Music theory lesson plan
- 1. Music Theory Lesson Plan Ian Haywood
- 2. Class Information Subject: Music Theory Topic: Basic Music Elements Lesson Title: What do you hear? Level: Introductory Subject level: Form 1 Lesson Duration:45 mins
- 3. Music Theory Date: Tuesday 24th November 2014 Prerequisite skills/knowledge: A primary school understanding of what Music is/sounds like. Lesson Objectives: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: 1. Recognise & define basic music vocabulary. 2. Identify the categorization of musical instruments 3. Use music vocabulary to analyze basic rhythms or popular songs
- 4. Activities Initial Focus: Diagnostic test, to see how much vocabulary students actually know. (15 mins) Major Task & Group Activity: Match the instrument to its category game. On White board. Class will be split into teams and each team given a instrumental category (Percussion, Wind, String) (30 mins)
- 5. Resources & Materials required 1. Laptop, Projector (maybe), Speakers 2. Tambourine, Violin, Guitar, Drum 3. Stationary (Board Markers, eraser, pens etc)
- 6. Debriefing & Evaluation Debriefing: Each team must present something that they have learned from the Board game, and explain their instrumental category to the rest of the class. State 2 differences from each category of instrument to their own. Homework (Evaluation): In groups, students will select a favourite song, and analyze it using vocabulary. They will present their analysis to the class, in the following lesson.
- 7. References Government of Trinidad and Tobago, Ministry of Education. (2008) Secondary SchoolCurriculum Forms 1-3: Visual and Performing Arts. Couva, Curriculum Planning andDevelopment Division.