Lesson Plan 4

Central Focus: Students will learn the theme and variation form present in Sketches on a Tudor Psalm, and
how it helps tell the overall story.
Illinois State Content Standards (large goals):
Standard 25.A.4: Analyze and evaluate the effective use of elements, principles and expressive qualities in a
composition/performance in dance, drama, music and visual arts
Standard 26.A.4d Music: Demonstrate the ability to read written notation for a vocal or instrumental part.
Specific Objectives [What will students do to demonstrate their understanding?
Skill outcome: students will be able to identify all of the variations present in the motifs of Sketches on a
Tudor Psalm as a group
Materials: Sketches on a Tudor Psalm by Fisher Tull
Sequence:
Est. Procedures Assessment
Time
Today will pick up right where we left off yesterday students will Informal: walk around to
10 analyze the score with their stand partner until they finish and come up ensure that students are
mins with a mutual agreement of where the variations occur and what they staying on task and
are. They will get 10 more minutes to finish up analyzing today. remember the
procedures from
Students will now get with the group of stand partners next to them and yesterday
discuss as a group of 4 what the correct answers are. Students will
20 compare their answers and choose on an agreement if there is a
mins discrepancy in their answers. The will then have one completed copy for Informal: Walk around to
the four of them. Students will take their group of four and combine with check for
another group of four and compare the two scores for the new group of understanding. Students
8. Students will once again compare and agree and have one completed who may have had the
copy. Students will combine until the whole class is discussing and wrong answer will
completing one completed score together. They will turn this score into hopefully be learning
me, and I will look over their answers. They will not be penalized for from their peers. Chime
anything incorrect, however I will review any incorrect answers with in if the quality of
them. Students will fill out a peer and self-assessment form at upon teaching between peers
turning in the test. This will have them review their performance, the seems weak.
performance of their peers as a group, as well as their overall feelings of
the activity (difficulty, how much they learned, if they enjoyed it, etc).

As students are walking out of class, they will turn in their assessment
forms as an exit slip.
Thoughts for next lessons: Discuss the variations and how they affect the overall story.