Peer Teaching 2 Lesson Plan

Peer Teaching #2 Lesson Plan Basic Information Teacher: Matt Christensen Grade Level: 8th grade Teaching Date & Time: November 20th, 9:30 AM Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills Students have learned syncopation and can identify it in a song. Students have learned takadimi and solfege and can repeat examples from the teacher. Standards Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. Objectives At the end of class students will be able to: Sing ​Let Us Sing Together ​by memory with correct notes and pitches. Identify the parts of the song that contain syncopation. Materials Let Us Sing Together p ​ .185 Procedure Solfege on sol-la-sol-la-sol-sol. Takadimi (on pitch) on ta-di-ta-di-ta-ta. Takadimi (neutral pitch) ta-ta-ta-ta ta-di-di-ta MOVE AND USE SPACE! Write rhythm eighth quarter eighth on board and ask the class about syncopation Syncopation: A temporary displacement of the regular accent caused by stressing the weak beat. Putting emphasis on the wrong syllable. Syncopation exercise. Ask why we practiced solfege and takadimi. Jokes. Ask class to keep a steady beat and sing ​Let Us Sing Together​. Ask questions about the lyrics. What are we singing? How many times are we singing it? More jokes. Rote teach ​Let Us Sing Together. Sing/Echo in four measure (1 phrase) chunks and address errors Sing/Echo in eight measure (2 phrase) chunks and address errors Ask students to identify the parts of the song practiced during solfege. Ask students to identify the parts of the song containing syncopation. Class performs ​Let Us Sing Together.