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Piscataway High School: Lesson Plan Template 2015-2016
Piscataway High School: Lesson Plan Template 2015-2016
Piscataway High School: Lesson Plan Template 2015-2016
Melanie Chambers
Subject
Music By Design
Cycle
18
Start Date
3/17/16
Unit/Theme:
Harmony
Enduring Understandings
What important ideas and central processes will be addressed?
What is harmony? How do I notate harmony? What does it sound like? How can it be used to enhance or elaborate on melody?
Content Vocabulary
What terminology will be explored/defined during the cycle?
Learning Targets
Cycle: 18
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
KNOW: composition of
melody based on chord
progression
Learning Activities
DO: notate ^
-Do Now:
http://michaelkravchuk.com/
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y-Signatures-Worksheet.jpg
-Use keyboard lab to get
hands-on practice playing
chords, figuring harmonies
for a melody
-Develop system for
organizing thought; key
signature, then Do (I), then
desired roman numeral, then
where on the staff/keyboard
it is, then build chord.
-Observe a choral rehearsal;
make notes of things you
thought went well, did not go
well
Technology Used
Sibelius
Sibelius
Do Now/QuickWrite
Do Now/QuickWrite
Do Now/QuickWrite
Learning/Response log
Learning/Response log
Peer/Self-Assessment
Peer/Self-Assessment
Peer/Self-Assessment
Peer/Self-Assessment
Peer/Self-Assessment
WG Discussion
WG Discussion
WG Discussion
WG Discussion
WG Discussion
Graphic organizer
Graphic organizer
Graphic organizer
Graphic organizer
Graphic organizer
Visual Response
Visual Response
Visual Response
Visual Response
Visual Response
Kinesthetic Assessment
Kinesthetic Assessment
Kinesthetic Assessment
Kinesthetic Assessment
Kinesthetic Assessment
Admit/Exit Ticket
Admit/Exit Ticket
Admit/Exit Ticket
Admit/Exit Ticket
Admit/Exit Ticket
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Formative Assessment
Do Now/QuickWrite
Learning/Response log
Accommodations/
Modifications ( if
needed)
Do Now/QuickWrite
Learning/Response log
Have A play on
keyboard with both
hands
Learning/Response log