## 2.2c Create

## Your turn!

Now it's your turn to create something inspired by these Killer Songs. Choose between four different types of assignments: a musical assignment, a lyrical assignment, a theatrical assignment or a journalistic assignment.

### Choice A: musical assignment

Grab your guitar, bust out your microphone, it's time to get musical!
Choose a Killer Song from the playlist and record your own version. {this option could work as a group project}
➜ If you play a musical instrument, look for the sheet music or the tabs online and study the song.
➜ If you don't play a musical instrument, look for a karaoke version of your song on YouTube or find a band that's willing to jam with you!
➜ Play it live in a BloX for Mr Jansen or Mrs Wams or record a video/audio fragment and show it off on Seesaw/Egodact.

### Choice B: lyrical assignment

Are you a wordsmith or a budding singer-songwriter?
Write (lyrics for) your own Killer Song.
➜ Find a crime story in the newspapers or online or use your imagination and think about the story you want to tell.
➜ Write the lyrics; make sure there is a chorus, some verses and maybe even a bridge in your song.
➜ If you play a musical instrument, think of some chords or a melody to go along with your song.
➜ If you don't play a musical instrument, that's fine; just think of a melody that you can sort of hum along to; or maybe even rap your song?
➜ Play it live in a BloX for Mr Jansen or Mrs Wams or record a video/audio fragment and show it off on Seesaw/Egodact.

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### Choice C: theatrical assignment

Open the costume chest, hit the stage and record a new music video!
Choose a Killer Song and make a new music video for it. {this option could work as a group project}
➜ Choose one of the songs from the Killer Songs Playlist and create a new music video for it.
➜ Prepare your music video. Make a story board, gather your props, design your set.
➜ Record the video.
➜ Add the music of the song to your video and edit it to make a fabulous new music video.
➜ Show it off on Seesaw/Egodact.

### Choice D: journalistic assignment

Feel like seeking out the truth and making it known to the world?
Choose a Killer Song and write a newspaper article about it.
➜ Choose one of the songs from the Killer Songs Playlist and imagine you are a journalist reporting this crime.
➜ Prepare your article: study the lyrics and note details such as time, place and exact events of the crime. Feel free to invent them if they're not provided in the song. Also think about how you would report this in the news. Has an arrest been made? Are the police still investigating? What's going to happen next in this case?
➜ Write your article. Use between 200-300 words and pay attention to your use of the grammar practised in the toolkit!
➜ Find a photograph or drawing you can use as an illustration, or make your own.
➜ Give your article a newspaper-y feel: use a font like Times New Roman, or search for a Newspaper Template online.
➜ Show it off on Seesaw/Egodact.