Singing greek with Mariza Koch's songs 
To theatro moiazei na einai karavi
To theatro moiazei na einai karavi
Speech Comprehension and Production
Song comprehension activities utilizing the vocabulary, especially the nautical terms “σαλπάρει” (salparei), “σινιάλο” (sinialo), “ορτσάρει” (ortsarei) and the phrase "σηκώνει πανιά” (sēkōnei pania).
Identify the simile: “το θέατρο µοιάζει να είναι καράβι” (to theatro moiazei na einai karavi) and the metaphor: “πουλί του ονείρου, του µύθου σηµάδι” (pouli tou oneirou, tou mythou sēmadi), as figures of speech.
Practice the creation of similes and metaphors.
Symbols and symbolisms: theater, travel, ship, sails, port.
Refer to the world of theater and artistic creation. Theater as well as travel are different ways of exploring the world and ourselves.
Use the theatrical play for speech production and expansion of the vocabulary. The pupils are transformed into passengers on a boat and describe what they meet on their imaginary voyage, which places they visit, an alternation from the voyage in calm weather to the voyage in stormy weather. The pupils create their own lyrics in groups, making rhyme and having as a general theme the journey and short stories from a journey that they have made, using selected vocabulary as well as the help of a dictionary.
Identify the simile: “το θέατρο µοιάζει να είναι καράβι” (to theatro moiazei na einai karavi) and the metaphor: “πουλί του ονείρου, του µύθου σηµάδι” (pouli tou oneirou, tou mythou sēmadi), as figures of speech.
Practice the creation of similes and metaphors.
Symbols and symbolisms: theater, travel, ship, sails, port.
Refer to the world of theater and artistic creation. Theater as well as travel are different ways of exploring the world and ourselves.
Use the theatrical play for speech production and expansion of the vocabulary. The pupils are transformed into passengers on a boat and describe what they meet on their imaginary voyage, which places they visit, an alternation from the voyage in calm weather to the voyage in stormy weather. The pupils create their own lyrics in groups, making rhyme and having as a general theme the journey and short stories from a journey that they have made, using selected vocabulary as well as the help of a dictionary.
Music Activities
Understand the flow of 6/8 beat, find and listen to other songs written on the same rhythm.
Sing with free movement in space (group or individually).
The pupils dance in waltz while listening of the song.
Render the melody of the song on various melodic instruments.
Instrumentation of the song using rhythmic and melodic percussion instruments using Orff instrumentation techniques (ostinato, drone, bordun, descant, improvisation).
Movement of sails or handkerchiefs in the rhythm of the melody in order to render the phrase (the narrativity of the musical phrase).
Create sound images with the sounds of a ship travel and possible difficulties that the ship may encounter (storm, bad weather, sirens, etc.).
Sing with free movement in space (group or individually).
The pupils dance in waltz while listening of the song.
Render the melody of the song on various melodic instruments.
Instrumentation of the song using rhythmic and melodic percussion instruments using Orff instrumentation techniques (ostinato, drone, bordun, descant, improvisation).
Movement of sails or handkerchiefs in the rhythm of the melody in order to render the phrase (the narrativity of the musical phrase).
Create sound images with the sounds of a ship travel and possible difficulties that the ship may encounter (storm, bad weather, sirens, etc.).
Cross-thematic Connections - Greek Culture
Interdisciplinary concepts: space and time (travel).
Pupils' stories about fantastic time travels (in other eras of the past and the future) and in different places around the world.
Refer to well-known ancient Greek myths where the journey had a literal and symbolic meaning: the Odyssey, Jason and the Argonauts, the myths of Hercules, etc. View excerpts derived from various films related to the above myths.
Familiarize with the terminology and the practices of seamanship (sailing, rowing, etc.). Refer to the poetry set to music as regards sea and travel (poetry by Nikos Kavvadias, Miltos Sachtourēs, Nikos Gkatsos, etc.).
The artistic experience as a way to get to know-travel around the world and for inner journeys (journey of contemplation for oneself).
Pupils' stories about fantastic time travels (in other eras of the past and the future) and in different places around the world.
Refer to well-known ancient Greek myths where the journey had a literal and symbolic meaning: the Odyssey, Jason and the Argonauts, the myths of Hercules, etc. View excerpts derived from various films related to the above myths.
Familiarize with the terminology and the practices of seamanship (sailing, rowing, etc.). Refer to the poetry set to music as regards sea and travel (poetry by Nikos Kavvadias, Miltos Sachtourēs, Nikos Gkatsos, etc.).
The artistic experience as a way to get to know-travel around the world and for inner journeys (journey of contemplation for oneself).
Age level
11-15 years old
Language level
Advanced
Unpublished
