Lesson Plans, May 14, 2007

May 16th, 2007

Choir classes will follow the 6th Grade General Music lesson below.  They will spend 2 weeks on this lesson, instead of 3 (as indicated)6th Grade General Music
Duration: 3 class sessions (This is the final session!)

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:

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

Materials:

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

7th Grade Computer (week 2 of lesson)

*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, May 7, 2007

May 16th, 2007

Band

**CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY! BE IN SEAT BY 6:45pm at GPAC! FULL UNIFORM!**

  • 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

**CONCERT THIS WEDNESDAY! BE IN YOUR SEAT BY 6:45 at GPAC! FULL UNIFORM!!**

  • 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

6th Grade General Music
Duration: 3 class sessions (extended due to classroom time available last week)

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:

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

Materials:

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

7th 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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