April 23, 2012

Grade 7: 
This is week 12 in term 12.  Students should be practising twice this week.
Our goals for this week are to complete our final journal which will be marked and to create and perform a pentatonic composition using the 8 beat patterns composed last week.

During our first class of the week, we will listen to "The Great Gate of Kiev" by Modest Moussorgsky.  We will use class time to begin our reponse, which requires you to list elements used, and analyze how these elements help you to imagine the gates at the entrance to the city.

During the second class of the week, we will listen to "The Great Gates of Kiev" again and complete our journals. Then, we will form groups of 2, 3 or 4, and create and perform a pentatonic composition which has 2 or more sections (A and B) and uses the 8 beat patterns composed last week.  The compositions can include improvisation and may have homophonic, polyphonic and monophonic textures.

Homework: practise playing your 8 measure pentatonic pattern as a loop and complete your final journal by typing and spell-checking it at home.

Grade 8:This week's goals are to complete any remaining video presentations and to begin STOMP with a review/study of rhythm (durations).

We will begin by viewing portions of the video STOMP OUT LOUD, and review whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth durations. Using the chart provided, students will relate the written notation to word rhythms and brainstorm other patterns that can be created using these durations/rests.

Students will create a variety of 4 measure rhythm patterns using information from the Rhythm Chart.  If time permits, students will perform them for a partner and choose one to perform in a group polyphonic composition.

Homework: practise clapping patterns using a variety of durations; compose 5 measures of rhythm on your Rhythm Sheet.