Spring Arbor University School of Education

Lesson Plan Essential Elements

Title: Lesson F- Choral Improvement
Subject: Concert Choir
Grade Level: 9
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-12
th
grade Time Allotted: ! mins"
#aterials $e%uired: accompanist, choir folders, recording device, piano.
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(entury S)ills: *nformation Literacy
+PAA: ART..I.!." #ight read $asic melodies in tre$le or $ass clef, %sing com$inations of &hole, half, '%arter, and
eighth notes and rests( in simple meter.
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Objective(s): TL. be able to memori/e a piece of four0part music and sing his or her part -ithin a choir"
TL. be able to sing -ith elements of musicality and good vocal techni%ue"
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*nstructional Procedure: .hat information do students need to accomplish the objective1s23 #t%dents sho%ld
alread1 *no& the time val%es of '%arter notes, eighth notes, half notes, dotted notes, rests, and notes &ith ties.
Time
Allotted
Essential Element
1 min. " Anticipatory Set: 2,ood orning3 Toda1 &e are going to learn some ne& m%sic and contin%e to
$%ild some of o%r m%sicianship s*ills.4
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'" State Purpose and 4bjective1s2 of Lesson: 27e are going to listen to the song &e8re going to sing
and o%r accompanist &ill pla1 o%r ne& song for %s &hile &e sing it.
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5 mins
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5 mins.
5" Plan for *nstruction:
A. ,ive them a '%ic* vocal &arm-%p. #omething to get $reath energ1 going.
9. Te:t #et; /&&&.1o%t%$e.com+&atch<v=l>?1mr1.-n@0 Ala1 the song from the recording &hile the
st%dents are to follo& along tr1ing to read their voice part. 7hile the1 are follo&ing along to that, gra$ 1o%r
voice recorder to record the st%dent8s first performance of this song so that the1 ma1 see the progress that
the1 have achieved $1 the end of the 1ear.
C. Informal Formative Assessment/Formal Summative Assessment: (To prepare for Formal Summative
Choral Improvement Test) After the piece is listened to, the accompanist will come and play each of the
choirs four parts on piano while the choir sins alon to their part! The teacher will "ein recordin as
soon as the choir is ready to sin!
!" 6ifferentiation (onsiderations 1accommodations2: 9e prepared to stop the choir or help them o%t
&ith tric*1 notes and rh1thms so the1 don8t train&rec*.
". 5 min 7" Assessment: The Assessments &ere an informal-having them do it in class and a formal assignment
in &hich the st%dent8s &ere recorded.
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8" (losure: ,ive feed$ac* on ho& the choir did on the initial reading of the m%sic. Tell them that &e
are going to &or* on the first gro%ping of the song.
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