Tabor Adelaide - School of Education - Lesson Plan

Student Teacher Name: Caleb Everett Date: 08/05/2017

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 on their basic sound production piece and advance in
the playing of their band pieces.

Students prior Basic knowledge of musical instruments and basic music notation.
knowledge

Revised for Australian Curriculum January 2014.

Resources needed Laptops
Projector for Kahoot
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 a Kahoot quiz to reflect on greatly, however for this
what was learnt in the previous lesson. lesson the students will
all be able to connect
Include a few new questions in order to explain and engage with the
new concepts to the students. content.

Have students continue on with work and the Many of the students
guitar research assignment. come from various
multicultural
Split class into boys and girls for practical backgrounds, some with
segment. English as a second
language. Content will
Middle Continue on with learning the shape of you on need to be differentiated
ukulele. Move onto learning chords in order to in order for students to
begin learning Somewhere over the rainbow. engage and understand
the lessons and content
Rotate through boys and girls. fully.

One of the students

comes from an
End Aboriginal background
and various classes are
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. Soundation assessment will be completed
through homework time and as class work.
Evaluation of your The lesson today, for the most part, ran well however the boys are not
planning interested in learning the ukulele. As the ukulele is not an imperative
aspect to learning the guitar in order to follow the curriculum I may change
over to allowing the boys to use various guitars and basses in order for
them to engage more fully with the content.

Revised for Australian Curriculum January 2014.