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8th grade music composition outlines
Music Technology Curriculum Map
Thanks for taking a look at my product! I have spent countless hours developing the curriculum for my Music Technology courses and I found that creating the curriculum map was one of the most time-intensive parts. I sincerely hope that this resource will be a huge time-saver for you. As you browse through it you will notice that it is aligned with the NAFME National Music Standards for Music Technology and is divided into four quarters (for a full year- or can be separated into two semesters). T
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6th - 12th
Middle School General Music Curriculum Guide
Middle School General Music is a class I have such a passion for. The possibilities of lesson plans are ENDLESS! This resource provides you with multiple unit ideas to include in your class. Each unit has vocabulary suggestions, project ideas, recording suggestions, topics for discussion and more! Before each unit, a preface is provided giving you tips on implementing each unit. Units include:Composers - includes composers to use, suggested listening, commercials that use classical music, vocab
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5th - 8th
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CCSS Aligned Informative Essay Outline and Guide
This informative essay outline, guide, and rubric will help students develop a well written essay that includes a thesis, details that support their thesis, a creative introduction, and a thought provoking conclusion.
This guide is a great tool to use to model essay writing with students and a great place for students to organize their thoughts.
Included in this downloadable PDF are:
A guide that explains all the different parts of an essay
A 5 page outline
A checklist for self and peer edi
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6th - 12th
Scales Club - Essential Elements for Strings
Motivate your students to memorize your scales and become members of the SCALES CLUB! Scale levels are divided into bronze, silver, and gold and are adaptable to your classes/students depending on the method book they currently use. Scales align with the scale pages in Essential Elements Book 2 (Purple), Essential Technique Book 3 (Green), and Advanced Technique Book 4 (Gold). Charts include a section to write the exercise numbers, and date passed off for the teacher to sign.
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6th - 12th
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Music History Powerpoint
This is a powerpoint detailing each musical era with important composers and facts. Over 100 slides detailing musicians from Palestrina to Dizzy Gillespie, going from the Medieval through the Jazz Era. I use this in class as a springboard to discuss and research different composers and how music changed over the years.
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
Music Elements of Music- just the basics!
Elements of Music- just the basics!Quick explanation of the Elements of Music to start the discussion in your classroomCan also be used as a poster!
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7th - 12th
Écrire une chanson - fiches d'info et de plannification
This resource includes:Information sheet describing the parts of a song3 styles of planning sheets 4 styles of song-writing paper*Easy to use for music teachers as well as novice songwritersCette ressource comprend :Fiche d'information décrivant les parties d'une chanson3 styles de feuilles de planification4 styles de papier pour écrire une chanson* Facile à utiliser pour les enseignants de musique ainsi que pour les auteurs-compositeurs novices
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2nd - 10th
Also included in: LE PACK D'ÉCRITURE ULTIME / ULTIMATE FRENCH WRITING PACK
Musical Form
Powerpoint to teach basic musical forms as well as symphonies, concertos, etc. Great to use with musical examples and fun to have kids make their own songs using the more basic forms.
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4th - 9th
Pentatonic Melody Composition in C major - 5 week lesson plan
Are you looking for a easy way to teach composing using the pentatonic scale? These 5 easy to follow lesson plans will explicitly teach your music students how to compose a melody using the pentatonic scale in the key of C major. The lessons are scaled and follow the I do, we do, you do format with an assessment carried out on the last lesson. The assessment is differentiated using colored task cards and each colored card has a success criteria. This lesson aligns with Bloom's taxonomy higher or
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3rd - 8th
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Modern Band Check List Assessment Sheet
Modern Band Assessment through a checklist. It has a checklist to keep students on task with their growing abilities in a rock band styled class.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Music Lesson Plan Bundle
Song Writing Starter Worksheet for Music Students EDITABLE
This is an editable song writing worksheet and/or road map for music students to work through while trying to write a song. This approach focuses on learning and understanding how chord progressions are unpacked within the music we listen to on a regular basis.How I use this activity in my own classroom (link to blog).⚠️FREEBIE ALERT⚠️This resource is perfect for:✅ 6-12 General Music Classroom Projects✅ Individualized Learning Activities✅ Distance LearningWhat’s Included With Your Download:✅ Ed
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6th - 12th
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Melody Design Tools
The guide is divided into four melodic composition tools: basic, intermediate, advance and Counterpoint. It is a guide how to write a good melody to include how to add the melody into musical form. There are practical exercises to practice combining melodic devises and examples showing how these compositional techniques are used in melodic writing.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Creative Melodic Resources Bundle
Alexander's Waltz
This is a grade 3 piece of music for concert band.It includes the score and parts.
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7th - 12th
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Creating Memorable Melodies - Guide and Worksheets
A guide and worksheets to develop memorable melodies for both songwriting and composition. Strategies include how to develop a motif, how to model, and improvise melodies. Creative strategies to instruct how to build melodic content. Worksheets are included to work on the strategies.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Middle School Music Lesson
Do you teach middle school music? Do you love it, too! :) My students love to be fully engaged, to participate and learn new musical skills. Try this lesson out with your middle schoolers and let me know how your students enjoy it!
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6th - 8th
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Yearly Choir Grading Rubric
This grading rubric covers the most integral parts of your choral classroom experience. This fully editable rubric address concerts, rehearsals, daily participation, student musical understanding and student responsibility. Each category is detailed with how points are earned in alignment with your classroom policies. This rubric is a great way to hold your students accountable and keep parents informed!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Introduction to Accidentals Guided Notes & Composition Practice
Guided notes for an introduction to accidentals (sharps, flats, and natural symbols). Students label the keyboard, identify key symbols, and then apply the knowledge by composing a short example on the staff. Reproducible guided notes. Completed version included (pages 3-4)
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6th - 12th
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Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Music Listening Guide
Looking for ways to incorporate social-emotional learning (SEL) into your music program? Adding regular music listening to your program is a wonderful way to include all students, build self-reflection skills, facilitate avenues for productive discussion, foster critical thinking and nurture diversity by exposing them to a variety of music from all over the world.This Social-Emotional Learning Music Listening Guide includes: information about setting the stage for listening to music within this
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3rd - 10th
Essential Questions for the General Music Class
Essential questions for the General Music Class related to the:Elements of MusicMusic AppreciationHistory and CultureApplication of Music
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3rd - 12th
Tempo Cartoon Template
An engaging formative assessment activity where students enhance their understanding of tempo markings.
Without the need to 'perform' tempo through singing, students have the opportunity to apply appropriate tempo markings to 'real life' settings by using their imagination. The template allows for students to create specific pictures that communicate four different tempos (Largo, Andante, Allegro, and Presto). A creative way for students to interact with tempo and improve their recognition of m
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4th - 8th
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Ukulele Songwriting Assignment: Lyric Sheet & Rhyming Scheme
This is the next step in the planning process for the Ukulele Songwriting Assignment. Here the students will formulate their lyrics with a rhyming scheme in mind.
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7th - 12th
Boomwhackers- How To + Definitions
A worksheet to help teach with boomwhackers. This worksheet included what a boomwhackers is, the notes that are used and any musical definitions that may be needed when teaching.
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3rd - 10th
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Nadia & Lili Boulanger - Composer Biography
This is a two-page biography of the incredible musician and teacher Nadia Boulanger and her composer sister, Lili. Perfect for talking about important composers, influential musicians, women composers and women's history.
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4th - 8th
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Minor Scale Lesson Plan - Guided Notes
THIS IS NOT THE LESSON PLAN, THIS IS THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO THE LESSON PLAN.The lesson plan is available here: Minor Scale Lesson PlanThis resource along with the Lesson Plan, Quick Assessment (exit ticket/quiz), and Google Slides activity is available as a bundle here. Have students take notes on their own Google Drive with this easy-to-follow guided notes sheet! It will help keep students engaged during the lesson, as well as serve as a study guide if you plan to assign the Minor Scale Quic
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Minor Scale Unit BUNDLE!
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