Seventh Grade - We will be starting a Jingle Unit. We will be discussing Jingles on Monday. All students will write a jingle during class on Tuesday. If they do not finish their jingle in class they will have it for homework. Wednesday - we will perform our jingles. Thursday and Friday we will choose our favorite jingle and create our own commercial.
Eighth Grade - RESEARCH PROJECTS are due on TUESDAY FEB. 26th. We are learning about different jazz artists while we create our own 12 bar blues piece. We will also discover the challenges and fun in improvisation!
Chorus Class - We will be learning the vocals to our spring piece as well as discussing choreography for the senior high selection.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
February 19-22
Seventh Grade - We are working on our found sound projects. All students will be using their found sound instrument with their group. They will be writing a piece of music collectively that they will be able to perform. Friday we will be reading and singing three part harmony using a piece of choral music.
Eighth Grade - We are continuing with our guitar unit. Each student was introduced to 5 chords. They will be playing their chords to a song they chose to play. As they play their selection the class will sing along. We will also be starting our 12 bar blues/jazz discussion.
Research projects are due on February 26th. The rubric is posted on the blog!
Chorus Class - We are continuing to sing county chorus music. We are also sight singing.
**All NS county Chorus participants are asked to donate a case of water!
Eighth Grade - We are continuing with our guitar unit. Each student was introduced to 5 chords. They will be playing their chords to a song they chose to play. As they play their selection the class will sing along. We will also be starting our 12 bar blues/jazz discussion.
Research projects are due on February 26th. The rubric is posted on the blog!
Chorus Class - We are continuing to sing county chorus music. We are also sight singing.
**All NS county Chorus participants are asked to donate a case of water!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Feb. 14
Seventh - All students must bring a FOUND SOUND INSTRUMENT to school on Tuesday, Feb. 19th. It is a homework grade, but we will be using them in class as well.
Eighth Grade - Students are to continue with their research projects - Due Feb. 26.
Eighth Grade - Students are to continue with their research projects - Due Feb. 26.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Eighth Grade Research Project
You will write and research on the artist/band you chose in class.
You must have 1 picture of your artist /band.
Your report: Must be at least 5 paragraphs and must contain –
Biography of Artist (personal details)
History of Artist (musical information)
Influences (Those who influenced the artist and vice versa)
Update (If still living, where is the artist today?)
Any other interesting information about your artist/band
The report MUST be in PARAGRAPH FORM!!!! I do not want bullets or fragments. This MUST be in your own words!!! If you copy and paste from the internet you will get a zero and be reported for plagiarism.
Back Page –
Artist’s “Greatest Hits” this can be bulleted/list form – this can be a copy/paste from the internet and does not need to be in paragraph form.
BIBLIOGRAPHY of all Work Cited (at least 2) – all references must be in bibliography for proper credit! www.google.com is not a bibliography – that is a search engine!
DUE Tuesday, February, 26, 2013
Picture – 10pts
5x5 – 50 pts
Greatest Hits – 10 pts
Bibliography – 20 pts
Presentation – 60 pts
You must have 1 picture of your artist /band.
Your report: Must be at least 5 paragraphs and must contain –
Biography of Artist (personal details)
History of Artist (musical information)
Influences (Those who influenced the artist and vice versa)
Update (If still living, where is the artist today?)
Any other interesting information about your artist/band
The report MUST be in PARAGRAPH FORM!!!! I do not want bullets or fragments. This MUST be in your own words!!! If you copy and paste from the internet you will get a zero and be reported for plagiarism.
Back Page –
Artist’s “Greatest Hits” this can be bulleted/list form – this can be a copy/paste from the internet and does not need to be in paragraph form.
BIBLIOGRAPHY of all Work Cited (at least 2) – all references must be in bibliography for proper credit! www.google.com is not a bibliography – that is a search engine!
DUE Tuesday, February, 26, 2013
Picture – 10pts
5x5 – 50 pts
Greatest Hits – 10 pts
Bibliography – 20 pts
Presentation – 60 pts
Monday, February 4, 2013
February 4 - 8
Seventh Grade - All seventh grade students must submit a song title and artist for a future listening activity. These are due on Tuesday 2/5. The songs must be free of foul language and have a school appropriate message.
We received notes today on music listening terms. We will be using them for the remainder of the marking period. There will be a test on Monday 2/11 on the terms.
We will be playing boomwackers this week - reading music.
Eighth Grade - We are starting the week with a listening/writing activity. We will begin our guitar unit on Tuesday. We will be playing the guitars starting on Wednesday.
Chorus Class - We will be working on improving our sight singing skills as well as work on our county chorus music.
We received notes today on music listening terms. We will be using them for the remainder of the marking period. There will be a test on Monday 2/11 on the terms.
We will be playing boomwackers this week - reading music.
Eighth Grade - We are starting the week with a listening/writing activity. We will begin our guitar unit on Tuesday. We will be playing the guitars starting on Wednesday.
Chorus Class - We will be working on improving our sight singing skills as well as work on our county chorus music.
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