Miss Saxton’s Syllabus for 7th Grade General Music



Mrs. Battaglia’s Syllabus for

8th Grade General Music

First Quarter- Comments only

Second Quarter- Grading Categories and comments

Grading

Class Participation…………………....50%

Tests/ Playing Tests………………….20%

Projects………………………………20%

Homework Assignments………….…10%

8th Grade General Music Units

Unit One: What is Music? (National Standards 8,9)

Curricular Goals: (Open Discussion)

❖ The student will be able to discuss where music exists in students lives both in school and out of school

❖ SWBAT create a definition of music (Organized sound)

❖ SWBAT identify some of the roles music plays in other cultures

❖ SWBAT define musical elements

❖ SWBAT identify music of other cultures (Music Listening)

Additional Content:

Essay: Why has music played an important role throughout time… in all cultures and all time periods? Do you think music will continue to exist throughout the 21st century and beyond? What do you think music will sound like 50-100 years from now?

Project: 8th Grade General Music Individual Project (See handout)

Unit Two: A review of the fundamentals of music theory. (Standards 1,2,4,5,6, 7)

Curricular Goals:

❖ SWBAT identify and create the following:

1. Note and rest values

2. Bass and treble clefs

3. Ties and slurs

4. Meter Signatures

5. Dynamic signs

6. Tempo markings

7. Articulations

8. Key signatures

9. Intervals (Ascending only- M2, M3, P4, P5, M6, M7 and P8)

❖ SWBAT count rhythm using standard counting methods

❖ SWBAT clap and perform on instruments simple melodies and rhythms

Additional Content:

The student will discover the reasoning for a standard notation in music

Concepts learned and activities include: Activities dealing with steps an skips, whole and half steps, direction, accidentals, key signatures and enharmonic tones, rhythm and melodic dictation and error detection.

Unit Three: Music Composition (Standards 2,3,4,5,6,7)

Curricular Goals:

❖ SWBAT compose using specific guidelines one and two- part compositions

❖ SWBAT notate and perform an original composition (To be manuscript in a later unit using FINALE)

❖ SWBAT evaluate their own and others compositions and performances using provided evaluations

Additional Content:

Students will learn to write their own compositions using theory devises learned in unit two along with using sequence, repetition and imitation.

Other Activities: Adding titles and words to compositions and/or development and performance of two-part rhythm compositions

Unit Four: Musical (Phantom of the Opera) (Standards 6,7,8,9)

Curricular Goals:

❖ SWBAT define musical/ theatre terms and definitions

❖ SWBAT research, view and discuss a musical and its relevance to our society

Unit Five: Careers in Music (Standards 7,8,9)

Curricular Goals:

❖ SWBAT identify and define the different careers in the music industry

❖ SWBAT identify the role of a producer and promoter

❖ SWBAT promote a concert of a school function or a created concert

❖ SWBAT research composers and performers that will appear on their concert

❖ SWBAT create a promotion poster or program

Additional Project(s):

Music career project- research into various music careers

Unit Six: Piano Performance (Standards 2,3,5,6,7)

The overall goal of this unit is to assimilate the knowledge of this course in a performance heavy application.

Curricular Goals:

❖ SWBAT properly use the electronic keyboard lab with correct behavior, posture, and hand position

❖ SWBAT identify the piano keys

❖ SWBAT accurately play 5 note scales with both hands together in C, F, and G positions

❖ SWBAT perform the C scale and pentatonic major scale using proper finger technique

❖ SWBAT read and understand traditional notation in performance setting

❖ SWBAT perform simple 5- finger melodies in treble clef (Bass clef for the advanced players) on the piano

❖ SWBAT perform simple accompaniments on the piano (for the more advanced student: improvise a 4- measure melody using the same bass-note chord pattern as a given song)

❖ SWBAT evaluate their own and other performances using a provided evaluation form

Additional Projects:

Composer Video: Amadeus

Unit Seven: Music and Technology (Standards 5,6,8,9)

Curricular Goals:

❖ SWBAT identify some applications of technology in music

❖ SWBAT notate previously written compositions using notation software (FINALE)

❖ SWBAT identify MIDI

If time permits and students will use the music software Garage Band

ASSESSMENT:

Assessment will be through a variety of means including written worksheets, in-class exercises, unit quizzes and tests, and performance

Homework/Project Policy:

1. If the assignment is done on time; it is graded out of 100%

2. If the assignment is turned in anytime after the due date, the highest score it can receive is a 65%. (Exception: excused absence)

3. Homework will not be accepted 5 days after the issue of each progress report date. Progress report dates will run with eligibility (High school) dates. Teachers and students will work out a plan for late assignments.

4. Option: study hall, 9th period, at home, study hall with other teacher, and learning lab.

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*** Some assignments such as projects and written assignments are handled differently due to their length and difficulty.

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