We explored the life and music of Celia Cruz. Our students completed a graphic organizer about her life. Some wrote short summaries afterwards.
We listened to, sang, and wrote about the song: "Life Is A Carnival." |
The message of the song is to be happy because anyone who thinks life is unfair has to know that life is beautiful. It must be lived.
L. Koumoin
The message of this song is beautiful because sometimes the life is difficult and complicated but try not to cry and meet your troubles with a smile.
Y. Cofresi
The message of this song is the life is beautiful. Our Lord is always with us. Celia Cruz is saying that the life is a carnival because we don't have to think about problems. Problems come and go.
E.De La Cruz
The meaning of the song is that life is beautiful. Whatever the difficulty in life, it deserves to be lived.
A. Sanou
One has to know how to live life to the fullest. And it's true what she says, "Life is a carnival!"
L. Koumoin
The message of this song is beautiful because sometimes the life is difficult and complicated but try not to cry and meet your troubles with a smile.
Y. Cofresi
The message of this song is the life is beautiful. Our Lord is always with us. Celia Cruz is saying that the life is a carnival because we don't have to think about problems. Problems come and go.
E.De La Cruz
The meaning of the song is that life is beautiful. Whatever the difficulty in life, it deserves to be lived.
A. Sanou
One has to know how to live life to the fullest. And it's true what she says, "Life is a carnival!"
COMPARE/CONTRAST ACTIVITIES LATIN MUSIC AND MUSICIANS |
Using the American Sabor website and its materials, our classes were able to compare and contrast Celia Cruz and her song LIFE IS AS CARNIVAL and Ruben Blades and his song SIEMBRA.. Our students viewed videos, read short biographies, read and interpreted the meaning of lyrics and produced VENN DIAGRAMS. Afterwards, they wrote essays.
Chadan Ngoma
ESL 6
October 27, 2015
Messages of Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades through their songs
According to scientists, music makes everyone happy. Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades are both world musicians who made people happy and gave hope to people through their song. One of their songs is ‘’Life is carnival’’ by Celia Cruz and ‘’Siembra’’ by Ruben Blades. These both songs talk about human life. However, we can compare the both music. Then, in this essay, I’m going to compare and contrast their music.
In the Celia Cruz song, ‘’Life is a Carnival’’, she tells us to be an actor of our life. According to her, when you are alive, you must to hope. Don’t be discouraged. In the life, there is always somebody who can help you. However, you must to believe and don’t forget God helps who helps himself.
In opposite, Ruben Blades song, ‘’Siembra’’, he compares the life to the tree and the seed. When you grow the seed, if you want it became the tree, you must to put water. By consequent, you must use your conscience, don’t let it die. Ruben Blades tells us, it we self who make our life better. Men and women are the bakers of their lives.
In conclusion, Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades have a similarities in their song. They advise us to fight of our life, to be courageous and to keep hope.
Chadan
ESL 6
October 27, 2015
Messages of Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades through their songs
According to scientists, music makes everyone happy. Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades are both world musicians who made people happy and gave hope to people through their song. One of their songs is ‘’Life is carnival’’ by Celia Cruz and ‘’Siembra’’ by Ruben Blades. These both songs talk about human life. However, we can compare the both music. Then, in this essay, I’m going to compare and contrast their music.
In the Celia Cruz song, ‘’Life is a Carnival’’, she tells us to be an actor of our life. According to her, when you are alive, you must to hope. Don’t be discouraged. In the life, there is always somebody who can help you. However, you must to believe and don’t forget God helps who helps himself.
In opposite, Ruben Blades song, ‘’Siembra’’, he compares the life to the tree and the seed. When you grow the seed, if you want it became the tree, you must to put water. By consequent, you must use your conscience, don’t let it die. Ruben Blades tells us, it we self who make our life better. Men and women are the bakers of their lives.
In conclusion, Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades have a similarities in their song. They advise us to fight of our life, to be courageous and to keep hope.
Chadan
Mouhamed Allahoumami
ESL 6
October 27, 2015
Comparison between Celia Cruz song ‘’Life’s Carnival’’ and Ruben Blades song ‘’Siembra’’.
Ruben Blades and Celia Cruz are famous and good Singers. In their songs they gave messages, which is hope for life and work for Improvement. Even though their messages look the same Ruben Blades went further in his song ‘’Siembra’’.
While Celia Cruz in her song ‘’Life is a Carnival’’ is inviting people to have hope for life, she wants everybody to think positive even they have issues. She also encourages people to forget everything that can bring sadness. Also she invited people to stop influencing innocents and acting bad. She meant life is beautiful, fair, not cruel…., so we must stop complaining.
Ruben Blades in ‘’Siembra’’ after inviting people for life’s hope is going far and advising people in general and Latino-Americans particularly to use their conscience, not to let it sleep and die.
Ruben invited people to understand that if you don’t grow something, you won’t harvest any. That the time is going very fast and we have to act while we are young and strong. Also if the first time we got troubles, fall, fail, or we didn’t succeed, we have to try again and again because time will bring us the reward as far as we keep dealing.
To emphasize, he invites us to consider neither our skin color nor our social status as weakness that only your faith and fight could make your dream become a reality. According to him we have to work hard for our future.
To conclude, he compares the children to the seed. So he meant, the same way the grown and protected seed could bring fruit in the future, the same the good raised children who are good raised and fought for their future will become great persons.
ESL 6
October 27, 2015
Comparison between Celia Cruz song ‘’Life’s Carnival’’ and Ruben Blades song ‘’Siembra’’.
Ruben Blades and Celia Cruz are famous and good Singers. In their songs they gave messages, which is hope for life and work for Improvement. Even though their messages look the same Ruben Blades went further in his song ‘’Siembra’’.
While Celia Cruz in her song ‘’Life is a Carnival’’ is inviting people to have hope for life, she wants everybody to think positive even they have issues. She also encourages people to forget everything that can bring sadness. Also she invited people to stop influencing innocents and acting bad. She meant life is beautiful, fair, not cruel…., so we must stop complaining.
Ruben Blades in ‘’Siembra’’ after inviting people for life’s hope is going far and advising people in general and Latino-Americans particularly to use their conscience, not to let it sleep and die.
Ruben invited people to understand that if you don’t grow something, you won’t harvest any. That the time is going very fast and we have to act while we are young and strong. Also if the first time we got troubles, fall, fail, or we didn’t succeed, we have to try again and again because time will bring us the reward as far as we keep dealing.
To emphasize, he invites us to consider neither our skin color nor our social status as weakness that only your faith and fight could make your dream become a reality. According to him we have to work hard for our future.
To conclude, he compares the children to the seed. So he meant, the same way the grown and protected seed could bring fruit in the future, the same the good raised children who are good raised and fought for their future will become great persons.