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Music composition unit plans for Microsoft Word
Song Exploder: Music Analysis and Podcast Creation | General Music Unit Project
This exciting unit project outline uses the format of the hit podcast series "Song Exploder" to help students explore modern music analysis and podcast creation! The 5-10 class period unit project gives students the opportunity to listen to and analyze modern music of their own choosing, ultimately creating a podcast episode based on their own song analysis!The 5 part outline walks students through the process of music analysis using guiding questions that helps scaffold in depth, well thought
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Commercial Composition Project
This is a 4 lesson mini-unit for general music class. The students are asked to create a short commercial advertising a newly invented product, and compose a short "jingle" to advertise the product. Students perform the commercial in class or video record their project outside of class and the class views the recording.
I have done this project several times, and my students always impress me with their creativity. This project aligns with thje following National Music Standards:
1. Singin
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5th - 8th
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My Music, My Identity
This unit is designed for middle school general music classes, and contains 5 parts.
During the course of this unit, students will reflect on their musical tastes and how it shapes them as an individual. Students will select a song that represents their identity, analyze the song and lyrics, and develop criteria to evaluate a performance of the song. Finally, students will work in small groups with other students who have similar themes in their selected songs, and create an original compositi
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6th - 10th
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Music Program - Organising Sound
This is a music program ready for you to use to teach organising sound.Can be used for Stages 2 & 3 (Years 3-6).It comprises of 5 lessons of how composers structure and organise music to suit their needs and audiences. Some of these lessons went over two sessions, allowing me to teach this over an 8 week period. It includes the following topics:Beat & RhythmMeter & TempoMelody & HarmonyDynamics & PitchTone Colour and Timbre
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3rd - 6th
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STOMP Lesson Plan
This STOMP Unit (Exploration of creating music using non-traditional instruments) contains 10 lesson plans (which could be extended or shortened) in LFS format. This unit was designed for a 6th grade general music class, but could be used in grades 3rd through 8th. This lesson also includes the music standards, essential questions, activating strategies, teaching strategies, assessment prompts, summarizing strategies, and much, much more. Please feel free to edit or revise to fit your class. Bel
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3rd - 8th
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Elements of Music Unit Plan
In this unit students will learn about the elements of music through songs, videos and fun activities. At the end of the unit there is a final group project with a planning page and rubric. The unit covers the following topics:FormDynamics and TempoPitchTextureTone Color (Timbre)I created this unit specifically for Saskatchewan curriculum outcome CP3.6 (Create and Perform Music that demonstrates knowledge of the elements of music), however this unit is great for teaching the elements of music
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2nd - 6th
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Grade 7 Music Long-Range Lesson Plan
Looking for a versatile and adaptable template to plan your Grade 7 music year? Our comprehensive long-range lesson plan provides a template schedule with a wide range of activities, topics, and assessment ideas. It's based on the Ontario curriculum but is flexible enough to be used in many countries.This template offers a balanced mix of music theory, creativity, and performance, guiding you through the academic year with ease. Whether you're a seasoned music teacher or new to the field, this t
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7th
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Grade 8 Music: Long-Range Lesson Plan
Looking for a versatile and adaptable template to plan your Grade 8 music year? Our comprehensive long-range lesson plan provides a template schedule with a wide range of activities, topics, and assessment ideas. It's based on the Ontario curriculum but is flexible enough to be used in many countries.This template offers a balanced mix of music theory, creativity, and performance, guiding you through the academic year with ease. Whether you're a seasoned music teacher or new to the field, this t
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7th - 8th
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Composing Music With Visual Art | General Music Composition Unit Project
This exciting 10-15 class period unit project explores the connections between visual art and music through active listening, music analysis and music composition! The project uses Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” as an example of how visual art can influence music composition. After selecting a movement of the piece, students listen, analyze, and draw connections between the music and visual art. To bring this compositional model into the 21st Century, students are able to choose the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Script, Create & Edit a Music Video! | Music Technology DAW Project Outline
A guided Music Technology based project outline to help students create an original music video to an original music composition!Students begin by exploring a YouTube playlist of iconic music videos and analyzing the elements that make them memorable and exciting to the viewer. (Included in the resource is a YouTube playlist that can be expanded to fit any age or teaching need).Students are then guided to compose an original composition as the basis for the project. The composition portion of th
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Boomwhacker Review Unit
This unit incoroprates the use of Boomwhackers. While students engage in critical thinking, cooperation, and discussion of musical concepts studnets are given the opportunity to prepare a short concert for a kindergarten class.Some concepts reviewed in this unit include: Pitch, Melody, Tempo, Dynamics.This unit takes about 2.5-3 weeks.Learning Targets and Curriculum standards are included in each lesson.
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PreK - 8th
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Create Music Portfolios & Podcasts | 10+ Week General Music Unit Project Outline
Looking to start or revamp your general music classes? Drive student learning and creativity in your music classroom with "Portfolios and Podcasts in the Music Classroom", a fun and engaging multi week unit plan that revolves around the NAfME Core Arts Standards for Performing, Listening, and Creating to guide student learning and assessment!The unit project breaks each class down into an activity based in music performance, listening/responding, and creating. Students are able to select a piec
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Unit Plan Template
This Unit Plan Template is a word document that you can fully edit. It has space for a unit name, inquiry question, description, learning intentions/success criteria (against Bloom's), curriculum standards and a weekly overview. There is also the opportunity to complete weekly learning intentions/success criteria and build your lessons around these objectives. Even better, you can save this document as a 'template' on word and therefore don't have to keep finding the file and activating 'save as
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7th - 12th
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Environmental Art Project and Documentary Video
This is my favorite unit to teach! It is inspired by the art of Andy Goldsworthy. I have my class first watch parts of the documentary about Goldsworthy called Rivers and Tides. Then I tell them they will be going to the beach to create works of art as a group. Due to the ephemeral nature of environmental art, each group is given a video camera to make a documentary of the process. Back at school we edit the video into a documentary film complete with original music made in Garageband. I have us
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7th - 12th
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Online Music Composition using free version of Noteflight
This is the best lesson for online learners for composing basics. Have your students bring their laptops to class or work remotely from home! I have made instruction videos, lesson plans and detailed work flow sheets. What you get...Unit outline Word Document of 3 lessons; Project 1. Drums and Bass, and Melody through a Waltz. 3 detailed instruction videos. (my YouTube channel or I can email them to you as well) Creating a free Noteflight account, Overview and workflow, and Project 1.Getting Sta
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Elementary Music Vertical Integration Curriculum Mapping K to 5
A Vertical Integration plan for your Elementary Music Classrooms. Kindergarten - 6th GradeThis simplified 5 category map makes curriculum mapping and spiraling back to each different topic simple and easy. Keep yourself organized between grade levels and your district organized when passing students off to between teachers at all elementary grade levels. This document utilizes simple language that an administrator, parent, or student could understand, making it a fantastic tool to create transp
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K - 5th
Music Lesson Plan Template - Elementary Music - Secondary Music
This freebie is what I use to create my lesson plans. Add your own state standards and unit content in this easy-to-follow lesson plan template. Arkansas teachers, I have made available my lesson plan templates with Arkansas standards already categorized into specific units. You can buy them individually or in the bundle listed below. This will save you hours of work. I used Microsoft Word for this document.
Use these lesson plans to turn into your principal.
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ALL-YEAR Lesson
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Not Grade Specific
Music Program Percussion
In this unit, the students will work together to create a simple score for a percussion instrument performance. They will achieve this by exploring how they can use symbols to represent sounds. The students will name instruments, describe the sound they make and will explore how sounds are created in different instruments. They will suggest how instruments are sorted in a regular orchestra and they will sort the class percussion instruments. They will then design a picture card to represent a gr
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K - 2nd
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2nd Grade Melody Unit Lesson Plan Template Arkansas Music
This is the second grade lesson plan template I made to correlate with Arkansas standards for my unit on “Melody.” I made it so you can easily plug in what you’re already doing with your own unit and have the standards mapped out for you for each unit. This will save you hours of work as it already has for my team! I organized it logically with the information you need for teaching at the beginning of the document and the information that is mostly for your administrator toward the bottom of the
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2nd
3rd Grade Rhythm Unit Lesson Plan Template Arkansas Music
This is the third grade lesson plan template I made to correlate with Arkansas standards for my unit on “Rhythm.” I made it so you can easily plug in what you’re already doing with your own unit and have the standards mapped out for you for each unit. This will save you hours of work. I used Microsoft Word for this document.
Here are the areas I have included: Teacher name, week #/date, songs/pieces, schedule of learning activities/best practices, vocabulary/concepts, materials/resources needed
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3rd
Kindergarten Melody Unit Lesson Plan Template Arkansas Music
This is the kindergarten lesson plan template I made to correlate with Arkansas standards for my unit on “Melody.” I made it so you can easily plug in what you’re already doing with your own unit and have the standards mapped out for you for each unit. This will save you hours of work as it already has for my team! I organized it logically with the information you need for teaching at the beginning of the document and the information that is mostly for your administrator toward the bottom of the
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K
1st Grade School and Patriotic Songs Lesson Plan Template Arkansas Music
This is the first grade lesson plan template I made to correlate with Arkansas standards for my unit on “School and Patriotic Songs.” I made it so you can easily plug in what you’re already doing with your own school/patriotic songs unit and have the standards mapped out for you. This will save you hours of work. I used Microsoft Word for this document.
Here are the areas I have included: Teacher name, week #/date, songs/pieces, schedule of learning activities/best practices, vocabulary/concept
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1st
Orchestra Unit Plan Template - Kindergarten - Composers Instruments Arkansas
This is the lesson plan template I made to correlate with Arkansas standards for my unit on “Instruments and Composers.” In this group of lesson plans, I have included at least one piece/composer as a suggestion, but they are easily deleted. At the bottom of the description, I have included the suggested pieces included in the lesson plans.
I made the template so you can easily plug in what you’re already doing with your own unit and have the standards mapped out for you for each unit. This wi
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K
Catcher in the Rye: essay topic, reading quiz, important pg. #s
This includes three different documents:
1. A comprehensive standard-addressing essay assignment that compares and contrasts the novel with the movie Good Will Hunting and Campbell's heroic journey.
2. A 28-question reading comprehension quiz
3. A list of important & essential page numbers in the novel
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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