EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

September 26, 2009Activities:

K 1-34-56-8prep lycee

THEME FOR 2008-2009:HUNGRY PLANET

How can we go from food to music?

MUSIC

vocabulary history/originsinstruments theoriesvoices composersstyles lyricists

singersmusicians

uses physicslove songs anatomy/brain regionsprotest songspatriotic songsdance

“STOP (START?)PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD”

FOOD FOR THE SOUL?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ujwe_the-vegetable-orchestra_music

ORhttp://tvo.wikispaces.com/

musical+veggies

FOOD FOR INVADERS?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25nh_music-for-one-apartment-and-six-dru

ORhttp://tvo.wikispaces.com/musical+invad

ers

FAR OUT

Moscow Laptop Cyber Orchestra

FARTHER OUT

Moonbell: Music fans can now play the Moon like a DJ spins a record, using a new online programme that generates melodies from its rugged surface.

http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/selene_sok/index_en.htmlAND http://tvo.wikispaces.com/MOONSTRUCK

By Matthew MoorePublished: 4:21PM BST 01 Sep 2009

WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?WILL, WONDERS NEVER CEASE!

MUSIC

vocabulary history/originsinstruments theoriesvoices composersstyles lyricists

singersmusicians

uses physicslove songs anatomy/brain regionsprotest songspatriotic songsdance

REMINDERS

TurkishEnglish in useMaterials and testsPeer observationsProfessional developmentEschew ostrobogulosity

Share everything. Share everything. Play fair. Play fair. Don't hit people. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play

and work every day some. and work every day some. Take a nap every afternoon. Take a nap every afternoon. When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together. When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the

plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die.

So do we. So do we. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of

all - LOOK. all - LOOK. Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic

sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living. Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your

family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.hands and stick together.

[Source: "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN" by Robert Fulghum.  [Source: "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN" by Robert Fulghum.  See his web site at http://www.robertfulghum.com/  ] See his web site at http://www.robertfulghum.com/  ]