Groovy Jungle Lesson Plans (Resized ... - Groovy Music
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<strong>Lesson</strong> 2 – Loud and Quiet<br />
Learning objectives and preliminary activities<br />
Learning Objectives<br />
Learn to identify different dynamic levels.<br />
Play instruments and perform vocal sounds expressively using<br />
appropriate dynamics.<br />
Create music that uses different dynamics<br />
Suggested Preliminary Activities<br />
Write the words ‘loud’, ‘very loud’, ‘quiet’, ‘very quiet’, ‘getting<br />
louder’, and ‘getting quieter’ on the board. Then, give the pupils a<br />
sentence, such as ‘The wind blew gently through the trees’. Invite<br />
them to improvise vocal or body percussion sounds that match the<br />
sentence. Then, ask the pupils to identify the dynamic label that<br />
matches their improvisation. Encourage pupils to invent their own<br />
sentences for improvisations.<br />
Distribute classroom percussion instruments to pupils. Working<br />
in small groups or as a class, invite them to invent a rhythm that<br />
they can play as an ostinato (a short, repeating pattern). Then ask<br />
the pupils to play their ostinato as you point to different dynamics<br />
words on the board. On another day, write the dynamics words on<br />
cards. Ask one pupil to draw a card and keep it secret, then play his<br />
or her instrument at that dynamic level. Ask the rest of the class to<br />
identify the dynamic level by listening.