Day 114 - Russia Song Parody - Brian Leslie - Marshall Simonds Middle School Grade 6

This post first appeared on Mr. Leslie's blog. 

Last week students spent part of a class period creating their choice of either a song parody or poem about Russia.  For the assignment, they worked in small groups and had the option to make either one and really to take it as far as they wanted. While some simply wrote down the lyrics, several students created music videos.  In B Block, Colleen, Sydney and Marina worked very hard and even worked through one of their lunch periods creating an outstanding “Let it Go” Russia song parody. Check out the video below to see what an amazing job they did.

Bonus Post - South American Song Parodies and iMovies - Mr. Leslie - MSMS Grade 6 Social Studies

This was originally posted on Mr. Leslie's Blog
Recently students had a weekend assignment in which they had to make either an acrostic poem, song parody or iMovie on South America.  In addition to some great acrostic poems and parodies, several students went above and beyond and created some amazing videos. The time, effort, creativity and, in some cases, musical talent are outstanding. 
Check out the videos below to see what amazing things these kids can do over a weekend.

Sydney's Song Parody

Marina's Song Parody

Colleen's Galapagos Island Movie

Sara's iMovie Trailer

Supraja and Vaishnavi’s Brazil Video

Hirchfield’s Andes iMovie Trailer

Day 67 - South American Song Parodies - Brian Leslie - MSMS 6th Grade Social Studies

This post originally appeared on Mr. Leslie's Blog 

Wednesday night’s homework assignment was to write a parody of a song and include information on South America.  All students needed to do was to write down the lyrics but some chose to go above and beyond and make videos as well.  With just one day to do, some of them were able to make some amazing videos. See some examples below.  They are extremely creative and really show a lot of hard work and effort.  I’m sure they’ll be getting contacted by record producers in no time.