Name: Gina DiPalermo Date: March 20th 2014

Musical Focus: concepts/skills to

emphasize

Grade: 5-6th Title: Amani by Jim Papoulis Rehearsal 1

Preparation: (lead-in/hook/preparatory set/link to prior knowledge): Ask students to know of a person in history who supported an act of peace. Teaching Sequence: Time

Singing Melody Rhythm Harmony Timbre Form Movement Creating Playing instruments Expressive Qualities Objectives: Learners will
Be able to (behavioral): By the end of next week students should be able to sing both parts together confidently, with smooth transitions from Imbene part to Amani/Gashoonga.

Understand what is happening in conversational texture at this part. Students will learn new swahili words and their meaning. Students will experience how the various charactersistics indicative of African music. add value (critical):

Materials Youtube video describing peace. Amani sheet music by Jim Papoulis

National Standard(s) Addressed:

repertoire of music others, a varied repertoire of music accompaniments specific guidelines

Rehearsal 1: Stretching/Alignment: Body stacking ribs, head as an atlas. Loose clavicular portion of body. But still tall in mid and lower back. Plosives and fricatives : Sh, sh, sh, using different patterns. That match the rhythm of Amani mm. 19 Humming and chewing, then releasing with a small sigh all the way through both registers. Mommy made me mash my m&ms Mi-me,ma-mo-moo 1, 3, 5, 3, 1 Up the scale in half steps. Have students audiate 3 to sing a perfect 5th, move around to various keys. Start from Imbene: Reinforce rhythm pattern in warm-up to inform ka-tika. Students sing this on neutral syllable. Boys on Gashoonga Girls on Amani (3x) Amani, Amani umoja. Practice girls and boy with offset rhythm once this seems confident review twice more for security. Teach words : Imbene wote nsauti moja Have students find first pitch by playing/singing 1,3, 5, (depending on what not they start on). After a couple times through put both parts together. Students sing Imbene part and go onto Amani rhythm part.
Notes/Extension:

music tanding relationships between music, the other arts, & disciplines outside the arts history and culture

Assessment: WrittenInformal Individual Performance GroupOther: