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    This lesson plan is for a high school concert band class. The students will work on learning John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" by listening to recordings, sight reading, and practicing in sections. They will discuss the goals and techniques needed to play different parts of the piece. The class will split into groups by instrument to focus on difficult sections, then come together to discuss overall progress learning the piece and areas still needing work.

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    This lesson plan is for a high school concert band class. The students will work on learning John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" by listening to recordings, sight reading, and practicing in sections. They will discuss the goals and techniques needed to play different parts of the piece. The class will split into groups by instrument to focus on difficult sections, then come together to discuss overall progress learning the piece and areas still needing work.

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    This lesson plan is for a high school concert band class. The students will work on learning John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" by listening to recordings, sight reading, and practicing in sections. They will discuss the goals and techniques needed to play different parts of the piece. The class will split into groups by instrument to focus on difficult sections, then come together to discuss overall progress learning the piece and areas still needing work.

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    Vygotsky Band Highschool

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    This lesson plan is for a high school concert band class. The students will work on learning John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" by listening to recordings, sight reading, and practicing in sections. They will discuss the goals and techniques needed to play different parts of the piece. The class will split into groups by instrument to focus on difficult sections, then come together to discuss overall progress learning the piece and areas still needing work.

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    Lesson Plan

    Subject: High School Teacher:Devin


    concert bands White
    Date: School:
    Content/Strand Area: Grade Level(s): 9-12
    Classroom Type: band
    Objectives:
    NCSCOS

    Student Friendly
    Listen and follow
    along with music
    Sight read music
    Discuss in groups the
    goals of the piece
    Play in sections and
    help each other learn
    difficult parts
    Time Procedure Materials
    Anticipatory Set/Class Starter Sheet music, score,
    What activity will be done to focus you students attention and aid in transition instruments
    Unpack instruments and Introduce the Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip
    Sousa and ask students:
    15 min Have you heard it before?
    Have you played it before?
    What do you associate it with? (i.e. 4th of July, America, etc.)

    Lesson Connections, Concept Vocabulary, and Objective Review


    What will be done to connect this lesson with previous lessons; What vocabulary is critical and
    central to the lesson, including how it will be reviewed; The presentation of the lesson objectives
    5 min Lesson objective is to learn their parts of the piece by working in groups by
    instruments.

    Presentation of New Material Recording(s) of the


    A description of the instructional technique and instructional procedures, including input, piece, sheet music,
    modeling, and checking for understanding score, instruments,
    Play at least one recording of the piece while following along with the music and something to play
    fingerings: the recording on
    15 min Answer questions students may have on notes/techniques/alternate
    fingerings.
    Have students write down what they feel is important to play attention
    to. (It will be discussed later amongst their sections)

    Guided Practice with Corrective Feedback Sheet music, score,


    What will the students be doing to demonstrate comprehension; Describe what supervision, instruments
    teacher intervention, and assessment will look like
    Sight read the entire piece from top to bottom trying not to cut off and start
    over.
    10 min Not stopping gives the students insight as to what it is supposed to
    sound like when they play it and shows them what they should work on.
    Call out measure numbers and repeats in music to help guide students.

    After run through, discuss sections that would require work as well as sections
    that were played well.

    Independent Practice with Guided Feedback Sheet music, score,


    How will students independently demonstrate concept and/or strategy mastery; how will instruments
    questions/problems be decontextualized to reinforce generalization; *If done as homework,
    address these issues below
    Split off into groups by sections and have them rehearse themselves depending
    30 min on what passages that section had the most difficulties with.
    This will allow students to be prepared when you are ready to rehearse their
    particular section.
    Make sure the students discuss the brainstorming used earlier.
    It helps to separate the piece into sections i.e. intro, A section, B section, Trio,
    etc.

    Lesson Review
    What concepts and procedures need to be reiterated and what procedures will be followed
    Class discussion:
    10 min
    Which sections need most rehearsal?
    How can we as a class work together to prepare this piece efficiently?

    Closure and Objective Review


    How is the lesson concluded and how is comprehension assessed to aid in transition
    5 min Pack up and reiterate which parts of music each section should focus on during
    home practice.

    Differentiation What can be done differently with this lesson to meet the needs of students that are demonstrating difficulty with
    Strategies comprehension; what modifications to instruction, guided practice, and independent practice could be done to meet
    the unique needs of the students
    Pairing students up with like instruments and re-listening to recording while reading music and
    fingering along. Students will be able to help one another out with rhythms, fingers, etc. by
    working with one another.
    Homework/Independent
    Practice * Practice entire piece with emphasis on sections of piece rehearsed during independent
    practice with metronome. Focus on accuracy of notes, rhythms, articulations, and dynamic.
    Be mindful of key and time signatures and tempo markings.
    Notes
    None

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