http://www.senorwooly.com/blog Thoughts on my music, videos, and on teaching Spanish Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:24:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have finished a new song called No Voy a Levantarme. It's a rock song about refusing to get up for school. The purpose of the song is to teach reflexive verbs within the morning routine. In addition, I think it's good for teaching the concept that the ... http://www.senorwooly.com/blog/new-song-no-voy-a-levantarme Two months ago, I set out to make two new music videos, one for Guapo, and one for a brand new sequel song, La Confesión de Víctor. They seemed like fairly easy shoots. But then it rained and rained and rained. And it got cold. And ... http://www.senorwooly.com/blog/guapo-two-new-music-videos New Song: No Lo Tengo I just finished a new song called No Lo Tengo. It's a very simple song designed to teach the following: Direct Object Pronouns Vocabuary: School subjects Vocabulary: Materials for class The song is designed as a Spanish 1 song. However, Spanish 2 classes might find it to be ... http://www.senorwooly.com/blog/new-song-no-lo-tengo-and-other-updates When I first started teaching, I understood that music could be a highly effective way to teach language, but I couldn't figure out how to introduce it in a way that wouldn't repel the students. Sure, there were a few classes that enjoyed singing, but most were annoyed by ... http://www.senorwooly.com/blog/tips-teaching-with-music I just finished my new song, ¡PAN! The song is about a group of friends who go to a restaurant for one thing and one thing only: BREAD! Listen to ¡PAN! Often, I know exactly where a song is going before I ever put pen to paper. For example, from ... http://www.senorwooly.com/blog/new-song-pan I finished creating a music video for my song, ¿Puedo ir al baño?. The song is about a boy who desperately needs to go to the bathroom, but can't because of the short passing period. He asks his teacher for permission -- through song, of course. Watch ... http://www.senorwooly.com/blog/video-puedo-ir-al-bano B illy la Bufanda has always been my most well-known song. I find this popularity to be rather humorous, since it is far and away my most ridiculous song. It’s about a scarf that goes places and does things, despite the fact that being a scarf makes it impossible to do ... http://www.senorwooly.com/blog/thoughts-on-billy-la-bufanda