Vocabulary

The Poetry of Present Progressive Verbs

Posted Jun 15, 2011 by Cate Malone

Students will be able to create lists of different parts of speech after listening to Rodeo, Hoe-Down by Aaron Copland.  Students will use these different parts of speech to create a free verse poem.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, English Language Learner
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Copland, Vocabulary
 
 
 

BONG! DIDDLE! CRASH! Musical Onomatopoeia

Posted May 05, 2011 by Julie Silva

Students will learn about dynamics, tempo, acoustics and instruments in the music of Charles Ives. Students will be introduced to and learn about the literary term onomatopoeia, and how it can relate to the sounds composed by Ives in The Unanswered Question, Central Park in the Dark and Symphony No 4. Students will then relate the literary term to musical expression. Making the connection between literacy and music, students will create their own musical onomatopoeias using various media, such as watercolor, tempera paint, crayons, magazine text and markers.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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Acoustics, Art, Dynamics, Instruments, Ives, Tempo, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Creative Writing

Posted May 04, 2011 by Maria Cruz

Students will analyze Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and connect it to creative thematic writing.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts
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Composer, Stravinsky, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Venn Diagram for Peter and the Wolf

Posted May 04, 2011 by Paula Pendleton

This lesson provides students with an opportunity to listen to music and express their feelings through describing words, as they learn how to express themselves verbally. Using Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, we compare the music of two characters at a time and complete a Venn diagram of describing words. Students select their favorite character, draw a picture of the character, and write a sentence or two about the character, using the descriptive language from our Venn diagrams, as they develop vocabulary and enhance their writing.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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Animals, Instruments, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Moving to Tchaikovsky

Posted Apr 26, 2011 by Elizabeth Sublett

Students will be able to identify "same" and "different" in sections of “Trepak” from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, while learning and practicing different kinds of locomotor and non-locomotor movements. Students will work on skipping, galloping, hopping, jumping, walking, tiptoeing as well as bending, twisting, and stretching all in time with the music. Students will be able to identify when the tempo of the music gets faster.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other
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Dance, Tchaikovsky, Tempo, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Fairy Home, Fairy Play

Posted Apr 25, 2011 by Gael Reed

The students will have a deeper understanding of the vocabulary words: gather, exciting, cooperate, activity and exhausted. Students will be able to compare and contrast two pieces of music, distinguish between real and fantasy, fiction and non-fiction. Students will be able to sequence a story, telling about main events and using vocabulary.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Dance, Instruments, Literature, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Poetry Inspired by Music

Posted Apr 19, 2011 by John Schneider

Students will learn the structure of "March of the Trolls" by Grieg and compare it to the structure of a poem. Students will write a poem that has stanzas inspired by the themes in the music. Student will learn key vocabulary that is similar to or related between classical music and poetry.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8
SUBJECT
Language Arts, English Language Learner
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TAGS
Poetry, Vocabulary
 
 
 

The Elements of Love: Shakespeare v Wagner

Posted Apr 09, 2011 by Minu Dave

While reading and performing Shakespeare's Hamlet, students will learn about the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia. Students will explore the idea of love further through music, specifically Richard Wagner's three-act opera, Tristan und Isolde. Students will compare and contrast the different types of love expressed (in both the opera and the play) as well as compare and contrast the way love is communicated through music and dramatic performance.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Technology
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TAGS
Literature, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Dynamics and Literary Tones

Posted Apr 02, 2011 by Kari Monholland

Tone is a difficult concept for students to grasp in Language Arts because it is hardly ever specifically stated in the text. Students have a much easier time uncovering emotions in classical music even though it also is never specifically stated. By studying classical music and its use of dynamics and using words that show tone in correlation with dynamics, students will be able to gain a better grasp of the idea of tone in literature. Students will have a working understanding of musical vocabulary that describes the dynamics of a piece of music and how that relates to the overall tone.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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Dynamics, Literature, Reading, Story, Vocabulary, Voice
 
 
 

Poetry with Expression

Posted Feb 15, 2011 by Sarah Fix

Students will have a better understanding of how musical terms, dynamics and tempo, can apply to other disciplines. Students will use musical vocabulary to help determine how to read poems with greater voice and expression.

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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TAGS
Dynamics, Poetry, Reading, Tempo, Vocabulary, Voice
 
 
 
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