Tuesday, November 11, 2014

November 11-14

Music 7 - Students are performing their pentatonic pieces. We will review for our test on Wednesday and there will be a written test on Thursday. Friday we will play the quiet rhythm game and sing some karaoke. History of Jazz - Students are in the library creating their power point presentations on the 11 - 13. They are due to Mrs. Kline's drop box at the end of the day on the 13th. Friday are the vocal aspects of this class. Music Technology - Students are completing their pod casts with an accomp. undercurrent. Chorus Class - We are fine tuning our Winter Song.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Oct 15 - 24

7th -We will be finishing our unit on Freedom Riders and the Song "We Shall Overcome." Students will create their own verse to this rally song. We will start our sing off the week of 10/20 while we also do some listening activities. History of Jazz - we will finish our power point presentations. The test will be 10/23. Music Technology - We are working on playing the guitar on the ipad. Chorus - We will be working on putting the Winter Song together for concert prep. We will be testing on Thursday 10/16.

Monday, September 29, 2014

9/29-10/3

Seventh Grade - We are working on creating our Jingle this week!!! We will be listening to jingles, discussing the process of creating jingles, and finally creating our own jingle! Each student will write their jingle and then show it to the class. We will select our favorite jingle and turn it into a commercial. History of Jazz - PowerPoint presentations are due and we will be working on them over the next 4 weeks. This week we will learn about Miles, The Duke, and Ella. Our test will be next Thursday. Music Technology - This week each student will be compiling their favorite songs into a music mash-up. Chorus Class - We will be going over our choreography, singing the Winter piece, and Reviewing the District audition piece.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

September 15 - 19

Seventh Grade - We are working on FOUND SOUND. All students need to bring in a found sound instrument. Students are creating their own piece of found sound music. Later this week we are talking about genres of music and doing some listening. Music Technology - We are working on creating our pod casts using garage band. Jazz - We are finishing the genre of jazz discussion. There is a test on the genres this Thursday. Chorus - We are working on our piece of music for Winter.

Monday, September 8, 2014

September 8 - 12

Seventh Grade - This week we will be taking notes on listening terms and do a few listening examples. We will play a piece of music using the boom whackers to practice our music reading skills. We will begin our found sound unit late this week. History of Jazz - We will take our first test on Tuesday, 9/9. We will move onto the next 4 genres of Jazz music. We will also sing and work on improvisation on Friday. Music Technology - We will work on clipping songs together as well as get started with garage band. Chorus Class - We will continue to work on our county chorus music. We will be introduced to our winter song on Thursday.

Friday, August 29, 2014

September 2 - 5

7th Grade - We are working on writing a piece of music using the pentatonic scale. We will compose and perform our music in class. We will have a written test on THURSDAY on the notes, rests, and the basic composition of a measure. History of Jazz - We are discussing ragtime, swing, and the components of those forms of music. We will have a quiz on the vocabulary on Thursday. We will be singing some jazz tunes this week. Music Technology - We will continue working with our Loops and begin our garage band projects. Chorus Class - Students are marking their music for county and district auditions. We are working on learning this piece of music.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

May 7-16

Seventh Grade - We are working on our found sounds. All students must have a found sound instrument for May 7th. They are writing their own song and will be performing them for the class. The week of May 12-16 we are discussing freedom riders and the music that came from that movement. Eighth Grade - We are still playing guitars. Each student will be writing their own 12 bar blues song with a partner. We will discuss a few jazz artists. All Rock and Roll projects are due on May 9th. If the students are going on the trip to Hershey Park they must be submitted on May 8th. Chorus Class - We are in the home stretch. We sing at the elementary band concert on May 8th at 7:00 PM. Our concert is May 13th at 7:00 PM.

Monday, March 10, 2014

March 10-14

Seventh Grade - We are completing our Jingle and creating our commercial. Extra credit to any student who brings in props, etc. for the jingle filming on Tuesday. We will begin our freedom riders unit on Wednesday. Eighth Grade - We are discussing Jazz artists and writing our 12 bar blues piece. We will perform our music this week. All research projects are due to Mrs. Kline by Friday March 14th. Chorus Class - We are choreographing on Monday, Solo Auditions on Wednesday, and Singing on Friday.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Feb 27-March 7

Seventh - We are talking about music and listening to music. DUE FRIDAY 2/28 the title and artist of a song written on paper. This will be used in our listening unit. It must be school appropriate. Eighth - Guitar test on Friday 2/28 - Parts of the guitar as well as the 5 chords. Research projects were assigned on 2/27 and are due on 3/14. Chorus Class - Working on Motown. Singing Test on 2/6

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Feb 18 - 21

Seventh Grade - We are working on our Found Sounds. All students must bring in their found sound instrument this week. First period needs it for Wed. Seventh period needs theirs for Thursday. Eighth Grade - We are playing the guitars. We are working on C, G, G7, and D7 chords this week. chorus Class - We are choreographing our Disney piece of music.