LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

Year Level: 8 Period/Lesson: 3&4 Date: 7/11/13 Topic: Music Time: 10.40 11.55 Length: 1hour 15

Lesson Outcomes: Students will be able to/know Students will refresh their memories of previous learnt concepts in order to learn about accidentals and then have a good understanding of accidentals. Assessment of the outcomes: (How will I assess that students have achieved/demonstrated the outcomes?) Students will fill out a work sheet made by myself of which I will check - once they have finished this students will come and collect all ten of the different names needed to label the pianos black keys (eg: A# or Bb) by themselves, then glue them to an A4 piece of paper showing a keyboard image: students will keep these pieces of paper as music resources and continue onto a game of snap using flashcards made by myself. This game will test students as they can not use, for example, two G#s as a snap, but a G# and an Ab. Students who have done their work quickly will be able to have more time playing snap, increasing the speed of their accidental reading ability. INTRODUCTORY PHASE: Time
10.40

Activity
Thanks students for their reflections let them know they will be getting them back in the next week or so. Let students know we will be learning about accidentals, but first we will re-cap some previously learnt concepts. Take role

Objective
Consolidating other concepts before moving on orientating students.

Indicator
Students paying attention.

10.45

Introducing new topic by consolidating Re-cap concept of a previously learnt concepts tone and semi-tone referring to when we built a Major scale together trigger memories by referring to the tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone rap. Using chalk and talk method. Re-cap concept of sharps and flats using chalk and talk method.

Students paying attention to front of class answering by calling out as a class (with permission) with the answer that Ive just given them via the chalk and talk method

10.50 10.55

Introduce naturals Re-cap concept of Key Signature using whiteboard chalk and talk method.
Introducing new topic by consolidating previously learnt concepts

As above. Students asking questions if needed.

BODY OF LESSON: Time

11.00

Act

Explain accidentals.

Introduce the natural symbol using chalk and talk method. Go over again the few general rules they must remember about accidentals.

Apply and consolidate newly learnt concepts.

Students who remember looking happy and keen to answer questions. Other students to pay attention.

Working away.
11.05

Students to fill out work sheet made by myself. See how students are going one by one Controlled support (tailored support)

Students with less understanding having more help thus understanding. Students gluing in paper.

11.25 Students who have finished A more interactive way of students engaging
sheet to gather the A4 paper keyboard and the paper accidental cut outs to paste to the keyboard. with the concept of accidentals and their double names eg: Ab and G# so that it may be more memorable. They are left with a visualisation of their point of difference way of learning in the form of their A4 keyboard paper resource.

CONSOLIDATION: Time

Act

11.35

Students who have finished keyboard labelling to play musical snap

Speeding up the reading ability of sharps and flats in a fun and competitive way.

11.50

Sing along

A musical way of rewarding students for Students watching electro-board. their concentration. Just around the River Bend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZrg3hh ntQY Poor Unfortunate souls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQVBpCAjXA