Tabor Adelaide - School of Education - Lesson Plan

Student Teacher Name: Caleb Everett Date: 15/05/2017

Curriculum area: Year level: 8 General capabilities:

Music School: Findon High School
Lesson time: 45 mins x 2 curriculum priorities: English, Maths
Topic: Sound
production, band
practical
Curriculum Content Improvise and arrange music, using aural recognition of texture,
Descriptions dynamics and expression to manipulate the elements of music to
explore personal style in composition and performance
(ACAMUM099)
Manipulate combinations of the elements of music in a range of
styles, using technology and notation (ACAMUM100)
Practice and rehearse to refine a variety of performance repertoire
with increasing technical and interpretative skill (ACAMUM101)
Perform music applying techniques and expression to interpret the
composers use of elements of music (ACAMUM103)
Anticipated outcomes Unit Outcomes:
Students will be able to use basic sound production software to create and
construct their own pieces of music. Students will have the ability to play
their band pieces in time and with higher levels of skill.

Lesson Outcomes:
Students will begin to start playing basic riffs on the guitar.
Students prior Basic knowledge of musical instruments and basic music notation.
knowledge

Revised for Australian Curriculum January 2014.

Resources needed Laptops
Instruments for practical segments

Lesson sequence and Introduction: What hook will you use to Differentiation
time sequence get students interested?
This class ability varies
Beginning Start lesson with rhythm pizza work sheet. The greatly, however for this
worksheet is used in order to help the students lesson the students will
to work with the guitars better through learning all be able to connect
more rhythmic aspects. and engage with the
content.
After worksheet is completed go through
various aspects that they did not understand in Many of the students
more depth. come from various
multicultural
Split into boys and girls groups. backgrounds, some with
English as a second
Have the girls continue to play the ukulele and language. Content will
Middle working towards successfully playing need to be differentiated
Somewhere Over the Rainbow. in order for students to
engage and understand
For the boys group have them listen to both the lessons and content
smoke on the water and seven-nation army. fully.
Allow them to choose which song they would
prefer to play on guitar. One of the students
comes from an
End Once chosen work through the basics of the Aboriginal background
song, having the boys rotate through the basses and various classes are
and guitars they are using. changed to cater for
different needs. This
student misses lessons
occasionally as they are
enrolled in a different
program every fortnight.

Assessment of students Methods to be used:

(Formative/summative) Students Soundation projects (When completed)
Band work

Evaluation for Throughout the next lessons students will be learning more content
students. throughout band lessons including chords and being able to play new and
Where to next? more complicated songs. Guitarist research when completed.
Evaluation of your This lesson ran much more smoothly than previous due to allowing the
planning boys to use the full sized guitars instead of ukuleles. They were much
more engaged and participated more fully throughout the lesson.

Revised for Australian Curriculum January 2014.