Cmplessonplan
Cmplessonplan
Cmplessonplan
Lesson Plan
Basic Information
Matthew Schulte
BSU Choral Methods Choir
10:15 AM
Behavioral Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Demonstrate the ability to read, perform, and echo-translate level 4 tonal, level 4 rhythm,
and level 3 melodic exercises in context. (INAS7)
Perform measures 13-21 of “The Gift to Be Free” accurately and expressively. (INAS7)
Demonstrate improved vowel production. (INAS7)
Define, identify, and demonstrate monophthong and diphthong vowels. (INAS 5, 7)
Materials
Sheet music
Piano
Exercise
White board: Monophthong, diphthong
Procedures
0:00 Set (mental focus)
Stretching, 3 deep breaths
0:30 VT
Mi me ma mo mu on same pitch, move down by half-step
o Pay attention to tall, pure vowels
o Repeat for 5 half-steps
Mi (do re mi fa) oh (sol fa mi re do), move up by half-step
o Repeat 5 times
“I like to sing today” on do mi sol do’ sol mi do
o Repeat 5 times
o Say the word “today,” ask what the difference is between “to” and “day” (to has
one vowel sound and day has two vowel sounds)
o Give definition of monophthong and diphthong (written on board), ask what
syllables in exercise are monophthongs and what words are diphthongs
Matthew Schulte
3:30 ML
d m s m d This is Home, on C
o d m s, s m d, d s m, m s d’, d’ t d’, d’ ti te d’, d’ te d’, d’ s d’, d’ s la te d’, d’ s te
d’, d’ s m d, d r f, f s d
o Echo-translate (on pa): d m s, s m d, d s m, m s d’, d’ t d’, d’ ti te d’,d’ te d’, d’ s
d’, d’ s la te d’,d’ s te d’, d’ s m d, d r f, f s d
o Show exercise
Solicit key, starting pitch
Point out te, students audiate exercise, students sing exercise on solfege
6:30 Literature
The Gift to Be Free
o Ask students which parts sing a te pattern (all 4), begin teaching soprano, ask
other parts to find examples of monophthongs and diphthongs in music
o Sing soprano m. 13-16, ask student about one example of monophthong
o Sing alto m. 13-16, ask student about one example of diphthong
o Sing tenor m. 13-16, ask student about one example of monophthong
o Sing bass m. 13-16, ask students about one example of diphthong
o All sing mm. 13-16 together
o Sing soprano m. 16-21, work on transition, ask student about one example of
monophthong
o Sing alto m. 16-21, work on transition, ask another student about one example of
diphthong
o Sing tenor m. 16-21, ask about another example of monophthong
o Sing bass m. 16-21
o All sing mm. 16-21 together
22:00 Closure
Instructional: Sing all 4 parts together acapella, solicit meaning of monophthong and
diphthong and ask for examples from text
Performance: run through m. 13-21 with accompaniment
23:00 End