High School Guitar I Elective Course Prerequisite: None Knowledge and Skills Activities/Outcomes Assessments Resources QUARTER 1 PERFORM Play Perform on the guitar using correct hand positions. Perform simple melodies in solo and Ensemble settings Perform notated rhythms and simple melodies using open strings and first three notes on each string. Students should perform their pieces accurately and expressively for the teacher and in performances. Students should sing all songs that have words. Complete Guide for the Guitar: (EFM 1001, 1002) The Guitar Sightreader (EFMGS1) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10 Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. CREATE Compose Arrange and compose melodies including using the open strings and the first three notes on each Quizzes and worksheets should be used to assess knowledge and understanding. History of the Guitar (EFM1001) Complete Guide for the Guitar
Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. QUARTER 2 PERFORM . Play Perform melodies using sharps and flats in first position and using standard notation including repeat signs, first and second endings, del signo, sharps, flats and key signatures. Play pieces in first position using the A7, D7, E7, B7, Am7, Dm7 and simplified Cm, Gm, and Fm bar chords. Perform solo and ensemble pieces. Students should perform their pieces accurately and expressively for the teacher and in performances. Students should sing all songs that have words. Complete Guide for the Guitar: (EFM 1001, 1002) The Guitar Sightreader (EFMGS1) Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. CREATE Improvise Write and arrange simple melodies and perform them Quizzes and worksheets should be used to assess knowledge and understanding. History of the Guitar (EFM1001) Complete Guide for the Guitar Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
learned notation and adding more advancing musical notation and terms. Perform melodies using notes from the first and second position. Play pieces using sus, major 7th, minor 7th, diminished and augmented chords and basic bar chords. Sing the songs being played. pieces accurately and expressively for the teacher and in performances. Students should sing all songs that have words. 1001, 1002) The Guitar Sightreader (EFMGS1) Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. CREATE Improvise / Compose Demonstrate the 12 bar blues and improvise melodies along with chord changes. Develop criteria to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of musical performances. Arrange and compose melodies using the first, second, third and fourth string. Quizzes and worksheets should be used to assess knowledge and understanding. History of the Guitar (EFM1001) Complete Guide for the Guitar Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. RESPOND Analyze Listen to, analyze, and describe music using the technical vocabulary of music. Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of their own and other’s performances. Students are evaluated using modeling, observation, peer assessment, performance assessment, tests, practice, collaborative pairs, cooperative learning, and class responses. Complete Guide for the Guitar: (EFM 1001, 1002) The Guitar Sightreader (EFMGS1) Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.6 Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and
words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression. CONNECT Cultures Learn to play pieces representing a variety of styles and cultures including 12 bar blues, American, Spanish, Jewish, Irish folk songs, Spirituals, classical and jazz. Study the life and compositions of Carcassi, Mozart, Puccini and Brahms. Students should write a reflection of their performances, bot solo and ensembles. History of the Guitar (EFM1001) Complete Guide for the Guitar Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. QUARTER 4 PERFORM Play Perform music using previously learned notation and adding advancing musical notation. Perform a variety of arpeggios and relative minor scales in 1st, 2nd and 5th positions. Students should perform their pieces accurately and expressively for the teacher and in performances. Students should sing all songs that have words. Complete Guide for the Guitar: (EFM 1001, 1002) The Guitar Sightreader (EFMGS1) Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts
Spanish, Jewish, Irish folk songs, Spirituals, classical and jazz. Study about the life and compositions of John Phillip Sousa and Dionisio Aguado. Perform pieces from the Romantic Era. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.