Lesson Plan #16 - 2/11/21

Orchestra 2 - 8th Grade

47min

Standards being Addressed:

MU:Pr5.3.E.8a Develop strategies to address technical challenges in a varied repertoire of
music and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to
refine performances.

MU:Pr6.1.E.8a Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in

prepared and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse
cultures and styles.

Objective:
Students will warm up on the E minor scale with a rhythm found in Eleanor Rigby. Students will
warm up their vibrato so they are ready to perform for their peers. Students will evaluate their
peers' performance of the melody in Eleanor Rigby. Students will practice transitions in
Brandenburg.

Materials:
● Instruments
● Music for Eleanor Rigby (on Canvas)

Warmup: 10min
● E minor scale
○ Syncopated rhythm - eighth, eighth, eighth, quarter, dotted quarter
● Vibrato
○ G Major scale with harmonics - half notes, add vibrato on stopped notes

Eleanor Rigby: 15min

Peer assessment
- Samantha will play piano
Partners:
● Brittany and Jennifer
● Samantha and Austin
 ● Gia-Dat and Bailey
● Monse and Olivia
● Thy and Samara
● Kaycee will play for me

Explain peer assessment - 5min

● Fill out the google form with prompting questions
○ https://forms.gle/eB287C3zPfdeb4E46
● How do we give constructive feedback?
● Find the good things
● You all are awesome and can play these sections

Peer Assessments in Breakout rooms - 10min

● Come back to the main session when you are done

Brandenburg: 20min
● 69-End
○ Play each part twice - once at 80bpm, once at 90bpm
● Run Transitions - make it through as many as possible with time left - ones we didn’t
make it to we will finish next time (Wednesday)
○ 7-10
○ Pickup to 14 - 21
○ 24-28
○ 35-40
○ 43-50
○ Pickup to 54 - 58
○ 65 - 72
● Play each one once on each part
● Ask students to rate how they did after some of the sections in the chat

Assessment:
Where were students at with peer assessment? What comments did they have for their peers?

What scores were students giving themselves on the transitions in Brandenburg?