Name:

Gina DiPalermo

Date: Title: Breakfast Menu

Grade: 7th Grade General Music Dictation

Musical Focus: concepts/skills to emphasize
Playing Sin

Preparation:
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instruments

Form

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!armon" Melod" Creating Rhythm

Materials:

Mo#ement

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%lass drums &D'em(e) !and$drum) Tu(ano* +orksheet) to (e pro#ided Pencils

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National Standard&s* ;ddressed:

Sin in ) alone 2 /ith others) a #aried repertoire of music Performing on instruments" alone # with others" a $arie repertoire of music %mpro$ising melo ies" $ariations an accompaniments Composing # arranging music within specific gui elines Aeadin and notatin music 1istenin to) anal"zin ) and descri(in music &$aluating music # music performances Bnderstandin relationships (et/een music) the other arts) 2 disciplines outside the arts

!a#e students et out instruments if not out alread". Teacher /ill pla" 0 notated rh"thms from least to most challen in . Dictation /ill (e pla" multiple times. o Students /ill (e asked to 1isten 2 Pla"$ The first time throu h) students /ill echo (ack /hat the" hear) the" /ill hear it a second time and notate it on their /orksheet. The" /ill hear it a 0rd time this final time the" /ill sa" first /hat the" ha#e and then the" /ill sa" and pla". Dictation 3 0 /ill (e pla"ed se#eral times. &Most challen in *. Students /ill et into roups. Students /ill discuss /ith each other /hat the" think the rh"thm is) after/ards as a roup dictatin it on paper &to (e pro#ided*. The /orksheet /ill pro#ide t/o sets of 4cadence5 (o6es &, (eats each* for each dictation. Students /ill ha#e multiple hearin s and /ill use the /orksheet as a uide throu h /orkin out the dictation.. The /orksheet /ill (e used to discuss thou hts in roups and /rite out /hat the" think is their final dictation. 7arious roups /ill (e called on to tell /hat /e ha#e. The class /ill e#aluate the dictation and perform corrected dictations) until the class has collecti#el" otten the ri ht dictation.

Small discussion a(out the process of ettin their dictations /ill follo/ this /arm up. 8uestions: +hat are some of the steps /e took in order to successfull" /rite our dictation9 +hat are some of the skills /e used in order to complete it9

Sequence:

7 mins

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()*ecti$es: 1earners /illC

Be a(le to &(eha#ioral*: Successfull" complete a dictation usin a step (" step process of thinkin ) appl"in mnemonics) /ritin ) and sa"/pla" to achie#e their dictations. Bnderstand &co niti#e*: ;n alternati#e approach to dictations. ;lso understandin that there are multiple /a"s of achie#in one oal. :ncounter &e6periential*: %all and Aesponse e6ercises) /orkin /ith their drums and impro#isin &pro#ided (" the

$ Students /ill put a/a" instruments as the" are called to do so. Breakfast Menu Dictation Show own! $ Students /ill form a lar e circle) to (e called 4The Golden Pit5. $ :ach student /ill ha#e a turn to use an" t/o of his or her (reakfast menu items) /hile teacher keeps stead" pulse. o The person /ho follo/s /ill keep one menu item and /ill chan e one) oin clock/ise. $ Students /ill (e asked to step out of the main circle if o ; menu item is repeated t/ice :<: &Peanut Butter) Peanut (utter* The same e6act menu items from their pre#ious peer /ere repeated :<: Peanut Butter =am) &ne6t person: Peanut Butter =am* >f an" of the t/o menu items from their pre#ious peer /ere N?T repeated :<: Peanut (utter =am) &ne6t person: ?= Marmalade The" /ill (e forced to step out and after a(out ,@ seconds /e /ill call time. Students /ho ha#e stepped out /ill o to the B roup) students from the B roup /ho lost /ill mo#e to the 4Pit of Despair5. %lock /ill start a ain and the tempo /ill (ecome faster. This process /ill continue until /e are do/n to t/o people from each roup. The last round /ill (e the S!?+D?+N. $ +inners from roup ; 2 B /ill #erse each other in a sho/do/n. >n this round an eas" (reakfast menu item /ill (e eliminated. $ Students in the pit of despair /ill form a circle around them and keep a stead" (eat. $ Students /ill pla" until there is one person /ho (ecomes the Breakfast Menu Sho/do/n +inner.

/ssessment:
+ritten %nformal %n i$i ual Performance 0roup ?ther:

+rap,up: - mins.
$ Aound ta(le discussion on the follo/in Duestions: o +hat are some thin s /e learned from this ame9 o Think (ack to the (e innin . +hen /e did dictations. +hat helped us in this ame from that process9 !a#in a plan for dictations are useful to us as musicians. !o/ so9