My kids got to do an English project at school for Passover holiday: choose one of the famous rock pieces, list the lyrics, translate to Hebrew, find info on musicians etc. Needless to say, they used all possible computer and Internet resources to get this stuff done - no intervention on my side.
Funny thing - they both chose British, not American rock classics, no Beyonce or Eminem. Avidan picked "We are the champions" from Queen's repertoire. Shavit selected "Another brick in the wall" by Pink Floyd. Dad's influence? I must admit I love both groups and listen to their recordings pretty frequently.
Avidan prepared nice Word document using styles and inline picture and then printed in color. Shavit went even further and build interactive PowerPoint presentation where you could press various links and buttons to betaken directly to the portion of the interest.
In addition, they had to come up with creative part. Both decided to play chosen piece on piano. It proved to be not easy - under their piano teacher supervision they trained for 3 weeks to get in shape. The pieces are not originally played on piano but rather on electric guitar, so some accords may sound a little bit strange. But I loved it!
After preparations were finished, we made a video session with multiple cuts - see the final result (went to English teacher).
Avidan plays "We are the champions" by Queen
Shavit plays "Another brick in the wall" by Pink Floyd
Funny thing - they both chose British, not American rock classics, no Beyonce or Eminem. Avidan picked "We are the champions" from Queen's repertoire. Shavit selected "Another brick in the wall" by Pink Floyd. Dad's influence? I must admit I love both groups and listen to their recordings pretty frequently.
Avidan prepared nice Word document using styles and inline picture and then printed in color. Shavit went even further and build interactive PowerPoint presentation where you could press various links and buttons to betaken directly to the portion of the interest.
In addition, they had to come up with creative part. Both decided to play chosen piece on piano. It proved to be not easy - under their piano teacher supervision they trained for 3 weeks to get in shape. The pieces are not originally played on piano but rather on electric guitar, so some accords may sound a little bit strange. But I loved it!
After preparations were finished, we made a video session with multiple cuts - see the final result (went to English teacher).
Avidan plays "We are the champions" by Queen
Shavit plays "Another brick in the wall" by Pink Floyd
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