Long-Term Planning Calendar: Music
Teacher: Mr. Newsom
Grade/Class/Ensemble: ROHS Musical “Grease”
Unit’s Main Objective: Prepare actors and musicians for staged performance
Primary Repertoire: Grease the Musical
Monday
3 4
Main Obj: Students will obtain
their script and participate in
icebreaker games
Activity 1: Read through script
of “Grease”
Activity 2: Shoe Shuffle
icebreaker, Never Have I Ever
icebreaker
10
Main Obj: Act 2, Scene 1
Activity 1: Read through scene
Activity 2: Work on staging and
blocking
17
Main Obj: Act 1, Scenes 2 & 3
Activity 1: Read scene 2 and
incorporate “Summer Nights”.
Work on blocking
Activity 2: Read scene 3 and
incorporate “Those Magic
Changes”. Work on blocking
24
Main Obj: Act 1, scene 7
Activity 1: Read through scene
incorporating “Mooning” and
“We Go Together”
Activity 2: Work with Rizzo on
“Look at Me, Im Sandra Dee”
Tuesday
Main Obj: Hand out vocal parts
to musicians
Activity 1: Sight sing through
chorus movements
Activity 2: Have students with
solo repertoire sign up for times
to meet with me by Friday.
Repertoire: Chorus movements
in “Grease”
11
Main Obj: All Chorus Rehearsal
Activity 1: Review “Alma
Matter” and “We Go Together”
Activity 2: Work in sections on
next two listed pieces
Repertoire: “Shakin at the High
school Hop” and “Born to
Handjive”
18
Main Obj: Pink Ladies and
Burger Palace Boys-Chorus
rehearsal
Activity 1: Review “Summer
Nights” and “Those Magic
Changes”
Activity 2: Work in sections on
listed pieces
Repertoire: “Freddy, My Love”
and “ Greased Lightning”
25
Main Obj: Roger, Jan, Teen
Angel vocal rehearsal
Activity 1: Run through the
following pieces with each
soloist
Wednesday
5 6
Main Obj: ACT 1, Scene 2
Activity 1: Read through scene
Activity 2: Work and establish a
character analysis.
12
Main Obj: ACT 1, SCENE 1
Activity 1: Read through the
scene and work on staging and
blocking.
Activity 2: Incorporate “Alma
Matter” into Act 1, Scene 1
19
Main Obj: Act 1, Scene 4 & 5
Activity 1: Read through scene
4 and incorporate “Freddy, My
Love”
Activity 2: Read through scene
5 and incorporate “ Greased
Lightning”
26
Main Obj: Act 2, scene 4 & 5
Activity 1: Read through and
block scene
Activity 2: Incorporate vocal
music into the scene
Thursday
Main Obj: All Chorus Rehearsal
Activity 1: Warm Up
Activity 2: Split into men/women
sectionals and work on the
listed two pieces. Run those
pieces all together 30 minutes
before end of rehearsal.
Repertoire: “Alma Matter” and
“We Go Together”
13
Main Obj: All Chorus Rehearsal
Activity 1: Review “Shakin at
the High school Hop” and “Born
To Handjive”
Activity 2: Work with Burger
Palace Boys and Pink Ladies
on select music
Repertoire: “Summer Nights”
and “Those Magic Changes”
20
Main Obj: Pink Ladies and
Burger Palace Boys Chorus
Rehearsal
Activity 2: Work individually with
Danny and Sandy on following
pieces
Repertoire: “ All Choked Up”, “
27
Main Obj: Full Cast Chorus
Rehearsal
Activity 1: Review and polish
company songs
Activity 2:
Friday
7
Main Obj: Act 1, Scene 4
Activity 1: Read through scene
Activity 2: Work on staging and
blocking
14
Main Obj: Act 2, Scene 1
Activity 1: Read through scene
Activity 2: Incorporate “Shakin
at the High school Hop and
“Born to Handjive” into the
scene.
21
Main Obj: Act 2, Scene 1
Activity 1: Review all staging
and music for scene 1
Activity 2: Teach choreography
for “ Shakin at the High school
Hop” and “ Born to Handjive”
28
Main Obj: Act 1, scene 5 and
Act 2, scene 3
Activity 1: Stage and block “
Greased Lightning”
Activity 2: Stage and block “
Alone at the Drive In”
Repertoire: : “Look At Me, Im Repertoire: “Mooning”, “Rock Repertoire: “Rock and Roll Repertoire: “We Go Together”, Repertoire: “Greased Lightning”
Sandra Dee” and Roll Party Queen” and Party Queen”, “There are Worst “Born To Handjive”, “Shakin at and “Alone at the Drive In”
“Teen Angel” Things I Could Do”, “Look at the Hightschool Hop”, “Summer
Me, Im Sandra Dee, reprise” Nights”, “Alma Matter”
Notes: Make sure students know which days they are needed, especially chorus members!