WEST FLORENCE ORCHESTRA

 

                                Lesson plans

                                         5/26 – 5/30

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STANDARDS

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PROCEDURES

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HOMEWORK

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V – A, C

VI – C

VII – A

IX – A

Warm up on a two octave major or minor scale and chorale, dress  rehearsal of concert music

The students will be assessed by listening, watching, and questioning.

           

20 minutes of practice

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II – A, B, C, E

V – A, C

VI – C

VII – A

IX – A

Critique last night’s performance

 

The students will be assessed by written critique.

 

20 minutes of practice

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Students will learn to play “Twinkle “ on an instrument other than their own.

The students will be assessed by listening, watching, and questioning.

 

20 minutes of practice

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Students will learn to play “Twinkle “ on an instrument other than their own.

The students will be assessed by listening, watching, and questioning.

 

20 minutes of practice

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRACTICE RECORDS DUE EVERY DAY!

 

 

                                                 SOUTH CAROLINA STANDARDS (Objectives)

 

I.         SINGING.  Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

Students will

A.      Sing with stylistic accuracy and good breath control, alone or in small and large ensembles.

B.      Sing with expression and technical accuracy.

C.      Sing music written in two and three parts.

II.                   PERFORMING ON INSTRUMENTS.   Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music

Students will

A.      Perform on at least one instrument accurately and independently, alone and in ensembles, with good posture and playing position and with good breathe support or good bow or stick control.

B.      Perform with expression and technical accuracy on at least one string, wind or percussion instrument a repertoire of instrumental literature with a level of difficulty of 2 to 3 on a scale of 1 to 6.

C.      Play music representing diverse genres and cultures with expression appropriate for the particular work they are performing.

D.      Play by ear simple melodies on a variety of classroom instruments.

E.      Perform major and/or minor scales as outlined in the South Carolina Music Educators Association Handbook.

III.                  COMPOSING AND ARRANGING.  Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.

Students will

A.      Compose short pieces within specific guidelines.

B.      Arrange simple pieces for instruments other than those for which the pieces were written.

C.      Use a variety of traditional and nontraditional sound sources, including electronic media, when composing and arranging.

IV.                READING AND NOTATING.  Reading and notating music.

Students will

A.      Read whole, half quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and corresponding rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 3/8, and alla breve meter signatures.

B.      Sight-read simple music with a level of difficulty of 2 on a scale of 1 to 6 in the clef appropriate for their instrument and begin the study of alternate clef systems.

C.      Identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.

D.      Use standard notation to record musical ideas.

V.                  ANALYZING.  Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

Students will

A.      Use appropriate terminology to describe specific music events in a given aural example.

B.      Analyze the uses of the elements of music in examples representing diverse genres and cultures.

C.      Analyze music by identifying basic principles of meter, rhythm, tonality, intervals, and chords.

VI.                EVALUATING.  Evaluating music and music performances.

Students will

A.      Develop criteria for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of music performances and compositions and apply the criteria in personal listening, composing, and performing.

B.      Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own performances and those of others by applying specific criteria appropriate for the style of the music and offer constructive suggestions for improvement.

VII.               MAKING CONNECTIONS.  Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

Students will

A.      Explain the similarities and differences in the meanings of common terms used in the various arts disciplines (e.g., “texture,” “color,” “form,” “movement”)

B.      Explain how the principles and subject matter of other disciplines interrelate with those of music.

VIII.             RELATING TO HISTORY AND CULTURE.  Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Students will

A.      Describe distinguishing characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures.

B.      Classify by genre and style (and, if applicable, by historical period, composer, and title) a varied body of high-quality musical works and explain the characteristics that cause each work to be exemplary.