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Broccoli

For Teachers K - 6th
Students compose, notate, and evaluate their own rhythmic compositions using the song "Broccoli" for inspiration in this excellent elementary-level General Music lesson. Emphasis is placed upon four-measure patterns and the classic...
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The Classical Period

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the classical period in music history. After listening to examples, they identify and describe the characteristics of music during this time period and research the main composers. Using the internet,...
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Shrek

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students watch the movie Shrek and compose a text that displays an understanding of the film. Also, they create writing that reflects a critical analysis of content and a personal interpretation of the film's meaning.
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Music Assessment: 8 measure piece

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compose an eight measure piece in a major key that utilized some form of wind instrument, body percussion and voice. They notate their composition on staff paper prior to the assessment and perform their composition.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study the life and music of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. They practice listening for the downbeat of a musical selection. They participate in a physical exercise where they march around in a circle and clap to the...
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Lesson Plan for Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, Mvt. I "Italian" (1833)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the life and musical compositions of German composer, Felix Mendelssohn. They listen to and analyze 'Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, Mvt. I' describing how the mood of the composition is reflected in key, tempo and rhythm.
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Words That Will Haunt You

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create taxonomies of Halloween-related terms. Drawing from their compiled vocabulary lists and previous reading, they compose personal essays of their own memories of the holiday. Students present their essays at a...
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Listening To A Fanfare

For Students 6th - 8th
For this music worksheet, students read the biography of a composer and then focus upon his primary work of creating graphic compositions.
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Listening to a Fanfare

For Students 6th - 12th
In this Leoš Janáèek and sinfonietta worksheet, students read about the Czechoslovakian composer and about sinfonietta in this 1 page worksheet and respond to 2 short answer questions.
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The Life of Mozart

For Students 9th
In this Mozart activity, 9th graders read a one page biography about the composer. They answer 10 short answer questions and are encouraged to listen to Mozart's music.
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Project 7b: B-b-b-Ballad Part 2!

For Students 6th - 12th
In this original music composition activity, students compose a piano accompaniment for their own original ballads as they follow the 7 steps on this activity,
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How They Get Building Materials Out of the Ground

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners experience a virtual quarry. In this science musical lesson plan, students understand how materials are quarried and manufactured from rocks, musically interpret a quarrying sequence with untuned musical instruments, and...
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Constellation Companions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify constellations and the characteristics of the stars that compose them. In this space science lesson, students view depictions of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor in the book Astronomical Micelleny. Learners create their own...
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Dear Diary

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this narrative activity, students compose a diary entry that includes different facets of writing. Students then respond to different narratives in the class by answering 11 different questions.
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Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine biodiversity in plant life and what an ecosystem is composed of.  In this ecosystem lesson plan students go around their school and collect specimens and examine the plant species they encounter. 
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Writing a Letter of Recommendation

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners compose letters of recommendation. In this written communication lesson plan, students read sample letters of recommendation and then write their own letters.
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Twelve-Bar Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine blues music. In this music genres lesson plan, students discover details about the history of the musical genre and compositional techniques. Students then compose melodies of their own with 12-bar blues chord progression.
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Are Fruits And Vegetables Really Made of Cells?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design and carry out an exercise to determine if a given fruit or vegetable is composed of cells. They dissect out sections of the fruit or vegetable, prepare stained slides, and make observations under a compound microscope.
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Creating a Song

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students work cooperatively to compose a twenty measure song using the computer program GarageBand. Guidelines for the student compositions are available and include instrumentation and specific length.
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Japanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome!

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Japanese tanka poetry. In this Japanese poetry lesson, students identify analyze the structure of tanka poetry. Students complete the activities at the given links for the lesson and compose two tanka poems.
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Building Numbers to 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students compose groups of items up to the number 5. In this number 5 lesson plan, students also connect names to numbers, record sizes of groups, and compose and decompose groups.
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Writing/Performing One Act Plays (all, Reading/Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after reading one-act plays or scenes from plays, compose a short, one-act play which involves two characters.
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From Whose Perspective?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils critically analyze news coverage of Palestinian-Israeli violence by comparing information from a variety of news sources. They compose expository essays reflecting on how to obtain accurate, unbiased, and credible information.
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Recorder Lesson

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders place the notes B, A, and G on the staff and compose his/her own music. Students share their piece of music with a partner and play on a recorder.

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