Grade 8 - Music Unit - Ontario Arts Curriculum

Grade 8 - Music Unit – Ontario Arts Curriculum. This 174-page resource was created to cover all overall and specific expectations in the Ontario Music Curriculum.

There are 42 music assignments that will engage your students from start to finish. Included are:

• Activity sheets with embedded lesson plan instructions
• Planning pages for students to organize their performances
• Criteria to keep students and teachers focused on the elements of music being taught
• Reflection pages for students to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses
• Rubrics for assessment

Within these activities, students will learn the overall expectations:

• C1: Creating and Performing – using the creative process to create and perform musical pieces.
• C2: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing – thinking critically about their own performances as well as other’s performances.
• C3: Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts – identifying and performing music important to their lives and from other cultures.

Assignments included:

• How to Read Music – Treble Clef & Bass Clef
• Challenge: Last Note Standing!
• Reading & Using Ledger Lines
• Activity: Note Box Challenge
• Basic Rhythms – Quarter, Half, Whole Notes
• What Are Rests in Music?
• What Are Eighth Notes?
• Using Different Time Signatures
• Playing Music – Mary Had A Little Lamb & Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
• Gamelan: The Rhythmic Heart of Indonesia
• Activity: World Rhythms in Harmony
• Jingles in Advertising
• Activity: Create Your Own Jingle!
• The Power of Protest Songs
• Activity: Write Your Own Protest Song
• The Role of a Conductor
• Activity: Conduct Like a Maestro!
• Challenge: Rhythm Cup Battle!
• Understanding Music Criticism
• Activity: Critic’s Ear
• Program Music vs. Absolute Music
• Activity: Story or Sound?
• Music as a Voice for Change
• Activity: Music and Movements
• Music Then and Now
• Activity: Past vs. Present Music Debate
• Understanding Harmony in Music
• Activity: Singing in Harmony!
• The Power of Film Scores
• Activity: Singing in Harmony!
• Activity: Build a Theme Together
• Dynamics and Articulation in Music
• Activity: Follow the Conductor!
• The Chromatic Scale in Music
• Activity: Explore the Chromatic Scale!
• Music and Visual Imagery
• Activity: Draw the Music!
• Activity: Rewrite the Lyrics!
• Music and Community
• Activity: Music and Its Roots!
• Fusion in Music
• Activity: Fusion Creations

This is a comprehensive unit that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the Ontario Music curriculum.

BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!