7:45: Open Building
8:00-9:00 Dropoff
9:00: Class I: St. Saens Carnival des Animeaux packet; Focus on Tortoises, Elephant, Kangaroos, Aquarium, Personnages avec des oreilles longues; Have students learn the printed music at the bottom of each page if possible (advanced students) and talk about idée fixe and leitmotifs with everyone. Color pages while listening.
10:15-10:45: Snack
10:45-12:00: Class II: Everyday Sing: Frère Jacques, Nat King Cole's "Je Vous Aime Beaucoup", Alouette, Hot Cross Buns. Inject lesson known french songs such as the popular-in-France "AUX CHAMPS ELYSEES." "Les Champs-Elysees" is the most popular avenue in France and also apparently known as the most beautiful avenue of the world. "L'arc de triomphe" (the building you see in the background) is one monument you can find at the end of the avenue. Here is a link to the song: https://youtu.be/IxTiZGiVl5w (This song is great and offers time for improvisation on any instrument and a really cool and cute translation opportunity!)
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:15: Class III: -Review of Genres of French Music; Opera, French Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Post-Romantic Impressionism, Modernism. Play excerpts. Focus on French Ballet! Debussy "Jeux," "Apres-midi d'une faune," and also Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloe," and Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" and why IT is French and not Russian!
-Four Corners Game: Teacher plays excerpt, elimination game where each corner of room represents a different category and students determine correct composer/ballet out of Nutcracker, Faune, Daphnis, or (as an added review) OPERA! 10 seconds to correctly choose corner.
2:15-3:00: Snack:FRENCH FOOD DAY!
3:00-4:00: Class IV: 3:00-3:15 Rhythm: General Rhythm Lesson, Whole notes, Half, Quarter, Eighth; Review the Rhythms in songs previously covered this day: Dotted quarter in Alouette; Quarters and Halves in Hot Cross Buns. Talk about syncopation and Triplets!
-3:15--3:45: Talk about French Food: talk about and review the French Snacks we enjoyed.
-3:45-4:00: Continue to talk about French Culture.
4:00-5:30: Choices, Practice, Free time.