8th Grade8th Grade
Padlet link
Click the Padlet link here and answer the questions about today’s Listening Activity.
Musician Biography PROJECT
Students will pick a band or musician to research and complete in Google Slides as a presentation. Late projects will lose points. Project Information is here, along with the Weekly Timeline and the Project Grade sheet
1960s music comparison
With a partner or alone, pick two songs from the 1960s and compare and contrast them on the 1960s Music Comparison Google Doc. Make sure you put everyone’s names in your group and you label the song titles!
“A Day in the Life” by the Beatles
“California Girls” by the Beach Boys
“Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan
“Respect” by Aretha Franklin
“I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5
“Superstition” lyric sheet
Find the Superstition lyric sheet in your email or Drive and make a copy. Answer the questions below the lyrics by yourself or with a partner, save it as your names and share it with Mrs. Winters. This assignment will be listed as Listening Activity #10 in Skyward.
“Blowin’ in the Wind” lyric sheet
Find the “Blowin in the Wind” Lyric Sheet in your email and download or make a copy. Answer the questions below the lyrics by yourself or with a partner, save it as your names and share it with Mrs. Winters. This assignment will be listed at Listening Activity #8 in Skyward.
1960’s genre project
With a group of 3-4 people, research one of the selected genres from the 1960s and present it to your class. Music genres, key artists and project information is found here.
1950’s music comparison
With a group of 2-3 people, pick one of the original 1950s songs that we listened to in class, and compare it to a modern song that is written in a 1950s style on the 1950s music comparison Google Doc.
“I Walk the Line” by Johnny Cash
“That’ll Be the Day” by Buddy Holly
“Marry You” by Bruno Mars
“Runaway Baby” by Bruno Mars
UKULELE PLAYING ASSESSMENTS
Throughout the ukulele unit, there will be playing assessments for several songs and skills that we are learning in class. Playing assessments are typically worth 40 points, (C scale playing assessment is 35) and use the Ukulele Performance Rubric.
UKULELE TUTORIALS
Ukulele tutorial videos are shared in Google Drive. If you don’t have access to a video, tell Mrs. Winters and she will share it with you. Videos can be helpful to watch in class or at home to get extra practice with the chords that we’ll be playing in class this year.
QUIZZES
Classes will be taking short quizzes to review the History of Rock and Ukulele material that is covered in class on socrative. Some quizzes will be done individually and some will be in small teams of 2-3 students. Most quizzes are 10-15 questions and 20-30 points each.
LISTENING ACTIVITIES
As we are learning about different genres and musical artists throughout the History of Rock unit, classes will be listening to musical examples, answering questions, and completing activities related to the music. Many of the Listening Activities this year will be done on Nearpod and can be made up or re-done during lunch or study hall if you get a pass from Mrs. Winters. Others will be focusing on analyzing the lyrics to specific songs, or just short descriptions of the music. Most Listening Activities are 10-15 points each.
8th grade overview
8th grade music classes will be focusing on the history of Rock and Popular music from the 1950s to current times. During this overview students will be learning about and playing the ukulele, and completing projects individually.
Padlet link
Click the Padlet link here and answer the questions about today’s Listening Activity.
Musician Biography PROJECT
Students will pick a band or musician to research and complete in Google Slides as a presentation. Late projects will lose points. Project Information is here, along with the Weekly Timeline and the Project Grade sheet
1960s music comparison
With a partner or alone, pick two songs from the 1960s and compare and contrast them on the 1960s Music Comparison Google Doc. Make sure you put everyone’s names in your group and you label the song titles!
“A Day in the Life” by the Beatles
“California Girls” by the Beach Boys
“Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan
“Respect” by Aretha Franklin
“I Want You Back” by the Jackson 5
“Superstition” lyric sheet
Find the Superstition lyric sheet in your email or Drive and make a copy. Answer the questions below the lyrics by yourself or with a partner, save it as your names and share it with Mrs. Winters. This assignment will be listed as Listening Activity #10 in Skyward.
“Blowin’ in the Wind” lyric sheet
Find the “Blowin in the Wind” Lyric Sheet in your email and download or make a copy. Answer the questions below the lyrics by yourself or with a partner, save it as your names and share it with Mrs. Winters. This assignment will be listed at Listening Activity #8 in Skyward.
1960’s genre project
With a group of 3-4 people, research one of the selected genres from the 1960s and present it to your class. Music genres, key artists and project information is found here.
1950’s music comparison
With a group of 2-3 people, pick one of the original 1950s songs that we listened to in class, and compare it to a modern song that is written in a 1950s style on the 1950s music comparison Google Doc.
“I Walk the Line” by Johnny Cash
“That’ll Be the Day” by Buddy Holly
“Marry You” by Bruno Mars
“Runaway Baby” by Bruno Mars
UKULELE PLAYING ASSESSMENTS
Throughout the ukulele unit, there will be playing assessments for several songs and skills that we are learning in class. Playing assessments are typically worth 40 points, (C scale playing assessment is 35) and use the Ukulele Performance Rubric.
UKULELE TUTORIALS
Ukulele tutorial videos are shared in Google Drive. If you don’t have access to a video, tell Mrs. Winters and she will share it with you. Videos can be helpful to watch in class or at home to get extra practice with the chords that we’ll be playing in class this year.
QUIZZES
Classes will be taking short quizzes to review the History of Rock and Ukulele material that is covered in class on socrative. Some quizzes will be done individually and some will be in small teams of 2-3 students. Most quizzes are 10-15 questions and 20-30 points each.
LISTENING ACTIVITIES
As we are learning about different genres and musical artists throughout the History of Rock unit, classes will be listening to musical examples, answering questions, and completing activities related to the music. Many of the Listening Activities this year will be done on Nearpod and can be made up or re-done during lunch or study hall if you get a pass from Mrs. Winters. Others will be focusing on analyzing the lyrics to specific songs, or just short descriptions of the music. Most Listening Activities are 10-15 points each.
8th grade overview
8th grade music classes will be focusing on the history of Rock and Popular music from the 1950s to current times. During this overview students will be learning about and playing the ukulele, and completing projects individually.
