CYS ELAB3013 W2a

Activities to explore and exploit songs and jazz chants

Week 2a

Open Ended

There are many genres of songs. Can you name some of them?

​But what type of songs are suitable for the primary ESL classroom?

• folk songs

• lullabies

• jazz chants

What are jazz chants?

Watch the video below on the origins of jazz chants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_nPUuPryCs

Task 1 (groups of 3)

Based on the video that you have seen earlier, try to create a simple vocabulary or grammar chant. Take a short video of your chant (to show off the actions) and post it on our GC together with the lyrics.

Let's take a break!