UNIDAD EDUCATIVA PARTICULAR BILINGE MARTIM CERERE

SCHOOL YEAR 2015-2016

PROJECT PLAN
INFORMATIVE DATA
Schools name: Martim Cerer
Zone:
District:

Circuit:

Projects name: I am a proud

Ecuadorian
Students
level Middle school
BGU
Facilitators
WILLIAM SALAZAR
name
Starting at: September 2015

Finishing at: December 2015

School
2015-2016
Number of students: 78

Year:

GENERAL OBJECTIVES (What for is this project being developed?):

To realize that music and arts can develop different and easier ways to understand
social processes.
To work collaboratively and respectfully.
To learn how to play guitar notes and chords
To sing in tune.

OBJECTIVES ACCORDING TO THE INVOLVED AREAS

Social studies

To develop identity among spaces and people in different levels, through the
knowledge of their specific cultural and geographical particularities in order to
stablish links of belonging, from local to global.

Music
The student will be able to recognize, understand and use all the music terms that
are required during the implementation of this project.
To know the guitar playing basis.
To play easy guitar melodies.
IMPORTANCE (Why do we work on this project?):
At this level the students will start with the guitar playing basics, and they will be able to
play easy melodies. There are a lot of reasons that support the importance of this activity:
the students will strengthen their self-esteem, improve their fingering agility and their
logic and singing abilities. On the other hand, they will search about a specific repertory
that describes the Ecuadorian reality, in order to strengthen the contents and objectives of
Social Studies.

VALUES AND COMMITMENTS (How are we going to behave and participate

properly?):
Everybody has to be open-minded in order to understand the others points of view.
Everybody has to respect others ideas even if those are wrong.
Everybody has to work with a good attitude.

ACTIVITIES (What are we going to do?):

The students will present the project: I am an Ecuadorian.
The teacher will introduce the instrument through different videos and music.
The students will remember the basics of music.
The students will use their knowledge in the guitar rehearsals.
The students will learn about guitar playing techniques.
The teacher will play elemental exercises in the guitar.
The students will discriminate the difference between melodies and chords.
The students will know how to read a guitar tab.
The students will learn how to play basic chords.
The students will play a simple chords song that has a relation with Ecuador and its
social reality.

SCHEDULE (When are we going to do all this?):

Quimestre: Primero
Role
Activities

Investiga Introduction of
the main
tor

topic.
Knowledge
about music
terms that
are going to
be used in
the project.
Discussion
about the
different
ways of
playing
guitar.
Teacher
presents the
basis of
guitar
playing
position.
Teacher
presents the
basis of tab
reading.

Goals
/Phases
Phase 1:
Investigati
on

September
We
We
ek
ek
1
2
X

We
ek
3

We
ek
4

October
We
We
ek
ek
1
2

We
ek
3

We
ek
4

Teacher
presents the
G chords.

Develop Students play

the G
er

chords.
Students begin
to use the G
chords in an
easy song.

Quimestre: Primero
Role
Activities

Creati
ve

Students practice
an Ecuadorian
song.
Students prepare
expositions
about the lyrics
of the song.
Exposition of the
project during
Quitos
festivities.

Phase 2:
Developm
ent

Goals
/Phases
Phase 3:
Creation.

November
We
We
ek
ek
1
2
X
X
X

We
ek
3
X

We
ek
4
X

December
We
We
ek
ek
1
2

We
ek
3

We
ek
4

BIBLIOGRAPHY (What are my sources of information?):

PALACIOS, Jos Luis (2012) Conjunto vocal. PUCE
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-12/ru-ot121304.php
www.lacuerda.net

RESOURCES (What are we going to use?):

Teacher as facilitator
Music Classroom
Projector
Internet
Guitars
Piano
Speakers

PEOPLE IN CHARGE AND STRATEGIC ALLIES (Who do we count on?)

Facilitator is the person in charge and the one who provides all help needed by the
groups. Social Science teacher.

RESULTS (What results are we expecting?)

Students realize that music and arts can develop different and easier ways to
understand social processes.
Students will be able to work collaboratively and respectfully.
Students will learn how to play guitar notes and chords
Students will sing in tune.

RUBRIC FOR EVALUATION

Qualitative
Scale
E
Excellent
X
M
B

Satisfactory

Good

Needs
improvemen
t

Interpretation
The student shows an excellent performance of each
phase of the project, situation that represents a positive
input to his integral development.
The student shows a good performance of each phase of
the project, situation that represents a positive input to
his integral development.
The student shows a good performance of each phase of
the project, situation that represents an input to his
integral development.
The student shows a regular performance of each phase
of the project, situation that influences a regular input to
his integral development.