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TeacherName:
Content&GradeLevel:
UnitTitle:

StephenSpottswood
HighSchoolOrchestraGrades9&10
PlayingTogetherMeansBowingTogether

LessonTitle:
DayofLesson:
DurationofLesson:
LengthofClassPeriod:

ImplementingWhatWeveLearnedaboutBowings
Lesson4of4
Lesson4willtake1day
45minutes

EssentialQuestion(s):

Howdowecommunicateasanorchestratoperformwith
appropriatepedagogicalaspects?Whatgoalsdowewant
toreachasanorchestraandhowcanweachievethose
goalscollectivelyandindividually?
Howdoweperformwithpropertechniquetoensure
correctrhythmicaccuracy,bowings,andalignment?
Howdoweimplementwhatwevelearnedinwarmups
andpriorlessonstoensurestudentgrowth?

UnitQuestion(s)
Addressedinthis
lesson:

CommonCore/State
Standards:

NationalContent
Requirements:
MeasurableLesson
Objectives:

4PRDemonstratetechnicalaccuracy,appropriatetone
quality,articulation,intonationandexpressionfortheworks
beingperformedwithgoodpostureandbreathcontrol

CriticalandCreativeThinking:Studentscombineandapply
artisticandreasoningskillstoimagine,create,realizeand
refinemusicalworksinconventionalandinnovativewaysand
tounderstandtheworksproducedandperformedbyothers.
N/A

Studentswillbeabletoperformingvariousbowstrokes
stringcrossingswithpropertechniqueandbowings.

Studentswillbeabletoimplementperformanceskillsand
contentvocabularyasitrelatestobowings,rhythmic
accuracy,andintonation.

Materialsand
Resourcesneeded:

Speaker,hiphopbeatoniphone

Prerequisite
KnowledgeandSkills:

Studentmustbeappropriatelygradelevelproficientin
theirinstrumentarea.

AnticipatorySet:

Frontloadstudentsbyaskingthemtoraiseiftheytook
theirinstrumenthometopracticeovertheweekend.My
purposewastoimplythattheindividualstudentmust
demonstrateproperperformanceskillsbypracticing
outsideofrehearsal.

Proceduresand
Researchbased
Instructional
Approaches:

Frontloadstudentsbyaskingthemtoraiseiftheytook
theirinstrumenthometopracticeovertheweekend.

WarmupbyperformingGmajorscale.Incorporate
variousbowings,tempos,andbowstrokestoscaffold
studentlearnersfortheformativeassessment.

Performstringcrossingexercisesusingdifferentnotes
andvariationstoscaffoldstudentlearnsfortheformative
assessment.

Instructstudentlearnersonthepropertechniqueusedto
demonstrateperformanceskills.Explaintheimportance
ofthetunnelforstudentlearnerstoperformstring
crossingseffectively.Studentlearnersmusthavea
relaxedlefthand,theirfingersmustbecurve,andtheir
scrollmustbelocatedparalleltothenose.
Explaintheuseoftherightarm,elbow,andwristto
ensureastraightbow.Usephysicalmodellingonthe
violintodemonstrateproperandimpropertechnique.
Questionstudentlearnersonthemodelledtechnical
accuracytodeepenknowledge,skills,andcontextual
understanding.

Explaintostudentsthatastraightbowwillensurea
qualitytone,hence,enhancingtheperformanceskillsof
thestudentlearner.

Usemetaphorofaseesawtoexplaintheroleofthe
righthandpinkyandindexfingertoensureproper
techniquewhenperformingstringcrossings.

Formativeassessmentwillbelisteningtostudentlearners
performMozartCreepininColumbuswithproper
performanceskillsincludingtechnique,tonequality,
bowings,intonation,andrhythm.

PerformSectionCofMozartCreepininColumbus.
Instructstudentlearnersinthebasssectiontoperform
theselectedpassagewithcorrectbowings.(Down,up,up)
Thenotesmaybewrong,Ijustwantrightbowings.
Physicallymodelcorrectbowingswithpencil.Model
incorrectwaytobowtheselectedmeasureandfollow
withthecorrectwaytobowtheselectedmeasure.

Differentiation:

Physicallymodelproperperformanceskillsbyperforming
themusicontheviolinsothatstudentlearnersmaysee
thepropertechniqueapplied.

LessonClosureand
Wrapup:

ImplementcontentlearningbyperformingMozart
CreepininColumbuswithproperbowings,technique,
rhythm,andtonequality.Usehiphopbeatasmetronome
toreinforcetempoandpromoterhythmicaccuracy.

Assessmentof
LearningObjectives

Formativeassessmentwillbelisteningtostudentlearners
performMozartCreepininColumbuswithproper
performanceskillsincludingtechnique,tonequality,
bowings,intonation,andrhythm.

LessonRelationshipto
Summative
Assessment

WarmupbyperformingGmajorscale.Incorporate
variousbowingsandbowstrokestoscaffoldstudent
learnersfortheformativeassessment.

Performstringcrossingexercisesusingdifferentnotes
andvariationstoscaffoldstudentlearnsfortheformative
assessment.

LessonReflectionand
Revision

Lessonwaseffective,becausestudentswereontaskand
developingknowledge,skills,andcontextual
understandingsofproperperformanceasitrelatesto
bowings,tonequality,intonation,andrhythmicaccuracy.
Studentlearnersaskedteacherquestionsregarding
bowindiscrepanciesinselectmeasuresofMozart
CreepininColumbus.Thisisevidencestudentsmetthe
learningobjectives,becausetheyacquiredcontextual
understandingasitrelatestoproperbowings.Student
learnersalsodemonstratedgrowthinperformanceskills

suchasrhythmicaccuracy,tonequality,bowings,and
intonation.

Adaptationsfor
N/A
Studentswith
Exceptionalities:

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