1. Songwriting A lyrics first model With: Dann Shea dann@littlekidsrock.org

2. Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or meter. Enduring Understanding: The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians’ work emerge from a variety of sources.

3. Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas. Enduring Understanding: Musicians’ creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.

4. Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work. Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time. Enduring Understanding: Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.

5. “You”

6. Something to keep you from staring at the blank white page. We’ll look at 3 different possibilities

7. Weather it’s created vocally or instrumentally, all melodies are first a product of improvisation, one of our core values. And…. No. 1 of the National Core Arts Standards

8. Start with your title and or chorus’ main idea. Sing/play that motive until you are satisfied with it. Build your phrases from extending this thought. Create your verse to lead into and support your chorus. Verses are typically in a lower range than the chorus. Don’t fear repetition. “Try writing a chorus for your chorus.” Paul Baloche Look closely at your chord progression. Use a different starting chord for the differing section. Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.

9. Record it!!! Save your work Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to combine, sequence, and document personal musical ideas.

10. Evaluate, refine, and document revisions to personal music, applying teacher-provided and collaboratively-developed criteria and feedback to show improvement over time.

11. 10 Finished Copy of Lead Sheet 9 Song completed with © symbol 8 Verse and Chorus with melody completed 7 Verse or Chorus melody completed 6 Melody started 5 Verse and chorus lyric completed 4 Verse or chorus completed 3 Song started (on topic) 2 Topic chosen 1 Writing partner chosen 0 idle Enduring Understanding: Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.