KEEPING SCORE LESSON PLANS
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Connects Music to Dance
Flores Sharing the Planet
Using EarthSong by Sally Rogers, students gain an appreciation of the animals that we share our planet with. 		      X

Connects Music to English
Burrow A Copland Fanfare, Musical Response
Critical listening to Copland’s Fanfare to the Common Man. Students identify instrumental timbres and write a response to the music’s emotional impact. 		  X X X
Hadden and Wilson A First Concert
Students will understand that there are different careers in the orchestra, such as, the conductor, composer, the instrument players and the concert hall employees; that identifying context clues will improve their comprehension of a literature selection; and that the reading strategy of ‘re-reading’ can clarify understanding of new vocabulary. 		    X  
Visitacion A Musician's Life—My Life
Students will write an autobiography, understanding that their own life can be written in sequential order like the movements of a symphony. They will see that others like Beethoven and Bill Traylor have overcome tragedies and triumphed. Students will reflect on adversities they have overcome and compare them to their own triumphs.   		  X    
Thompson Aaron Copland & Cowboys of the American West
Students will understand the idea of chronological order and significant life events by listening to a biography of Aaron Copland. 		      X
Thompson Aaron Copland's “Rodeo”–compare and contrast
Guided by the subject of cowboys and how Aaron Copland created an image (like an author does) when he wrote “Rodeo” students will compare and contrast two versions of this piece of music using musical vocabulary relating to dynamics, tempo, and instrumentation. 		      X
Henderson American Music—American Poetry
Students will show understanding that music and poetry both tell the stories of a culture by writing evaluations of musical poetry presentations. 		    X  
Matic Beethoven's Thoughts
Students will write a descriptive essay explaining how they feel, and what thoughts they have while listening to Beethoven’s 5th. They will also describe the musical elements that cause them to feel that way. They will then transpose those feelings into a watercolor art piece, orally present their essay and later act out their verbs in a physical education exercise. 		    X  
Matic Copland vs. Ellington
Students will study the great American composers Aaron Copland and Duke Ellington. They will compare and contrast their lives and their music. They will then have to choose which composer they like best, and explain why in a written essay. 		    X  
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