This lesson provides teachers with support for using text-dependent questions and Common Core literacy strategies to help students derive big ideas and key understandings while developing vocabulary using the text, "Sing to the Stars." Ephram loves to play the violin, and when he discovers that a blind neighbor was once a musician, but stopped playing the piano due to a family tragedy, he encourages the man to return to his music. Each encourages the other, and they perform together at a community concert.

Poster showing an elderly woman playing piano for a group of sailors. Caption: Songs of today & yesterday. No. 3C.

Poster announcing amateur piano contest, showing two girls playing piano. Date stamped on verso: Dec 18 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 184 For more information about this collection, see http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/ Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004-05.

Founded by Bisher Abu Taleb, a vocalist and guitarist, and Ayham Abu Hammad, a music and video editor, i3zif (play) is an Arabic online music school that provides musical instrument instruction in Arabic and English. Through fee-based courses in several musical and instrumental practice areas, including the oud (stringed instrument), darbuka (goblet drum), guitar, piano, and Arabic vocals, i3zif seeks to streamline music-learning by bringing together numerous teachers and artists in one, online-accessible space.

Courses are arranged by music or instrument genre. The majority of reference songs or popular melodies used in the courses are Arabic-based, though some classes may incorporate popular Euro-American songs and melodies. The website can be viewed in English or Arabic, though more courses are listed on the Arabic version of the website.

This YouTube clip is a brief commercial featuring i3zif, an online Arabic music school. Founded by Bisher Abu Taleb, a vocalist and guitarist, and Ayham Abu Hammad, a music and video editor, i3zif (play) provides musical instrument instruction in Arabic and English. The commercial video outlines i3zif's services and provides insight into its areas of musical and instrumental expertise.

Instruments taught at i3zif include the oud (stringed instrument), darbuka (goblet drum), guitar, and piano. i3zif also offers lessons in Arabic vocals. The school's entire YouTube library can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/i3zif

In this sample YouTube clip, i3zif CEO and co-founder Bisher Abu Taleb demonstrates the proper cadence and finger-placement for a popular Arabic song, "Ya ʿAshiqata al-Wardi," on a guitar. Founded by Bisher Abu Taleb, a vocalist and guitarist, and Ayham Abu Hammad, a music and video editor, i3zif (play) is an Arabic online music school that provides musical instrument instruction in Arabic and English. The video features three screens simultaneously, one of which follows the instructor's fingers on the guitar, while the other two show musical notes synchronized with the instructor's performance on the guitar, and a zoomed-out shot of the instructor.

The clip is a preview of how similar i3zif music classes function online. Instruments taught at i3zif include the oud (stringed instrument), darbuka (goblet drum), guitar, and piano. i3zif also offers lessons in Arabic vocals. The school's entire YouTube library can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/i3zif

This YouTube clip provides a brief introduction to i3zif's courses. Founded by Bisher Abu Taleb, a vocalist and guitarist, and Ayham Abu Hammad, a music and video editor, i3zif (play) is an Arabic online music school that provides musical instrument instruction in Arabic and English. The clip features i3zif instructors playing and teaching musical instruments, as well as a brief voice-over describing some of i3zif's services. i3zif's fee-based courses consist of pre-recorded video and audio instruction by experts in a given musical or instrumental field.

The clip is a preview of how similar i3zif music classes function online. Instruments taught at i3zif include the oud (stringed instrument), darbuka (goblet drum), guitar, and piano. i3zif also offers lessons in Arabic vocals. The school's entire YouTube library can be found at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/user/i3zif