Sound Stories/Mood

I begin this lesson by discussing the concept of mood with the class. The students give examples of how music and sound can affect your mood. I play a few listening examples and they tell me how it made them feel. I then read the story of The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything.

 This wonderful story uses sound words (onomatopoeia) to create the mood of the story.

I ask students to repeat the sound words as I read. 

There is a section of the BBC School website that asks students to identify moods based on a listening selection.

BBC Musical Mysteries-Mood

I use a haunted house worksheet that gives examples of sound effects. Students identify the sounds (color them on the sheet) and then create the sound effect using their voices.

I show them (write) a story example on the board using sound words. I play the sound effects using this website. Students are split into groups of four.

 Each student writes a part of the story and uses sound words. I ask them to underline them in their stories.

They read their stories to the class and pause after sound words as I play the appropriate sound effect.