8/28/12-9/28/12-"Lift Up Your Voice, Alleluia"

"Lift Up Your Voice, Alleluia"

Lesson Objective: SWBAT: Demonstrate singing skills using a singing voice and match pitch in an appropriate range. SWBAT: Demonstrate appropriate singing, posture, breath support, and diction. SWBAT: Perform harmony in at two part song.

Essential Skill to be mastered: Students will be introduced to two part independent singing. Basic skills of singing will be focused on such as posture, breath support, and diction. Attention will be given to vowels and the proper pronunciation, physical aspect, and avoidance of common dipthongs.

I can statement: I can read and clap patterns with basic syncopation. I can sing with clear diction. I can read and sing in two idenpendent parts.

IPI level:Teacher-Led Instruction, Student Active Engaged Learning, Student Learning Conversations

Teaching Strategy Utilized:  Day1: Rhythm drill activity-Scan music and perform basic rhythms. Students will read aloud text and discuss words that they do not know. Review sight-singing basics and sing through. Day 2-Sight sing again and discuss problem areas. Identify measures of the song that will need focused practice. Day 3-Independent part rehearsal to work for harmony. Day 4-Review vowels-focus on the word alleluia and show phonetic spelling. Practice correct physical aspect. Day 5-Discuss the term dipthong-demonstrate and have students listen as they sing for other examples. Day 6-Put the two parts together and work for a improved entrances. Day 7-Students will come in on their own without the aid of the director.Polish vowel sounds. Day 8-Large group evaluation. Day 9-Examine the song for expressive elements-discuss and perform. Day 10-Perform on risers and have students complete the written student self-assessment. Day 11-Discuss answers from assessment with class and ask for students to problem solve to fix.

Rigor or Level reached on Bloom’s Taxonomy: Analysis, Synthesis, Application

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