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Teacher:
Grade:
Date:
7. Lesson Sequence:
a. Activity: Activator/Warm Up
Estimated Time:
b. Activity: PowerPoint
Theme & Variation
Estimated Time: 15mins
This is leading into the board activity
c. Activity: Work on the Board
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Estimated Time: 30mins
Allow the students to come to the board and create their
own variations on the theme together
As the students each come up to change/make variations on
the theme have the class sing the piece with the changes
The piece will be written on the board prior to class
d. Activity: Assignment
("Variations on La Folia" or "Variations on America")
Estimated Time:
10mins
The students will break up and chose a theme to create
variations on
Students will have freedom to be overachievers
e. Activity: Summarizer/Foreshadowing
Estimated Time
8. Assignments:
The students will get a copy of the one of the two pieces (either Variations on
La Folia or Variations on America their choice) to create variation on like we did
as a class with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. They are limited to doing 32 bars of
music though I would like them to perform their pieces in front of the class and I
(depends on the group).
9. Contingency plan:
If we have more time or the students are not ready to move on we can make
our own full class variation on one of the pieces (first the song without any alterations
then the second time do variations on the theme). I will have the students play the
variation on the piano, Orff instruments, and recorder. Having them play will require