For this activity, planned to be used as a part of a lesson or unit on influential African-American singers and musicians, features Beyonce and one of her top songs entitled "Love On Top". Listening and moving along to the song, in this lesson, will guide students and the teacher into a discussion about modulations/key changes in songs, what they are, and how they change the feeling of a song or piece of music.
VA Standards Of Learning 4.10 4. Students will Identify elements of music through listening
Weikart's process can be used to teach the chorus of this song, as it is more complex than the verse or prechoruses.
SAY: Students will say (or sing, if desired) the words to the chorus with the teacher, while either reading off of the screen, or calling and responding (this answer will be more certain depending on how well the class seems to know the song already) SAY-DO: Students will say (or sing, if desired) the words to the chorus with the teacher, while doing the movements along with the teacher at the correct times. WHISPER-DO: Students will whisper the words to the chorus, while doing the movements along with the teacher at the correct times THINK-DO: The students will just do the movements of the chorus, while humming the melody, to keep it in their brains! (Students can hum too, if they want.) As stated at the end of the movement chart, as the song progresses, students will incorporate a jump into their movements when the key of the song changes. Whether the students can hear the modulation or not, they will know that something different is happening when they jump. The lesson would be followed by a guiding question of "Why didn't we jump the first time, and jumped all the rest of the times when Beyonce says "You"? This will facilitate a further lesson on modulations and what they sound like. Full Experience DesignGoogle Doc:In-Class Portion
In class, I am planning on using the Stevie Wonder movement activity with my peers. This activity serves more as a warm-up than a lesson, but the movements I have planned may be too difficult for younger students. I am trying this out on my classmates to see how they react to the different movement combinations I choreographed for the song!
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