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Looking to use Middle School Lesson 23A – song-based lesson in your Middle School classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Timbre of Orchestral Instruments, String Family

You'll also cover the themes of: Our Musical World, Composers, Romantic, 1800s, Eras in Music, Asia

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Middle School Lesson 23A – song-based lesson

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Concepts(s):
Timbre of Orchestral Instruments, String FamilyThemes(s):
Our Musical World, Composers, Romantic, 1800s, Eras in Music, Asia
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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Play Poison Rhythm
  2. Do a rhythm play along to practice dotted 8th-16th
  3. Learn about the song “Arupusu”
  4. Teach “Arupusu”
  5. Play the clap game with “Arupusu”
  6. Review “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
  7. Learn about the song “Wade in the Water”
  8. Teach “Wade in the Water”
  9. Option 1: Play “Wade in the Water” on the ukulele
  10. Option 2: Teach the Orff arrangement for “Wade in the Water”
  11. Learn about the song “John B Sails” (Sloop John B)
  12. Teach “John B Sails” (Sloop John B)
  13. Optional: Accompany with guitars, ukuleles, Orff or Boomwhackers
  14. Watch the Beach Boys perform “Sloop John B”
  15. Read about Beethoven’s String Quartet
  16. View a performance of Movement I “Allegro ma non tanto”, from String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
  17. Optional: Complete the worksheet

Extension:

Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.

Objectives

  • I can read rhythms and melodies
  • I can compare musical performances
  • I can describe a string quartet