Objective:
Student will:
identify a twelve bar blues format
write a blues song or poem in the twelve bar blues format
Activities:
-
Read and discuss
My Daddy
and
Watching the World Go By
-
Write a lighthearted blues song or poem modeling after
My Daddy
or
Watching the World Go By
Materials:
My Daddy
and
Watching the World Go By
in
Nathaniel Talking
Paper and pen
Procedures:
Read and discuss the format of
My Daddy
and
Watching the World Go By
. Create a spontaneous blues poem in class in groups of two. Share poems with the class.
Extension:
Variation blues poetry, similar to improvisation, allows poets to mold the blues format/structure to fit their purpose. However, the essentials of blues poetry: repetition/call-and-response must remain.
Read
love blues #1 (to be sung/performed)
by j.w. henry (Jordan,113).
Improvise on poem with three lines of verse. In the first line make a statement, in the second repeat it (with or without changes), and in the third resolve the stanza in a rhymed response.