Fifth graders begin a journey into classical music in this lesson plan. Each student is assigned a classical composer to research. Students will then create PowerPoint presentations answering questions about their composer and presenting them to the class. Then, students turn to Voki to share an interesting fact about their composer.
Fifth graders begin a journey into classical music in this lesson plan. Each student is assigned a classical composer to research. Students will then create PowerPoint presentations answering questions about their composer and presenting them to the class. Then, students turn to Voki to share an interesting fact about their composer.
Fifth graders begin a journey into classical music in this lesson plan. Each student is assigned a classical composer to research. Students will then create PowerPoint presentations answering questions about their composer and presenting them to the class. Then, students turn to Voki to share an interesting fact about their composer.
Lesson Title: Composers Grade Level: Fifth Grade Author: Stephanie Bushman Objectives: Students will 1. Identify Classical composers 2. Research a composer’s life a. Where is this composer from? b. What is a famous piece by this composer (be able to find piece for class and play on CD, tape, or internet clip)? c. What’s one interesting fact about this composer? 3. Present composers to class a. Use PowerPoint (One slide per question) b. Create a voki character to share interesting fact about composer (can be any character) Materials: 1. Internet 2. PowerPoint 3. Voki.com (http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=3253594&height=400&width=300) 4. CD player 5. Tape player 6. Projector Class Duration: 1 Day Activities: 1. Choose one composer per student in class from list: http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composers_period.asp 2. Create slides with each composer’s picture and include: a. Where is this composer from? b. What is a famous piece by this composer (play this piece for class)? c. What’s one interesting fact about this composer?
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3. Assign each student a composer 4. Assign presentation order 5. Hand out rubric (accompany with how to for Voki.com and PowerPoint) 6. Hand out time table with dates a. Research a composer’s life i. Where is this composer from? ii. What is a famous piece by this composer (be able to find piece for class and play on CD, tape, or internet clip)? iii. What’s one interesting fact about this composer? b. Present composers to class c. Use PowerPoint (One slide per question) d. Create a voki character to share interesting fact about composer (can be any character)
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