7TH GRADE LESSON PLANS

Monday Feb 12 – School 1

Goals

Learners will:

- Learn to sing a melody and ostinato through pop music

- Sight sing pentatonic patterns through play with MakeyMakey

- Learn about tone and vowel shapes

- Rehearse Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing - Rehearsal 2

Materials

- Lesson Plan script

- MakeyMakey materials - paper plates covered in aluminum foil

- Human Voice powerpoint

- Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing score

Experiences

I. Bell Ringer – www.incredibox.com

II. Warmup

- P: * spread out * open wide, scrunch closed, wrist rolls, elbow, shoulder, torso twists with knee

bend

- AS: bouncing basketball - low and high, alternate, swish

- T: May we follow you

- A: Falling snowflakes from the sky is fascinating fun

- Vary dynamics

- Legato vs. staccato

III. Singing with Ostinato - Something Just Like This

- Ostinato is Do So Do So Do So
 - Add in beatboxing

IV. Sight Singing with MakeyMakey

- “Instead of me writing an example on the board, you all are going to create what we sight sing.

We have Do, Re, Mi, So, and La up here and I need a volunteer to come up here and compose an

example for us to sing. There is no right or wrong way, anything you create will sound good. You

can pick any combination of notes.”

- start with a 3 note melody

- then 4 note melody

- 5 note melody

V. Human Voice - Tone and Vowel Shapes

- You don’t run like you walk, you don’t talk like you sing

- 5 vowel sounds

- Phonetics

- Diphthongs/triphthongs - words with two vowel sounds, we sing the first vowel

Halftime https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=zMLScLUrol4

VII. Don’t You Worry - Rehearsal 2

- Find diphthongs

- learn harmonies and alto part verse 2

Evaluations

Students will be informally evaluated during this lesson through observation and listening via the student

teacher and the cooperating teacher

Tuesday Feb 13 – School 2

Goals

Learners will:

- Learn to sing a melody and ostinato through pop music

 - Sight sing pentatonic patterns through play with MakeyMakey

- Learn about tone and vowel shapes

- Rehearse Sanctus - Rehearsal 2

Materials

- Lesson Plan script

- MakeyMakey materials - paper plates covered in aluminum foil

- Human Voice powerpoint

- Sanctus score

Experiences

I. Bell Ringer – www.incredibox.com

II. Warmup

- P: * spread out * open wide, scrunch closed, wrist rolls, elbow, shoulder, torso twists with knee

bend

- AS: bouncing basketball - low and high, alternate, swish

- T: May we follow you

- A: Falling snowflakes from the sky is fascinating fun

- Vary dynamics

- Legato vs. staccato

III. Singing with Ostinato - Something Just Like This

- Ostinato is Do So Do So Do So

- Add in beatboxing

IV. Sight Singing with MakeyMakey

- “Instead of me writing an example on the board, you all are going to create what we sight sing.

We have Do, Re, Mi, So, and La up here and I need a volunteer to come up here and compose an
 example for us to sing. There is no right or wrong way, anything you create will sound good. You

can pick any combination of notes.”

- start with a 3 note melody

- then 4 note melody

- 5 note melody

V. Human Voice - Tone and Vowel Shapes

- You don’t run like you walk, you don’t talk like you sing

- 5 vowel sounds

- Phonetics

- Diphthongs/triphthongs - words with two vowel sounds, we sing the first vowel

Halftime https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=zMLScLUrol4

VII. Sanctus - Rehearsal 2

- Sts sing “may we follow you” warmup, changing notes when teacher does

- Repeat with eyes closed, challenges listening skills

- Meredith Monk exercise: students stand in a line all facing the same direction and sing “may we

follow you” warmup, changing notes when you feel a tap on your shoulder (inspired by:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-eFaoVo7TM)

- Teach mm. 11-16

Evaluations

Students will be informally evaluated during this lesson through observation and listening via the student

teacher and the cooperating teacher.

Wednesday Feb 14 – School 1

Goals

Learners will:

- Learn to sing a melody and ostinato through pop music

 - Sight sing pentatonic patterns through play with MakeyMakey

- Learn about the human voice - enunciation vs. diction

- Rehearse Sanctus

Materials

- Lesson Plan script

- Choral Builders

- MakeyMakey materials - bananas

- Human Voice powerpoint

- Sanctus score

Experiences

I. Bell Ringer – www.danielx.net/composers/

II. Warmup

- P: balance and alignment - lean forward (4 counts), back (4 counts), balance (8 counts), side (4

counts), side (4 counts), balance (8 counts) - do with feet, knees, hips, shoulders, and head

- AS: lay down on the floor, hands on stomach, feel it expand as you breathe in and out for 5

long,

deep breaths on your own time

- T: Space to hold a ping pong ball keep our vowels nice and tall

- A: Will you be my valentine? (tune of do you know the muffin man)

III. Pop Song with Ostinato

- Student chosen - Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon

IV. Sight Singing with MakeyMakey

- “Instead of me writing an example on the board, you all are going to create what we sight sing.

We have Do, Re, Mi, So, and La up here and I need a volunteer to come up here and compose an

example for us to sing. There is no right or wrong way, anything you create will sound good. You

can pick any combination of notes.”

 - start with a 3 note melody

- then 4 note melody

- 5 note melody

V. Human Voice - Enunciation vs. Diction

- Noisy brother vs. quiet brother

- V: b U: p

- Let them call out consonants and find their siblings

- Why is this important? Look in the rep for voiced and unvoiced

VI. Sanctus - Rehearsal 2

- Meredith Monk exercise with “may we follow you” to encourage listening around you as

different parts echo each other

- more echoing to learn mm. 11-18

- solidify mm. 3-18

Evaluations

Students will be informally evaluated during this lesson through observation and listening via the student

teacher and the cooperating teacher

Thursday Feb 15 – School 2

Goals

Learners will:

- Learn to sing a melody and ostinato through pop music

- Sight sing pentatonic patterns through play with MakeyMakey

- Learn about the human voice - enunciation vs. diction

- Rehearse Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing

Materials
 - Lesson Plan script

- Choral Builders

- MakeyMakey materials - bananas

- Human Voice powerpoint

- Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing score

Experiences

I. Bell Ringer – www.danielx.net/composers/

II. Warmup

- P: balance and alignment - lean forward (4 counts), back (4 counts), balance (8 counts), side (4

counts), side (4 counts), balance (8 counts) - do with feet, knees, hips, shoulders, and head

- AS: lay down on the floor, hands on stomach, feel it expand as you breathe in and out for 5

long,

deep breaths on your own time

- T: Space to hold a ping pong ball keep our vowels nice and tall

- A: Will you be my valentine? (tune of do you know the muffin man)

III. Pop Song with Ostinato

- Student chosen - Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

IV. Sight Singing with MakeyMakey

- “Instead of me writing an example on the board, you all are going to create what we sight sing.

We have Do, Re, Mi, So, and La up here and I need a volunteer to come up here and compose an

example for us to sing. There is no right or wrong way, anything you create will sound good. You

can pick any combination of notes.”

- start with a 3 note melody

- then 4 note melody

- 5 note melody

V. Human Voice - Enunciation vs. Diction

 - Noisy brother vs. quiet brother

- V: b U: p

- Let them call out consonants and find their siblings

- Why is this important? Look in the rep for voiced and unvoiced

Halftime - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZTfu4jWcI

VI. Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing - Rehearsal 2

- Teach alto and baritone harmonies in Chorus 1

- Teach alto harmony in verse 2

- review

Evaluations

Students will be informally evaluated during this lesson through observation and listening via the student

teacher and the cooperating teacher

Friday Feb 16 – School 1

Goals

Learners will:

 Learn the first part to a partner song

 Explore echoing and composing pentatonic melodies using MakeyMakey

 Learn about the human voice - why is sight singing important

 Rehearse Bring Me Little Water, Silvy

Materials

- Lesson Plan script

- One Accord

- MakeyMakey supplies

- Human Voice powerpoint

- Bring Me Little Water, Silvy score

Experiences

I. Bell Ringer – www.soundtrap.com

II. Warmup

- P: Yoga for Singers

- Mountain - stack your body - feet hip width apart, parallel, knees above your feet, hips

above your knees, shoulders over hips, head over shoulders, arms free, chest lifted, ribs

expanded

- Staff Pose - feet parallel and flat, long spine, off the back of your chair

- Chair Pose - feet together or hip width apart, bend knees, hips back, lift arms over your

head, like you’re sitting in a chair, keep your knees square over your toes, chest lifted -

utkatsana translates to fierce or awkward so depending on your strength, you might find

yourself feeling fierce or awkward - can bring hands to hips or thighs - downward

grounding is good for singers, especially for higher notes

- Forward Fold - releases tension in lower back - good for long rehearsals - roll yourself

up

- Seated Twist - right hand to left knee, left hand to chair - slowly inhale and exhale into

the twist

- Teach poses one by one, then go through all of them with music playing, taking 3 deep

breaths for each pose

- Play this for background music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdnHKdb-Oss

- T: mee, meh, may, mo, moo - altos/baritones on Do, sopranos on Mi

- Soft, then switch to Vee, veh, vah, vo, voo

- AS: Hand out straws, practice breathing and humming - slide Do So Do

- A: sip sip sip sip DRMFSFMRD - get them to come up with voiced consonant - zip

- Part Work: Hurry, Hurry, Hurry

IV. MakeyMakey
 - First time give us a 3 note melody moving by step

- Second time 4 notes maybe a skip or two

- Third time 5 notes steps and skips

V. Human Voice - Sight Singing

- You have all the tools to learn it for yourself

- Literacy - takes you a long time to learn how to read - don’t need to think about each letter

anymore and you can just read - same thing - learn so much faster

- Music theory is just the fancy word for all the words and notes on the page like notes and sharps

and key signature

Halftime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZZTfu4jWcI

VII. Silvy

- Map the piece

- Look at soprano 1 line in section Av

Evaluations

Students will be informally evaluated during this lesson through observation and listening via the student

teacher and the cooperating teacher