Music Unit Planner

Unit title
Teacher(s) Subject and grade level Time frame and duration Guitar and Drums Megan Donald (student teacher), Jill Scott Year 8 2 Modules x4 weeks and 2 Modules x4 weeks

IB MYP
Area of interaction context
Approaches to learning Human Ingenuity

Significant concept(s)
Learning guitar (a mobile instrument) is a very useful skill to have and skills learnt in guitar can be transferred to the learning of other instruments and teach students how it is they learn.

Unit question
How does learning guitar and drums help me with Practical Music on a whole?

MYP Objectives
Objectives for general learning: A: Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of chords/drum beats and techniques studied, including specialized language, concepts and processes. B: Students will articulate a personal interpretation of in-class practiced pieces (or an excerpt there of) individually to the teacher for assessment. C: Students will consider feedback as they with-in class as it is given and give an informed description of the progress they have made and identify strategies to develop and improve their artistic procress for future playing in a 250 word reflection to incorporate and consolidate the above featured ideas. D: Students will demonstrate curiousity, self-motivation, initiative and a willingness to take informed risks by working with peers, playing alongside and to each other, teaching them to work together and to compare the success gained by practice to possible success in other subject areas. Students will practice both as homework and of their own accord/self-motivation/initiative

Objectives for students requiring differentiated learning support gifted and/or special needs. As above with the amount of written work reduced, as with length of practical assessment task. Gifted students to assist other students to consolidate their own understanding. Will be asked to learn new songs. Extended chords such as D+2, Dsus, G7, A+2.

MYP Assessment Criteria

A.2, B.1, B.2, C.1, C.3, D.2,D.3

ASSESSMENT
Summative tasks for assessing general learning:
Task 1: Criterion B Students individually play a segment of a piece (or one short piece) to the teacher, Term 3; Week 8 - at least 4 bars long. All 3 chord changes to be included; Gmajor, Amajor, Dmajor. Criterion D Students also be assessed on personal engagement, showing curiousity, self-motivation, initiatve and willingness to take informed risks. Task 2: Criterion C 250 word reflection including an informed description of the process and how they best learnt, whether they have used feedback.

CONTENT FOCUS
Guitar: Chord formation; D, G and A. Parts of the guitar, correct posture, right and left hand technique, strum technique, using basic rhythmic knowledge. Drums: parts of the drum, basic rock rhythm.

APPROACHES TO LEARNING TO BE INTRODUCED/DEVELOPED

Organisation: Self-management: personal goal setting Time management: using time effectively Collaboration: Working in groups: playing alongside their peers effectively Communication: Literacy in music: reading notations Information Literacy: N/A

Reflection: Self-awareness: accepting/using/seeking out constructive (positive) criticism and reflecting on areas of perceived limitation (areas to work on) Self-evaluation: 250 word reflection

Transfer: making connections between knowledge and understanding in Music theory, eg: tones and semi-tones across the fret board and Mathematics, eg: halves and wholes, counting up and down keys that relate to the strings of the guitar.

TEACHING STRATEGIES
Modelling. Firstly outlining the areas to be known on each instrument respectively, playing them and students to follow. Individual and class feedback to be given through out lessons.. Diagnostic questioning and observation intermittently to guage pace to be taken. Peer tutoring to concurrently take place by gifted students during individual feedback time.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Students will be eased into this practical unit in a fun but constructive way. Guitar chords will be learnt and thouroughly practiced to gain student confidence. Youtube relevant clips played to further engage students. Songs will be learnt and played as a group or in half groups (with the other half of class listening to improve performance/audience skills/respect). Students will receive their task sheet when they are well on their way to achieving the required outcome

RESOURCES
Guitars, picks, set of drums, Interactive Whiteboard, Internet/laptop, guitar tutor/work sheets, guitar chords, Sheet music, CD recordings. Unit resources for differentiated learning support gifted and/or special needs: As above in MYP Objectives.

REFLECTION
TEACHER REFLECTION (INCLUDING ON ASSESSMENT TASK):

STUDENT FEEDBACK: