Lesson Plans–April 30, 2007

April 30th, 2007

Band

Roll
Annoucements
Warm-ups
- Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, F, C scales
  - (arpeggios and thirds for 8th grade classes)
- Chromatic Scale
- Long Tones
- Chorale
Tune
African Sketches
Main St. March
Rites of Tamburo
Mallet Mania
I’m a Believer
SightRead

Choir

Roll
Annoucements
Warm-ups
- Chester Cheetah
- M & Ms
- Super Bubble Gum
- Do Re Me
- May Mee Mah Mee
- Head Voice–Descending scales
Make a Miracle
Praise His Holy Name
We Are Singing
Joyful, Joyful
Can You Feel the Love Tonight

Choir Rehearsal Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday of this week at 7:39am! DON’T BE LATE!

Choir Festival on Wednesday. Check the list to make sure your name has been added!

6th Grade General Music

Duration: 2 class sessions

Description: In this activity, students compose lyrics for a rap song.

Goals: National Standards of Music Education published by the Music Educators National Conference (MENC) :

(3) Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
(4) Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
(7) Evaluating music and music performances.
(8) Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
(9) Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Objectives:

Students will be able to write a rap song that contains rhyming words.
Students will be able to associate rhythms and counting with words that are used in their song.

Materials:

paper
pencils/pens
The Drug Free Rap

Procedure:
“Raps are talk songs. They are not sung; they are spoken. They have a very heavy beat and a lot of rhyme. Behind the speaker of a rap there might be original music, “scratching” sounds, or even parts of other people’s songs. To write your own rap, begin with your topic. You have to know enough about your topic to rap about it.”

For this activity, students may work alone or with a partner. “You will select one of the following topics to rap about: Our School, Our Team, The Field Trip, 7th Grade (or other grade as applicable), or Your Family. In your rap, you cannot say anything negative about the people or topic! Tell the story of your topic in a rhyme. Most raps rhyme in couplets, which means lines rhyme two at a time. Lines one and two rhyme with each other; but not with the other lines. Lines three and four rhyme with each other but not with other lines, and so on. The two lines that rhyme together are a couplet.”

Students should begin their lyrics with a line that has a strong beat or rhythm. “Rhyme the next line with the first. Try to repeat the same rhythm in the second line, too. Then begin a new rhyme with the third line. The fourth line should rhyme with the third line. Keep repeating this rhyming pattern. The beat can be different in different lines. Some lines can be short, and some can be long. You may want to have a refrain in your lyrics. A refrain is a group of lines that remains the same and is repeated throughout the song.” (Pass out a copy of “The Drug Free Rap” for students to look at as an example.)

“There can be NO double meaning words or grossness in the rap. You must say it to a beat with your partner. You can also put dance moves with it while you are saying it. You can use background music. Today we partner up (you can also solo by yourself) to write the rap. Tomorrow you will perform it and turn in your lyrics.”

A Rhyming Alphabet (list of sounds/blends to help students with rhyming):
BL, BR, CH, DR, FL, FR, GL, GR, KL, KR, PR, SH, SHR, SL, ST, STR, TH, THR, TR 8th Grade Computer

*Open your word processing document.
*Chose any readable font and size.
*Hit enter once.
*Type these misspelled words correctly in under 30 minutes.
*When you are done typing, bold the word you think you spelled correctly.
*Print your page BUT YOU ARE NOT DONE!
*After you are done bolding the words go to the spell check and replace the words you have got wrong and when you are done see if any of the bolded words are wrong.
*If you wish you may print.
*You do not have to use capitals.
******************HERE ARE THE WORDS*******************
1. Kwick
2. Kwiet
3. Armey
4. Dinosore
5. Evereone
6. Bizze
7. Mileneum
8. Configurason
9. Qwestyon
10. Fone
11. Ochin
12. Musekal
13. Carpit
14. Mountin
15. Anemal
16. Qwit
17. Pencal
*******************************************************

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Lesson Plans–April 23, 2007

April 20th, 2007

Band

Roll
Annoucements
Warm-ups
- Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, F, C scales
  - (arpeggios and thirds for 8th grade classes)
- Chromatic Scale
- Long Tones
- Chorale
Tune
African Sketches
Main St. March
Rites of Tamburo
Mallet Mania
I’m a Believer
SightRead

6th Grade General Music

Music Alive! May 2007

TLW:

Read silently the following articles: John Mayer, All About Music
Complete a short answer quiz
Discuss articles
Listen to music associated with articles
Discuss music
ABC game for extra credit

**Extra credit assignment will be distributed this week. It will also be posted on this blog as soon as it becomes available.**Choir

Roll
Annoucements
Warm-ups
- Chester Cheetah
- M & Ms
- Super Bubble Gum
- Do Re Me
- May Mee Mah Mee
- Head Voice–Descending scales
Make a Miracle
Praise His Holy Name
We Are Singing
Joyful, Joyful
Can You Feel the Love Tonight

**Choir Rehearsal Wednesday and Thursday mornings–7:29AM! Don’t be late!!!**Computer Skills (7th Grade)

Star Wars Scavenger Hunt Instructions:

**Write all answers on paper and turn in before you leave class.**
1.Turn on the computer and make sure it works.

2. Get onto the Internet.

3. Go to the website: www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/star.wars.anniversary/

4. Scroll down to the Links located at the bottom of the page inside the [ ]’s.

5. Click on the “Use the force: A Quiz” section and take the online quiz. Write down your results. ____________________________________

6. Click on “Flashback 1977″ and find 2 things on this page:

a. Write down 1 technological advance that has happened since the movie was filmed in 1977. _______________________________

b. Write down how much a movie ticket was when Star Wars was originally released. _______________________________

7. Click on “Where are they now?” and find 1 fact about each of the following characters/actors: Mark Hamill __________________________________,
Harrison Ford ______________________________________________,
Frank Oz___________________________________________________,
Carrie Fisher _______________________________________________.

8. Click on “Cultural Impact” and find out the name of the movie that parodies Star Wars. Hint: it was created by Mel Brooks. ___________________________________________.

9. Click on “Galaxy of Websites” and visit 3 different linked websites. Write a 1 sentence description of each website you visit.

a. ________________________________________________________.
b. _______________________________________________________.
c. ________________________________________________________.

10. Write down your favorite link (URL) that you found today on this website.
_________________________________________________________.

Bonus: Write down 3 new, good links you have discovered about Star Wars from a search engine such as Yahoo.com, Dogpile.com, Google.com, etc.
1. _______________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________

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Lesson Plans, April 15, 2007–Lesson Plans

April 17th, 2007

Band

Roll
Annoucements
Warm-ups
- Concert Bb, Eb, Ab, F, C scales
  - (arpeggios and thirds for 8th grade classes)
- Chromatic Scale
- Long Tones
Tune
African Sketches
Main St. March
Rites of Tamburo
Mallet Mania
I’m a Believer
SightRead

6th Grade General Music

Music Alive! May 2007

TLW:

Read silently the following articles: Summer Music & Stevie Wonder
Complete a short answer quiz
Discuss articles
Listen to music associated with articles
Discuss music

Choir

Roll
Annoucements
Warm-ups
- Chester Cheetah
- M & Ms
- Super Bubble Gum
- Do Re Me
- May Mee Mah Mee
Make a Miracle
Praise His Holy Name
We Are Singing
Joyful, Joyful
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Dance Evolution

Computer Skills (8th Grade)