Description
Carnival of the Animals Lesson includes:
- Lesson plan about the Carnival of the Animals suite – movement by movement
- Digital links to YouTube videos
- Camille Saint-Saëns: In Depth about the composer (including pictures)
- Guide to the musical instruments used in the Carnival of the Animals (including pictures)
- List of children’s books about the Carnival of the Animals
- Vocabulary sheet
- Ogden Nash’s Poem about the Carnival of the Animals
Carnival of the Animals Activities
- Several writing & language arts activities
- Several art activities
- Several theater & drama activities
- Several dance activities
Carnival of the Animals Worksheets & Printables
- Carnival of the Animals Writing Worksheets
- Carnival of the Animals Writing Mini Book (2 versions)
- With pictures to color
- With space to illustrate
- Write a Limerick worksheet with instructions
- Carnival of the Animals Limerick Worksheet
- Worksheet about Camille Saint-Saëns and the Carnival of the Animals
- Musical Matching Worksheet
- Carnival of the Animals Essay Worksheet
- Carnival of the Animals Essay with Illustration Frame Worksheet
- Carnival of the Animals Mini Book (2 versions)
- With pictures to color
- With space to illustrate
- Carnival of the Animals Frame from Animal Illustration Gallery
Carnival of the Animals Posters & Pictures
- 7 Saint-Saëns Pictures
- 8 Musical Instrument Pictures
- 13 Full Color Animal Posters
- 13 Black & White Animal Posters
- Answer key
Halloween is a great time to spotlight “spooky,” minor music. Here is just such a musical lesson plan about the composer Camille Saint-Saëns and his famous Danse Macabre.
Danse Macabre Lesson includes:
- Lesson plan about the Danse Macabre
- Digital links to YouTube videos
- Camille Saint-Saëns: In Depth about the composer (including pictures)
- Danse Macabre Poem by Henri Cazalis
- Narration for the Danse Macabre
- Vocabulary
- Printable worksheet about Camille Saint-Saëns and the Danse Macabre
- Printable Danse Macabre Tombstone Activity
- Several writing activities
- Several visual art activities
- Several dance activities
Included in the Camille Saint-Saëns Bulletin Board Poster Set PDF:
- Turquoise themed full color set
- Rainbow themed full color set
- Black and white set
The Camille Saint-Saëns Bulletin Board Poster Set includes the following:
- Name, birth & death dates poster
- Facts poster
- Family poster
- Types of compositions poster
- Famous music poster
- Composer portrait poster
Carnival of the Animals Slideshow includes:
- 35 slide PDF slideshow with info about each movement, a link to listen to it and the corresponding Ogden Nash poem
- Information about each movement
- What instruments are playing
- What to listen for in each movement
- Digital links to YouTube videos
- Poems about the Carnival of the Animals
