Thursday

Lesson Plan

Subject: Fine Arts Option (Music) Grade: 7-9

Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023 Time: 2:25-3:20 55 mins

General Outcomes:
❖ The General Music Program will help students to develop competencies and to
strive for excellence within the limits of their individual capabilities, in the following
areas:
❖ The Choral Music Program will help students to develop competencies and to
strive for excellence within the limits of their individual capabilities, in the following
areas:
Specific Outcomes:
Students will…
➢ SINGING/PLAYING: explore and develop musical skills, using a wide variety of
traditional and contemporary music.
➢ SINGING: discover, develop and evaluate their talents and abilities relative to
singing, and to establish and reinforce correct vocal techniques and skills.
➢ READING: interpret rhythm, melody, harmony, form and expression as they
appear in musical notation through both cognitive and psychomotor responses.
➢ LISTENING: develop the ability to make aesthetic judgments based on critical
listening and analysis of music.
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Lesson Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

1. Understand how pitches can work together to make harmony.
2. Understand musical terminology and apply it to performance.
3. Apply harmony and (part) knowledge in a piece of music.

Materials:

● Piano
● Sheet music (Let It Be Music)
● Computer and smartboard/projector
● Whiteboard/markers
Lesson Procedure:

● Stretches (3 min)
○ Face and mouth stretching (work lymphatic system, massage
shoulders, neck, stretch tongue)
● Echos (5 min) (WARM UP)
○ Have students stand in a circle with their feet grounded and thinking
about their diaphragm placement. (They may sit for this portion)
○ Have them echo solfege (Do, Re, Mi, etc.)
○ Echo jumps from DO (Do-Re, Do-Mi, Do-Fa, Do-Sol, Do-La, Do-Ti,
Do-Do)
● Scales and warm-ups with the piano (ideas– choose a few from these)
○ Sirens (with different vowels, E, O, U, Ah)
○ Scales (normal) with solfege
■ Try Major and minor keys!
○ Mother made me mash my m&ms i’m mad (Do-Sol and a jump)
■ Practice this softly and loudly
● Rounds (10 min) (ideas)
○ Row row row your boat Round
■ Have students go into groups: 3 equal-ish groups to sing the
rounds
■ Students should join in on “boat”
○ One Bottle of Pop
■ One bottle of pop, two bottle of pop, etc.
■ Fish and chips and vinegar
■ Dont throw your stuff on my bunk bed
○ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
○ Scotland’s Burning
■ Scotland's Burning (canon) - YouTube
- ACTIONS
- Lap- clap, lap- clap,(scotlands burning scotlands burning)
- Hand to forehead like looking out to left and right (look out look out)
- Hands up and shaking (fire fire fire fire)
- Pouring bucket of water (pouring water pouring water)
- 4 different groups: students join in when the last group finished the 2nd
‘scotland’s burning’
I Love the Mountains Round - YouTube (Round)

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills

I love the flowers I love the daffodils

I love the fireside when all the lights are low.

Boom dee ah dah. Boom dee ah dah. Boom dee ah dah. Boom dee ah dah. Boom dee ah
dah. Boom dee ah dah. Boom dee ah dah. Boom dee ah dah.

Harmony Practice

- Singing Peaches by Jack Black from the Mario Movie (3 groupings) Jack
Black - Peaches (Lyrics) - YouTube
- Show students the song first and explain that we are going to try the
chorus in harmony!!

Peaches 3 Part Harmony

ONE PART: F# f# F# F# F# F# G# G# G# G# G# G# F F Bb

2 PART: C# C# C# C# C# C# D# D# D# D# D# C C F

3 PART: Bb C# (X5) C Eb (X5) F Ab Bb E C# Bb

New: Will Ferrell hijacks Ryan Reynolds' performance of Mika's 'Grace Kelly' -
YouTube

- I could be brown, I could be blue… etc.

- Put students in groups and try this without the music for a round!
- Try it as a round!

Song Practice:

Let It Be (Remastered 2009) - YouTube

Extra:
Students love to sing karaoke– I go onto youtube and type in a song and karaoke
version for them to sing. – they still need to pay attention to singing skills
(dynamics, projection, pronunciation, tone, pitch)