Activity

Pre-festival Polish
2/21/2023

Grade/Level: MS Duration: 50 Topic: Orchestra

Materials Needed for This Lesson:

● Music Baltic Dance, Xerxes, Autumn vows

● Student supplies Binder, instruments, pencil

● Whiteboard

● Speaker Metronome and listening

Lesson Objectives:
● Students will discuss ways of implementing the comments they got from judges into their
playing.
● Students will play their repertoire pieces with consistent tune and appropriate intonation
in their extreme strings

AZ State Standards Addressed:

MU.PR.6.A
Convey Meaning Through the Presentation of Artistic Work. Perform music with appropriate
expression, technique, and interpretation.
MU.PR.5.B
With an appropriate level of independence, rehearse to refine technique, expression and
identified performance challenges.
MU.PR.5.A
Apply teacher-provided and collaboratively developed criteria and feedback to evaluate personal
and ensemble performance.

LESSON ACTIVITIES

Introductory Activity: Anticipatory Set

1.
a. E-string finger pattern exercises
i. Broken thirds for 2-4
ii. D major
1. A-A violins
2. D-D
b. Tone exercise
i. Scales with full bows and open sound

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 1. Enough speed for the weight
2. Correct bow placement
Body of Lesson
2. MH
a. Violins 33-39 review
i. Remind students of small bows
ii. Allow them to practice on their own
iii. Chunks
b. Lower voices 41-end
i. Hold notes around the C#
ii. Sing their part
iii. Around the world for C# if necessary
c. 1-8: Violin intonation
i. Sing with students as other sections play
ii. Fermata style
iii. Plug into context
3. Jane and Josey
a. 37-45 1st A string intonation and tone
i. Fermata style hold
1. Check 1st specially
2. Have other sections hold their notes
b. 21-31 balance
i. More second violin
ii. Less bass
iii. Piano accents
c. 45-end intonation and balance"
i. Especially notes on extreme strings
ii. Pulse and staying together
1. Try under tempo with metronome
2. Focus on keeping up with the metronome
4. Star dancer
a. 8-10 bowing, tone, intonation
i. Check slur bow usage for tone
1. Using enough to get a good sound
2. Bow direction in violins
3. Intonation with piano
b. 23-27 intonation and stroke
i. Hold first
ii. Quick fermata style drill

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 iii. Have students mark their tendencies
c. 19/27 contrast and separation"
i. Contact point
ii. Separation
iii. Piano accents
1. Demonstrate
Concluding Activity
● Students will rate their performance
○ Turn in worksheets

Assignments:
Formative assessment rubric:

4 3 2 1

Note Students play Students play Students play Students play

Accuracy consistently few wrong multiple wrong notes
accurate. notes. Does inaccurate consistently.
not detract notes.
from Detracts from
performance. performance.

Rhythm Secure pulse Secure pulse Unsteady pulse. Unsteady

and accurate and mostly Consistent pulse and
rhythms. accurate rhythmic mistakes inaccurate
rhythms. rhythms
There are a few
mistakes.

Dynamics and Clear and Dynamic Some evidence The ensemble

phrasing appropriate markings are of dynamic does not
dynamics and mostly contrast and perform with
phrase followed. phrasing. appropriate
direction. Phrasing phrasing and
intent is clear dynamics.

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Articulation Articulation Markings are Some evidence Articulation
markings are mostly of articulation markings are not
executed executed followed by the
accurately. accurately. ensemble.

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