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This week you will work on considering a soundtrack of your life. Reflect over your life in terms of 1) MUSIC and 2) Books, from infancy through today. What music and books reflect your life.
You need to name the song title and artist and then write an explanation as to why that particular choice fits. You may chose a song for every year of your life or every two years.
Then you must also have a book list which does the same thing. Title and author and why that book choice was important and special.
Have fun with this! :)
This will be due 3/31
V. Gaboury
One Week Later.
ReplyDeleteAs you know last week we made a blog about all the crisises in Japan. Last week there was an estimated 8,000 people missing and this week the number is unknown, but it's getting higher every day. The estimated death toll was also around 8,000 people and this week it is estimated to be around 10,000. Because of the earthquake that caused the tsunami, there was nuclear meltdowns in Japan. So far there has been two nuclear power plants that exploded, and another one is now in danger. The happenings in Japan are really sad and scary and people need to start thinking about other ways to supply power for the Earth.
Year 1: In my crib, I had a Winnie-the-Pooh mobile that when I wouldn’t fall asleep, would play the Winnie-the-Pooh theme song, putting myself to sleep.
ReplyDelete“Deep in the hundred acre wood,
Where Christopher Robin plays,
You'll find the enchanted neighborhood,
Of Christopher's childhood days.
A donkey named Eeyore is his friend,
And Kanga, and little Roo.
There's Rabbit, and Piglet, and there's Owl,
But most of all Winnie-the-Pooh.
Winnie-the-Pooh,
Winnie-the-Pooh,
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff.
He's Winnie-the-Pooh.
Winnie-the-Pooh.
Willy, nilly, silly, old bear.”
By: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Year 2: This was the song that was sung to me at bedtime for me to fall asleep.
“On Top of Spaghetti”
By: Tom Glazer
“On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese.
I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed.
It rolled off the table, it rolled on the floor,
And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door.
It rolled in the garden and under a bush,
And then my poor meatball was nothing but mush…”
It was different, but hey, it worked.
Year 3: This was one of my favorite bedtime books in my childhood….
The Little Engine that Could
By: Watty Piper
“"I-think-I-can! I-think-I can!
I-think-I-can! I-think-I-can!..."
And they did! Very soon they were over the hill and going down the other side. Now
they were on the plain again; and the little steam engine could pull her train herself. So
she thanked the little engine who had come to help her, and said goodbye. And she
went merrily on her way, singing: "I-thought-I-could! I-thought-I-could! I-thought-I-could!"
This was the book that caused my (somewhat) optimistic attitude.
Year 4: The Berenstains Bears
By: Stan and Jan Berenstain
This series always a story that was read to me at bedtime, ect.... I always loved the stories the Brother and Sister bear had, thoug ha bit repetive....
In the 300 books created, there were Messy Room, Trouble with Money, and The Pet Show.
Year 5: Veggie Tails! Some of my favorite songs when this age were the Veggie Tail soundtrack, which I would sing loud and clear on car trips every day....
“If you like to talk to tomatoes,
If a squash can make you smile,
If you like to waltz with potatoes, up and down the produce aisle.....
The we got a show for you!”
By: Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki
Year 6: Junie B. Jones was my favorite series as a little kid, I was always reading them and they always made me laugh!
“My name is Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except I don't like Beatrice. I just like B and that's all.”
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
By: Barbara Park
Year 7: Mulan Soundtrack
ReplyDeleteMulan was my one of my favorite Disney princesses when little, (her and Cinderella), and her soundtrack, along with Veggie Tails, was another car-sing-along soundtrack.
“Who is that girl I see,
Staring straight back at me?
Why my reflection someone I don't know?
Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am, though I've tried.
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show,
Who I am inside?”
Reflection, Mulan
By: Matt Wilder and David Zippler
Year 8: Magic School Bus
By: Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Inspired my learning and love of science that I still have today.
Year 9: Barges by: Classic Girl Scout Song
Learned this campfire song at my first year at Girl Scout Camp, classic song I would get stuck in my brain for weeks at a time, true reminder of my days of the past and future at this camp.
“Barges, I would like to sail with you,
I would like to sail the ocean blue.
Barges, are there treasures in your hold,
Do you fight with pirates brave and bold?”
This also shows my love for ocean blue.
Year 10: Most definitely would be Hillary Duff, like her movie that took place in Italy. Had her CD's, loved her movie, her music was great at that time for me.
“Hey now hwy nooow,
this is what dreams are made of!”
Year 11: Among the Hidden Series by Margaret Haddix was my favorite series in 6th grade, with the action, suspense, it was just great for me at the start of 6th grade.
“He had never disobeyed the order to hide. Even as a toddler,barely able to walk in the backyard's tall grass,he had somehow understood the fear in his mother's voice.”
Year 12: Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
This book was what I craved at this time, fantasy, suspense, good vs. evil, while also making me laugh out loud. Most defiantly took me to the other world of magic while in depth of it's pages.
"Brilliant! It's potions last thing on Friday! Snape won't have time to poison us all!”
Year 13: The Hunger Games was an amazing series, made you actually think of the future of our United States.....It was high suspense, action, and a good sci-fi, that was my absolute favorite in my year of 13.
“Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill each other while we watch- this is the Capitol's way of reminding ushow totally we are at their mercy.”
Year 14: “Circle Game”
Another classic campfire song that shows we all have a whole life ahead of us, but to make sure to make every second of it worth it.
“An the seasons, they go 'round and 'round.
And the painted ponies go up and down.
We’re captive of a carousel of time.
We can't return, we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game.”
By:Joni Mitchell
Songs:
ReplyDeleteYear 1: “Barney Song”- Ms. Lee Bernstein. This was the most important song of the year when I was one because I, like every other kid, watched Barney as a young child.
Year 2: “Cupy Cake Song”- Unknown Artist. I honestly have no idea why I liked this song or where it even came from but I know that family members constantly used to play it around me.
Year 3: “Take Me out to the Ball Game”- Jack Norworth. At the age of 3, I went to my first MLB baseball game and I always liked to sing this song because of it.
Year 4: “Living La Vida Loca”- Rickey Martin. This song made it to the list because as a four year old, I just liked the beat of the song and the way that the singer kept repeating “Living La Vida Loca.” I liked to listen to this song, and it is the only song that I can remember from when I was four years old.
Year 5: “Bent”- Matchbox 20. “Bent” was the most important song for me when I was five years old because I just generally liked it and I would often hear it when my dad had the radio on.
Year 6: “Hero”- Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott. This was the most important song for me when I was five because it was on the Spiderman movie soundtrack and I was obsessed with superheroes at this time.
Year 7: “In the End”- Linkin Park. When I was 7 years old, I didn’t particularly like music but this catchy song by Linkin Park is very important because through this song I began to learn about music and began to like it a lot.
Year 8: “Photograph”- Nickelback. This, like “In the End” was another important song that made it so that I really began to like and appreciate music.
Year 9: “Holiday”- Greenday. In third grade, when I was nine years old I began to like Greenday. Their album American Idiot was the first CD that I remember buying. After I bought this CD, I liked this song the best so it became by favorite song for a few months.
Year 10: “Thnks fr th mmrs”- Fall Out Boy. This was the most important song of the year when I was 10 because I just generally liked the song and Fall Out Boy as well. I went to my first concert this year which was a Fall Out Boy concert.
Year 11: “Welcome to the Jungle”- Guns N’ Roses. This song was the most important song of the year when I was 11 because not only was I a huge Guns N’ Roses fan, this song related to the craziness of my first year in middle school.
Year 12: “Gives You Hell”-All American Rejects. This made it to my list of favorite songs from each year because I couldn’t think of a song that I liked in 7th grade so I googled top 100 songs of 2008 and this song came up. I instantly remembered listening to it because it was by one of my favorite bands from when I was 10 or 11 and when I first heard it I liked it right away.
Year 13: “New York Sate of Mind”- Jay- Z. Admittedly not the best song of the year… or even one of the best songs of the year… or even a good song, I decided that I would put this song down because I, like the rest of New York, was very excited when the Yankees won the World Series and this was the song played throughout the series.
Year 14: “Right Above it”- Lil Wayne. I put this song down for the most important song of this year because I couldn’t think of a song that I thought meant a lot to me this year so I put this song down because I liked it a lot in the beginning of the school year and it is a very quotable song.
Books:
ReplyDeleteYear 1: Touch and Feel Kitten- DK Publishing. This was my favorite board book as a child because it was hardly a book at all. This was a book that was made of cardboard that had sections of different materials so you could learn what cats feel like. You could pet the cat’s soft fur and feel its rough tongue. I think that there should be more books like this.
Year 2: Barnyard Dance- by Sandra Boynton. I liked that this book had a nice and easy rhyme and there were many cute animals to look at. I had a whole set of books by Sandra Boynton, but this was by far my favorite.
Year 3: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel- by Virginia Lee Burton. I liked this book because I suddenly became interested in all sorts of heavy machinery when I was three years old. This book helped to spark my interest. I liked machinery and construction so much that I had a construction themed birthday party because of it.
Year 4: Three Billy Goats Gruff- Norwegian fairy tail. I liked this book because when I was in preschool we acted out this book and I was picked to be the troll that lives under the bridge. This made me very happy, and my favorite line was “Who’s that tromping over my bridge!” After this performance I wanted to read this book every day.
Year 5: The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything- by Linda Williams. I was introduced to this book around Halloween time when my mom read it to me. I instantly fell in love with this book because it was both funny and scary at the same time. From this point on, I wanted to read it year round. I used to act out the book as my mom would read.
Year 6: Cam Janson Series- by David Abraham Alder. The Cam Janson books were the first chapter books that I read. They were mystery books about a girl who had photographic memory and could look at a place say “click” and permanently have every detail of that picture in her mind. As I said before these were the first chapter books that I read and were a great transition from picture books into more complex chapter books.
Year 7: A Series of Unfortunate Events – by Lemony Snicket. I began to read the Series of Unfortunate Events book towards the middle of second grade. I loved how they were humorous yet very serious and depressing at the same time. I have no idea how the author managed to keep the books from becoming a comedy or very sad and depressing stories. However, the author pulled it off perfectly and in my mind these books were a huge success.
Year 8: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone- by JK Rowling. This was the first “advanced” chapter book that I read and I loved it from the beginning. There was something about the Harry Potter books that make them some of my favorite books of all time. This book took me a ridiculously long time to read and I never even got bored with it. This book taught me just because a book is big and contains no pictures; it isn’t going to be boring.
ReplyDeleteYear 9: Harry Potter Series- JK Rowling. I continued to love the Harry Potter books and they were pretty much the only books that I read until I was done with the books that were out and I had to wait for more. I secretly almost believed that Hogwarts and wizards existed. I was even hoping that on my eleventh birthday someone would come to pick me up and tell me that I was a wizard just like in the books. However, my dreams were crushed on my eleventh birthday.
Year 10: Eragon- by: Christopher Paolini. After I had finished all the Harry Potter books that were available to me I went on search for another interesting book. I then found Eragon. Eragon was a book very similar to the Harry Potter books and I liked it just as much and maybe even more than the Harry Potter books. Eragon and its sequel, Eldest were my two favorite books when I was ten years old.
Year 11: Tangerine- by Edward Bloor. Tangerine was the most important book to me when I was 11 in sixth grade because it opened my eyes to how difficult some kids lives really are when you would think that they live completely normal and happy lives. The main character in this story has an extremely difficult life because of the treatment he receives from his brother. Not only does he live in the spotlight of his brother, he is abused by him. His brother even ruined his eyes as a kid by spraying them with spray paint. This causes the boy a lot of trouble and he has to wear glasses for the rest of his life because of it.
Year 12: House of Stairs- by William Sleator. This was my favorite book that I read in seventh grade. It was an amazing story of a few children who are trapped in a weird place with only endless flights of stairs. These kids begin to fight and abuse each other just for personal gain instead of helping each other to escape this weird environment. To make this story even better there is an unpredictable plot twist at the end , and all of your questions (that have been built up since the beginning of the story) are answered.
Year 13: The Hunger Games- by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games is probably one of the best modern books currently available. Many people have read it and none that I know have said anything bad about it. This book is a great adventure book and is very action packed. I have read this book twice and would gladly read it again because it is just a great book and most definitely the best book I read when I was thirteen.
Year 14: Fahrenheit 451- by Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 is definately the best book that I have read this school year and one of the best books that I have had to read for a class. This book inspires me to keep working hard and to never allow anyone to change history by burning books. This book contained some very important life lessons and encourages readers to be sure that the world we live in doesn’t turn into the world in the book.
1997 & 1998 – “Winnie the Pooh Theme Song” – When I was younger I remember watching Winnie the Pooh a lot so I chose this song.
ReplyDelete1999 & 2000 – “You’re my Best Friend” by Queen – When I was 2 and 3 my cousin lived across the street. I remember playing with him every day so I chose this song.
2001 & 2002 – “Move Along” by All American Rejects – I chose this song for when I was 4 I moved away from my cousin (though not far) so I chose this song since I “moved along”.
2003 & 2004 – “School” by Nirvana – I remember always looking forward to school and I was so excited when I started so I chose this song.
2005 & 2006 – “Holiday” by Green Day – I remember listening to Green Day around this time in my life so I chose Holiday off of the first Green Day CD I ever listened to.
2007 & 2008 – “Another Brick in the Wall” by Pink Floyd – In 2008 I went to my first Roger Waters concert so I chose this song since I heard it then and it is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs.
2009 & 2010 – “I Don’t Want to Be” by Gavin DeGraw – in these two years I had a falling out with my best friend since he started becoming interested in other things that I wasn’t into. He was always trying to make me be like him but I didn’t want to change myself to be like him.
2011 – “We Are the World” – I chose this song because of Japan. We as a whole are the world and we need to help each other out when they are in need.
1997 & 1998 – The Mitten by Jan Brett – I remember my mom reading this story to me when I was younger so I chose this book.
1999 & 2000 – Zoo in the Sky by Jacqueline Mitton – I chose this book for as well as the first one, it started me off reading.
2001 & 2002 – The Magic Castle Series by Jane Belk Moncure – The books in this series are the first stories that I started reading so I chose them.
2003 & 2004 –The Adventures of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton – During this time in my life I was really interested in Greek Mythology and this is one of the books I still have today from back then.
2005 & 2006 – Captain Underpants Series by Dav Pilkey – I remember one day getting one of these books and spending the day reading it and loving it so I chose this entire series.
2007 & 2008 – Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan – This is the series that really turned me into a reader. I read the entire series pretty fast averaging at about two days per book and loved them. This is why I chose this series. Also, this series turned me into an action/horror lover.
2009 – 2010 – The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Series by Heather Brewer – As one of my favorite series in these two years, this series definitely represents what I was into during these years.
2011 – The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown – This is defnitely one of the best books I have read this year and any year. This shows how I started with simple books and am now into more mature books.