Congratulations to the following students who will be
 progressing to the Regional Auditions for All-State
 Chorus:

Wen Ying Chiou	    		Blake Lowry	
Ciara Hawthorne			Katherine Miller
Victoria Higgins 		Gracie O’Donnell
Joy Holden			Meagan Partridge
Tanisa Humphrey			Jhane’i Smith	
Iesha Jackson			Leslie Wells

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

QCC 8  Topic:  Artistic Skills and Knowledge:  Creating, Performing,
              Producing
	 Standard:  Performs selected music repertoire at the expected competency 
             level.
QCC 10 Topic:  Artistic Skills and Knowledge:  Creating, Performing,
              Producing
	 Standard:  Participates effectively as a member of performing ensembles.
QCC 24 Topic:  Historical and cultural context
	   Standard:  Explains the importance of contributions of various ethnic
                Cultures to selected repertoire.

6th:  GRADE
Monday A-Day, Tuesday B-Day
Aim:  To sing songs in harmony.
Do Now:  Write the solutions to the brain teasers on the board.
Steps:
Assign students to new seats according to voice part they will be
singing—soprano or alto. 
Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal Exercises.
Sing “Black Socks,” as a round  “Hammer Song,”  and  “Dry Bones”

6th: Wednesday A Day, Thursday B Day
Aim:  To perform rhythms from notation and sing songs in harmony.
Begin Christmas Songs
Do Now:  Copy and answer the Rhythm Math problems on the board.
Steps:
Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal Exercises.
Sing “Black Songs” as a 3 and 4 part round, “Dry Bones”
Play the Rhythm Train game.
Perform rhythms from notation on screen.
Sing a holiday song. 



6th:  Friday A Day 
Aim:  To sight read written patterns of rhythm; sing in unison and in 2 part harmony.
Do Now:  Rhythm math problems.
•	Perform rhythm patterns from notation on the board using “body
percussion.
•	Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal exercises.
•	Sing “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” in 2 parts
•	Sing a holiday song.
•	Play the rhythm train.

7th  GRADE:

7-Monday A-Day, Tuesday B-Day
Aim:  To sing songs in harmony.
Do Now:  Write the solutions to the brain teasers on the board.
Steps:
Assign students to new seats according to voice part they will be
singing—soprano or alto. 
Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal Exercises.
Major, Minor and Chromatic scales.
Sing “Black Socks,” as a round   and “Dansi Na Kuimba,”  

7th: Wednesday A Day, Thursday B Day
Aim:  To perform rhythms from notation and sing songs in harmony.
Begin Christmas Songs
Do Now:  Copy and answer the Rhythm Math problems on the board.
Steps:
Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal Exercises.
Major, Minor and Chromatic scales.
Sing “Black Songs” as a 3 and 4 part round, “ O Music” “Dansi Na Kuimba”
Play the Rhythm Train game.
Perform rhythms from notation on screen.
Sing a holiday song. 

7th:  Friday A-Day 
Aim:  To sight read written patterns of rhythm; sing in unison and in 2 part harmony.
Do Now:  Rhythm math problems.
•	Perform rhythm patterns from notation on the board using “body
percussion.
•	Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal exercises.
•	Sing holiday songs.
•	Play the rhythm train.




8th Grade    
8 Monday A-Day, Tuesday B-Day
Aim:  To sing songs in harmony.
Do Now:  Write the solutions to the brain teasers on the board.
Steps:
Assign students to new seats according to voice part they will be
singing—soprano or alto. 
Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal Exercises.
Sing “Black Socks,” as a round. 
Hey Ho Nobody Home as a round.
Listen to “O Sifuni Mungu”
Sing the refrain melody of the song.

8th: Wednesday A Day, Thursday B Day
Aim:  To perform rhythms from notation and sing songs in harmony.
Begin Christmas Songs
Do Now:  Copy and answer the Rhythm Math problems on the board.
Steps:
Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal Exercises.
Sing “Hey Ho Nobody Home” as a 3 and 4 part round
Begin working parts in “O Sifuni Mungu”
Sing a holiday song.
Play the Rhythm Train game.
Perform rhythms from notation on screen.

8th:  Friday A-Day 
Aim:  To sight read written patterns of rhythm; sing in unison and in 2 part harmony.
Do Now:  Rhythm math problems.
•	Perform rhythm patterns from notation on the board using “body
percussion.
•	Warm-ups:  Physical and Vocal exercises.
•	Sing “Angel Carol”    Work on 2 voice parts
•	Sing a holiday song.
•	Play the rhythm train.