Middle School Lesson 22A – song-based lesson
Teaching Procedures
Teach “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Compare performances of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Worksheet
Performance 1: Listen to an Acapella performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Performance 2: Listen to Kirk Franklin sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Performance 3: Listen to Beyonce sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Review “A Wuni Kuni”
Review the actions for “A Wuni Kuni”
Review paired repeats
Option 1: Complete the solfa & repeats worksheet
Option 2: Complete the note name & repeats worksheet
Option 1: Play “A Wuni Kuni” on Boomwhackers
Option 2: Play “A Wuni Kuni” on Guitars or Ukuleles
Option 3: Teach the Orff arrangement for “A Wuni Kuni”
Performance 1: Listen to an Acapella performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Song Used: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Performance 2: Listen to Kirk Franklin sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Song Used: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Performance 3: Listen to Beyonce sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Song Used: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Review “A Wuni Kuni”
Song Used: A Wuni Kuni
This action song is included to give your students practice keeping a steady
beat.
Review the actions for “A Wuni Kuni”
Song Used: A Wuni Kuni
Teach one pattern at a time and add new patterns when the students have mastered the preceding pattern. Divide the students into groups and have the students create their own patterns.
Option 1: Complete the solfa & repeats worksheet
Song Used: A Wuni Kuni
This piece uses repeats. Have students complete the repeats worksheet. Encourage the students to read the solfege of the piece.
Option 2: Complete the note name & repeats worksheet
Song Used: A Wuni Kuni
This piece uses repeats. Have students complete the repeats worksheet. Encourage the students to read the note names of the piece.
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