The document summarizes a guitar lesson where students learned and practiced two songs, "Louie Louie" and "What I Like About You", in preparation for an upcoming concert. The lesson included reviewing rhythm guitar, bassline, and solo parts for both songs. Students played through the songs as a group while being formatively assessed. The goal was for students to learn and feel comfortable with all guitar parts for an exam and the concert.
The document summarizes a guitar lesson where students learned and practiced two songs, "Louie Louie" and "What I Like About You", in preparation for an upcoming concert. The lesson included reviewing rhythm guitar, bassline, and solo parts for both songs. Students played through the songs as a group while being formatively assessed. The goal was for students to learn and feel comfortable with all guitar parts for an exam and the concert.
The document summarizes a guitar lesson where students learned and practiced two songs, "Louie Louie" and "What I Like About You", in preparation for an upcoming concert. The lesson included reviewing rhythm guitar, bassline, and solo parts for both songs. Students played through the songs as a group while being formatively assessed. The goal was for students to learn and feel comfortable with all guitar parts for an exam and the concert.
The document summarizes a guitar lesson where students learned and practiced two songs, "Louie Louie" and "What I Like About You", in preparation for an upcoming concert. The lesson included reviewing rhythm guitar, bassline, and solo parts for both songs. Students played through the songs as a group while being formatively assessed. The goal was for students to learn and feel comfortable with all guitar parts for an exam and the concert.
PERFORMING/LISTENING: Students will develop understanding of the elements GLOs: and structures of music as they apply to music making and listening. Students will: - Playing accurate rhythms and notes in the form of songs (“Louie Louie”, “What I Like About You”). - Learning to execute music on guitar, bass, keys, drums and voice by interpreting aural and written information (song charts, SLOs: fretboard charts). - Listening to the differences of pitch/rhythm in songs (“Louie Louie” “What I LIke About You”) for rock drumbeat, guitar parts, keys, basslines, and vocals. - Reading fingering charts (power chord charts), and song charts (“Louie Louie” “What I Like About You”). Students will: • Apply (B) strumming techniques/patterns (P) to changing 5th chords (power chords) for “Louie Louie” and “What I Like About You”. • Play songs “Louie, Louie” and “What I Like About You” with 5th chords (power chords) in preparation for a Gatorstock Concert on November Learning 28th. Objectives • Learn the bassline for both songs. • Learn the drumline for both songs • Learn the vocal lines (melody and lyrics) for both songs. • Learn the keyboard line, optional for students. • Participate in a Performance Exam playing all three guitar parts for both songs, including rhythm guitar, bassline, and guitar solo.
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
- Pre-Assessment (Assess if the students are at a musical level to execute the Formative Summative content in the lesson) N/A Assessment Assessment - Observation (Observe the students’ ability to comprehend and execute the content as it is being taught) - Questioning (Asking pertinent questions about the content. Assess their answers to understand if the lesson is being taught effectively.)
Stage 3: Learning Experience
- Setting up guitar for teaching and plug into amp - Project powerpoint slides from computer onto the - SmartBoard smartboard - Guitars - Changing Guitar - Speaker Prior to Strings Resources - Spotify Lesson: - Make Picks using a to Bring: - You Tube Pick Punch - PowerPoint Slides - Tune Student - https://www.gslakieguitar.com Guitars - Set up electronic drum set to PA System - Check drumstick supply Time Content/Description Notes/Assessments Behavioral Introduction: Intro/Warm-up considerations: - Good morning grade 6s. Today I will start with our stress that when I daily warm-up. Then, we will focus on the two songs am instructing, we are playing at Gatorstock on November 28th. “Louie Louie” and keep playing “What I Like About students must have total: You” by The Romantics. We will have a Performance their guitars in rest 15min Exam on Wednesday testing all three guitar parts for position. I also both songs, including rhythm guitar, bassline and expect students to guitar solo for both songs. keep their mouths in - Attendance: take attendance before the students get rest position while I guitars to limit the distraction/noise. am talking. Students - Transition: have students grab guitars, half of the must raise their class at a time (ie. Girls first and then Boys). hand before - Warm-up: speaking. They will - Chromatic Scale, 1 pluck per note, ascending and not get to play until descending, all strings. they show they can - Neck Notes: Power Chords for F-GAB, ACDE, and respectfully listen in open power chords E, A and D. rest position. Body: Gatorstock "Louie Louie” & “What I Like About You” - Pre-assessment: Were 80% - 90% of students engaged in the warm-up? Were they comprehending the content? - Observe the room and provide feedback where needed. Students put guitars in REST POSITION. - Review “Louie Louie” Guitar Parts for Exam. Review rhythm guitar, bassline, and solo as a class. Have students play all three. - Review “What I Like About You” Guitar Parts for Exam. Review rhythm guitar, bassline, and solo as a 30 class. Have students play all three guitar parts. min - Song Form for “Louie Louie”: - INTRO: (Main Riff x2) - Chorus - Verse 1 - Chorus - Verse2 - Chorus - Solo (x4 Main Riff) - Verse 3 - Chorus (x2) - Outro – Main Riff (x4) - (High Dynamics) - Song Form for “What I Like About You”: - INTRO: (Main Riff x4) - Verse 1 - Chorus - Verse 2 - Chorus - Verse 3 - Chorus - Verse 4 - Chorus - Guitar SOLO (Main Riff x2) - Verse 5 - Chorus - Students Play "Louie Louie” and “What I Like About You” as a group. The teacher formatively assesses and makes changes as needed. Closure: - Transition: Students put away their guitars half of the class at a time. - Questioning: Was that hard/easy to learn? Was it fun? - Homework: Practice your parts for “Louie Louie”, 3 min and “What I Like About You”. - Next class: We will keep working on Gatorstock Concert preparation until it is ready for the big stage! We will also keep preparing for the exam on Wednesday. - Students may leave once the bell rings. Stage 4: Reflection I. Detailed description of the actual lesson as-taught: includes students’ response to instruction:
2. Specific strengths of the lesson plan and delivery:
3. Specific weaknesses in the lesson plan and delivery:
4. What must be addressed to improve this plan?
5. How I have grown from this teaching experience?