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OVERVIEW
Name:
Kendra
Walters
School/Mentor
Name:
North
Pointe
Christian
Schools,
Mrs.
Lisa
Spangler
Grade/Subject:
High
School
Choir
General
Topic:
Choral
Habits
Context:
From
what
I
can
tell,
the
students
have
not
always
had
good
choral
habits
drilled
into
their
minds
so
I
want
to
remind
them
of
the
different
aspects
of
choral
singing
that
should
be
a
part
of
their
daily
rehearsals.
Using
the
warm-ups
and
teachings,
the
goal
is
to
transfer
what
theyre
learning
into
a
piece
of
music
which
will
in
turn
help
them
understand
the
importance
of
each
of
these
different
habits
and
will
hopefully
carry
them
into
their
other
repertoire.
They
will
also
have
a
concert
in
May
where
I
plan
on
conducting
this
piece
so
it
will
be
a
good
way
to
prepare
the
song
in
a
very
thoughtful
way.
Objectives:
Cognitive
Objectives
In
my
specific
unit
plan,
I
think
that
the
two
most
important
aspects
are
to
understand
and
apply.
I
want
to
teach
them
about
theory,
history,
breath
support,
tone,
vowel
shape,
expression,
phrasing,
etc.
in
hopes
that
they
will
apply
all
of
these
aspects
into
a
certain
piece
of
music.
Yet
while
the
application
is
the
most
important
on
the
outside,
its
almost
more
important
to
me
that
they
understand
the
importance
of
all
of
these
things
in
choral
music
and
analyze
them
in
other
choirs
and
in
themselves.
So
while
I
hope
that
they
will
learn
these
concepts
to
apply
to
a
song,
I
mostly
want
them
understand
their
importance
in
general
in
the
hope
that
they
will
create
habits
that
they
can
use
in
other
pieces.
Psychomotor
Objectives
While
I
only
have
five
lessons,
I
hope
to
create
life-long
singing
habits
that
they
can
use
for
other
pieces
as
well.
I
plan
on
teaching
them
about
breath
support,
posture,
and
vowel
shapeall
which
use
the
physical
body.
After
using
drills
that
will
promote
these
ideas
in
warm-ups,
they
will
develop
these
skills
to
be
able
to
use
them
in
other
repertoire
as
well.
Socio-Emotional
Objectives
Music/choir
is
a
tricky
subject
to
teach
because
there
are
students
who
absolutely
love
this
stuff
and
students
who
dont
want
to
be
here
at
all
and
have
close
to
zero
motivation.
In
my
particular
unit,
I
think
that
teaching
the
importance
of
choral
singing
to
students
who
dont
care
about
choir
will
definitely
be
a
challenge.
But
by
the
end
of
my
unit,
I
hope
that
I
can
at
least
get
them
thinking
and
wrestling
with
the
idea
of
choral
excellence
and
why
it
may
be
important.
Content
Standards:
-Sing
music
written
in
four
parts,
with
and
without
accompaniment.
-Demonstrate
extensive
knowledge
and
use
of
the
technical
vocabulary
of
music.
-Analyze
aural
examples
of
a
varied
repertoire
of
music,
representing
diverse
genres
and
cultures,
by
describing
the
uses
of
elements
of
music
and
expressive
devices.
-Identify
and
explain
compositional
devices
and
techniques
and
their
purposes,
giving
examples
of
other
works
that
make
similar
uses
of
these
devices
and
techniques.
-Explain
how
elements,
artistic
processes,
and
organizational
principles
are
used
in
similar
and
distinctive
ways
in
the
various
arts
and
cite
examples.
-Explain
ways
in
which
the
principles
and
subject
matter
of
various
disciplines
outside
the
arts
are
interrelated
with
those
of
music.
(From
Michigan
Merit
CurriculumVisual
Arts,
Music,
Dance,
and
Theater)
Assessment:
-If
all
goes
well,
by
the
last
day
I
hope
to
put
them
in
small
groups
of
12
so
there
are
three
to
a
part,
then
have
them
sing
the
piece
in
front
of
the
class,
putting
all
of
the
things
we
talked
about
into
practice.
This
will
be
something
that
I
will
tell
them
about
on
the
first
day
so
that
they
can
rehearse
beforehandit
will
not
be
like
a
pop
quiz.
I
also
might
take
a
video
of
them
singing
the
piece
on
the
first
day
and
on
the
last
day
and
have
them
write
a
short
reflection/comparison
of
the
two,
using
the
terms
talked
about
in
class.
5
Lesson
Plan
Topics:
1. History
and
interpretation
of
the
song
2. Breath
support,
posture,
tone
3. Vowel
shape,
blending
4. Dynamics,
Expression,
phrasing
5. Culmination,
smart
singing,
reflection/comparison
(General
daily
schedule:
I
plan
on
starting
each
class
with
a
warm-up
that
will
both
remind
them
of
what
we
worked
on
the
day
before
and
prepare
them
for
what
we
will
work
on
that
day,
give
a
short
explanation
of
the
choral
habit,
put
that
into
practice
through
drills,
then
try
it
out
in
the
song.)