pU-32 Middle and High School Pilot Project Learning Plan (Draft)

PROJECT: title and short description

English
1. What questions are you addressing in your study?
-What is my artistic process when creating music?
-How do I get my Ideas?
- How do I compare to other artist of this and past generations?
2. Why are you interested in this study?
I think I will do very well with this particular study because its so closely related with me
and what Im passionate about. It is going to be a fun way for me to get an English credit
and also learn more about my own process.

3. Transferable Skills:
List all skills that apply to your project work:
Transferable Skills
EFFECTIVE AND EXPRESSIVE
COMMUNICATION
WORKING INDEPENDENTLY AND
COLLABORATIVELY
CREATIVE THINKING AND PROBLEM
SOLVING
SELF-AWARENESS AND
SELF-DIRECTION

Application
Demonstrate organized and purposeful
communication.
I will be working on my own during free bands
and I'll be working with my mentor.
Use a range of tools, including
technology and/or models, to solve
problems.
Set and achieve aspirational and
meaningful learning goals, reflecting and
adjusting along the way based on
evidence and feedback.

4. Content Standards: please list all that apply (use your advisor and content area
specialists for help with this!) Add the name of the teachers who will approve of this.
Listening

Writing
Reading

Standard

Indicators
Listening to music and evaluating it in my
mind
Watching the Get Down and evaluating it is
inspiring to me in my work.
Writing reviews and opinions on my music and
others. I will write 1 a week.
I will read all three books Chris as suggested.

Speaking

During my presentation on what I have done I

will impro

ACTION and EXPLORATION

7. What activities does this project require you to conduct outside of U-32? (Ex. Interview
experts, participate in a work-site visit, collect survey data, collect scientific data)

I have to read and write about books, attend concerts, do album reviews, review my own
music, ect.
Which methods of information gathering do you plan on using? (Check all that apply)
o Interviewing
o Internship
X Observing, documenting, and/or surveying
X Video or audio-taping
X Gathering and reviewing published information (reading)
X Searching online and electronic databases
o Creating a symbolic representation (g/g/, model building, map making)
o Discussion
o Experimentation
X Writing, and reflecting
X Attending music events throughout the course of my study
PROOF
8. How will you apply the knowledge that you have gained? What will you produce to
document your work? (Ex. design a product, organizing an event, produce a CD, create a portfolio)
I will write papers and create a set of essays on different subtopics such as hip hop and
EDM.

9. What will you show to advisors and mentors to show what knowledge and
understanding youve gained by creating this project?
I will display my findings online in my blog and I will have data Ive collected at concerts as
long as the data I collect from my own music.
BUILDING CONNECTIONS & MENTOR RELATIONSHIPS
10. What experts would be relevant to your work? Who can best address questions, provide
feedback, etc.? 5. Where in the real world might one see the problem or question
addressed by the project tackled by an adult at work or in the community? (Ex. Local fish and
game scientists also study species in our local creek.)

11. How will you develop a sense of the real world standards for this type of work?

12.Whats your plan for connecting to an adult mentor?

Maybe contacting another producer in the area who can help me generate subtopics or just
talk about music with.

AUTHENTICITY
6. What type of audience might you share your work with? (Ex. Industry experts, community
decision-makers, parents, other staff members, local service clubs, other students)

Other producers/other students

BIBLIOGRAPHY
13. Make a list of the resources you plan on using in your study. Make sure that you maintain
and update this list as your study progresses. I want to read Jay-Z book and High Fidelity
and also song book by Nick Hormby

14. Who might help you find and refine your resource list throughout your study?
The internet, my friends, ect
Annotated Bibliography for this study that you hope to earn
credit for, with at least 3 people, four books, and ten internet sources
Jay-Z. Decoded. New York, NY: Spiegel & Grau, 2010. Print.
Hornby, Nick. High Fidelity. New York: Riverhead, 1995. Print.
Hornby, Nick. Songbook. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print.
Portman, Frank, and Daniel Chang. King Dork. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
Soundcloud

Matt Bingnott

Youtube
The Get Down