I.

Grade Level
a. 6th Grade General Music Class
II. Concepts
III.Objectives
a. Students will be able to sing La Mariposa trad. Bolivian
Folk Song
b. Students will be able to dance to La Mariposa
IV. National Standards
a. Content
i. 1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire
of music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and
culture.
b. Achievement
i. 1a. Students sing accurately and with good breath
control throughout their singing ranges, alone and in
small and large ensembles
1c. Students sing music representing diverse genres
and cultures, with expression appropriate for the
work being performed
6a. Students describe specific music events in a
given aural example, using appropriate terminology
6b. Students analyze the uses of elements of music
in aural examples representing diverse genres and
cultures
6c. Students demonstrate knowledge of the basic
principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals,
chords, and harmonic progressions in their analyses
of music
9a. Students describe distinguishing characteristics
of representative music genres and styles from a
variety of cultures
9b. Students classify by genre and style (and, if
applicable, by historical period, composer, and title)
a varied body of exemplary (that is, high-quality and
characteristic) musical works and explain the
characteristics that cause each work to be
considered exemplary
V. Materials
a. Whiteboard and marker
b. Bomba Drum
c. Kenas
d. La Mariposa trad. Bolivian folk song from Cultural
Diversity and related Arts Unit by J. Bryan Burton pg. 209210

e. Trad. Bolivian Costumes

VI.
Procedures
a. New Song (prepare)
i. Motivation details
ii. Directed listening/ Activity 1 details
b. Melodic (or rhythmic) skill Activity
c. Closing activity (practice)
VII.
Evaluation, or Assessment, or Indicators of Success
a. Must align with each objective
VIII.
Modifications for students with special needs
(includes ELL)