wonders of live
theatre for over half a century. Today it continues to be
one of the most technically imaginative and resourceful
theatres in the country. Annually it reaches nearly
300,000 young people and their families with multiple
program areas: Mainstage productions, a professional
Touring Company and a full scope of Education classes
for both schools and the community. Children’s Theatre
of Charlotte is housed in ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan
Martin Center. The facility is shared with the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Library: www.cmlibrary.org.
Michael J. Bobbitt is the Producing
Artistic Director of Adventure Theatre
MTC and has directed, choreographed
and performed at many theatres in the
DC region, including Arena Stage, The
Shakespeare Theatre Company,
Signature Theatre, Metro Stage,
Roundhouse Theatre, The Music
Center at Strathmore, The Kennedy Center, The Helen Hayes
Awards, Washington Performing Arts and the Washington
National Opera. His national and international credits include
the NY Musical Theatre Festival, Mel Tillis 2001, La Jolla
Playhouse, Jefferson Performing Arts Center, and the 1996
Olympics. He studied creative writing and music at Susquehanna University and theater and dance at The Washington
Ballet, The Dance Theatre of Harlem, The American Musical
and Dramatic Academy and NY University’s Tisch School of
the Arts (Cap 21). He received executive training at the
Harvard Business School, Vanderbilt University, National Arts
Strategies, National Training Laboratories, and American
Alliance for Theatre and Education. He has taught theater
and dance at George Washington University, Catholic
University, Montgomery College, Howard University, and the
Washington Ballet. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild of
America and the Stage Directors and Choreographers
Society.
His new musical, Bob Marley’s Three Little
Birds appeared at the New Victory Theatre in New York City.
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte • Teacher Resource Guide • www.ctcharlotte.org
ROCK THE SCHOOLHOUSE!
Schoolhouse Rock Live! is a musical concert experience based on the Schoolhouse Rock cartoons which
appeared on Saturday morning TV in the 1970’s and 80’s. Clever songs with catchy tunes complemented the
cartoons, and soon children across the US were singing about parts of speech, multiplication, science and
history. As a lively, high-energy musical concert, Schoolhouse Rock Live! brings a modern interpretation to
the classic songs and provides inspiration for a whole new generation of Schoolhouse Rock followers.
Schoolhouse Rock Live! recreates 15 of the 41 songs from the Saturday
morning television series. Lyrics to all of the songs in the production are
listed on pages 6-10 of this guide. For an in-depth introduction to 3 of the
songs, below are video links of the show’s musical director teaching songs to the cast. Feel free to share
with students and sing along during the concert! Elbow Room  https://youtu.be/6rYQvBIdqvI
Sing-a-Long!
Circulation  https://youtu.be/XToljHKcnzk
Ready or Not, Here I Come  https://youtu.be/FLXfrsqMmkI
From Grammar Rock
Verb: That’s What’s Happening (lesson in verbs)
A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing (lesson in nouns)
Unpack Your Adjectives (lesson in adjectives)
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla (lesson in pronouns)
Conjunction Junction
(how to use connecting words)
Interjections (lesson in interjections)
The Tale of Mr. Morton
(lesson in using subject and predicate)
From Science Rock
Do the Circulation (circulatory system)
Interplanet Janet (solar system)
From Multiplication Rock
Three is a Magic Number
(counting and multiplying by 3)
Ready or Not Here I Come
(counting and multiplying by 5)
From History Rock/America Rock
Sufferin’ Till Sufferage
(women’s right to vote)
I’m Just a Bill
(how a bill is created and becomes law)
The Preamble (Preamble to the US Constitution)
Elbow Room (western expansion)
Words and Phrases used in the Performance
nervous
satisfaction
demanding
Statue of Liberty
Drugstore
record machine
Chubby Checker
The Beatles
tripod
suffrage
restrictive
The 19th Amendment
cast a ballot
hasty
retreat
gregarious
grammar
debate
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
veto
Constitution
founding fathers
principles
union
justice
domestic tranquility
defense
welfare
liberty
posterity
bushel
charley horse
craze
circulation
arteries
veins
nutrition
corpuscle
sarsaparilla
junction
complex
drake
Napoleon
Louisiana territory
Lewis & Clark
Sacajawea
Manifest Destiny
galaxy
solar system
comet
ambitious
predicate
propose
Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy: SL.K-5.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases.
2
Verb! That’s What’s Happening!
When I use my imagination (Verb!)
I think, I plot, I plan, I dream
Turning in towards creation (Verb!)
I make, I write, I dance, I sing
When I’m feeling really active (Verb!)
I run, I ride, I swim, I fly!
Other times when life is easy
(Oh!) I rest, I sleep, I sit, I lie.
Verb! That’s what’s happening!
Encourage students to cut pictures from magazines
that show action verbs. Have the students attach
their picture to a piece of construction paper. In
small groups, instruct students to circulate the pictures as they add written words on the paper to
describe the action. Each student should add a
word without repeating. For example, a picture of
a baseball player might inspire the words “throw”,
“pass”, “toss”, “pitch”, “hit”, “swing”.
(See page 7 for complete song lyrics.)
A Noun is a Person, Place or Thing
A noun’s a special kind of word
It’s any name you’ve every heard;
I find it quite interesting
A noun’s a person place or thing
Using the clues from the song, determine which words are nouns
within the passage.
Every person you can know (like a
friend or a captain on a ship)
I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty
My best friend was waiting there for me
We went for a walk on the island you know
In the middle of summer it started to snow
When I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
Every place that you can go (like an
island or the sea)
Any thing that you can show (like a
statue a ferry or snow)
Suffering ‘Till Suffrage
Those pilgrim women who braved the boat
Could cook the turkey, but they could not vote
Even Betsy Ross, who sewed the flag,
Was left behind that first election day. (What a shame, Sisters!)
Then Susan B. Anthony (yeah!) and Julia Howe
(Lucretia!) Lucretia Mott, (and others!) they showed us how
They carried signs and marched in lines until at long last the law was passed
Oh, we were suffering until suffrage
Not a woman here could vote, no matter what age
Then the 19th Amendment struck down that restrictive rule (Oh yeah!)
Explore the history of the women’s suffrage movement. In groups,
research the biographies of the women mentioned in the song: Betsy
Ross, Susan B. Anthony, Julia Howe and Lucretia Mott. Read the 19th
Amendment and compare social issues of the Women’s Right to Vote
movement to those of the 21st century.
Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy: L1:a. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs and their functions in particular sentences.
North Carolina Essential Standards in Social Studies, 5.H.2.3: Compare the changing roles of women and minorities on American society.
3
I’m Just a Bill
I’m just a bill. Yes I’m only a bill.
And I’m sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well it’s a long, long journey
to the capital city.
It’s a long, long wait
while I’m sitting in
committee.
But I know I’ll be a law
someday At least I hope and
pray that I will But today I am still just
a bill.
The Journey of a Bill
When a bill becomes a law, it goes through a long process. On the
board, review the 10 steps it takes for a bill to become a law.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Someone gets an idea for a bill
The person contacts a local congressman
Congressman writes out the idea
Congressman introduces the idea to Congress
If this is approved, it becomes a bill
Congressmen discuss and debate whether the bill should be a law
The House of Representatives vote on the bill
The Senate votes on the bill
The bill waits at the White House to be signed by the president
If the president signs the bill, it becomes a law. If he vetoes the
bill, it is thrown out.
(See page 8 for complete song
lyrics.)
After reviewing the Journey of a Bill, instruct students to create a bill that they think should become a Classroom Law.
Divide students into three groups: Classroom Committee, Classroom House of Representatives and Classroom Senate. As
each student presents an idea, the groups vote on whether the bill should be passed or not. The teacher acts as president
and can veto the bill or pass it into a Law of the Classroom.
North Carolina Essential Standards in Social Studies: CE.C&G.3 Analyze the legal system within the United States in terms
of the development, execution and protection of citizenship rights at all levels of government.
Do the Circulation
(See page 9 for complete song lyrics)
RA
B
L
O
O
D
LA
RV
Lungs
You got four heart parts to pump the blood
Yeah, that’s circulation
Left and right ventricle,
Left and right atrium,
Yeah, they do it, they circulate
They pump blood through your lungs for oxygen,
And then your arteries take it through to your
body
And your veins bring the old blood back to be
renewed.
LV
TO THE BODY
Act out the Path of Circulation Through the Heart
Draw the circulation diagram on the board and explain the pathway of blood through the heart.
When blood travels from the body to the heart, it enters the heart through the Right Atrium (RA). Next it moves into
the Right Ventricle (RV). Then it moves to the lungs to pick up oxygen. Next, the oxygen-rich blood enters the Left
Atrium (LA). Then it flows through the Left Ventricle (LV) and then travels back through the body. After describing
the path, divide students into 6 equal groups: Right Atrium (RA), Right Ventricle (RV), Left Atrium (LA), Left Ventricle
(LV), Lungs, and Blood. Clear a space in the classroom and have students stand in circles according to the diagram.
Students in the blood group form a straight line and “travel” through each area in the correct order.
North Carolina Essential Standards in Science: 3.L.1: Understand human body systems and how they are essential for life: protection,
movement and support
4
Interjections
Encourage students to add an interjection to the
following statements:
Interjections (Aww!) show excitement (Darn!)
or emotion, (Hurray!)
They're generally set apart from a sentence
by an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling’s not as strong.
“ ____________ , that show was amazing!”
“ ____________ , I can’t get out of my seat!”
“ ____________ , we missed the bus back to school!”
Create a call and response of the Interjection song in
class, with the teacher calling out the emotion and the
students replying with the appropriate interjection.
(No tune necessary!)
Teacher:
“So when you’re happy…
“Or sad...
“Or frightened…
“Or mad...
“Or excited…
“Or glad…
“An interjection…
Students:
Hooray!”
Awww”
Eeek!”
Rats!”
Wow!”
Hey!”
Starts the sentence right!”
The Preamble to the Constitution
Explore the Preamble to the Constitution by dividing the passage into
small sections. Encourage students to re-write each statement to
more clearly define the meaning behind the written words.
Actual words in the Preamble:
In your own words:
We the people of the United States
in order to form a more perfect union
Constitutional Spell Check?
establish justice
The Constitution was written by hand in 1787.
A clerk for the Pennsylvania state assembly
named Jacob Shallus is reported to have
penned the document. Some words in the
Constitution use the British version of words
at the time, such as defence instead of
defense, controul instead of control and
labour instead of labor. It is also noted that
the state of Pennsylvania is listed in the
document with only one N, (Pensylvania)
which apparently was common usage in the
18th century. The Constitution also includes
some blatant misspellings, such as “chuse”
and “chusing” instead of “choose” and
“choosing”.
ensure domestic tranquility
provide for the common defense
promote the general welfare
and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our prosperity
do ordain and establish this Constitution for
the United States of America.
North Carolina Essential Standards in Social Studies 5.C&G.1.3: Analyze historical
documents that shaped the foundation of the United States government.
5
Mnemonic Devices
Mnemonics are memory devices used to improve the ability to remember something. Songs, rhymes,
acronyms and images are all examples of mnemonic devices. The tunes and rhymes featured in
Schoolhouse Rock Live! are good examples of mnemonic devices because they help the learner remember
math facts, historical information and grammatical rules. Below are some other examples:









To remember colors in the rainbow: ROY G BIV. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.
To remember the history of Christopher Columbus: In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed
the ocean blue.
To remember the spelling of principal and principle: A principal at a school is your pal; a principle you
believe or follow is a rule.
To remember the five great lakes: HOMES — Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, Superior
To remember the order of taxonomy: Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach. (Kingdom, Phylum,
Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)
To remember the order of the planets: My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Noodles. (Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus , Neptune). Or, if including Pluto: My Very Excited Mother
Just Served Us Nine Pies.
To remember the first eight presidents of the US: Will a Jolly Man make a Jolly Visitor? (Washington,
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren.)
To remember how to spell separate: There’s a rat in separate.
To remember the spelling of desert and dessert: with dessert, you always want seconds which is why
there is a second s in dessert.
To remember which months have
31 days: Fist your hands in front of
you. Starting with your pinkie
knuckle, speak the months of the
year while touching the humps of
your knuckles and spaces between.
The peaks are months with 31 days,
the valleys are months with 30
days (or 28/29 for February.)
As a class, select items from your curriculum that are hard to remember. In groups, create mnemonic
devices for each problem and teach the device to rest of the class.
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte is sincerely grateful to our
generous sponsors and supporters:
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte is
supported, in part, with funding from
the Arts & Science Council and the North
Carolina Arts Council, a division of the
Department of Cultural Resources.
6
Song Lyrics
VERB: THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING
I get my thing in action (Verb!)
To be, to sing, to feel, to live (Verb!)
That's what's happening
I put my heart in action (Verb!)
To run, to go, to get, to give (Verb!)
(You're what's happening)
That's where I find satisfaction, yeah! (Yeah!)
To search, to find, to have, to hold
(Verb! To be bold)
When I use my imagination (Verb!)
I think, I plot, I plan, I dream
Turning in towards creation (Verb!)
I make, I write, I dance, I sing
When I'm feeling really active (Verb!)
I run, I ride, I swim, I fly!
Other times when life is easy
(Oh!) I rest, I sleep, I sit, I lie
(Verb! That's what's happening)
I can take a noun and bend it
Give me a noun (Bat, ball, rake, and plow)
Make it a verb and really send it! (Show me how)
Oh, I don't know my own power (Verb!)
I get my thing in action (Verb!)
In being (Verb!) In doing (Verb!) In saying
A verb expresses action, being, or state of being
A verb makes a statement
Yeah, a verb tells it like it is!
(Verb! That's what's happening)
I can tell you when it's happening
(Past, present, future tense)
Oh! Tell you more about what's happening
(Say it so it makes some sense)
I can tell you who is happening!
(Verb, you're so intense)
Every sentence has a subject
(Noun, person, place, or thing)
Find that subject: where's the action?
(Verb can make a subject sing)
Take the subject: what is it? (What!)
What's done to it? (What!)
What does it say?
(Verb, you're what's happening)
I can question like: what is it?
(Verb, you're so demanding.)
I can order like: go get it!
(Verb, you're so commanding)
When I hit, I need an object
(Verb, hit! Hit the ball!)
When I see, I see the object
(Do you see that furthest wall?)
If you can see it there, put the ball over the fence,
man! Go ahead, yeah, all right
What?! He hit it - it's going, it's going, it's gone!
I get my thing in action
(Verb, that's what's happening)
To work (Verb!) To play (Verb!)
To live (Verb!) To love (Verb!)
A NOUN IS A PERSON, PLACE OR THING
Well, every person you can know
And every place that you can go
And any thing that you can show
You know they're nouns
A noun's a special kind of word
It's any name you ever heard
A noun's a person, place or thing
Oh, I took a train, took a train
To another state
The flora and the fauna that I saw were really
great
But when I saw some bandits chasing the train
I was wishing I was back home again
I took a train, took a train
To another state
And any thing that you can show
You know they're nouns
You know they're nouns, oh!
Mrs. Jones is a lady on Hudson Street
She sent her dog to bark at my brother and me
We gave her dog a big fat bone
And now he barks at Mrs. Jones
She's a lady who lives on Hudson Street
And anything that you can show
Well, you know they're nouns
I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty
My best friend was waiting there for me
(He took an early ferry)
We went for a walk on the island, you know
And in the middle of summer it started to snow
When I took a ferry to the Statue of Liberty
I put a dime in the drugstore record machine
Oldie-goldies started playing - you know what I
mean
I heard Chubby Checker, he was doing the twist
And the Beatles and the Monkees
It goes like this
I put a dime in the drugstore record machine
A noun's a special kind of word
It's any name you ever heard
A noun's a person, place or thing
A noun is a person, place or thing
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER
Three is a magic number
Yes it is, it's a magic number
Somewhere in that ancient mystic trinity
You'll get three
As a magic number
The past, the present, the future,
Faith, and hope, and charity,
The heart, the brain, the body,
Will give you three,
It's a magic number
It takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a
table stand,
And it takes three wheels to make a vehicle called
a tricycle
And every triangle has three corners,
Every triangle has three sides,
No more, no less,
You don't have to guess
That it's three
Can't you see?
It's a magic number
A man and a woman had a little baby
Yeah they did
And there were three in the family
And that's a magic number
3, 6, 9,
12, 15, 18,
21, 24, 27,
30
Now multiply backwards from 3x10
3x10 is 30
3x9 is 27
3x8 is 24
3x7 is 21
3x6 is 18
3x5 is 15
3x4 is 12
And 3x3 is 9
And 3x2 is 6
And 3x1 is 3 of course
(now dig the pattern once more!)
3, 6, 9,
12, 15, 18
Oh yeah
21, 24, 27,
30
3x10 is 30
3x9 is 27
3x8 is 24
3x7 is 21
3x6 is 18
3x5 is 15
3x4 is 12
And 3x3 is 9
And 3x2 is 6
And 3x1
What is it?
3
A man and a woman had a little baby
There were three in the family
And that's a magic number.
7
Song Lyrics
SUFFERING ’TIL SUFFRAGE
Now you have heard of Women's Rights
And how we've tried to reach new heights
If we're "all created equal"
That's us too! (Yeah!)
But you will probably not recall
That it's not been too, too long at all
Since we even had the right to
Cast a vote (Well!)
Well, sure, some men bowed down and called us
"Mrs." (Yeah!)
Let us hang the wash out and wash the dishes
(Huh!)
But when the time rolled around to elect a president
What did they say, Sister (What did they say?)
They said, uh, "See you later, alligator
And don't forget my, my mashed potatoes
Because I'm going downtown to cast my vote for
president"
Then the 19th Amendment struck down that restrictive rule (Oh yeah!)
And now we pull down on the lever
Cast our ballots and we endeavor
To improve our country, state, county, town, and
school (Tell them about it!)
Those pilgrim women who braved the boat
Could cook the turkey, but they could not vote
Even Betsy Ross, who sewed the flag, was left
behind that first election day
(What a shame, Sisters!)
Then Susan B. Anthony (yeah!) and Julia Howe
(Lucretia!) Lucretia Mott, (and others!) they
showed us how
They carried signs and marched in lines
Until at long last the law was passed
Then the 19th Amendment struck down that
restrictive rule (Oh yeah!)
And now we pull down on the lever
Cast our ballots and we endeavor
To improve our country, state, county, town, and
school (Right on! Right on!)
Yes, the 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule (Right on!)
Yes, the 19th Amendment
Struck down that restrictive rule
(Yeah, yeah! Yeah, yeah! Right on!
We got it now!)
Since 1920, Sisters, unite!
Vote on!
UNPACK YOUR ADJECTIVES
Got home from camping last spring
Saw people, places and things
We barely had arrived
Friends asked us to describe
The people, places and every last thing
So we unpacked our adjectives
I unpacked "frustrating" first
Reached in and found the word "worst"
Then I picked "soggy" and
Next I picked "foggy" and
Then I was ready to tell them my tale
Because I'd unpacked my adjectives
"You're right, there oughta be a law." Then he sat
down and wrote me out and introduced me to
Congress. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a
bill until they decide to make me a law.
I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I'm stuck in committee
And I'll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Adjectives are words you use to really describe
things
Handy words to carry around
Days are sunny or they're rainy
Boys are dumb or else they're brainy
Adjectives can show you which way
Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that
discussion and debate about you?
Adjectives are often used to help us compare
things
To say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall
Girls who are tall can get taller
Boys who are small can get smaller
Until one is the tallest
And the other's the smallest of all
Die?
We hiked along without care
Then we ran into a bear
He was a hairy bear
He was a scary bear
We beat a hasty retreat from his lair
And described him with adjectives
Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts
all over again.
Next time you go on a trip
Remember this little tip:
The minute you get back
They'll ask you this and that
You can describe people, places and things
Simply unpack your adjectives
You can do it with adjectives
Tell them about it with adjectives
You can shout it with adjectives
I'm just a bill
Yes, I'm only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And if he signs me, then I'll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never
even get this far. I hope they decide to report on
me favorably, otherwise I may die.
Yeah, die in committee. Oooh, but it looks like
I'm gonna live! Now I go to the House of
Representatives, and they vote on me.
If they vote yes, what happens?
Oh no!
Oh yes!
I’M JUST A BILL
You mean even if the whole Congress says you
Woof! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to
should be a law, the president can still say no?
this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I
wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?
Yes, that's called a veto. If the President vetoes
me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote
I'm just a bill.
on me again, and by that time you're so old...
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a
Well, it's a long, long journey
law. It's not easy to become a law, is it?
To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait
No!
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday
But how I hope and I pray that I will,
At least I hope and pray that I will,
Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and
courage.
He signed you, Bill! Now you're a law!
Oh yes!!!
Well I got this far. When I started, I wasn't even a
bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home
decided they wanted a law passed, so they called
their local Congressman and he said,
8
Song Lyrics
THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION
Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?
Do you know about the government?
Can you tell me about the Constitution?
Hey, learn about the U.S.A.
In 1787 I'm told Our founding fathers did agree
To write a list of principles
For keepin' people free.
The U.S.A. was just startin' out.
a whole brand-new country.
And so our people spelled it out:
The things that we should be.
And they put those principles down on paper and
called it the Constitution, and it's been helping us
run our country ever since then. The first part of
the Constitution is called the preamble and tells
what those founding fathers set out to do.
We the people,
In order to form a more perfect union,
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
Provide for the common defense,
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
To ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65,
70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95,100,105,110,115,120.
There! A bushel of wheat and a bushel o' rye,
Who's not hid, holler "I."
'Twenty nickels makes a dollar!
I didn't hear anybody holler.
5 x 20 is 100,
Everybody got to be hid.
All eyes open, here I come, whew!
Multiplyin' by five is a little like countin' by five.
In fact, if you counted along on your fingers as
you counted out loud by fives, your fingers would
tell you how many fives you've got.
OK let's count together, now.
Count on your fingers ...
One finger for each count out loud ...
Get set. Ready? Go!
5, 10, 15, 20-STOP!
Twenty.
You got four fingers, see, that means 4 x 5 is 20.
Let's try another one.
Get set. Ready? Go!
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35-STOP!
Thirty-five?
Seven fingers ... that's right,
7 x 5 is 35.
OK, let's try a longer one. Now when you run out
of fingers at 50 -you see, because 10 x 5 is 50In 1787 I'm told Our founding fathers all sat down
then start over with the same fingers and rememAnd wrote a list of principles
ber that you owe 10 ... Get set. Ready? Go!
That's known the world around.
The U.S.A. was just starting out
5, 10, 1 5, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60A whole brand-new country.
STOP!
And so our people spelled it out
Ten and two, right? That's twelve fingers.
They wanted a land of liberty.
And 12 x 5 is 60.
See how it works?
And the Preamble goes like this:
We the people,
Now you may notice that if you multiply five by
In order to form a more perfect union,
an even number, your product will end in zero;
Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
and if you multiply five by an odd number, your
Provide for the common defense,
product will end in five.
Promote the general welfare and
Secure the blessings of liberty
OK, now let's do one more game of counting by
To ourselves and our posterity
fives on our fingers.
Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
This is a long one. Keep going.
United States of America.
Get set. Ready? Go!
For the United States of America...
READY OR NOT, HERE I COME (5’s)
Now everybody try to find a good hiding place.
This ol' tree is gonna be the base.
I'm gonna close my eyes and hide my face
and count to a hundred by fives.
Ready? Go!
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50,
55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100.
Ready or not, here I come.
Apple, peaches, pumpkin pie.
Who's not ready, holler "I"-("I")
Oh, all right, I'll count it again,
But you better get hid, kid.
Here we go.
5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50,
55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85-STOP!
Eighty-five. Seventeen fingers.
Look at that boy with seventeen fingers stickin'
up. How do you do that, kid?
Anyway, 5 x 17 is 85.
You see, that's three fives short of 100. If you had
3 more nickels, 15 cents, and added the 15 to 85,
you'd get 100, right?
'Cause 5 X 20 is 100.
Everybody got to be hid!
It's 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50,
55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 1 00.
Ready or not, Here I come!
DO THE CIRCULATION
There's a great new craze
That's sweeping the nation
Come on do the Circulation
It starts with your heart, what a great sensation,
Come on do the Circulation!
Out through your arteries,
in through your veins,
Your heart pumps your blood,
then it does it again,
So come on, everyone get it on,
Everyone, the Circulation!
So come on, everybody,
Exercise your body for circulation!
Circulation! Everybody form a circle now,
Circulation! Like your blood, you just start
moving around
Circulation! It's a function that's so out of
sight
And if your feet fall asleep then
You're not circulating right.
You got four heart parts to pump the blood
(lub dub!) Yeah, that's circulation,
Left and right ventricle, left and right atrium,
Yeah, they do it, they circulate,
They pump blood through your lungs for
oxygen,
And then your arteries take it through to
your body
And your veins bring the old blood back to
be renewed.
Circulation takes nutrition to your cells
And gets rid of carbon dioxide and waste as
well.
Circulation, it's a function that's so out of
sight
And if your hands are cold then
You're not circulating right.
Well, your blood is such a life-giving potion.
Like a river it's always in motion,
From your head to your toes,
Doing good as it goes,
It's a big, red, beautiful ocean.
Now the blood's not bad, it's kind of special,
Yeah, come dig it! Circulation!
With these red and white corpuscle cells,
Yeah, come do It, Circulation!
Red cells carry oxygen, white cells fight the
germs,
So come on, come do it, yeah, come do it,
Circulation!
So come on, come do it, with your heart,
come do it, Circulation!
Circulation! Everybody form a circle now,
uh-huh-huh.
Circulation! Like your blood, you just start
moving around.
Circulation! It's a function that's so out of
sight,
So come on, move around and
You'll be circulating right!
The Circulation!
9
Song Lyrics
RUFUS XAVIER SARSAPARILLA
Now I have a friend named Rufus Xavier
Sarsaparilla,
and I could say that Rufus found a kangaroo
That followed Rufus home
And now that kangaroo belongs
To Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
Whew! I could say that, but I don't have to
'Cause I have pronouns I can say,
HE found a kangaroo that followed HIM home
And now IT is HIS
You see, HE, HIM and HIS are pronouns
Replacing the noun Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
A very proper noun,
And it is a pronoun replacing the noun kangaroo.
Now Rufus has a sister named Rafaella Gabriela
Sarsaparilla
If she found a kangaroo I'd say to you
SHE found a kangaroo that followed HER home
and now it is HERS but I can't say that...
Because SHE found an aardvark
That fell in love with HER and THEY're so
happy.
And my name is Albert Andreas Armadillo
(No relation to the Sarsaparillas)
Because of pronouns I can say:
I wish SHE would find a rhinoceros for ME
And WE'd be happy.
You see, a pronoun was made to take the place of
a noun,
Because saying all those nouns over and over
Can really wear you down!
WHO, WHAT, and WHICH are special pronouns
which can ask a question in a sentence
when you do not know the name of the noun.
But I know I have MINE and SHE has HERS and
HE has HIS, YOU have YOURS
THEY love US and WE love THEM
What's OURS is THEIRS, that's how it is with
friends.
And pronouns, you are really friends, yeah!
Cause saying all those nouns over and over
can really wear you down.
CONJUNCTION JUNCTION
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or"
They'll get you pretty far
"And": That's an additive, like "this and that"
"But": That's sort of the opposite
"Not this but that"
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like "This or that"
"And", "but", and "or" get you pretty far
Hooking up boxcars and making them run right
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice
Hey, that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching
Losing your shoe and a button or two
He's poor but honest, sad but true
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Now I could tell you Rafaella Gabriela
Or no choice: "Neither now nor ever"
and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla and Albert Andreas
Hey that's clever!
Armadillo found an aardvark, a kangaroo and a
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat
rhinoceros
Never mind, I wouldn't do that
And now that aardvark and that kangaroo
I'm fat enough now!
and that rhinoceros belong respectively to
Rafaella Gabriela Sarsaparilla
and Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
and Albert Andreas Armadillo
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
He cut loose the sandbags
Whew! Because of pronouns I can say in this
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher
way:
Let's go up to the mountains
WE found THEM and THEY found US
Or down to the sea
And now THEY are OURs and WE'RE so happy
You should always say "thank you"
Or at least say "please"
Thank you pronouns!
A pronoun was made to take the place of a noun
Because saying all those nouns over and over
Can really wear you down.
Sometimes when we take them all on the bus
People really raise a fuss
They start shouting out pronouns at us
Like, "WHO brought that rhinoceros on the bus?"
And "WHAT made that horrible noise?"
And "WHICH one of them's getting off first?"
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:
"In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake
I love to take a walk through the gardens and
down by the lake
Where I often see a duck and a drake
And I wonder as I walk by
Just what they'd say if they could speak
Although I know that's an absurd thought"
Hooking up cars and making 'em function
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses
Conjunction Junction, watch that function
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful...
ELBOW ROOM
One thing you will discover
When you get next to one another
Is everybody needs some elbow room...
It's nice when you're kinda cozy, but
Not when you're tangled nose to nosey, oh,
Everybody needs some elbow, needs a little elbow
room.
That's how it was in the early days of the U.S.A.,
The people kept coming to settle though
The east was the only place there was to go.
The President was Thomas Jefferson
He made a deal with Napoleon.
How'd you like to sell a mile or two, (or three, or a
hundred or a thousand?)
And so, in 1803 the Louisiana Territory was sold
to us without a fuss
And gave us lots of elbow room,
Oh, elbow room, elbow room,
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
Its the West or bust, In God We trust.
There's a new land out there ...
Lewis and Clark volunteered to go,
Good-bye, good luck, wear your overcoat!
They prepared for good times and for bad
They hired Sacajawea to be their guide.
She led them all across the countryside.
Reached the coast and found the most
Elbow room we've ever had.
The way was opened up for folks with bravery.
There were plenty of fights to win land rights,
But the West was meant to be;
It was our Manifest Destiny!
The trappers, traders, and the peddlers,
The politicians and the settlers,
They got there by any way they could
The Gold Rush trampled down the wilderness,
The railroads spread across from East to West,
And soon the rest was opened up for-opened up
for good.
And now we jet from East to West.
Good-bye New York, hello L.A.,
But it took those early folks to open up the way.
Now we've got a lot of room to be
Growing from sea to shining sea.
Guess that we have got our elbow room
But if there should ever come a time
When we're crowded up together, I'm
Sure we'll find some elbow room ... up on the
moon!
Oh, elbow room, elbow room.
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
It's the moon or bust, In God we trust.
There's a new land up there!
10
Song Lyrics
INTERPLANET JANET
They say our solar system is centered 'round the
sun,
Nine planets, large and small, parading by.
But somewhere out in space,
There's another shining face
That you might see some night up in the sky.
Interplanet Janet, she's a galaxy girl,
A solar system Ms. from a future world,
She travels like a rocket with her comet team
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
She's been to the sun, it's a lot of fun,
it's a hot spot, It's a gas!
Hydrogen and helium in a big, bright, glowing
mass.
It's a star, It's a star! So Janet got an autograph!
Mercury was near the sun so Janet stopped by,
But the mercury on Mercury was much too high,
so
Janet split for Venus but on Venus she found
She couldn't see a thing for all the clouds around.
Earth looked exciting, kind of green and inviting,
THE TALE OF MR. MORTON
This is the tale of Mister Morton
Mister Morton is who?
He is the subject of our tale and
the predicate tells what Mister Morton must do
Mister Morton walked down the street
Mister Morton walked
Mister Morton talked to his cat
Mister Morton talked
(Hello, cat. You look good.)
Mister Morton was lonely
Mister Morton was
Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence
and what the predicate says, he does
Mister Morton knew just one girl
Mister Morton knew
Mister Morton grew flowers for Pearl
Mister Morton grew
Mister Morton was very shy
Mister Morton was
and what the predicate says, he does
The subject is a noun, that's person, place or thing
It's who or what the sentence is about
And the predicate is the verb
That's the action word
that gets the subject up and out
So Janet thought she'd give It a go.
But the creatures on that planet looked so very
weird to Janet,
She didn't even dare to say hello.
Mister Morton wrote Pearl a poem
Mister Morton wrote
Pearl replied in the afternoon
Pearl replied by a note
Mister Morton was very nervous
It's a bird, It's a plane! Why, it must be a UFO, but Mister Morton was
it was:
and what the predicate says, he does!
The cat stretched,
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen, the sun beat down,
No, there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen.
a neighbor chased his kid.
(come here kid - come on!)
Mars is red and Jupiter's big
Each sentence is completed when
And Saturn Shows off its rings.
you know the subject did.
Uranus is built on a funny tilt
And Neptune is its twin,
Mister Morton knocked on her door
And Pluto, little Pluto is the farthest planet from
Mister Morton knocked
our sun.
Mister Morton sat on her porch
Yes, he just sat and rocked
They say our solar system is not alone in space.
Mister Morton was a very nervous man
The universe has endless mystery.
when she opened up the door he ran.
Some future astronaut
May find out that what he thought
Mister Morton climbed up his stairs
Was a shooting star instead turned out to be ...
Mister Morton climbed
Mister Morton rhymed pretty words
Mister Morton rhymed
Mister Morton was lonely
Mister Morton was
And there's never been a planet Janet hasn't seen, until Pearl showed up with a single rose.
There’s never been a planet Janet hasn’t seen.
Who says women can't propose?
Now Mister Morton is happy
and Pearl and the cat are too
They're the subjects of the sentence
and what the predicate says, they do.
INTERJECTIONS
When Reginald was home with flu ah-aa
The doctor knew just what to do-hoo
He cured the infection,
With one small injection
while Reginald uttered some interjections.
Hey! that smarts!
Ouch! that hurts
Yow! that's not fair, giving a guy a shot down
there!
Interjections (hey!) show excitement (Yow!) or
emotion, (Ouch!)
they're generally set apart from a sentence by an
exclamation point,
or by a comma when the feeling’s not as strong.
Though Geraldine played hard to get uh-uhuh
Geraldo knew he'd whoo her ye-het
he showed his affection
despite her objections
and Geraldine hollered some interjections.
Well! you"ve got some nerve!
Oh!, I've never been so insulted in my life!
Hey! you're kind of cute!
Interjections (Well!) show excitement (Oh!)
or emotion, (Hey!)
they're generallly apart from a sentence
by an exclamation point,
or by a comma when the feelings not as strong.
So when you're happy "Hurray!" or sad "Aw!"
or frightened "eek!" or mad "rats!"
or excited "Wow!" or glad "Hey!"
an interjection starts a sentence right.
The game was tied at 7- all uh-uh
when Franklin found he had the ba-hall
he made a connection, in the other direction
and the crowd started shouting out interjections.
Aww! You threw the wrong way
Darn! You just lost the game
Hurray! I’m for the other team
Interjections (Aww!) show excitement (Darn!)
or emotion, (Hurray!)
exclamation point,
So when you're happy "Hurray!" or sad "Aw!"
or frightened "eek!" or mad "rats!"
or excited "Wow!" or glad "Hey!"
an interjection starts a sentence right.
Interjections ,HEY! show excitement, HEY!
or emotion Hey!
exclamation point,
Interjections, show excitement or emotions
Hallelujah, hallelujah, halleluujahhyaahhhhhhh
DARN! That's the end!
11

- Children`s Theatre of Charlotte

Transcription

Similar documents

STEVEN SATER Music by DUNCAN SHEIK

Shark`s Tale - GreatSchools

Connect the Dots

View Sample PDF - IRMA

The Spill Canvas 3685

Ryan O`Gara Nigel Plaskitt

Introduction: Networks and Institutions in the Circulation of

Smile Empty Soul Compromise

JASON WINTER Potsie Weber ANDREW WALDRON Ralph Malph

History - Lone Star College

MERRYMOUNT - Ancient Lights