Student Name: Eve Thomas

Title of Lesson: Jubilate Deo Rhythms Total Lesson Time: 35 minutes

Grade(s): Eighth Subject Area: Choir

Curriculum Standard(s)
Standard 5/Benchmark B/Ninth Grade: Reading and notating music/Apply a system to read
rhythmic notation/Reads and claps syncopated rhythmic patterns in mixed meter

Learning Objectives (Benchmark) and Assessment:

Learning Objective(s) Assessment(s)
Students will be able to:
1. clap and count the rhythms of their part in 1. as students clap and count each
the last two pages of Jubilate Deo rhythm, I will scan the room to check
2. identify the similarities and differences for participation and correct rhythms
between 4/4 and 6/8 time 2. I will give students questions to think
about and answer individually and in
pairs to check for understanding

Materials Needed:
- whiteboard
- multiple colors of dry erase markers
- class set of Jubilate Deo music

Lesson Procedures: Time Differentiation (Adaptations

1. Anticipatory
- when students walk into the room, the
agenda and materials needed are listed on
the board
- in addition, the rhythmic excerpt is already
written on the board for students to start
deciphering
2. Introduction
- start with the 6/8 time signature in the
example on the board
- ask students what the bottom and top
numbers mean in a time signature
- once we have discovered that the eighth
note gets the beat, explain how the first 6/8
measure would be counted and write the
counts underneath the notes in a different
color from the rhythm
for Diverse Learners, ELL,
Gifted)
I chose to pull a rhythmic
excerpt out of the printed
music and write it on the board
because it is an easier way for
students to focus on just the
rhythm. There are so many
other things to look at in
8 min printed music (note names,
keys, dynamic markings)
that could be distracting or
confusing to singers, so
starting with just the rhythm
on the whiteboard is a great
strategy to break a
complicated process into
smaller steps.
 - continue on to write in the counts of the
other 6/8 measures
- after all the rhythms are written on the
board, we will clap and count the 6/8
measures together
3. Guided Practice
- we will follow the same process to figure
out the counts in the 4/4 and 2/4 measures
of the rhythm excerpt and clap and count
those measures as well
- then, I will ask students to turn to a
neighbor and discuss what the tempo
marking between the 4/4 and 6/8 measures
mean
- I will call on volunteers to share their ideas
- when we have figured out that the eighth
note beat stays the same between measures,
the students will clap and count the entire
rhythm excerpt
- next, I will ask students to find where those
rhythms occur in the song Jubilate Deo
(pages 11/12)
- using a different colored marker, I will write
in the text on the board under each line of
notes
- I will use a call and response strategy to
help students feel comfortable with
speaking the text in rhythm while looking at
the board
- then we will transition to speaking the text
while looking at the music
4. Group Closing
- I will teach each section their vocal parts on
pages 11 and 12, which we will practice
individually and then put together
I chose to use a different color
of marker for each element I
wrote on the board (rhythm,
counting, and text) as a way to
make a clear distinction
15 min between each new step in the
lesson.
- if the students are having
trouble thinking of possible
meanings for the tempo
marking, I will ask a leading
question such as The tempo
marking has an equal sign in
it; how do you think that
means the beat will change or
stay the same?
- shifting from looking at the
board and speaking the text to
12 min looking in the music and
speaking the text could be
challenging for students, so I
will be prepared to do more
call and response speaking if
necessary

Classroom Management Strategy (How will you foster engagement and positive behavior?)
- I will move around the room as I teach to keep all students engaged
- I will ask students questions throughout my lesson to encourage them to actively think
about and discover the relationships between rhythms in this section of music