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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students compose a warm-up for choral groups. They write at least 16 measures of a melody to be used for warm-up using pitch names and staff paper with correct rhythms and note position. They share and conduct their warm-ups with others. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 6th
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Students create a music composition of 8 to 16 measures. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students, in groups, compose pieces of music for different types of weather. These are then put together in the form of a rondo. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students compose a musical rhythm using 4/4 rhythm using quarter and eighth notes placed to create a melody. They use Skittles or M&M's with pretzels to make the notes, sing the melody and eat the materials. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students analyze the dynamics, texture, timbre, and pitch in the musical piece, "Polka" by Shostakovich and create a musical cartoon depicting the changes in the music. A descriptive paragragph summarizing the activity present in their picture is created at the end of the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students compose music with musical instruments, and write the proper notation for the songs they have created. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students compose sixteen measures of a melody for warm-up purposes, write their melodies on staff paper with correct pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and sing melodies by reading the notation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students research the life and music of a significant composer in music history. They research the historical setting of that composer, including art, architecture and artifacts. They create a PowerPoint presentation integrating their research into a creative Pop-up Video presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Student choose a 20th century composer and create a PowerPoint presentation relaying the biography of the composer, the historical events of this era, society and cultural facts of the era, and musical examples of the era and the composer. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students design, compose, and present short musical compositions for keyboard in this lesson plan meant for the high school choir class. This lesson can be adapted to any time frame, but the author suggests a considerable amount of time during a nine-week session of class. Students perform final compositions in class. Full Review »
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