Spring Arbor University School of Education

Lesson Plan Essential Elements

Title: Lesson F- Choral Improvement
Subject: Concert Choir
Grade Level: 9th-12th grade

Time Allotted: 14 mins.

Materials Required: accompanist, choir folders, recording device, piano.

_21st Century Skills: Information Literacy
VPAA: ART.M.I.6.5 Sight read basic melodies in treble or bass clef, using combinations of whole, half, quarter, and
eighth notes and rests; in simple meter.
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Michigan Curriculum Framework: benchmark and/or GLCE/HSCE/EGLCE (write out)
Objective(s): TLW be able to memorize a piece of four-part music and sing his or her part within a choir.
TLW be able to sing with elements of musicality and good vocal technique.
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Instructional Procedure: What information do students need to accomplish the objective(s)? Students should
already know the time values of quarter notes, eighth notes, half notes, dotted notes, rests, and notes with ties.
Time
Essential Element
Allotted
1 min.
1. Anticipatory Set: Good Morning! Today we are going to learn some new music and continue to
build some of our musicianship skills.
30
seconds
A. 5
mins
3B.
3 mins
C.
3 mins.

2. State Purpose and Objective(s) of Lesson: We are going to listen to the song were going to sing
and our accompanist will play our new song for us while we sing it.
3. Plan for Instruction:

A. Give them a quick vocal warm-up (Strategy 31). Something to get breath energy going.
B. Text Set: (www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZN1mryHEnQ) Strategy 28. Play audio recordings- Play the
song from the recording while the students are to follow along trying to read their voice part. While they are
following along to that, grab your voice recorder to record the students first performance of this song so
that they may see the progress that they have achieved by the end of the year.
C. Informal Formative Assessment/Formal Summative Assessment: (To prepare for Formal Summative
Choral Improvement Test) After the piece is listened to, the accompanist will come and play each of the
choirs four parts on piano while the choir sings along to their part. The teacher will begin recording as
soon as the choir is ready to sing.
D. Use Repetition, Practice Similar Sections, and Drilling strategies (Strategies 14, 17, 13 respectively) to
help students learn the notes.
4. Differentiation Considerations (accommodations): Be prepared to stop the choir or help them out
with tricky notes and rhythms so they dont trainwreck.

5. 3 min

5. Assessment: The Assessments were an informal-having them do it in class and a formal assignment
in which the students were recorded.

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mins.

6. Closure: Give feedback on how the choir did on the initial reading of the music. Tell them we will
continue to learn this first portion and start the second section next class.

SOE Faculty, 2/26/10