Lesson Plan Music

CNMI Elementary School Integrated thematic Unit Lesson Plan Nadia Murphy & MyungAh Ko

SUBJECT: Music

GRADE: 8th grade

DATE: October 19, 2009

STANDARD: Standard 5: Students understand different functions and styles of music (including cultural origins) and it’s relationships with other art. BENCHMARK: 7-8.5.1 Explain how music is used to communicate in media (e.g. movies, commercials, radio, T.V.)

who: communicate with a purpose; are openESLRs: Effective communicators; communicators who: minded, active listeners; confidently use varied forms of communication; work with others to solve problems or attain a goal. OBJECTIVES: The students will be able to:  Explain how music is used to communicate in Tom & Jerry and Mr. Bean in great detail.  Demonstrate how music is used to make 5 different moods among 10: happy, sad, melancholy, melancholy, angry, ashamed, amused, mellow, mellow, bored, blue, and curious. ACTIVITIES: Activity #1: Monday; Emotions-Flow-Chart 1. Bell Bell work: work: Question Question-- do you listen listen to music music when you feel happy happy or sad? What What type type of music do you listen to when you are feeling that emotion (happiness or sadness)? 2. Discus Discusss the bell work questio question n as a class; class; choose three three random random students students by Popsicl Popsiclee sticks and let them share their personal bell work answer. 3. Pass out Emotions-F Emotions-Flow-C low-Chart hart to the students students 4. Explain Explain the procedure procedure of Emotions-F Emotions-Flow-C low-Chart hart is. is. Check mark the the right emotion emotion of the moment that is listed in the Emotions-Flow-Chart while watching the clip or video. Support your reason of indication or mark with every q uestion. 5. Watch 10 minute minute long long clip entitled entitled “ Tom & Jerry” Jerry” 6. Discuss Discuss about about the the types types of music music that that are are used in the the clip. clip.

SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS: ACCOMMODATIONS:  Prepare special type of Emotions-Flow-Chart for the student with dyslexia. The chart has to be numbered instead of written type of questions and emotions should be in color but letters. Make sure to stop in every number of questions and read the question and emotions thoroughly for the student with dyslexia. MATERIALS MATERIALS NEEDED:  Computer or DVD player, Speaker, Projector, EFC, and Tom & Jerry Clip.

ASSESSMENT:  Immediate feedback-Q&A Homework: watch or listen listen to any commercial commercial and describe describe how the music background  Homework: is related to the commercial that is being advertised. LESSON FEEDBACK/COMMENTS:


SUBJECT: Music

GRADE: 8th grade



who: communicate with a purpose; are openESLRs: Effective communicators; communicators who: minded, active listeners; confidently use varied forms of communication; work with others to solve problems or attain a goal. OBJECTIVES: The students will be able to:  Explain how music is used to communicate in Tom & Jerry and Mr. Bean in great detail.  Demonstrate how music is used to make 5 different moods among 10: happy, sad, melancholy, melancholy, angry, ashamed, amused, mellow, mellow, bored, blue, and curious. ACTIVITIES: Activity #2: Tuesday; Emotions and Music 1. Bell Bell work: work: Name Name many many emoti emotions ons as as possib possible. le. 2. Brai Brains nsto torm rmin ing g abou aboutt dif differe ferent nt emot emotio ions ns that that stud studen ents ts have have alre alread ady y know known n as an assessment to the bell work. 3. Distribut Distributee the handout handout defining defining 10 different different moods that that we are going going to focus focus on. 4. Divide Divide the class into into 5 different different groups groups by numbering numbering them; them; number number students students from one to five and let kids with same number be a group. 5. Let students students to to pick two emotions emotions out out of ten; first first come first first serve serve basis. basis. 6. Let students students to to teach, demonstr demonstrate, ate, or simulat simulatee two emotions emotions that that they chose. chose. 7. Presen Presentt thei theirr work workss to to the the class class 8. Teacher will will play the the CD with differ different ent types types of music in differ different ent tracks; tracks; each track track is about 30 seconds and there are 10 tracks in the CD Rom. Students will critique its mood or tone by a quick class discussion.

SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS: ACCOMMODATIONS:  Prepare Prepare special type of handout for the student student with dyslexia. The handout should be in color but letters; explain different type emotions with color and picture that express the emotion. Make sure to give thorough explanation of each emotion.

MATERIALS MATERIALS NEEDED:  Handout, CD player or computer with speaker ASSESSMENT:  Immediate feedback-Q&A  Group discussion  Homework: Make a cue card of 10 major emotions. LESSON FEEDBACK/COMMENTS:


SUBJECT: Music

GRADE: 8th grade



who: communicate with a purpose; are openESLRs: Effective communicators; communicators who: minded, active listeners; confidently use varied forms of communication; work with others to solve problems or attain a goal. OBJECTIVES: The students will be able to:  Explain how music is used to communicate in Tom & Jerry and Mr. Bean in great detail.  Demonstrate how music is used to make 5 different moods among 10: happy, sad, melancholy, melancholy, angry, ashamed, amused, mellow, mellow, bored, blue, and curious. ACTIVITIES: Activity #3: Wednesday; Wednesday; Make my own Instrument. 1. Bell Work: What is is your favorite favorite instrume instrument? nt? Why? Why? 2. Share bell bell work writings writings as a class; class; choose choose three students students with with the Popsicle Popsicle sticks sticks and let them present their writings with the class 3. Go back to to yesterday’ yesterday’ss group; there are are supposed supposed to be five groups. groups. 4. Make Make an instru instrumen mentt for each emotion emotion that that children children chose chose on the previo previous us day; in other other words, words, each each group group will will make make two instr instrume uments nts to demons demonstra trate te or express express assign assigned ed emotions. Refer to the handout for more information 5. Demons Demonstr trate ate the sound of each instru instrumen mentt and how that that sound demonst demonstrat rates es the mood that they have.

SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS: ACCOMMODATIONS:  Make sure that student with dyslexia fully understands the purpose and content of the activities. Also, choose a person to be a buddy for the student with dyslexia and let him/her help the child with dyslexia; read the procedures or materials needed for the child with dyslexia. MATERIALS MATERIALS NEEDED:

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Refer to the 10 handouts: handou ts: How to make instruments.

ASSESSMENT:  Immediate feedback-Q&A  Homework: Among the instruments that we made in class, what do you like the most and why? LESSON FEEDBACK/COMMENTS:


SUBJECT: Music

GRADE: 8th grade



who: communicate with a purpose; are openESLRs: Effective communicators; communicators who: minded, active listeners; confidently use varied forms of communication; work with others to solve problems or attain a goal. OBJECTIVES: The students will be able to:  Explain how music is used to communicate in Tom & Jerry and Mr. Bean in great detail.  Demonstrate how music is used to make 5 different moods among 10: happy, sad, melancholy, melancholy, angry, ashamed, amused, mellow, mellow, bored, blue, and curious. ACTIVITIES: Activity #3: Thursday; Let us be the Mr. Bean 1. Bell work: work: Have you you watch the the film called called Mr. Mr. Bean? If yes, yes, write write about a scene scene that you you remember the most; if no, write about the funniest TV show or Film that you have ever watched in your life. 2. Share the the bell work; work; choose choose three students students by by the method method of Popsicle Popsicle stick. stick. 3. Let student studentss to watch the film film called called “Mr. “Mr. Bean” Bean” 4. Have Have a class class discus discussio sion n about how music music and sound sound effect effect has been used used in the film to express different emotions. 5. Let students students to to go back to their their emotion-in emotion-instrum strument ent group; group; same group group that they they worked worked together throughout the week 6. Let them create create a role play just just like Mr. Mr. Bean or Tom Tom & Jerry; it it is much more similar similar to to mime show where students do not talk but express their emotions and situations through the sounds sounds.. Studen Students ts should should stay stay focuse focused d with with their their emotion emotionss and should should use the instruments that they made yesterday. For example if a group has emotions sad and happiness, they have to create a mime show acquiring both sadness and happiness. While to express those emotions, students should use the instruments that they made. 7. Let them them practice practice the role play play for tomorrow’ tomorrow’ss presentati presentation. on.

SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS: ACCOMMODATIONS:  Make sure that student with dyslexia understood the activity procedures. MATERIALS MATERIALS NEEDED:  Instruments that they made from previous class, DVD player or computer with speaker, film “Mr. Bean” ASSESSMENT:  Immediate feedback-Q&A  Homework: Explain how music is used to mak e different moods in Mr. Bean. LESSON FEEDBACK/COMMENTS:


SUBJECT: Music

GRADE: 8th grade



who: communicate with a purpose; are openESLRs: Effective communicators; communicators who: minded, active listeners; confidently use varied forms of communication; work with others to solve problems or attain a goal. OBJECTIVES: The students will be able to:  Explain how music is used to communicate in Tom & Jerry and Mr. Bean in great detail.  Demonstrate how music is used to make 5 different moods among 10: happy, sad, melancholy, melancholy, angry, ashamed, amused, mellow, mellow, bored, blue, and curious. ACTIVITIES: Activity #5: Friday; Mime Presentation 1. Bell work: work: List the the emotions emotions that you you know and explain explain how those those emotions emotions are are like. 2. Let them them to go back back to their their group group and continue continue work work on the the mime presentatio presentation n 3. Mime Mime Pre Prese sent ntat atio ion n 4. Class discussion discussion// feedback feedback about each mime mime presentatio presentation. n.

SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS: ACCOMMODATIONS:  Make sure student with dyslexia fully understood the concept and SLO for the week MATERIALS MATERIALS NEEDED:  Instruments that students made. ASSESSMENT:  Immediate feedback-Q&A  Take home quiz: 1. Explain Explain how music music is used to to communicate communicate in Tom Tom & Jerry Jerry and Mr. Mr. Bean

2. Explai Explain n how music music is used to make make 5 differ different ent moods moods out of 10 that that we learned learned in class.

LESSON FEEDBACK/COMMENTS:

Shoe Box Guitar By Sherri Osborn, Osborn, About.com

Time Required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time) Materials Needed:

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Shoe Box Paper Towel Roll 4 - 6 Rubber Bands 6 Craft Sticks Paint Optional Craft Glue or Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks Paint Brush Scissors

Instructions: Start out by painting the shoe box and the lid whatever color you want their guitar to be. They can also paint the paper towel roll and even the craft sticks. Let the paint dry. Of course, this is optional, you can keep the shoe box and paper towel roll whatever color they are.

Cut a circle in the center of the box lid and then replace it onto the box. Glue 4 craft sticks, one on top of the other, other, between the hole and the short side of the box. These sticks should be parallel to the short side of the shoe box. You can then glue 2 of the craft sticks onto the paper towel roll near one end. These sticks should be perpendicular to the paper towel roll. Leave about an inch of space between the two sticks. Let the glue dry. Stretch 4 to 6 rubber bands around the box the long way so they lay over the craft sticks and also over hole. Glue the end of the paper towel roll without the craft sticks onto the side of the guitar. guitar. It is okay for the paper towel roll to cover the rubber bands. Let the glue dry.

You can now play your shoe box guitar! To play this fancy guitar, you simply pluck or strum the rubber bands!

Paper Towel Roll Hand Bells By Sherri Osborn, Osborn, About.com

Time Required: 20 minutes (Does not include drying time)

Materials Needed:

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Paper Towel Roll Paint Optional Yarn 12 Jingle Bells Upholstery Needle Paint Brush Scissors

Instructions: Start out by painting the paper towel roll if you desire. You might also want to seal the paint with a clear acrylic spray. Let the paint dry completely.

Cut a piece of yarn about 10" long and thread i t onto the upholstery needle. Poke the needle through the cardboard roll, about a 1/2" from one of the ends, going in on one side and coming out directly across from it on the other side. Leave about a 3" tail of yarn where the needle went in. Now thread 4 jingle bells onto the needle, pulling them down the length of the yarn. Grab onto the yarn tail you left and also the end you strung the bells onto (remove the needle!) and tie them into a tight knot, pulling tightly so the bells are snug against the cardboard roll. Cut another piece of yarn, thread it onto the needle and add another string of jingle bells like you did the first. This one should be about 1" down from the first. Repeat the above steps again so you end up with 3 rows of jingle bells.

Your paper towel hand bells are now done. When it comes time to play this fun instrument, you simply Your has to shake it!

Finger Cymbals By Sherri Osborn, Osborn, About.com

Time Required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time) Materials Needed:

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2 Baby Food Jar Lids (or any 2 lids of the same size) 1/4 - 1/2 inch wide elastic Hammer Nail Misc. Craft Supplies to Embellish

Instructions: Cut two 4 inch pieces of elastic. With an adult's help, use the hammer and nail to punch a hole in the center of each baby food jar lid. Push both ends of a piece of elastic through each hole. Tie the ends of the elastic into a knot.

Decorate your finger cymbals using a variety of craft supplies. Once any paint or glue is dry, you can slip your finger cymbals onto your thumb and pointer finger and make music!

Paper Plate Tambourine

Materials Needed:  2 paper plates  Crayons  Dried Beans  Stapler or Glue  Ribbons to decorate

Instructions: Decorate the paper plates however you want. Put one paper plate on the table, with the right side nup. Place the other paper plate on top of the first one, right side down. This will make a gap in the middle. Start stapling the edges together. Leave an opening at the top to slide a handful of gried beans in. Finish stapling it shut. You You are now ready to play some music!

Instant Noise Maker Craft By Sherri Osborn, Osborn, About.com

Time Required: 10 minutes

Materials Needed:

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Small Soda or Water Bottle Rice Beads, Charms, Glitter, Sequins, Other Small Items Small Kitchen Funnel Craft Glue

Instructions: Start out by cleaning the bottle well and removing the label. Make sure the bottle is totally dry before you start this project.

Place the end of the funnel into the bottle and start filling it! Start out with about a cup of rice. You can add more or less if you like. Then, start adding any small items you would like to 'search' for in the bottle. It can be beads, charms, small toys, etc. Make sure if young children are helping you that they do not put any of the small items i tems in their mouth. Yo You u can also add some sparkle to your bottle by adding glitter or sequins. Once you have everything you want in your bottle, spread some glue around the threads on the neck and replace the cap tightly. This will prevent the cap from falling off or being removed by small fingers.

In the bottle above, I added several shaped beads. beads. They are shaped li ke a variety of items such as dogs, boats, hearts, starts, etc. If you add special shapes like this, your noise maker can also be a game. Challenge your child to find specific shapes or colors by rolling the bottle around to reveal hidden treasures.

Coffee Can Drum What You Need: • • • • • •

An empty coffee can with a plastic lid (small, large, whatever you have). Construction paper, glue & scissors. Paint or markers. Paintbrushes & water. Dowels or sticks from trees in the park. String, leather, feathers, beads ... any bits of scrap material you might have. What You Do:

1. You have two two options here. here. Either paint paint the coffee coffee can with paint paint or cover cover the can with construction paper. Leave the plastic lid on the coffee can ... this will be your drum head. 2. If you cover cover the coffee coffee can can with construct construction ion paper, paper, you can paint or draw draw designs and creatures on the coffee can. Have a look at pictures of different kinds of drums and the images found on them. (Try covering the can with aluminum foil for a neat effect.) 3. After the paint is dry dry,, you can glue all sorts sorts of wonderful wonderful things to your drum. drum.

4. Using wooden wooden dowels dowels or simply simply wooden wooden sticks, sticks, drum away on your new new coffee coffee can drum. 5. Older students students may may want to to try pounding pounding the bottom of of the coffee coffee can with with a rubber mallet to make a Carribean-style steel drum.

Sandpaper Blocks

Materials: Materials: Two small blocks of pine or plywood, approximately 1" x 4" x 5" (although size is really not important Sandpaper (experiment with different grades of sandpaper to make different effects). effects). Thumbtacks Thread spools and glue or cabinet knobs and screws

Assembly: Assembly: 1. Cover one side of each block with sandpaper. 2. Fold the sandpaper over the edges and fasten it with thumbtacks. Cut the corners out so sandpaper will fold neatly around the block (A).

3. Trim off excess. 4. Glue or screw handles to the other side of each block (B).

Playing Suggestions: Suggestions : Rub the blocks together in a continuous motion for a swishing, whispering sound or bring the blocks together in a more percussive manner mann er for a more rhythmic effect.

Kazoo or Humming Flute

Goal: Make a Kazoo or a Humming Flute Materials: wax paper, cardboard tube ( from a left over kitchen towel or toilet roll), tape or rubber band, pencil. penc il. Procedure for a Kazoo: 1. Cut a small square of wax paper about 1 inch larger than the end of the cardboard tube. 2. Wrap one side of the tube with the wax pap er using a rubber band. 3. Poke a small hole near the covered end of the wax paper. 4. Decorate the tube with colors or stickers. 5. Now hum or sing a tune through the open end of the tube and feel how the kazoo will vibrate depending on how loud your sound is. 6. Make different tunes by humming loud and soft into the tube and create

music. You can repeat the same exercise using a toilet roll to make a flute.

Procedure for a Humming Flute 1. Using a pencil, poke 3-4 holes in the cardboard roll about 1 inch apart. Now repeat the steps 1-6 above. Using these techniques, people have created music over the years. Music can be made using different things such as cans, wires, cardboard tubes, craft sticks and bells.

Bonnie Bagpipes 1. No one is sure how bagpipes began, but people in the Balkans, Ireland and the Highlanders of Scotland were responsible for the bagpipe’s development. No one is sure about the origins of tartan plaids, either. either. Many people believe that tartans became associated with clans or families in Scotland in the 1700s. That’s when it was possible to mass-produce fabric in factories. 2. Find pictures and information about bagpipes. Listen to recordings. If you can, watch bagpipes being played at a Celtic festival, parade, or other event. 3. Traditional Traditional Highland bagpipes include one loud, high-pitched pipe or chanter and three big, loud upright pipes or drones. All of these pipes are connected to a bag held under the arm. The bag is either covered with velvet or the clan tartan plaid. Bagpipe players fill the bag with air by blowing through a blowpipe. To make your own set of pretend bagpipes, use your imagination and adapt these directions. 4. Use Crayola® Gel Markers to decorate a small brown paper bag with a tartan plaid. If you have Scot or Irish heritage, try to find out what your family’s plaid is, and duplicate it. Stuff your bag with crumpled newspaper so it looks like it is full of air. air.

5. Use Crayola Scissors to cut one short piece of cardboard roll for the blow pipe. Cut a piece that is a bit longer for the chanter. chanter. Cut three even longer sections for the drones. 6. Cut construction paper to fit all five cardboard rolls. Decorate your pipes if you like with Celtic designs. Attach the paper to t he pipes with Crayola School Glue. Glue the three drones together at slight angles to each other. other. Air-dry your pipes. 7. Insert the blowpipe into the open end of the paper bag. Glue the bag’s mouth around the end of the blow pipe. p ipe. Hold in place with a rubber band. Air-dry your project. Remove the rubber band. 8. Poke a hole in your bag near the blow pipe for the chanter, chanter, which hangs below the blow pipe when played. Glue it in place. Make slits in the bag for the three drones. Glue them in place. Lay the bagpipe flat to air-dry. air-dry. 9. Drape colorful yarn around the drones. Glue it in place. Air-dry before humming along on your bagpipes.

Rainstick You need: • Sturdy cardboard tube, 46 to 120 cm (18-1/8 to 47-1/4 in) long, such as mailing or drafting tube (available at stationery stores) or tube from fabric bolt (ask at fabric stores) • 22-gauge hobby wire (approx half a roll for short stick, 1 roll for long stick), cut in 30 cm (117/8-in) lengths • Dry rice, beans and lentils (approx 125 mL/1/2 cup for short stick, 375 mL/1-1/2 cups for long stick) • Clear packing tape, 48 mm x 66 m (approx 1 roll for 20 sticks) • Construction paper • Gift wrap • Permanent nontoxic coloured markers • Coloured feathers • Stickers • Sequins

• White craft glue and brushes for glue • Scissors and ruler To make: 1. Crisscross lengths of tape across 1 end of tube, sticking ends to tube sides. Build up 3 or 4 layers of tape to completely close opening. 2. Coil, then crumple, each length of wire into loose "ball." With ruler, push balls into tube until it's full. Pour dry rice, beans and lentils into tube. Seal open end in same manner as given for Step 1. 3. Brush glue onto 1 side of a paper strip; wrap strip around tube, aligning edge with 1 end. Continue gluing strips in place to make series of stripes down length of tube.

cu t from paper or gift wrap, markers, feathers, stickers 4. Decorate tube as desired with shapes cut and/or sequins.

Lesson Plan Music

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