Zachary Evans

Date of Lesson: 4/3/2014

School: Jenison Christian School
Choir/Grade Level: 6
National Standards met: 1
Extra notes: Both to make conducting easier and to improve management, the clicker
will be given to multiple students throughout the lesson as a reward, based
on demonstration of such qualities as proper posture or an expressive face
while singing.
Having each verse of certain songs being sung twice is intended to help
students better learn the large amount of words contained in those verses
over time. However, since memorization is not the primary focus of this
lesson, they will not actually try to sing these verses from memory, and
time will dictate whether these verses actually will be sung twice.
The numbers for the first two sung warm-ups indicate scale degrees.

Teachers Materials Students Materials
Projector/screen
Laser pointer/clicker


Time

Routine

Procedure

Focus/Assessment
Relevant
GLCE



5-7



Warm-ups
Posture check
Breathing
4 short (q) and 1 long (w) on sh
Sigh
5-4-3-2-1 sustaining an ah syllable
1-3-2-4-3-5-4-2---1-
nee neh nah noh noo
Many mumbling mice
Sing By Faith
I.6.2
I.6.3
Sight-reading
(if planned)

Framework:
Alignment/Body
Awareness
Creating Space
Breathing
Breath Energy
Resonance
Vowels
Diction
Rehearsal-Specific:


Grandparents
Day songs
If You and I Believe in Christ
o Students sing one verse a cappella
on solfege
o Students sing both verses on text
Teacher will address diction
based on what is heard
Each verse should be sung at
least twice
Lift Up Your Hearts
o Show me [insert vowel here];
now keep that vowel when you say
[insert appropriate word here].
o Students sing all four verses from
memory

Accurate notes


Diction

Memorization


Vowels


Memorization

I.6.1
I.6.2
I.6.3
Teacher will give reminder
beforehand about order of
verses
Lord, We Hear Your Word with
Gladness
o Teacher speaks specific words
from the songs text with proper
vowels and diction, students echo
o Students sing both verses on text
Each verse should be sung at
least twice
When We Are Living
o Remind students to sing with tall
space and tall vowels (especially
on English lyrics)
o Teacher suggests to the students
that they should crescendo or
decrescendo through long notes
based on the phrasing (teacher will
also conduct this during singing)
o Students will sing both the Spanish
and the English verses
If the students are doing
particularly well, the teacher
may have them try singing a
verse memorized
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
o Teacher speaks a few specific
words that students are unlikely to
sing with proper vowels and/or
diction, students echo
o Teacher reminds students that they
are expected to sing 4-bar phrases,
not breathing or breaking the
line in the middle of the phrase
o Students sing both verses on text
Each verse should be sung at
least twice
I Will Follow
o You sound fine; there are two
things we can do to make it sound
even better: sing with lots of breath
energy and have good choral
vowels.
o They know fairly well what to do
with vowels once prompted, so the





Vowels
Diction


Memorization




Phrasing





Vowels

Memorization




Vowels
Diction


Phrasing




Memorization










focus will be on breath energy.
Sliding up to the highest pitch
(this doesnt promote breath
energy by itself, but theyll
sing the high note with better
breath energy when they do
this, and the teacher can then
prompt them to do the same
thing in the song)
Teacher can encourage
students to both take in more
air and increase intensity
In Christ Alone
o Students will sing the song twice
with the screen displaying the
lyrics
Students will be encouraged
not to look the second time
o Students will sing the song without
the screen displaying the lyrics

Breath energy










Memorization