Lesson 2: In a Dark, Dark Wood – Unpitched Percussion On the third telling ask students to join in speaking as much of the poem as they are able while still patting their legs with their fingertips on the word DARK.Ask students to relay all of the places they heard in the story.On the second telling, ask students to listen for all of the places they hear in the story in addition to patting with their fingertips every time they hear the word DARK.The teacher tells students to pat their legs with their fingertips every time they hear the word DARK in the story.I cover many different objectives utilizing the text of this poem, here are a few: Lesson 1: In a Dark, Dark Wood – Poem In a dark, dark wood, there was a dark, dark house,Īnd in that dark, dark house, there was a dark, dark room,Īnd in that dark, dark room, there was a dark, dark cupboard,Īnd in that dark, dark cupboard, there was a dark, dark shelf,Īnd in that dark, dark shelf, there was a dark, dark box,Īnd in that dark, dark box, there was a Ghost! Demonstrate locomotor & non-locomotor movement on the specific text.
