Writing our own protest song

This week in 4c we have been analyzing the structure of various existing protest songs, beginning with Get up Stand Up and leading to Imagine.

We used expert groups to share information about the following 4 focus points:

1.       Repetition

2.       Rhyme

3.       Syllable count- rhythm

4.       Feelings and emotions

This will lead to a diamond ranking to decide on a checklist for the final assessment- writing our own protest song using the tune of imagine.

 Thanks to Alek's dad for the Bob Marley link.

Also watched a great clip of U2 performing with Jay Z in front of the Brandenburg Tor - double protest song Sunday Bloody Sunday with Get up stand up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucOFQD8kVGU&feature=related

We are all looking forward to listening to the finished masterpieces.