COURSE SYLLABUS
Tarantella 6
PRIMARY EDUCATION
6th GRADE
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Music
Unit 1. Record and Keep Music
Objectives
-To read and extract specific information from a text in English.
-To appreciate the importance of music in our lives.
-To learn and sing a song correctly.
-To identify and define the qualities of sound.
-To define rhythm correctly and coherently.
-To identify the symbols for the musical signs and rests.
-To appreciate and use the body’s expressive possibilities.
-To define the notes and how they were named.
-To identify percussion instruments with an unidentifiable and identifiable pitch.
-To be aware of the correct postures for playing the recorder correctly.
-To play a melody correctly on the recorder.
-To show an interest in learning about the composer Gioachino Rossini and his composition William Tell.
-To learn a choreography and dance the Charleston correctly.
Contents
Listening
· Come by the Hills (Traditional Irish song).
· The qualities of sound: pitch, duration, volume and timbre.
· Allegro from Symphony No. 5 by L.v. Beethoven.
· Defining rhythm: Allegro and Minuet from A Little Night Music by Mozart.
· Song: Minha Cancao.
· Instruments with bars.
· The recorder: I’m a believer and Come on Everybody.
· William Tell by Gioachino Rossini.
· Dance: The Tennessee Wig Walk.(Charleston)
· Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Interpretation and Creation
· Discussing life without music.
· Singing Come by the Hills (Traditional Irish song).
· Identifying the qualities of sound: Allegro from Symphony No. 5 by L.v. Beethoven.
· Identifying the binary and ternary rhythms.: Allegro and Minuet from A Little Night Music by Mozart.
· Improvising rhythms with corporal percussion.
· Singing the musical notes.
· Playing and singing a song: Minha Cancao.
· Playing instruments with bars.
· Playing the recorder: I’m a believer and Come on Everybody.
· Playing a passage from William Tell with percussion instruments.
· Dancing: The Tennsesee Wig Walk. (Charleston)
Basic Competences
Linguistic Competences
To use the language acquired in reading and singing activities as a means to improving communicative skills and expressing feelings
Mathematical Competences
To use mathematical elements and reasoning to define the elements on the stave.
Knowledge and Interaction with the Physical World
To appreciate the importance of the visual and sound qualities of one’s own environment and relate movement to sound.
To value the importance of movement and the expressive possibilities of one’s own body.
Learning How to Learn Competences
To explore and experiment with the different sensorial aspects of sound.
Autonomy and Personal Initiative
To develop a positive attitude towards hard work, responsibility and perseverance.
Information and Digital Competences
To develop and use techniques to extract specific information from a written or oral text by observing the information depicted in the illustrations or listening to a CD recording.
Social and Citizenship Competences
To show a respectful and tolerant attitude towards other people’s creative and interpretive skills.
Evaluation Criteria
-Reads and extracts specific information from a text in English.
-Appreciates the importance of music in our lives.
-Learns and sings a song correctly.
-Identifies and defines the qualities of sound.
-Defines rhythm correctly and coherently.
-Identifies the symbols for the musical signs and rests.
-Appreciates and uses the body’s expressive possibilities.
-Defines the notes and how they were named.
-Identifies percussion instruments with an unidentifiable and identifiable pitch.
-Is aware of the correct postures for playing the recorder correctly.
-Plays a melody correctly on the recorder.
-Shows interest in learning about the composer Gioachino Rossini and his composition William Tell.
-Learns a choreography and dances the Charleston correctly.
Unit 2. Live Music
Objectives
-To read and extract specific information from a text in English.
-To appreciate the importance of live concerts.
-To develop an interest in opera.
-To identify and define the signs that lengthen notes.
-To identify and classify different types of human voices.
-To identify and define the accidentals.
-To review and define the characteristics of string instruments correctly and coherently.
-To play a Christmas carol correctly on the recorder.
-To listen to a passage from ‘’The Four Seasons’’ and act it out.
-To explain the origin of Christmas carols correctly and coherently.
-To learn a choreography and dance correctly.
-To review and explain the concepts presented in units 1 & 2 correctly in their own words.
Contents
Listening
· Passage from The Magic Flute.
· O Son do Ar.
· Second passage from The Magic Flute to identify different types of voices.
· Good King Wenceslas. (Christmas carol)
· String instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, harpsichord, harp.
· Silent Night (Christmas carol)
· Winter from The Four Seasons. (A. Vivaldi)
· Ding Dong Merrily on High. (Christmas carol)
· Deck the Halls. (Christmas carol)
· Dance: Ding Dong Merrily on High.
· Composer: W.A. Mozart.
· Composer: Antonio Vivaldi.
Interpretation and Creation
· Discussing preferences in music and describing concerts.
· Singing a passage from The Magic Flute.
· Recorder: Playing O Son do Ar.
· Playing and singing Good King Wenceslas (Christmas carol).
· Playing Silent Night (Christmas carol).
· Listening and acting out Winter from The Four Seasons.
· Playing Deck the Halls on the recorder and instruments with bars.
· Dancing Ding Dong Merrily on High.
Basic Competences
Linguistic Competences
To understand and communicate correctly in the English language.
To understand and extract specific information from a text in English.
Mathematical Competences
To use mathematical reasoning to understand the function of the elements on the stave.
Knowledge and Interaction with the Physical World
To appreciate the importance of movement and the expressive possibilities of one’s own body in the surrounding environment.
Social and Citizenship Competences
To use games, dances and classroom activities as a means to promoting good relationships, integration and respect.
To show a respectful and tolerant attitude towards other people’s ideas, opinions and participation in classroom activities.
Cultural and Artistic Competences
To appreciate the importance of artistic manifestations from one’s own country and from other nationalities.
Autonomous learning competences
To use the recreational aspect of music to consolidate vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation and rhythm.
Learning How to Learn
To identify one’s own possibilities and shortcomings in music and communicating in the English language and develop autonomous strategies to improve them.
Autonomy and Personal Initiative
To develop a positive attitude towards hard work, responsibility and perseverance.
Evaluation Criteria
-Reads and extracts specific information from a text in English.
-Appreciates the importance of live concerts.
-Develops an interest in opera.
-Identifies and defines the signs that lengthen notes.
-Identifies and classifies different types of human voices.
-Identifies and defines the accidentals.
-Reviews and defines the characteristics of string instruments correctly and coherently.
-Plays a Christmas carol correctly on the recorder.
-Listens to a passage from ‘’The Four Seasons’’ and acts it out creatively.
-Explains the origin of Christmas carols correctly and coherently.
-Learns a choreography and dances correctly.
-Reviews and explains the concepts presented in units 1 & 2 correctly in his/her own words.
Unit 3. So Classical
Objectives
-To read and extract specific information from a text in English.
-To define the characteristics of classical music.
-To sing and identify one’s own voice register.
-To review and sing in canon form.
-To classify and explain the characteristics of wind instruments correctly.
-To define the use of compliment and preparatory rests.
-To explain the characteristics of different types of musical groups.
-To define the characteristics of ballet.
-To play a short passage from a ballet on the recorder.
-To play an adaptation of ‘’Ode to Joy’’ on the recorder.
-To listen and identify the different instruments in a symphony orchestra.
-To learn a choreography and dance the Minuet correctly.
Contents
Listening
· I will Sing, You Will Sing: Music as an international language.
· Instruments in ostinato: Discovering one’s own voice range.
· The canon form: Balalaika (Russia) and Three Blind Mice (Traditional English rhyme).
· Wind instruments: woodwind and brass.
· Concert for Clarinet and Orchestra. (W.A. Mozart)
· Concert for Trumpet and Orchestra. (J. Haydn)
· Instrumental passage: Polka Pizzicato. (J. Strauss- son)
· Badinerie by J.S. Bach to identify which type of orchestra it is.
· Passage from The Sleeping Beauty (P.I. Tchaikovsky)
· Ode to Joy. (L.v. Beethoven)
· A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Benjamin Britten)
· Water Music. (G.F. Haendel)
· Composer: Johann Strauss (son).
· Composer: Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky.
· Composer: Benjamin Britten.
· Composer: Goerge Friedrich Haendel.
Interpretation and Creation
· Discussing classical music and giving personal opinions.
· Singing to discover one’s own voice range.
· Practising the canon form: Balalaika and Three Blind Mice.
· Playing Polka Pizzicato.
· Playing a passage from The Sleeping Beauty.
· Playing Ode to Joy on the recorder and instruments with bars.
· Identifying the parts of the orchestra while listening to A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
· Dancing Minuet.
Basic Competences
Linguistic Competences
To use the language acquired in reading and singing activities as a means to improving and building on communicative skills.
To understand and interpret different texts and songs in the English language.
Social and Citizenship Competences
To use games, dances and classroom activities as a means to promoting good relationships, integration and respect.
To show a respectful and tolerant attitude towards other people’s ideas, opinions and participation in classroom activities.
Mathematical Competences
To use mathematical elements and reasoning to define the function of the elements on the stave.
Information and Digital Competences
To extract specific information from a written or oral text by observing the information depicted in the illustrations or listening to a CD recording.
Cultural and Artistic Competencies
To value the importance of cultural and artistic manifestations from one’s own and other nationalities.
Autonomous learning competences
To use the recreational aspect of music to consolidate vocabulary, pronunciation, intonation and rhythm.
Autonomy and Personal Initiative
To develop a positive attitude towards hard work, responsibility and perseverance.
Learning How to Learn
To identify one’s own possibilities and shortcomings in music and communicating in the English language and develop autonomous strategies to improve them.
Evaluation Criteria
-Reads and extracts specific information from a text in English.
-Defines the characteristics of classical music.
-Sings and identifies his/her own voice register.
-Reviews and sings in canon form.
-Classifies and explains the characteristics of wind instruments correctly.
-Defines the use of compliment and preparatory rests.
-Explains the characteristics of different types of musical groups.
-Defines the characteristics of ballet.
-Plays a short passage from a ballet on the recorder.
-Plays an adaptation of ‘’Ode to Joy’’ on the recorder.
-Listens and identifies the different instruments in a symphony orchestra.
-earns a choreography and dances the Minuet correctly.
Unit 4. Music from Here and There
Objectives
-To read and extract specific information from a text in English.
-To appreciate the importance of folk music from around the world.
-To listen to a song to identify the timbre of different instruments.
-To memorize and sing a song.
-To identify and define the pentatonic scale.
-To improvise a melody on the pentatonic scale creatively.
-To learn the names of traditional instruments from around the world.
-To define the concept of melody and recite a rhythmical melody.
-To show an interest in learning about regional dances.
-To memorize and sing an Australian song.
-To define different types of traditional songs.
-To define the characteristics of the guitar.
-To listen to a composition by Joaquín Rodrigo and identify the instruments and the rondo form.
-To learn a choreography for a popular Argentinean dance.
-To explain the concepts presented in Units 3 & 4 correctly.
Contents
Listening
· Timbre: Opa, Opa (Traditional song from the Easter Islands).
· The pentatonic Scale: Fish Fang Lied.
· Traditional instruments: shawm and tabalet.
· De Allacito (Traditional Bolivian and Argentinean dance music).
· Traditional Spanish dances: jotas, seguidillas, muñeiras, fandangos, malagueñas, sevillanas, tanguillos.
· Traditional Australian song: Kookaburra.
· Traditional English song: A Roving.
· Danza de las Hachas (Fantasia para un Gentilhombre by J. Rodrigo).
· Dance: Chacarera (Popular Argentinean dance)..
· Composer: Joaquín Rodrigo.
Interpretation and Creation
· Discussing traditional songs and instruments.
· Identifying the instruments clarinet, guitar, charango and tambourines in the song Opa, Opa.
· Singing Opa, Opa.
· Interpreting Fish Fang Lied with the voice and instruments.
· Improvising a melody on the pentatonic scale.
· Recorder: Playing De Allacito.
· Guessing where some traditional dances are from.
· Singing Kookaburra in canon form.
· Playing Kookaburra in ostinato form.
· Differentiating voices in A Roving.
· Learning to play the guitar.
· Identifying the rondo form in Danza de las Hachas.
· Dancing Chacarera.
Basic Competences
Linguistic Competences
To build on and use the language acquired in reading and singing activities as a means to improving communicative skills.
Mathematical Competences
To use mathematical reasoning to understand the function of the elements on the stave.
Cultural and Artistic Competences
To value the importance of cultural and artistic manifestations from one’s own country and other nationalities.
To appreciate the importance of music as a cultural patrimony and as an important source for learning and enjoyment.
Social and citizenship competences
To respect the physical and intellectual differences amongst classmates and help those with less capacity than themselves.
To acknowledge and use the appropriate social norms when participating in group activities.
Autonomy and personal initiative
To take responsibility for his/her own work, to evaluate his/her own progress in the music and language learning process, identify mistakes and correct them.