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INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE DAY UNIT / SUBJECT PROCEDURES / ACTIVITIES PERFORMING ARTS CORE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS:   
Day 1 opening lesson of marking period introductory group experience - call and response  class rules/regs                                                   seat assignment                                                        echo beat/tonal memory review  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 2 Patriotic Song Unit introduce song - "America the Beautiful"             teach line by line                                                    lyric analysis                                                          Music Theory - echo clapping and body percussion  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 3 Patriotic Song Unit review song/sing - "America the Beautiful"               explore song's history                                              student writing - "what is the song about?"                   Music Theory - rhythmic notation  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 4 Patriotic Song Unit review song/sing - "America the Beautiful"                lyric creation - students create their own patriotic lyrics                                                                Music Theory - group rhythm charts and transfer to Latin percussion  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 5 Music History Unit - Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century Genre Introduction of Classical music / style traits               Development of the Symphony Orchestra             Music Theory - Treble Clef Staff and Hand Staff review  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 6 Music History Unit - Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century Genre Classical music / style traits listening lesson     Instruments of the Symphony Orchestra                    Music Theory - Treble Clef Staff and Hand Staff review                                                              Classical Composer Focus - Mozart - What is Genius?  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 7 Music History Unit - Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century Genre Romantic music / style traits, incl. Opera             Growth of the Symphony Orchestra                   Music Theory - Treble Clef Staff and Hand Staff review                                                                 Romantic Composer Focus - Beethoven  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 8 Music History Unit - Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century Genre 20th Century Orchestral music / style traits                Concepts of Dissonance/Consance                        Music Theory - Tonal Memory/Melodic and Rhythmic Writing on the Staff                                      20th Century Composer Focus - Stravinsky  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 9 Development of Contemporary Popular Music - Rock n Roll 1950's music / style traits                                1950's as an Era in US History                                 Music Theory - what are chords?                        "Let's Learn a Rock n Roll song!"  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 10 Development of Contemporary Popular Music - Rock n Roll 1950's music / style traits review                              analysis of chord progressions                           Orffestrate a song - "Those Magic Changes"            What did Rock n Roll look like (video)  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 11 Development of Contemporary Popular Music - Rock n Roll 1960's music / style traits                                    1960's as an Era in US History                          Songs of Social Conscience                                       All About the Beatles                                          Music Listening - a song by the Beatles  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 12 Development of Contemporary Popular Music - Rock n Roll 1970's music / style traits                                 1970's as an Era in US History                          The return of Dance Music - Disco                             Music Listening - Spinning Wheel  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 13 Listening Lesson - Aesthetic Music Response Students will listen to 4 select pieces of Instrumental (non-vocal) music; the students will complete a writing task based on varied criteria for each selection; the students will write on-task and then reflect, discuss, and compare/contrast their interpretations  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 14 Creative Improvisation - Individual Expression Students will perform polyrhythmic ostinati in small groups via pitched and non-pitched percussion               Students will then create/write their own 2-bar rhythmic ostinati                                                               students will perform their work individually for the class and combine individuals to create new rhythm sets / performance ensembles  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 15 Creative Improvisation - Group Project Students will perform polyrhythmic ostinati in small groups via pitched and non-pitched percussion Groups of 5 will then be split off to create/write their own unique group composition                                   groups will then perform their work for the class and critique each other  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 16 Musical Theater Unit introduction to musical theater                                    objectives of unit                                                    historical / social context of "Oliver"                         watch the musical "Oliver"  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 17 Musical Theater Unit review previous segment                                       watch the musical "Oliver                                      analyze song sequence and plot interplay  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 18 Musical Theater Unit review previous segment                                       watch the musical "Oliver                                 analyze song sequence and plot interplay  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 19 Musical Theater Unit review previous segment                                       watch the musical "Oliver                                    analyze song sequence and plot interplay  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 20 Musical Theater Unit view final segment                                             written exam on Musical Theater                              compare/contrast show to contemporary society / student life                                                     review/discuss moral underpinnings of "Oliver"  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 
Day 21 closing lesson of marking period review marking period objectives                           review musical experiences through performance (i.e. sing and play)                                                         conduct student-based staff assessment model  1.1, 1.2, 1.3,  1.4,  1.5 

 
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