3 – Part Lesson Plan

Big Idea: Music in the Classical era

Grade: 9 Subject: Instrumental Music Time: 60
minutes
Curriculum Expectations and Learning Goals
Curriculum Expectations: Learning Goals:
Overall expectations: C1, C2, B1
By the end of the lesson, students
Specific expectations: B1.1, B1.2, B2.1, B2.3, B3.2, B3.3, will be able to:
C1.1, C1.2, C2.1
1. Understand the notable
characteristics of the
Classical era
2. Understand and identify
the types of music in
Classical era
3. Recognize some of the
major composers and their
major compositions of the
Classical era

Agenda
- Performance task #3
- History worksheet feedback
- Introduction to Classical era

Minds On Estimated Time: 10 minutes

Students will participate in a short multiple-choice quiz Material and set-up:
on the Baroque era to assess their prior knowledge. - Share screen through Zoom
- Students are asked to share their answers in the - Google slides
class chat or message the teacher privately - Video links for listening
- Students will assess their own knowledge in the examples
Baroque era - Jamboard link

Action Estimated Time: 35 minutes

Students will first watch a two-minute video in the Assessment strategies:
slides highlighting the transitions from Baroque to - Observations
Classical era. - Conversations
- Students are asked to take notes to prepare for - Questions & prompts to
the upcoming test and the listening assignment check for understanding
- Students are encouraged to type their questions
 or comments in the chat
- Students review some of the major concepts
from the Baroque era, making connections to
the Classical era

Students are introduced to the three learning goals. The

three goals will be presented throughout and at the
very end of the lesson.

Students learn about some of the notable

characteristics of the Classical era, and the major
transitions from the Baroque era:
- Singable melodies
- Large orchestras
- Growth of public performances
- Transition to pianoforte as the major keyboard
instrument
o Compare sounds and the mechanics in
comparison to the harpsichord
o Musical elements that were introduced
to keyboard music with the development
of the piano
 Dynamic change (“fortepiano”)
 Pedals for sustained sound
 Bigger range

Students are introduced to the types of music in the

Classical era. Students develop a fundamental
understanding of these pieces and learn to identify
them.
- Symphony
- String ensemble
- Sonata
- Concerto
- Opera

Students are introduced to some of the major

composers of Classical era.
- The three composers are presented to students
with a short biography, two listening examples
of the learned genres, and a fun fact.
o Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
o Ludwig van Beethoven
 o Joseph Haydn
- Students will engage in the listening examples
and identify the types and the notable
characteristics
o Students are encouraged to follow along
their listening worksheet (due
tomorrow)

Consolidation Estimated Time: 15 minutes

Students participate in a Jamboard activity in breakout Reflection strategies:
rooms. - Check for understanding
- Students will be placed into a group of five and - Connect back to learning
work collaboratively to answer the questions on goals
Jamboard - Identify next steps for
- Teacher demonstrates how to access and use learning
Jamboard (review)
- The teacher goes into each room to check for
student progress, encouraging all group
members to participate
- Students are called back into the main room to
review the answers together

Considerations
Multiple Intelligences:
- Visual
- Auditory
- Spatial
- Verbal linguistic
- Musical
- Intra-personal
- Interpersonal

Accommodations:
Who: Students with Individualized Education Plan
How:
- Pace
- Organization of instructions
- Chunk instructions
- Graphic organizers
- Prompting
- Rewording
- Verbal cues
 - Small group work

Things to remember:
- Diverse student population
o ELL students
o Students with IEP
o Gifted student
o Student from an Arts school enrolled in the music program
- Possible technical difficulties with Internet or Zoom
o Login
- Engagement with the students (conversations, monitor the chat, and prompting)

Assessment as Learning:
- Self-assessment

Assessment of Learning:
- Teacher observations
- Conversations with students
- Collection of products (Jamboard)

Assessment for Learning:

- Response to students’ previous work (listening worksheet)
- Feedback
- Identifying next steps